1. |
Louverture
04:19
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(Verse 1)
Blocked in
La fenêtre marche pas
A space thin
Difficile à voir
Too cold to shiver
And too wet to dry
and the tears might freeze before they leave his eye Warm blooded in a cold cold world
Where dreams get burnt,
Froze or made sterile
Where I have a dream
means more things
No cheeks to turn,
More death to bring
Take the risk to take the place of a king
But the light is low in here
And the darkness stings
And the wind don’t whistle through the woods
It sings
Songs of Château Joux for immortal beings Thousands of souls that become on scream Shouting, we but to show you what revolution means, So he had to freeze
The body might die, yeah
But the soul still breathes
Sending waves of change across the seas.
The small man believes
That we can’t perceive
The sun still shines beyond the death he leaves Might squeeze and squeeze to create dis ease
But the sense to survive strive and achieve
Make the heat when all else freeze
Said the light to fight, strive and achieve
Make heat
When all else freeze
(Chorus)
He put the light real low (So very dark and cold)
In a box on rocks and snow
(Box on rocks and snow) He put the lights real low In a box on rocks
(Way too cold)
and snow
(Verse 2)
What it mean to you?
You gotta swell your ego
So we can see you,
wanna claim sovereign people?
But your revolt already spoke,
We all equal
LeClerc let me speak to you
Look here, huh..
take this paperwork right back to your people
Make sure Bonaparte
Know this part
Them souls with skin dark
Got big hearts,
We see you slicing the Tarte
And we claim our part.
Look dude justice is not à la carte!
Your chamber music outta key cause you read bad charts Everybody got a part to play so restart
You can brick the window up be we still shine in the dark
(Chorus)
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2. |
The Letter
03:16
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(Chorus)
I got a letter from the government the other day
Wanting more cafe
But they ain’t trying to pay
I got a letter from the government the other day
Opened and read it, It said they were suckers
How many empires must get dissed, before they understand we ain’t having it? (2x)
(Verse 1)
Your permission for my freedom is unneeded And if I’m asking for it then I’m blaspheming Your pen strokes is jokes from misled demons Chains on brains, stockades on thinking
You’re slaves too but you can’t see it
What we won’t do is let you keep us
Take this Leclerc tell your chief to read it
His pride might hurt because he’s quite conceited But he gonna learn exactly why I’m leading
No more free work and we don’t mind bleeding Gone tax us for that but these shots ringing
Metal clash echoes when these blades swingin’ Connect to the necks of heads that’s not conceiving For the next generation, liberation achieving
You can try to hide us but they still see us
Rikers island or Fort du Joux you won’t defeat us
(Chorus)
(Verse 2)
I block my post box
From faux intox
Of those that broke stocks
Exploiting crops
And try to make us sweat
until our bodies drop
I went to the spot
Where they write them joints
Said I read your mail and I got the point
You just want me to do what you don’t want to Give my best
and leave the rest for you
But you sound lazy
Just plain crazy
Like the fools in history
That try to destroy Haiti
But F you pay
I’ll say daily
If you don’t fait gaf about the mail you send me I know that’s not friendly
And it’s hard to hear
Be more hard to breathe
If we cut the air
You been breathing
Best you see this
If you writing then I’m reading
So watch what you send
When I’m receiving
(Chorus)
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(Chorus)
Hard terrain Ain’t enough To hold at bay This brigade Of troops Understand The man
For which we came And won’t be blocked By cliffs of rocks
Or snow or rain
When it’s time the blood flow You should know
That we gonna let it all go Just so ya know
(Verse 1)
Man can’t
See each troop ah top
Peak or slope
Pack strategies fresh
You def fail to decloak
We travel the distances
And chronologic
You locked up the body
But can’t hold the logic
We come with the force
To retrieve
A liberator iconic
Who inconvenienced the sovereign Counter position so modern Somehow still older than obelisk Got a view from the peak
And you can’t see
But we Locked
On the objective,
Of giving the topic of
Liberation of Toussaint
Shots that you can’t stop
Picture Steph on the clock,
Sent to the bench
His points still count
It’s the same concept We just figured it out We transmitting Beyond the space The walls they made To keep
All of us caged
That’s how we breakin’ him out
Come too far to turn back now
Bout to cross that mountain and come down
No snow or rain Ain’t no pain That can stop us What can stop us
Come too far to turn back now
Bout to cross that mountain and come down Can’t stop us
(Chorus)
(Verse 2 - Boogie Bang)
What the blood clot gunshot resolute
Get ya musket homie aim it and shoot it
Super soldier sedum the theorem
We gone kill em Free the body but first the cerebellum Tip of the pyramid shackles for the devil
In the jungle with the rebels not a killer
I'm a vessel Revolution in a y jar hey star
When you see me then you gotta see god
Black as the pitch coal soul never sold
For the oil for the gold for the fortune
Untold We never move for the love of the dollar
We only hustle in the spirit of the father
So if we canonized words from the mortal
We understand that death is just a portal
So when we come back animate resurrect
That way we prove that we never left
It’s time to let the blood flow You should know
That we gonna let it all go Just so you know
(Chorus)
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(Chorus)
Trayizon potél allé
Yon prizonyé oblijé
Avèk tout kòd yo té maréy Yo pa konn sa yo fè la Imbecil ki nan kò yo Jalouzi avèk menm kòd Ya maré tèt yo a.
(Verse 1)
You can sense it
Intensive
Like rain in your joints from a distance
Ça port la tristesse
Yo pat fè pwomès Men nou di God Bless Tankou Holiday Billie Y pa pitimi Ou deja konn sa
Cʼest la vie
Unavoidable
Time to fight or go
Danger on approach
and the Spirit know
Spirit la déja konsa
Sé Konsa nou fèl
Nou toujou Bashi Jazzy Ella-Billi
Nou pap Janm sispann Sous la pap Janm fini
And if we use that
We can see the traps
That's why I’m tapped in to
The Ancestors in fact
Ratatataw wap pran paw Siw pa véyéw
Wap Tonbé Levé
Levé Levé tonbé levé Levé Levé tonbé levé Levé Levé
Levé ah!
(Chorus)
(Verse 2)
Wonder how he felt when he came back From the last attack
Woy Yo té kwè misyé
Sété yon egaré wi Sot Ènri
Fout nèg yo yon bel raklé Bel volé
Then they showed him that golden box (Woy) Tried play like he was Goldilocks (Kisa)
Like he was in the wrong spot
Huh! Yeh They was but he was but he was not Yo pat Konn sa
Now who can call the play when the stakes is high Facing consequences eye to eye
Never know what you could do or even try
Facing captivity where you could die
(Chorus)
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5. |
Tiré Machèt
02:32
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(Verse 1)
Menottes Menottes
And French boats
Bayonets plumes
And fancy coats
Far to go so keep a float
We gonna keep fighting with more than hope Machete sharp for the heart and throat Learn these words and chat this quote Machete sharp for the heart and throat Learn these words and chat this quote
Tirer machete, tirer machete
They gonna learn respect if not fear yet Tirer machete, tirer machete
They gonna learn respect if not fear yet Whether or not Toussaint is free
We hold the power and the liberty Whether or not Toussaint is free
We hold the power and the Liberty
(Chorus)
Our chief is gone
Great leader gone
Left with the shackles on Cause he stood straight But the coup still on
The coup still on
(2x)
(Verse 2)
Pull the blade man Choices made man Cut the chains that
make us slaves man Pull the blade man Choices made man They got plans
If we don’t take a stand
Calculate the time of captivity
It take at least that to really get free And the ones leading the way
Get hauled away
In a body bag
Or dragged by a French brigade
Or COINTELPRO or CIA
Or other parts of the state
With unknown names
Do it anyway, in your own way
Tire Machette
And blaze the way
Cause colonized generations
Is awaiting
A brand new path and forward thinking Receive this love for the risk you takin’ And for the chains you breaking
(Chorus)
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6. |
Tic Toc
02:07
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Her body was a clock And a Rolex was mine And the Rolex was mine
Orientation suspended
On the spin cycle
Colors twist and bend
Sending known logic into a spiral
Tic toc Drip drop Wont’ stop Lift drop
Ears full of sights
Eyes see the odor
And nose sniff an eye full Watching the arms and hands On your watch,
It feels impossible to be mindful
Tic toc Drip drop Wont’ stop Lift drop
So we mind loosing
Like the common fool Misunderstanding the function Of time telling tools
We can say when to be where But nature still rules
Tic toc Drip drop Wont’ stop Lift drop
We can try when to be there Yet drips still pool
And accumulate molecules That offer sincere clues That don’t care
About the measures we use
Tic toc Drip drop Wont’ stop Lift drop
I said I’ll be there in a moment And she understood a minute When the sixty seconds passed Her ass starts to fidget
I really didn’t get it
Why the moment felt suspended
But her clock was ticking
She was counting unit
Calculating every egg and seed
To see how we could use it
So I felt so stupid
When she said to me I blew it
Meant it when she spoke it
And the way she did I knew it
Yeh, got a new dude that comes on time Her body was her clock
And the Rolex was mine
Yeh, she got a new guy that comes on time Her body was her clock
And the Rolex was mine
Tic toc Drip drop
Wont’ stop Lift drop
Her body was her clock And the Rolex was mine And the Rolex was mine
Tic toc Drip drop Wont’ stop Lift drop
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Might fail you
Who gone tell you
Pause and help you
All the gems you ought to (2x)
(Chorus)
Bones buried in the earth might fail you
If you don’t know then who got tell you?
Not the work of the merchants to pause and help you nor dig up for self all the gems you ought to
(2x)
(Verse 1)
You Wanting bread or grain
Or land or strain
Where you can invest now
And later on exchange
They saying service made
for the sovereign nation
Like stacking their bank is our preoccupation While we losing patience
With the crew we came Jewels we lose is us
And they quick to take it Quick to strip us naked
Like back to the slave ship Back to chains and whips And it’s a shame to see that we still trip over shit,
like chains and whips Envision if
We could delay gratification And stack our bricks
And build our nation
Ignore the risk of prison facing
For the opening move toward liberation
Louverture Toussaint our Saint and patron
On the chess board of life with the moves we making
Bones buried in the earth might fail you
If you don’t know then who got tell you
Not the work of the merchants to pause and help you nor dig up for self all the gems you ought to (2x) Might fail you
Who gone tell you
Pause and help you
All the gems you ought to
(2x)
(Verse 2 - Marc Nammour)
L’élite se méfie du fruit de mon introspection
Pour elle faut surtout pas que j’me pose trop d’question
Ne rester qu’en surface empêche la progression
Ce n’est qu’au fond des choses que s’envisage la projection
J’ai du sonder mes larmes pour y trouver d’la poésie J’ai du creuser les heures pour déjouer la prophétie Ausculter l’âme humaine pour démasquer sa comédie Quand le mensonge étouffe la vérité de nos récits
Apprendre à puiser la lumière dans les abîmes Devoir plonger dans le noir pour faire briller la rime Explorer ses recoins que mon cerveau se réanime Ici la face cachée de notre histoire est unanime
C’est en sous sol que s’est construit la répartie
Deux platines un micro et l’horizon s’est élargit
Des bataillons de 16 mesures pour seule thérapie Cette musique de sauvageon m’a sauvé de la léthargie
J’ai passé l’âge de m’demander c’est quoi les bails
Me faire mener par le bout du nez comme du foutu bétail J’ai passé l’âge de m’embourber dans des petits détails J’ai ce besoin de cohérence pour colmater mes failles
Poum poum c’est l’impulsion des battements de mon coeur La seule cadence valable à respecter sur la longueur
Si j’évolue dans l’ombre quand la plupart en ont peur
C’est parce que pour m’élever j’dois descendre en profondeur
Might fail you
Who gone tell you
Pause and help you
All the gems you ought to
(Chorus)
Might fail you
Who gone tell you
Pause and help you
All the gems you ought to (4x)
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8. |
Sugarcane
02:53
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(Intro)
Sun wind or rain
When up the sun came They had to forget their pain And cut that sugarcane
(Chorus)
Down low on chopping dat sugar cane Metropole know none how sugar made (4x)
(Verse 1)
Bushel to a barrel
That’s 4 point 5
Create demand
And control the supply
They need sugar for the pastries The cake and the pie
Somethin’ sweet
To make the suffer of the days Past by
The chef can’t cook that
If we don’t cut that
And if we leave some slack Then the whip say crack
And that ain’t sweet yo
Cause we still people
Not beasts
In the field so you can have Your sweets yo
(Chorus)
(Verse 2)
Swingin’ sweatin’ choppin’ cause we gotsta
And they don’t care
If it gets more hotter Machete fa chop
And Make the cut more proper We call it karma
You can call it slaughter
Mais, s’il vous plaît
Coup sucre to burrow You can let peace go Or let free sweets go Oh you up taxin’ Takin the max and We up rise
And Then you re-up taxin’
(Chorus)
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Yè
Ou pap ka rekonèt Sak pasé la Sé yon vwayaj
Yo té Konn antreprann
Lontan lontan lontan lontan Nan bato oh
Oseyan ak chè fè yon
Bato ak ram fè de Olé
Sak pasé neg yo
Yo fè nou vwayajé
Papa di Non Manman di wi Papa di wi Manman di non Papa di wi Manman di non Papa di wi Manman tandé Napoleon li di non
Se konsa istwa pasé pasé pati
Yap revolté Papa di wi
Yap raché nou Papa di non
Yap devlopé Manman di wi
Yap Dòloté Maman di non
Yap jwé ak nou Yap jwé ak kè nou
Yap jwé ak la vi nou Yap jwé ak fwa nou Anmwé anmwéééééé
Papa di wi Papa di non Papa di wi Papa di wi Manman di non
Papa di wi Manman di non Papa di wi Manman di non Yap fè lajan
Papa di wi
Pouki yo fè nou sa Adyé bon Djye bon Dye
Pouki yo kasé nou Adye adye bon dye
Pouki yo Kasé nou Adye Pouki yo raché nou Adyé Anmwé mpa Kapab enko
Men papa di wi Manman di non
Papa di wi Manman di non Manman di non
Papa di wi Papa di wi Manman di non Papa di wi
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10. |
Wha Dey Wan
02:40
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(Chorus)
What do What do What do What do
Why you Why you Why you Why you (2x)
they want? they want? they want? they want?
so mad? so mad? so mad? so mad?
(Verse 1))
This the plan We climb up The west side & line up
Pull the rope up Behind us
For the next side
to climb
‘Til we get to
Our brother Breda
Apply da pressure
Till they hand him over
But we not leavin’
the way we came
Cause we independent now And is not the same
We here to retrieve
A visionary
Gettin' freedom
By all means necessary Knowin’ the rules that make The strong our tools to break All the chain they place
To hold us in place
But stay chill we will not Cause it plain that we got Diplomatic comprehension Long term ambition
If I can do it in a lifetime
Is really a mission ?
If I can do it in a lifetime
Is really a mission
(Chorus)
(Black people What you got to loose you could just stay
Give us your best, and we will invest and skip the pay)
(2x)
(Verse 2)
This the deal
We keep cool
Cause we know in our soul Things they don't teach in school And we got tap in
To deep understanding
Freedom is ours
With multiple ways of
Doing combat
And since I got your back
You got my back
No turning back
We can be certain that
We gone be told that
We on the wrong track man But we know the track man Cause we own the track ! Footprints & toe prints
You can see our tracks
In all type traces
In chateau and prisons
And various places
Our story should end
But it’s never the case and We stay on a mission Timeline extending
And we got a vision
Taking pieces that's loss And bringing them back in If I can do it in a lifetime
Is it really a mission?
If I can do it in a lifetime
Is it really a mission?
(Chorus)
If I can do it in a lifetime Is it really a mission? (4x)
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11. |
UJFP
02:59
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Just pause when we move (2x)
(Chorus)
You betta pause when we moving Cause we know just what we doing
Cut the old dope and make it brand new Cause raw it’s way too strong for you (2x)
(Verse 1)
Yo yo
Look I up Check it out Write it down
If you have to
We been here before you
And sure to outlast you
Perfect Faith
Give us the worst
We transform the shit
Divine work
On earth they call it the alchemist
Job to survive
By a means
That you can find
Get down dirty on the grind
And make it clean in time
Huh
And singing praying
Lord please help me
You see my gourd empty
The snakes down here
they either one
Trying to kill me or tempt me
Duplicate my craft and try to exempt me And I know you sent me
As the authentic document
Not just to keep it real
But to reveal what it really meant
Not just to keep it real
But to reveal what it really meant
And if my pockets ill coming up with lint I’m still filthy rich homie don’t get it bent Point blank period no comma that’s it Just quit
(Chorus)
(Verse 2)
Yo
Fire don’t need splainin’
You been told it’s hot stop complaining Now blistering ya seeking that easing Cause the weak shit you rather believe in I’m try to tell ya
This is ain’t the watered down stuff
they been serving
Just a pinch will have you
Making your bench on the curb and Struggling tryin to get your life right
Up on the ledge
gripping the edge tight
So you can let go yo,
or get pulled up
Keep dying from thirst
or overflow your cup
And this hard juice we pouring
Will knock a wild beast down on the floor and Humble him,
settle score and
then he'll be cool
like you never saw him
Teaching math
On the behalf of them that taught him
Now pause, grab gems
Tuck’em and keep moving
(Chorus)
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12. |
History's Page
03:41
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We'd like to say what we would change Like baby kings forever brave
Just print our names on history's page And we'd never make the same mistake
But yesterday I learned the names (now I learn the names)
Of those I burnt, maned or turned away
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We'd like to say what we would change (what would you change?)
Like baby kings forever brave
(Now you feel so brave!)
Just print our names on history's page (Oh we would like to take their place) And we'd never make the same mistakes (We ain’t gonna make those mistakes)
But yesterday I learned the names (have you learned)
Of those I burnt, maned or turned away
I wonder
Who have I turned away
(do you know you’ve turned away?) Who have you turned away
(Not yesterday, today)
Who have we turned away
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The France-American Hip-hop duo is back with a new album "LOUVERTURE", a black history salute to the great revolutionary Haitian general Toussaint Louverture. The texts of Napoleon Maddox are engaged as always, giving voice to the disenfranchised to match the well-crafted, imaginative soundscapes of Sorg, the French beatmaker. ... more
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