Lyrics and translation Iam feat. Femi Kuti - Remember

Remember

J'veux les miens libres, de voir et de dire
De pleurer, de rire, de tomber, d'se relever et pouvoir repartir
Finir de subir, libre de choisir
De grandir, d'oublier et de redécouvrir

Bien au-delà de c'qu'on nous enseigne, doute et peur entrent en scène
Tant de cœurs, tant de chaînes
On dit qu'la vie est une chienne, y a plus qu'à la dresser (oh Fela talk you)
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

À 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 s'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 d'nos sons aiguisés
Scient des bareaux, dansent ensemble sur le carreau
On sait qu'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 d'la merde posés sur le divan
Ça mystifie la justice, la force devient l'héroïne (oh Fela talk you)
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 de ce 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)

Remember

I want my people free, to see and to speak
To cry, to laugh, to fall, to rise again and be able to start over
To stop enduring, 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 that life is a bitch, you just have to tame her (oh Fela talk you)
Attacked from all sides, they'd like to see our faith collapse
Our fists lowered, resigned like the wounded bird
But the horizon calls to our DNA, pushes us to yield to it

Obsessed at every moment, we search for infinity without barriers
Without limits, without material possessions
They want to 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'd all like to wear
But when it turns into armor, many think of taking it off

Go ahead (run)
Don't turn around (run), be 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 bequeathed to 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 sharpened sounds
Sawing bars, dancing together on the tile floor
We know that the truth is not that of the phony gurus
Why would I change? My opinion is the same as before
We all move at the same pace, the ultimate goal is to chill
My empty plate didn't fill my heart with hate, no
It showed me the way to break my chains, yeah
Alone, free, without militia, I see all these people freaking out
Hidden behind a nickname, saying that the bad guy is Mickey

The crime is committed at the doctor's office, when he stuffs the prescription
We shit on our part of the world, to have our share of France
And they pay for the living, we sacrifice living together
By validating the crap sitting on the couch
It mystifies justice, force becomes the heroin (oh Fela talk you)
Of an exodus without a people with thousands of Moses

False, selfish prophets, cowards towards the universe
All this will end under a deluge of asteroids
We run together because alone they walk for evil
We think about the future, without selling our asses for progress
We remember what Mandela bequeathed
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 bequeathed to us
And what Marcus Garvey 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)