A Letter for Haiti
Wyclef Jean| Original | Versione in creolo haitiano (nome nativo kreyòl ayisyen) |
| A LETTER FOR HAITI [Intro:] Action Chip told me finish that cheese first boy Okay! Turn up my guitar Ladies and gentlemen First hip-hop guitarist Oh ya'll gonna learn Goddamn I found my balance again Wyclef the general, turn up Hip-hop guitarist, stay on my Jimi Hendrix [Verse 1:] If Tenor Saw was here he'd say Ticky ticky tock on my golden hen She layin next to this gentlemen Sometimes Glock 9, sometimes mac-10 Turn me up Whenever she lay, she sing a sweet song Coot coot coot, coot lay low Hey, it's time to teach 'em bro Hey, they got to learn bro Real talk Jay, I was with Bill Clinton On a Air Force One headed down to my island I'm the one they boarded when they wanted to keep the peace United nations know the gangs would listen to me Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie brought them out to Haiti This is before the earthquake's on your TV's Used to go to DC, see Nancy Pelosi I spoke in front of congress fighting for my country But once I decided that I'm a run for president My whole life changed in a split second Now I understand the hidden outlaw on the dollar They never let a nigga that had a power In the final hour I'm with Wolf Blitzer on CNN Then felt my constitution got twisted with Sean's penn Even my bandmate said I wasn't fit But I can see the future, Nostradamus They took me out the race said I had no resident But I'm so powerful I made my man the president Lost 20 mill when I decided to run But I'm a make it all back with my next album Who God bless man no man can curse How worse can it get, man I used to eat dirt... Hip-hop guitarist Hip-hop guitarist, stay on my Jimi Hendrix Ya'll gon learn [Verse 2:] In the hood they used to call me The baddest with a Venezuelan flow, Hugo Chavez Everything I say know gotta make sense Cause I be gone with the wind Now I understand the mathematics of the one When they say there's nothing new under the sun Ain't no illuminati here they just tryna scare you here Cause if we ever join forces we be nuclear I made the labels rich now it's time to build an empire Then I'm a retire cause even the Pope gets tired They call me general, canons hit your walls Two kings can't reign, one gotta fall And that's Rom for you, that's streets for you Everybody got a set of goons ready to get you And them same goons that's ready to kill for you Twelve disciples, somebody Judas Somebody snitching, giving information Then it's immigration, then it's deportation back on a island This is more then a run on sentence My raps are true life events The general man I'm back with the info Did you know a haitian was the founder of Chicago? Jean Baptiste if you wanna Google search up a haitian on the map All y'all do is Google earth From Haiti landed on Flatbush From Flatbush walk to New Jersey New Jerusalem, I'm talkin brick city Not many like me in the semi treaty From movin brick in the Brick City Brick City and the brick city [Outro:] [?] Haitians April Showers, go All hands on deck, refugee republic I stay on my Jimi Hendrix | YON LÈT POU AYITI Lèt sa se pou ayiti Cheri Sakap fet cheri? Ayiti cheri, nou gin lontan nou pa pale Chak fwa mwen we seleksyon nasyonal la pitit ou yo fè yon gòl Mwen eksite… Saw the soccer game, next stop Goal Cup 2013 Haiti an ale lets go! Anou pale Min nou gin lontan nou pa pale! Son nan la ri a di nou fache Ayiti Pou jan nou te byen out te kwè nan tout mo’m! Min apre eleksyon ou di’m vire do’m Woy! Tan mwen Tan mwen, mwen fè anpil sakrifis Ou blye m’gin madanm, m’gin pitit, m’gin frè, m’gin sè, m’gin manmanm Miyami. M’te riske la vi’m pou’m te vin’ baw sèvis Demil sink si tèlman ou te cho se mwen minm ou te voye negosye pou ou lan geto! Admaral, Dread Wilmer, Tupak, Mackenzi, Sel solusyon mwen te wè se Yele Ayiti Min fanmi mwen te panse mwen te nayiv, pou lajan personèl mwen te depanse sou ou cheri, mwen voye ti moun ou lopital, bay gro lajan pou ti biznis, chak semen mwen paye pou anterman ou toujou gin moun mouri Se ou mim mwen te bay tout afeksyon’m, ou mim fe’m depanse lajan’ lan elekson. Min cheri sa ki fèm pi tris, Coupe Du monde, BET, MTV, Drapo lan main’mwen, ou Rele VIV WYCLEF, le yo te diw m’te vole lajan lan main’w ou di ABAS WYCLEF, mwen ta pito tiye tèt mwen avan’m pran lajan pèp, se pa tout bagay ke ou wè sou net ke ou dwe kwè ! Bagay Nef [Chorus] Sak Ap fet Cheri….(Ayiti Cheri) Nou gin lontan nou pa pale …(twice) Min nou gin lontan nou pa pale ! Son Lan La ri a di nou fache Ayiti Pou jan nou te byen out te kwe lan tout mot’m ! Min après eleksyon ou di’m vire do’m !! Cheri memwa’w kout, avan DoudouGoudou sete mwen mim kite minin Hollywood vin’we ou, Angeli Jolie, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Petra MenCova, Akon, Farrakan Sonje mwen te desan djèt la ak Bill Clinton, Bill, min Martelly, mwen te fè introdiksyon, et tout ti moun ou ye cheri, yap change rap kreyòl, nou rap lan tout lang, anglais, panyòl, cheri lem tounin Kennedy Airport, langichat la vie NewYork, mape travay du, nou di mesi jezi, vrai Gason pran responsabilite pou fami li, pagin rezon cheri pou fè jalouzi, ou bliye ou fèm pedi kontra avèk Sony, Ti frè-m fache li di m’pap jam tounin ayiti, pou jan ou di li rinmin’w gade jan li trayi’w, Ayiti tande’m byen, gin on lè cheri map tounin, sèl jam map’ka aide’w, mwen ekri on plan, tankou Dennis O’brien, fok mwen fe bilyon, mwen fèk sorti Abu Dabi I ’bati on konpayi, All HandzOnDeck nap fè gro beat, m’lage on mixtape, Clive Davis dim’ sa mwen vle, si tèlman check la gin zero ladan’l m” paka konte. ApriL Showers tande !! [Chorus] Sakap fèt cheri… Ayiti cheri Nou gin lontan nou pa pale Nou gin lontan nou pa pale Min nou gin lontan nou pa pale ! Son Lan La ri a di nou fache Ayiti Pou jan nou te byen out te kwe lan tout mot’m ! Min aprè eleksyon ou di’m vire do’m |
