This one is essential to our souls
Let it be known, so many things have been hidden from the screen
Tu deviens fort, tu deviens rêves, tu deviens prince, tu deviens king!
Gad jan li bèl, gad jan lap maché, sé pou toute pitit Dessalines
So many forces down the street, seducing the brains of beautiful beings
They haven’t told us, we be the most dangerous people on the planet
They don’t even see us as people as long as we keep it quiet
They like when we fantasize about the size of a bank account
But what about when we strategize on sankarizing spiritual mountains
Let’s be the ones, let’s the two’s, let’s be the three’s that we waited for
Let’s be beyond Lebron, let’s skywalk like Jackson Michael Jordan
We got some politics to take care of, cause we’re been robbed for a while
Let no man tell you tthat you’re too inexperienced cause you be a child
Get up and smile, Charlie Chaplin style, some folks are gonna get burned
This life is borrowed from the stripes that our ancestors earned
Much independance spiritually taken from the mighty chants of pain
No pain no gain, your life is a dream, and dreams are really not vain
We never been cursed, never been doomed, never were born for deception
Get up and rehearse, and just re-burst through the hall of real independance
Ne doute pas du don que t’as, fonce dans le tas, fais des dégâts
Garde la foi, en cette voix, au fond de toi, qui te dit crois
Ou pa ka dim sé mwen ki gin madichon suspann palé-m mal
Map mété toute espwa mwin an lè an nan zetwal
Dare to change the things, that are broken
Don’t let them treat you like token
Blessed like a reverend, why should you ever fucking doubt your heaven
You’re african, even if you gotta funny name like Kevin
Look at your thoughts, look at your tone, no Indiana Jones
Elders be the one that left a gift more precious than stones (of Sierra Leone)
Whether you’re torn of complete with your sense of identity
Know that you’re never alone, even in chains, you’re free
The war so irrational, ripping through the capital of the soul
Yearning for the remnants of gold, they’re digging deep in the bones
Call for action brethren and sisters, in the name of the law and love, in the name of believers
Bay kou bliye, pote mak sonje
Listoua yap rakonte son listoua tête anba
Si yo te konnin kijan nap soufri de toute bagay sa
Poutoutepitite Henri Christophe, Patrice Lumumba
Bay kou bliye, pote mak sonje
Listoua yap rakonte son listoua tête anba
Si yo te konnen kijan nap soufri de toute bagay sa
Pou toute pitite Toussaint Louverture, Thomas Sankara
Bay kou bliye, pote mak sonje
Listoua yap rakonte son listoua tête anba
Si yo te konnen kijan nap soufri de toute bagay sa
Pou toute pitite Malcolm X, Kwame Nkruma
(some of them try to kill us but we still exist)
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