Lyrics and translation Lakou Mizik feat. Jon Cleary - Loumandja

Loumandja

Rele Loumandja yay
An rele Olicha!
Rele oh Yoruba
Kisa nou fe nap paye?
Annou rele Milokan yo
Rele oh lavil Lokan
Yap fe'n paye sa nou fe
Rele Loumandja yea
Kolon yo pran peyi a
Men nou pran nan kolon pèpè
Rele Loumandja yea
Men nou pran nan kolon Kreyòl
Rele Loumandja yea
Neg dahomey ak neg nago
Nou tout te mete men
Yo di koulè nou pa djowo
Ginen yo tout koulè

Loumandja

They call Loumandja, yay
They call Olicha!
They call oh Yoruba
What do we want to pay for?
Let's call the Milokan
Call oh, Lokan city
They'll make us pay for what we do
Call Loumandja yea
The colonizers took the land
But we took from the colonizers, daddy
Call Loumandja yea
But we took from the Creole colonizers
Call Loumandja yea
The Dahomey men and the Nago men
We all put our hands in
They say our color is not a joke
All the Guineans have color