Текст и перевод песни Aspencat - Mantindre el foc

Mantindre el foc

Aspencat an' tune into roots in a bigger combination
'Cause reggae music is cooperation

Disculpa que et moleste a estes hores de la nit
Però no he trobat ningú tan boig que en tinga més de 20
De conflictes estic ple, i amb contradiccions no sé
Com posar-li fre, a l'hemorràgia d'este tren

Vull trobar respostes a preguntes
Parar el rellotge i contestar-les totes juntes
Vull tenir la clau del gran misteri de la vida
Per apagar-la i reiniciar-la sense fam ni ira

Qui rescata als bancs? Dis-me qui fa els plans?
Qui fa la llei mordaça? Dis-me qui ens nuga les mans?
Dis-me qui alça murs i colpeja a l'inmigrant?
Qui declara la guerra? Qui disfruta massacrant?

És indignant, dis-me qui t'explota i qui et retalla?
Qui lluita per la llibertat i qui vol esclafar-la?
Qui fabrica armes, qui les ven, qui les dispara?
Trau-me d'esta merda quotidiana

Necessitem poc
Per mantindre el foc
I canviar el tauler de joc
Fer forta l'arrel
I conquerir el cel
Per tots aquells que van somiar provar la mel

Necessitem poc
Per mantindre el foc
I canviar el tauler de joc
Fer forta l'arrel
I conquerir el cel
Per tots aquells que van somiar provar la mel

Sempre caminant damunt les brases
Mirant no repetir les teues passes
Saps que són igual totes les races
Que és al burgès a qui interessa la diferència entre classes

No tenim descans, no descansen els tirans
Este és el nostre missatge per als nostres governants
Perquè no són vostres les vides d'estos habitants
No són vostres les muntanyes ni els oceans

I és indignant, la població segueix morint de fam
Creixen els comptes corrents en les Illes Caiman
Nosaltres som les bombes, vosaltres sou el detonant
Defensant-nos contra l'atacant

I el nostre carburant, en l'obrer, el pobre, l'estudiant
En el so del cor i el nostre poble bategant
En l'esperança, la humilitat i la il·lusió dels joves
En cada activista, en cada Jesse Owens

Necessitem poc
Per mantindre el foc
I canviar el tauler de joc
Fer forta l'arrel
I conquerir el cel
Per tots aquells que van somiar provar la mel

Necessitem poc
Per mantindre el foc
I canviar el tauler de joc
Fer forta l'arrel
I conquerir el cel
Per tots aquells que van somiar provar la mel
(Yah most of 'em nasty I know!)

Di whole a dem so mad
Di whole a dem so bad
Di whole a dem nuh see da poor people sufferin' so hard
A lot of things a deh a going wrong
And everywhere ina di world can hear rumours of war

Sick society, yes we did it
No equality, yes dem waan it
But we a go bun it, yes Babylon we bun it
'Cause dis yah shitstem a sell off people for profit

And dem muss know we nuh give up no, no, no
'Cause dem fighet we a many more and more strong yeh
And even if she dun know, dem got di power
Membah rebel people yah got di fire

Consciousness ah di first step fe ovahstand our mistakes
An' di fight against dis yah sick monster called Babylon shitstem
Yo', Aspencat, and tune in to roots I say so

Necessitem poc
Per mantindre el foc
I canviar el tauler de joc
Fer forta l'arrel
I conquerir el cel
Per tots aquells que van somiar provar la mel

Necessitem poc
Per mantindre el foc
I canviar el tauler de joc
Fer forta l'arrel
I conquerir el cel
Per tots aquells que van somiar provar la mel

Keeping the Fire Alive

Aspencat tunes into roots in a larger collaboration
'Cause reggae music is all about cooperation

I apologize for bothering you at this late hour,
But I haven't found anyone crazy enough who has more than 20 years under their belt.
I'm filled with conflicts, and with contradictions, I don't know
How to stop the bleeding of this train wreck.

I want to find answers to questions
Stop the clock and answer them all at once
I want to hold the key to the great mystery of life
To turn it off and restart it without hunger or anger

Who rescues the banks? Tell me, who makes the plans?
Who enforces the gag law? Tell me, who binds our hands?
Tell me, who builds walls and attacks the immigrant?
Who declares war? Who enjoys massacring?

It's outrageous, tell me, who exploits you and who cuts you down?
Who fights for freedom and who wants to crush it?
Who manufactures weapons, who sells them, who fires them?
Get me out of this daily shit

We need little
To keep the fire alive
And change the game board
Strengthen the roots
And conquer the sky
For all those who dreamed of tasting honey

We need little
To keep the fire alive
And change the game board
Strengthen the roots
And conquer the sky
For all those who dreamed of tasting honey

Always walking on embers
Trying not to repeat your steps
You know that all races are equal
It's the bourgeois who care about the difference between classes

We have no rest, tyrants don't rest
This is our message for our rulers
Because the lives of these inhabitants are not yours
The mountains and oceans are not yours

And it's outrageous, the population continues to starve
Current accounts in the Cayman Islands grow
We are the bombs, you are the detonator
Defending ourselves against the attacker

And our fuel is in the worker, the poor, the student
In the sound of the heart and our people beating
In the hope, humility and illusion of the youth
In every activist, in every Jesse Owens

We need little
To keep the fire alive
And change the game board
Strengthen the roots
And conquer the sky
For all those who dreamed of tasting honey

We need little
To keep the fire alive
And change the game board
Strengthen the roots
And conquer the sky
For all those who dreamed of tasting honey
(Yah most of 'em nasty I know!)

The whole of them so mad
The whole of them so bad
The whole of them don't see the poor people suffering so hard
A lot of things are going wrong
And everywhere in the world can hear rumors of war

Sick society, yes we did it
No equality, yes they want it
But we're gonna burn it, yes Babylon we burn it
'Cause this shitty system is selling off people for profit

And they must know we don't give up no, no, no
'Cause they fight us but we are many more and more strong yeah
And even if she doesn't know, they got the power
Remember rebel people have the fire

Consciousness is the first step to understand our mistakes
And the fight against this sick monster called Babylon system
Yo', Aspencat, and tune in to roots I say so

We need little
To keep the fire alive
And change the game board
Strengthen the roots
And conquer the sky
For all those who dreamed of tasting honey

We need little
To keep the fire alive
And change the game board
Strengthen the roots
And conquer the sky
For all those who dreamed of tasting honey