1. Là-bas ya tout

2. It would appear that in the Babtous country

3. it is not like being in Bantous country

4. people say that everything is there; everything is there

5. the sun does not burn

6. hunger does not kill

7. fire is gentle, tame and docile

8. sometimes it rains water

9. sometimes it is cotton balls.

11. Im not Kounta Kinté But, who are you ? Who are you ?

12. I am not Kounta Kinté

13. Who are you who are you?

15. I am Africa…the Third World

16. An African with a dark fate

17. I am the damned of the earth

18. I am the red flesh that feeds your barbed wire

19. this gigantic iron wall

20. darkened by the blood

21. of contemporary explorers

22. never understood and caught in a trap

23. like those cursed boar

24. worn out from rushing

25. worn out from sobbing

27. Im not Kounta Kinté But, who are you ? Who are you ?

28. I am not Kounta Kinté

29. Who are you who are you ?

31. I faced this barrier this huge metal barrier

32. that leaves one on the brink of society

33. a symbol of rejection scorn for the less well off

34. tanned people who are too dark-skinned

35. to lighten the promised land

36. I carry inside me the spirits

37. the souls of 14 000 drowned

38. 14 000 drowned in anonymity off the murderous coasts

39. the sparkling palaces

40. that dazzle you until you are blind

41. on the opposite bank

43. Im not Kounta Kinté But, who are you ? Who are you ?

44. I am not Kounta Kinté

45. Who are you who are you?

47. Gibraltar,

48. you want my hide, you will not get it

49. your attempts at dissuasion

50. scarcely intimidate me

51. I want to see the promised land and I will be there

52. I will see it because my destiny wants me to be there

53. so neither your handcuffs

54. your insignificant little handcuffs

55. nor your nasty stretch of salt water

56. that feeds its sharp toothed sharks

57. without scruples

58. even less so your barbed wire that impatiently awaits

59. to voraciously bite

60. what is closest to my skin

61. Gibraltar you want my hide, you wont get it

62. in any case

63. there it is better than here, people tell me

64. in any case

65. there it is better than here, people tell me

67. It would appear that in the Babtous country

68. it is not like being in Bantous country

69. people say that everything is there; everything is there

70. the sun does not burn

71. hunger does not kill

72. fire is gentle, tame and docile

73. sometimes it rains water

74. sometimes it is cotton balls.

76. BANG SING YITING

77. Thats how life goes

78. sons who dream of bettering themselves

79. thats how death comes

80. for those who fade in despair

81. thats how the child goes

82. in the depth of wild dreams

83. bring back happiness, for his dear Mother

84. Hey Mother, I will remove

85. the scars of survival on your angels body sleep

86. I will go out, to look for gold

87. so that you can yet live without remorse

88. up until death

89. failing being eternal

90. Mother, I will go there

91. in order to be able to manage here

92. from here it is impossible when misery has taken you for its target

93. when it deprives you of the edible minimum

94. when it aims at you

95. then riddles you

96. I will go there

97. in order to manage our problems

98. let me try my luck

99. we have got to get out of this turmoil

100. Mother, I will go there

101. it is better than if I wandered here

102. the others were able to do it, I must succeed too

103. I have had more than enough of sitting with my arms folded

104. you know Mother, here, Ive really tried everything

105. the solution can only be elsewhere

106. with my PhD I am only a tailor

107. wandering with an obsolete machine

108. to sew pogos shorts for pittance

109. Mother bless me, I will make you proud

110. as sure as I can feel my dignity dying

111. on a low heat, on a low heat

112. I must leave because the worst is imminent

113. you have to choose between never and now

115. Le destin

116. What do they care if your life is a failure ?

117. euthanasied they are, their hearts are no more beating,

118. love is getting suck and human beings looking ugly.

119. Now, our discomfort is visible,

120. even in the more introverted oneworld of intrigues,

121. extreem intransigence where the look takes first place.

122. My life is a failure because, for all I undertake,

123. I am in the last position again, if I ever give in,

124. I hope nobody will be cross with me

125. so many years, slaving away like a convict,

126. lugging my distress waiting for the death that's like

127. such is life, whether you like it or not,

128. some are born with a golden spoon in the mouth,

129. and grow from Alpha to Omega,

130. on the other side some are born in the distress,

131. born in the dryness,

132. well, all their life long they must take it,

133. grin and bear it stand the weight of griefs all their life long

134. everyone gets its safety in resisting.

135. A good way of life, I don't know it, beautiful towns, even less,

136. I struggle for life success, I look at sites, but I am no more excited,

137. my life is a sitcom, the more I live, the less men are surprised,

138. I pray that my people get on well. This is my hesitating life story,

139. will I pay the price for so many faults done ?

140. like a horse nobody backs bets on ?

141. I am induced to say that life is a bitch,

142. for all his favours, you have to pay the price.

143. How many men like me set themselves goals

144. and life forced them to follow Satan's work.

145. My life is a failure, henceforth you know it,

146. the same don't wait for the death, if your own life is, claim your failure,

147. whimpering isn't my forte, I implore God and I come back stronger :

149. People is born alike, maybe they live differently,

150. but they die alike, each get his own fate they tell me, hell !

152. Why our own fate is so mean the hard labour, we know it as teenagers,

153. I'll blaspheme if I tell you I was found of it. From now, I intend going forward.

154. Destination : the top, with hell or high water, coming ahead of the fate,

155. ruling it as I please, moving mountains like Moses the prophet.

156. Even if I know that this life is not easy,

157. my choice is to face cutting words and all kinds of insults

158. I started like a baby, on all fours, ten years later I didn't change of course.

159. To go to that point, it took me time.

160. My course, you know it, is obstacle course.

162. MAGIE

163. Magie magie hou haaaa here they are

164. they exchanged their wands for magic speeches

165. magie magie hou haaaa here they are

166. they guarantee us the dream without the fear of disappointment

167. Magie magie hou haaaa here they are

168. they exchanged their wands for magic speeches

169. magie magie hou haaaa here they are

170. they guarantee us the dream without the fear of disappointment

172. Lets shut our doors to the incarnate lie to personified demons

173. they exchanged their wands for magic speeches

174. lets flee from them

175. they are at the origin of the exodus of our intellectuals great experts for exodus of capital

176. you have to capture them early on distinctive sign too rich to be saints

177. they do not sing but they want our voices

178. it is complicated because they dont want to see us

179. They dont care, power makes them mad, mad

182. You know that here on earth everything can be negotiated even worse

183. everything can be forged these penguins with unclear speeches

184. down with these tight-rope walking elephants

185. down with these snakes with a smarmy voice

186. down the masses will survive a little stunned, it is true,

187. dream merchants torturers making people starve

189. DOUNI KIIDAM

190. In this contradictory cruel, uncertain world you will be born

191. and you will prepare for the other world, beyond

192. there are few who live bearing in mind the great tomorrow

193. and more and more frequently there are those who take the other path

194. maybe life is beautiful but it is also short lived

195. each medal here on earth has a reverse side to it

196. death reminds us each time that she calls one of ours and

197. at the cemetery the spade makes the distance grow

198. let everyone be prepared because for God everyone will answer the roll call

199. happy, unhappy we will all pay in cash

200. from the man of over one hundred to the babe of less than a year

201. because everything that lives dies every soul here on earth shall know pain and death

202. poetical extract from the book of saints but pathetic

203. death is a great bridge that links the earth to heaven

204. a hyphen between this world on earth and beyond

205. but too contaminated by the vice of this worn out world

206. we forget the creator and only dream of girls

207. those who lead us away from the path traced by the Father

208. drawing us towards the sins of the flesh like honey attracts flies son

209. travel in the direction that illuminates you

210. banish the one that humiliates you

211. your tomb is creeping up

212. the angel of death is watching you from the top of his tower

213. in his sights any mortal awaits his turn

214. for him its routine son

215. the wheel of fortune turns son

217. Love

218. Look for love, love love Lets look for love, love, love

219. Sing love, love, love Lets sing love, love, love

220. Love buried by this world

221. In a tomb; and the bomb

222. This is my earth, earth, earth. It is my Mothers

223. This is my earth, earth, earth. It is my Fathers

224. And our frontiers of misery, our bad luck

225. And our frontiers of misery, our salary

226. And our colours of misery, our bad luck

227. Look for love, love love Lets look for love, love, love

228. Sing love, love, love Lets sing love, love, love

229. In the innocent eyes of our children, In the frail hearts of our women,

230. In the bulging chest of our men, In the swollen chest of our men

231. Look for love, love love Lets look for love, love, love

232. Sing love, love, love Lets sing love, love, love

233. Lets look for love, always