Remember - IAM, Femi Kuti

J’veux les miens libres, de voir et de dire

De pleurer, de rire, de tomber, de se relever et pouvoir repartir

Fini de subir, libre de choisir

De grandir, d’oublier et de redécouvrir

Bien au-delà de ce qu’on nous enseigne, doute et peur entrent en scène

Tant de cœurs, tant de chaînes

On dit que la vie est une chienne, il n’y a plus qu'à la dresser

Agressés de toutes parts, ils aimeraient voir nos fois s’affaisser

Nos poings se baisser, résignés comme l’oiseau blessé

Mais l’horizon appelle notre ADN, pousse à lui céder

A chaque instant obsédés

On recherche l’infini sans barrières, sans limites, sans matériel à posséder

Ils veulent fermer nos esprits, on fera sauter les scellés

On fera l’inverse de ce qu’ils disent, unis et pas isolés

La liberté c’est une chemise qu’on aimerait tous enfiler

Mais quand elle se change en armure, beaucoup pensent à se défiler

Vas-y, cours

Te retourne pas, cours

Fais comme le vent, cours

Les écoute pas, cours

Regarde devant, cours

Relève la tête, cours

Ouvre les yeux, cours

Embrasse le monde

Et sois ce que tu veux

Make we remember, these things Fela talk you

Oh Fela talk you

Make we remember, these things Kwame Nkrumah talk you

Oh Kwame Nkrumah talk you

On se souvient de ce que Malcom nous a légué

Et l’héritage que Martin Luther nous a laissé

Make we remember, these things Marcus Garvey talk you

Oh, Marcus Garvey talk you

Make we remember, these things Lumumba talk you

Oh, Lumumba talk you

Make we remember, these things Malcom X talk you

Oh, Malcom X talk you

Make we remember, these things Martin Luther talk you

Oh, Martin Luther talk you

Make we remember, these things Sankara talk you

Oh, Sankara talk you

Make we remember, these things Mandela talk you

Oh, Mandela talk you

Remember

Chacun de nos sons aiguisés

Scient des bareaux, dansent ensemble sur le carreau

On sait que la vérité n’est pas celle des gourous paros

Pourquoi je changerais?

Mon opinion est celle d’avant

On bouge tous à la même cadence, le but final c’est chiller

Mon assiette vide n’a pas rempli mon cœur de haine, non

Elle m’a montré le chemin pour défaire mes chaînes, bon

Seuls, libres, sans milice, je vois tous ces gens se fliquer

Cachés derrière un sobriquet, dire que le méchant c’est Mickey

Le crime est commis chez le doc, quand il gave l’ordonnance

On chie sur notre part de monde, pour avoir notre part de France

Et ils se paient le vivant, on sacrifie le vivre ensemble

En validant de la merde posés sur le divan

Ça mystifie la justice, la force devient l’héroïne

D’un exode sans peuple avec des milliers de Moïse

Des faux prophètes égoïstes lâches envers l’univers

Tout ça se finira sous un déluge d’astéroïdes

On court ensemble car seuls ils marchent pour le mauvais

On pense futur, sans vendre notre cul pour le progrès

On se souvient de ce que Mandela a légué

Et de ce que Bob nous enseignait dans ses reggaes

Make we remember, these things Fela talk you

Oh Fela talk you

Make we remember, these things Kwame Nkrumah talk you

Oh Kwame Nkrumah talk you

On se souvient de ce que Fela nous a légué

Et l’héritage que nous a laissé Marcus Garvey

Make we remember, these things Marcus Garvey talk you

Oh, Marcus Garvey talk you

Make we remember, these things Lumumba talk you

Oh, Lumumba talk you

Make we remember, these things Malcom X talk you

Oh, Malcom X talk you

Make we remember, these things Martin Luther talk you

Oh, Martin Luther talk you

Make we remember, these things Sankara talk you

Oh, Sankara talk you

Make we remember, these things Mandela talk you

Oh, Mandela talk you

I want mine free, to see and to say

To cry, to laugh, to fall, to get up and to be able to go again

No more suffering, free to choose

To grow, to forget and to rediscover

Far beyond what we are taught, doubt and fear enter the scene

So many hearts, so many chains

They say life is a female dog, all you have to do is train it

Attacked from all sides, they would like to see our times go down

Our fists drop, resigned like the wounded bird

But the horizon calls our DNA, pushes us to yield to it

Every moment obsessed

We seek infinity without barriers, without limits, without equipment to possess

They wanna close our minds, we'll break the seals

We'll do the opposite of what they say, united and not isolated

Freedom is a shirt we all wanna wear

But when she changes into armor, many think of slipping away

Go ahead, run

Don't look back, run

Do like the wind, run

Don't listen to them, run

Look ahead, run

Raise your head, run

Open your eyes, run

Embrace the world

And be what you want

Make we remember, these things Fela talk you

Oh Fela talk you

Make we remember, these things Kwame Nkrumah talk you

Oh Kwame Nkrumah talk you

We remember what Malcom left us

And the legacy that Martin Luther left us

Make we remember, these things Marcus Garvey talk you

Oh, Marcus Garvey talk you

Make we remember, these things Lumumba talk you

Oh, Lumumba talk you

Make we remember, these things Malcom X talk you

Oh, Malcom X talk you

Make we remember, these things Martin Luther talk you

Oh, Martin Luther talk you

Make we remember, these things Sankara talk you

Oh, Sankara talk you

Make we remember, these things Mandela talk you

Oh, Mandela talk you

Remember

Each of our sharp sounds

Saw some rungs, dance together on the tile

We know that the truth is not that of the paros gurus

Why would I change?

My opinion is that of before

We all move at the same pace, the end goal is to chill

My empty plate didn't fill my heart with hate, no

She showed me the way to undo my chains, well

Alone, free, no militia, I see all these people coping

Hiding behind a nickname, saying the bad guy is Mickey

The crime is committed at the doc's house, when he force-feeds the prescription

We shit on our part of the world, to have our part of France

And they pay for the living, we sacrifice the living together

Validating shit laying on the couch

It mystifies the justice, the force becomes the heroine

Of a peopleless exodus with thousands of Moses

Selfish false prophets cowardly towards the universe

This will all end in a deluge of asteroids

We run together 'cause only they walk for the bad

We think about the future, without selling our ass for progress

We remember what Mandela left behind

And what Bob taught us in his reggae

Make we remember, these things Fela talk you

Oh Fela talk you

Make we remember, these things Kwame Nkrumah talk you

Oh Kwame Nkrumah talk you

We remember what Fela left us

And the legacy left to us by Marcus Garvey

Make we remember, these things Marcus Garvey talk you

Oh, Marcus Garvey talk you

Make we remember, these things Lumumba talk you

Oh, Lumumba talk you

Make we remember, these things Malcom X talk you

Oh, Malcom X talk you

Make we remember, these things Martin Luther talk you

Oh, Martin Luther talk you

Make we remember, these things Sankara talk you

Oh, Sankara talk you

Make we remember, these things Mandela talk you

Oh, Mandela talk you