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Tiré Mach​è​t

from Louverture by Sorg & Napoleon Maddox

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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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from Louverture, released November 18, 2022

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Sorg & Napoleon Maddox Besançon, France

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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