Lyrics and translation The Last Poets - Run, Nigger
[Abiodun
Oyewole]
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Oyewole]
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I
understand
that
time
is
running
out.
Je
comprends
que
le
temps
presse.
I
understand
that
time,
is
running
out...
Je
comprends
que
le
temps,
il
presse...
I
understand
that
time
is
running
out,
I
understand
that
time
is
running
out.
Je
comprends
que
le
temps
presse,
je
comprends
que
le
temps
presse.
Running
out
as
hastily
as
niggers
run
from
the
Man.
Il
presse
aussi
vite
que
les
nègres
fuient
l'Homme.
Time
is
running
out,
on
our
natural
habits
Le
temps
presse,
sur
nos
habitudes
naturelles
Time
is
running
out,
on
lifeless
serpents
reigning
over
a
living
kingdom
Le
temps
presse,
sur
les
serpents
sans
vie
qui
règnent
sur
un
royaume
vivant
Time
is
running
out
of
talks,
marches,
tunes,
chants,
and
all
kinds
of
prayers
Le
temps
presse
sur
les
discours,
les
marches,
les
mélodies,
les
chants,
et
toutes
sortes
de
prières
Time,
is
running
out
of
time
Le
temps,
il
presse
Heard
someone
say,
"Things
were
chaaaaaanging"
(Changing
- things
are
changing!)
J'ai
entendu
quelqu'un
dire
: "Les
choses
changeaient"
(Changeaient
- les
choses
changent
!)
Change,
CHAN-CHAN-CHAN-CHANGINNNNNG...
from
brown
to
black
Change,
CHAN-CHAN-CHAN-CHANGINNNNNG...
du
brun
au
noir
Time
is
running
out
on
bullshit
changes
Le
temps
presse
sur
les
changements
de
foutaises
Running
out
like
a
bushfire
in
a
dry
forest
Il
presse
comme
un
feu
de
forêt
dans
une
forêt
sèche
Like
a
murder
from
the
scene
of
a
crime
Comme
un
meurtrier
sur
les
lieux
d'un
crime
Like
a
little
roach
from
DDT
Comme
une
petite
blatte
du
DDT
Running
out
like
big
niggers,
running
a
football
field
- RUN
NIGGER!
Il
presse
comme
les
grands
nègres,
qui
courent
sur
un
terrain
de
football
- COURS
NÈGRE
!
Screwing
your
woman
(RUN
NIGGERS!)
Baise
ta
femme
(COURS
NÈGRES
!)
Whooping
your
ass
(RUN
NIGGERS!)
Frappe-la
(COURS
NÈGRES
!)
Stealing
your
culture
(RUN
NIGGERS!)
Vole
sa
culture
(COURS
NÈGRES
!)
Taking
your
life
(RUN
NIGGERS!)
Prends
sa
vie
(COURS
NÈGRES
!)
Killing
your
children
(RUN
NIGGERS!)
Tuer
vos
enfants
(COURS
NÈGRES
!)
RUN
NIGGER!
- RUN
like
you
run,
when
the
liquor
store's
closing
at
Saturday
night
COURS
NÈGRE
!- COURS
comme
tu
cours,
quand
le
magasin
d'alcool
ferme
le
samedi
soir
Run
nigger,
cause
time
is
running
Cours
négro,
parce
que
le
temps
presse
Run
like
time
never
yielding
or
forgiving
Cours
comme
le
temps
qui
ne
cède
jamais
ou
ne
pardonne
jamais
Moving
forward,
in
a
direct
pattern
of
percussive
movement
Avançant,
dans
un
modèle
direct
de
mouvement
percussif
Never
warning
or
relinquinshing
Jamais
ne
prévenant
ou
ne
renonçant
Time,
is
running
running
running
RUNNING
RUNNING
RUNNING
Le
temps,
il
presse
presse
presse
PRESSE
PRESSE
PRESSE
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Writer(s): Abiodun Oyewole
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