Refugee Allstars

[Intro:]

Yeah, I was looking out my window
when I heard this sound
look up into the sky
saw the moon turned to blood
looked at my little brother
said, 'you high as hell maaan'

[Chorus:]

Apocalypse..
1,2 the headlines youths just rolled through
Apocalypse..
3,4 solder, 100 horsemen at your door
Apocalypse..
5,6 you wanted dead or alive, hit or miss
We we y'all, yeah, we we y'all

[Verse One:]

Arrival of the Carnival
New beats, I never recycle
While your looking for samples
You might get trampled
Surprise, hey
I'm back with lightning and thunder
I heard you over saying that I was a one year wonder
You dumb or some, I went to refugees
Silly felony, when I'm done
Collect royalty from record company's
Clouds getting darker
Suns getting nearer
I'll turn a atheist into a god fearing believer
The back of a building
Your body's found by children
Playin' hide go seek
All we found was his skeleton
In the back of a car
You spawned with the wrong guard
You know my empire strikes back hard
Listen hard, war
This is the day after action
Projects, cannons
Being launched at the palace
Vision, revelation
Sky know apocalypse
Enemy pilots kamikaze into the abyss

[Chorus:]

Apocalypse..
1,2 the headlines youths just rolled through
Apocalypse..
3,4 solder, 100 horsemen at your door
Apocalypse..
5,6 you wanted dead or alive, hit or miss
We we y'all, yeah, we we y'all, yeah, we we y'all

[Verse Two:]

Aiyyo, Back on earth
The party is in the tunnel
On the west side of the river
Went mad quiver
Rats get fed to the alligator
Gun blast equivalent to the bombs in pearl harbor
Rescue choppers broke the turn to hiroshima
I'm driving to jersey to escape the terror
I was on the highway pushing a black viper
A car pulls up, is he a jack or a sniper (sniper)
A blue range rover, he says pull over
I didn't know he was a DT undercover
I screamed out my lungs
This is discrimination!
He tried, he said you just robbed a gas station
Who me? not me! it couldn't be
I was in the Grammys with Brandy
Didn't you see me on tv?
Bullshit, y'all all in the same game
He tried to run me off the road
Like he was Roscoe P. Coltrane
I stayed calm, gave him a hell of a show
Cause when its time to go
All i gotta press is turbo
Heard it on his walkie, road block on 280 west
Things got serious, that's when i bust a left
U-Turn, my eyes burned
My concern was a truck coming
Head on collision within a chase position
Close one, i almost went up in a blaze
Running from what appears to be a masquerade
Least that what i thought, it was all in my mind
Reality stuck when i got to the borderline
The headline reads every ghettos sad story
A rookie shoots a boy over mistaken identity...
(crash)

[Chorus repeat (2X)]

Intro (Wyclef Jean):
Refugee Allstaaars
Nou nan bal la aswe - tout neg ap relax
Fi ki gen fo cheve yo, fo zong, se tet poul ou ye
Fi ap pede rele gason ""chyen"" bagay sa yo paka pati nan bal la
Ou konnin Kreyol mwen malouk, men nap eseye
Tandem, bam bam bam fon ti pale avek nou, tande tande..
[Wyclef Jean]
Si gen neg ki nan bal lan(uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh)
ki santi fi an se tet pou li ye(uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh)
E ou santi ke ou pagen peche, ou met kalonnen poul lan ak kout roch
Kade fi kap pran roch(kadeeeee roch), kade fi kap pran kout roch
ANMWEEEEEEEEEYYY
Original lan, original lan, original la, men orginal lan(HE!)
Original lan, original lan, original, Ti Mano original lan(HE!)
Original lan, original lan, original, Refugee orginal lan(HE!)
Original lan, original
Surprise, it's Sweet Mickey y'aaall
[Sweet Mickey]
Si nou te jwe Konpa, se konsa nou ta mate
Matin, midi, swa New York ta yon kanaval
Si nou te jwe Konpa, si nou te Mattelli, Se konsa li ta sonnen
Le nou pral fe bal, pagen kote pou nou met moun
[Wyclef Jean]
Anko
Mwen pavle tet poul, mwen pavle Kentucky Fried Chicken(oh ho)
Mwen pavle sis piece nugget, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen sou kotem(tanpri souple)
Mwen pavle bagay ki hmm... mwen pavle chinese food
Mwen pavle sis piece nugget, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen so kotem(tande)
Fam Ayisyen, nou konnen nou se nimero en
Pa okipe nou si yap mete nou nan zin(zin)
Jalouzi ap fe kankou nou yo se Kayen, en-en, en-en
Vendredi apremidi nou prale nan cinema
Apresa nou pral danse Konpa
Jacob
[Jacob Desvarieux]
Woy, woy woy woy
Depi se Taniz mache, koute loraj la gronde
Kade la paye-a soukwe, koute se chyen ra jape
Depi se Taniz mache, kade late-a soukwe
Koute loraj la gronde(RETIRE MENW NAN POCH MWEN!)
[Wyclef Jean talking]
Epa moun yo ap tire deye-a, pa gen anken rezon
Jan bal lan, tout moun ap relax yo - pou neg
E le sa, neg yo vle kraze bal-lan
E kounya pou neg yo we e deye-an pou yal tire
Mesye relax nou, mwen gen Jocelyn la
Jocelyn pral pale ak tout fi yo
So Jocelyn map bow mikro-an, mwen bow trant segond, ale
[Jocelyn Berouard]
Si yon fanm, andidan, ki trouve nom se dimi fre chyen fe(uh huh)
Si pe jire he pa janme peche, a lo fey bwan la kouse - ak kout roch
[Wyclef Jean + (Jocelyn)]
Gade neg kap pran roch, mezanmi(roch)
Gade tout neg kap pran roch nan bal-lan(roch)
Tout neg sa yo ap pran kout roch(roch), roy - ANMWEEEEEEEY(HEEEY)
Original lan, original lan, original la, men orginal lan(kok la vole manman poul la)
Original lan, original lan, original la, men orginal lan(kok la vole manman poul la)
Original lan, original la, original, all-star original lan(kok la vole manman poul la)
Original lan, original la, MACHEEEE!!!
[Wyclef Jean]
Mwen pavle tet poul, mwen pavle Kentucky Fried Chicken
Mwen pavle sis piece nuggets, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen sou kotem(anko)
Mwen pavle chinese food, mwen pavle bagay ki hmm..
Mwen pavle sis piece nuggets, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen sou kotem(tande)
Fam Ayisyen, nou konnen nou se nimero en
Pa okipe nou si yap mete nou nan zin(zin)
Jalouzi ap fe kankou nou yo se Kayen, en-en, en-en
Vendredi apremidi nou prale nan cinema
Kisa nou pral gade, [Naughty Professor]
Timari, mape vin chachew nan Jaguar
Apresa nou pral mange diri a omar
Li gade mwen, li tonbe ri ""haha""
Tonbe manyen mwen nan do
E te rete papal' - papal' rale yon zam men mwen men pat kouri
Mwen di, ""poukisa papi wap fe jalouzi, se piti fi'w ki fem fe belle""
Li di, ""sesa kadav ou deja ap tan ou nan simitye

Men sa le monde antye tap tann
Wyclef ki sot nan Fugee.

Jeremi! Ayiti! Potoprins! Flatbush!
Sou'w fy??짢??짢 desko'w se ayisyen mache

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora (4 fwa)

Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite Ayiti
Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami
Poukisa Jamariken toujou di se Jamariken?
Men ayisyen p??짢??짢 di li se ayisyen
Poukisa ou p??짢??짢 di non'w se Samy??짢??짢l?
Poukisa ou p??짢??짝 di'w ave'k Izray??짢??짢l?
Poukisa chak swa wap domi ak Jezab??짢??짢l?
Ou p??짢??짢 di fanm ayisyen ke yo b??짢??짢l?
Pa'm nan b??짢??짢l

Mwen respekte non'w tankou mwen
respekte zanj Gabriy??짢??짢l
Men n??짢??짢g dyaspora vle Mennen nou nan ot??짢??짢l
Tonben pale angl??짢??짢 vire "playboy channel"
Yo pa respekte Izray??짢??짢l

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora li ye mape voye' l bay reken

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora li ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'l

Dyaspora ha ha o le men
Mape pran li jete'l nan prizon
Map f??짢??짢'l konnen kiy??짢??짢s ki Tousen
Map f??짢??짢'l konnen kiy??짢??짢s ki Desalin
Apr??짢??짢 sa nou m??짢??짢t lage'l voye'l back Brooklyn
Pou la'l jwenn manman'n kap fe manje nan kwizin
Mannan'n gade li di gason ou chanje
Li di mwen chanje paske se ayisyen mwen ye
Yo te ban mwen yon leson, yo te mete'm nan prison
Mwen w??짢??짢 dyaspora fi, dyaspora gason
Gen sa ki pap tounen yape domi a pwason
Yo pedi konesans kankou yo f??짢??짢t san relijyon
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voye'w bay reken
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'w

N??짢??짢g Potoprins pa respekte dyspora Ank??짢??째
N??짢??짢g Flatbush pa respekte dyspora
N??짢??짢g Canada pa respekte dyspora
N??짢??짢g Miami pa respekte dyaspora

Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite ayiti
Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami
Poukisa jamariken toujou di se jamariken?
Men ayisyen p??짢??짢 di li se ayisyen
Poukisa ou p??짢??짢 di non'w se Samy??짢??짢l?
Poukisa ou p??짢??짢 di'w ave'k Isray??짢??짢l?
Poukisa chak swa wap domi ak Jezab??짢??짢l?
Ou p??짢??짢 di fanm ayisyen ke yo b??짢??짢l?
Pa'm nan b??짢??짢l

Mwen respekete nou tankou mwen
respekte zanj gabriy??짢??짢l
Men n??짢??짢g dyaspora vle Mennen noun nan ot??짢??짢l
Tonben pale angle vire "playboy channel"
Yo pa respekte Izray??짢??짢l

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voyo'w bay reken

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora ou ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'w
Pa Kayos pa respekte dyaspora
Papa Djoume pa respekte dyaspora
Refugees pa respekte dyaspora
N??짢??짢g Florida pa respekte dyaspora
Malfini bagay yo pral fini mal,
sou'w derespekte natif natal
Malfini bagay yo pral fini mal
Derespekte ayisyen ou pral kout fistibal
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voyo'w bay reken
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'w

I asked my mother why do you cry
she said your brother had... he just died
Well I told him not to go outside
he said he had to fight for his country's right
But don't you know that mo-mother
don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
Because the war is not over
until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (pow)
my brother's been dead ever since
I didn't beleive it, but when I saw him I was convinced
Two shots to the head he was already dead Lord,
I headed for revenge in the city of Port Au Prince
Screaming bro-brother
don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
Because the war is not over
until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (Pow)
Zion's gunpowder (pow)
L.A.'s gunpowder (pow)
I wanna know why
Christians pray for a new day
we don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no
But its still the same way
I wanna know why
ghetto people pray for a new day
hey, hey, heeey
and its still the same way
But the preacher man told me
good things come to those who wait
do good things come to those who wait?
I wanna know tell me
good things come to those who wait
do good things come to those who wait?
we wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know [pause]
Pe-people
don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
because the war is not over
until you can feel love, peace, and hear the silence
but I smell gunpowder (gunpowder)
Brooklyn's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Shaolin's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Uptown's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Jersey's gunpowder (gunpowder)
even New Zealand's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Australia's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Brixton's gunpowder (gunpowder)
even New Haven's gunpowder

INTRO:

We got the Refugees All-Stars rubba dubbin in the club
Wyclef Jean, John Forte, Prazwell.
Nah mean the streets are gettin a little crazy.

WYCLEF JEAN:

Looka looka looka looka looka looka looka look it here
Look it shorty got back,
Should I ask her for a dance?
Hold on theres too many in a wolf pack,
And besides Dirtycash talkin to her,
Buyin her fake furs and takin her to the fever.
Quite as his kept that ain't even his Benz
She spends his franklins at the malls with her friends.
Material girl, livin in a material world.
But it's alright cause its Saturday night.
So mista funkmaster
Pump the Bee-Gees,
And all you college students bring your ouijas
Check the spellin,
R-E-F-U-G-E-E
Get the cd from Sam Goody he he.
You ain't even close wit the rhymes that you wrote.
Don't be mad cause you broke.
Let me clear my throat ah huh ah huh.
John Forte grab the mic roots sway it this way.

JOHN FORTE:

I more than just a rhymer,
You still a small timer.
Hopin that the game treat that ass a little kinda.
Every step tango$BCE(J
Your beat dont concern me.
I'm eatin mangos in Trinadad wit attorneys.
My crews slang flow worldwide like a current.
Wit the every spot where nobody get insurance.
Brotha do the math,
You ain't half near exotic.
My man's claim true,
You, forget about it.
Pope hoe just a new stance like my influence.
Well recognize you a lie tryin do it.
Got juice told your lady oops.
We nuts baby,
Smooth and charizmatic automatic.
You gonna save me,
Godbless the day that my sons survive.
We strive to teach the youth baby and stay alive.

WYCLEF JEAN:

Refugee camp.
Nuts baby.
John Forte,
Yo watch your lady.

PRAZWELL:

Yo watch your lady,
Special ill rhyme dirtycash.

WYCLEF:

Yo if you got more than dollar in your pocket,
Right now put your hands up.

PRAZWELL:

Yo, yo,
You can tell by the way I roll shorty
That I'm a ladies man,
A business man
Condos down the shore,
Multi million pension plans.
But it ain't in my plan to make move without the fam.
I keep it intact,
You Clef do the track.
John play the mack while I pay the tax.
Business as usuall,
Watchin suspects.
Steal my assetts,
Get cut with g-lets.
We built this concept,
Connect like nine x.
Drinks at the bar,
My american express.

WYCLEF JEAN:

Yo I cook up cook up.
The cop a pull up pull up.
Then I cuff up cuff up.
You who's callin bluff.
Now you shook up shook up,
Cause you lock up lock up.
When I love up love up,
You who's callin bluff.

Hey yo John is chillin.
Dirtycash chillin.
What more can I say we livin.
That's what we got, we got it good.
And since you understood,
We be.

PRAZWELL:

Yea, live at the carnival.
97 till infinite.
Refugee All-Stars.
Can't stop the shinin, can't stop the shinin.
Can't stop the shinin, can't stop the shinin.
You wanna stop the shinin, you wanna stop the shinin.
You wanna stop the shinin, you wanna stop the shinin.
Can't stop the shinin, can't stop the shinin.

featuring Jean Forte, Te Bass



Wyclef (speaking):

Guys, you have to be more gangster, more blood

more gun talk, more people dying, more hardcore

Enough, come on, I'm not feeling it man

More, more, man (I got you)

Alright, come with it (gunshot)



Man:

The million dollar question is, the million dollar question is...

S.. s.. street corner...



Wyclef (singing):

(this is what he said)



Have you ever heard the sound of a .44, at your door?

(this is what I said)

You got guns (you got guns), I got guns (uh-huh)

Meet me at the corner store

(this is what he said) (what does it all mean?)

After school, wild wild west

Even the teacher got a vest (this is what I said)

You can ask, on the block, ? (what does it all mean?)

Street Jeopardy... (here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo)

Have you ever played Jeopardy...

(here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo)



Wyclef:



Not me, it could never happen to me

Professor says what you want to do? Sell drugs or get a degree?

Looked at him and smiled with 32 gold teeth

And said what you make in a year, I make it in a week

Elementary at the time, I don't think of gettin caught

Sellin with degrees, pickups at the seaport (come on)

Once caught, you know the drill, it's military

I can't lie, it gets scary, you screamin' for your mommy (come on)

Truth or dare, beware, the game is never fair

I'm fallin and I can't get up, like a dead hare

You stare like you seen me before

Yup, you put the gat to my gut, stuck me up in the truck

And said, "Don't nothin move but the goods"

Caught an arrow in your back fuckin wit Robin Hood



John Forte:



This street life'll get you if the hustle don't fit you

Paranoid crews don't choose, nigga stick you

Arms and foldin macks to ya back tryin'a vick you

Belief in my crew wishin' foes never get through

And if so, Shalom, bless my soul, I'm home

I lived my life to the fullest, neighborhoods now known

A stone face is outta place when discussin B.I.

If I have a second thought, you ought not reply

I fought hot and sticky summers when the game started heatin

Competition, mega jail, and the well, who was eatin (oh well)

And every cell in the bang had a tenant

With each of them regrettin they was in it



Wyclef (singing):



Have you ever heard the sound of a .44, at your door?

You got guns, I got guns

Meet me at the corner store (what does it all mean?)

After school, wild wild west

Even the teacher got a vest

You can ask, on the block, ?(what does it all mean?)

Street Jeopardy... (here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo)

(it's a shame in the game when you lose, son, they probably stoned ya today)

Have you ever played Jeopardy...

(here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo)

(money doubles for your troubles though you lose some

in the end it's all pain)



Te Bass:



Yeah, yeah

I got up, sunny day, hood callin my name

Strange, I feel nauseous, memories of a pine cauffin

Seemed to me that I was dreamin

I'd been struck by a crazed fan after the concert, damn

Slugs form and I hurt, hopped up, checked my physical

But the pain was all mental, I slipped into

The shower, hopped out, got dressed, hit the blocks

Swarmed with cops, mad shots, hot shells dropped

You ever heard the sound of a .44 at your door?

Before, many times, I answered back with a milli

Now what? Now give me mine

It ain't no games like B.D.P.

My 9-meter go da-da-da-da-dang-hey hey



Wyclef (singing):



Have you ever heard the sound of a .44, at your door?

You got guns, I got guns

Meet me at the corner store (what does it all mean?)

After school, wild wild west

Even the teacher got a vest

You can ask, on the block, ? (what does it all mean?)

Street Jeopardy... (here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo)

(it's a shame in the game when you lose, son, they probably stoned ya today)

Have you ever played Jeopardy...

(here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo, here we go yo)

(money doubles for your troubles though you lose some

in the end it's all pain)

featuring Neville Brothers

(Introduction)
Yo Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday and if your busy, I
wouldn't mind taking Saturday.

(Wyclef Talking)
Right about now, if you are in your jeep. Please turn up your radio.
If you don't have a Jeep, and you have a little hooptie I still want
you to crank up your volume.
We want all the ladies to sit back, relax, let your hair out.
Wyclef presents the Neville Brothers in the house tonight.

(Neville's Singing)
I know a girl, she ruled my world.
Whatever I need, she supplied.
Living in paradise.
She ruled my heart, till death do we part.
(Her love was like esctasy)

*Chorus*
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(So Neville brothers what you telling me)
Atleast that how I thought it would be
(One question, what was her name)
Mona Lisa, you called my name.
Laid it apart but I did not respond
And you ask me what I am thinking of
In the morning I'll be gone, no more loving after dawn.
No longer we can share the love that was never there.
When the moon has lost its light.
And the stars no longer bright
And no longer can we share, the love that was never there.
(Ain't no need to cry girl. Its gonna be alright)

Girl don't you cry.
(Girl don't you cry)
Please dry your eyes
All you ever been was faithful in my life.
So I apologize
I hope the future brings us back together.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(Yo, neville brothers. What was her name)

*Repeat Chorus*

(Wyclef speaking)
Right about now if you are in dance, I want you to hold your girl
real tight. We got the neville brothers in the house tonight. Along
side Wyclef, you know how we do it. I want to apologize to you. I
never wrote a love song. This is my first one.

Yo yes yes yo. Lock your door. Die die die (x6)

I remember comin' from Hati growin' up in Brooklyn
On Flat Bush got my first sneakers tooken
Learn the game quick so I got my first device
Mom move to Jersey so we could get a better life
But little did she know a ghetto is a ghetto
Good time found myself like Jimmy Walker sayin' "Cello"

Yellow cheese bus gettin' beatings if I cuss
Lay away another day in stripped Lees and letegrays
But the lyrical bomber momma tried to stop
Paranoid cause this boy around my neighborhood got shot
Name plate hair straight metal braces on my teeth
Fat laces on my feet when crack first hits the streets

I use to push up on a girl Salt 'N' Peppa Push It Push It
D's in school cause the music was my focus
Jokes in class but when I learned I didn't pass
I knew it was my ass with my mothers leather lash
Belt buckle said Nelly Nel similar to Melle Mel
Hits the third rail Beat Street made Gazzels sells

As the tale gets poetic watch the streets turn magnetic
Towanna Balley's rape is alleged
Hang out in hooky places watch streets corners turn to oasis
Young men aspire to be Scarfaces

[Chorus]
In the year of the dragon lots of men disappear
Quiet as it's kept they won't be around next year

Yo yo watch out for the black van. Yo yo (last days last days)
Planes exploding yo close your door yo nobody's safe. 4
Halloween. October 31. Yo close your door yo kids are disappearing. Yo

Late at night the light was bright on the ave
I went to pick up cash from my cousin little Kev
He told me Joe had a dream in jail he got steamed
His wife became a fiend fuckin' little Raheim

Damn, drugs will make you do terrible things
He told me when he get out he's murdering by any means
The day came I saw him on the train
He pulled his gun and aimed and started firing like the son of Kane

I saw civilians runnin' for their life
Like the devil on judgement night running from Christ
Ice and Armarretto please as I fell to my knees
Being shot by Fergusin the vigilante

[Chorus]

So CNN know whatI'm sayin'? Fergusin' is at court and he's his own lawyer
You know what's goin' on. Talk to me. This is definitely the last days.
Jewish calendar has already arrived the year 2000.
Watch ya back watch ya back watch ya back DIE DIE DIE DIE

Clef it kind of remind me of this chick I once knew
Use to be a dime now she's strung out in Bellevue
See the serpent played tricks run game like the Knicks
Build you up just to lose the championship.

I seen her reminisce over Wu-Tang could It Be that Simple
She lost her Prince cause there were Thieves In the Temple
Tragic depression made her lose all her teeth
Lost and turned out gave her body to the streets

Sweet Mary don't you weep
Still water runs deep
So be carful of the company you keep

[Chorus]

Yo I'm frustrated you kno what I mean Use to work at McDonalds just got fired.
If I get in I'm sprayin' everybody the boss the manager yo these are definitely the last days.
Yo here he comes with his gun yo duck duck. Black Panther yo nobody's protected.
Yo 6-6-6 watch your back don't get caught in the rapture yo AIDS, Moses the plaque watch your back. Pharoh let my people go.

Yo watch your back. Last days. Last days. Nobody's protected. Yo my little sister is Rosey Sharen. Yo yo nobody's protected. Not even Rosey Sharen.
Nobody's protected. Yo you come try to get my sister I'm a get you first.
I'm a be driving a hearse. Cause nobody's protected.

Yo, Wyclef, It's time that I confess (Refugee Camp) to all the girls
(Don't do it, don't do it)
To all the girls I loved before
To all the girls I cheated on before
To all the girls I loved before

To all the girls I cheated on before, I tip my hat like Willie Nelson
You got pressure, take a sip of this Molson
Here's what happened, it wasn't my intentions
To fall into seduction while playing a temptation
I thought I had it figured out, but games don't last
The hourglass ran out, I got sprayed with the tear gas
Big men don't cry, hold my feelings inside
Stress brings me pain, I gotta hold my pride
When I see you with another guy, jealous thoughts of homicide
Call me selfish when I say Abraham has many wives
You say this is the 90's, either it's gonna be me or her
I found myself in a blur
Lookin' into the clouds thinkin' out loud
"I'm in love with two women, who is it gonna be now?"

To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I'm a ho

Second verse is gonna hurt, based on a true life story
I got married at 24 in New Jersey
You know the feelings start nature take it's course
Two years later 'Clef gets a divorce
When I had the cold feet, I shouldn't've walked the altar
With Dionne Warwick, she could predict my future
Went with my feelings even though it wasn't right
Creepin' with my secret lover in the middle of the night
Back home, break of dawn, dinner's at the table
Thin Line Between Love And Hate is on cable
I'm lookin' at myself thinkin' out loud
"I'm in love with two women, who is it gonna be now?"

To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I'm a ho

Hotel, (I'm not a) motel, Holiday Inn (you don't believe me though)
And if your girl acts up at the carnival, then you take her friend
Hotel, (I'm not a) motel, Holiday Inn (you don't believe me though)
And if your girl acts up at the carnival, then you snatch her friend

Break it down right here

One love, you're lucky to have one love
It sounds bugged, drinking wine from the same jug
One heart, one mind, one soul
She ain't a gold digger, she don't care about your bank-roll
Keep your money, she make her own cheddar
All she want from me is respect like Aretha
Cooked me lasagne, stayed in for the winter
Chilled to the summer, now I'm gone 'til November
Have you seen her?
I think I did
But what I did wrong was take a love for granted
Cause first comes trust, don't rush into lust
Easier said than done, I lust and I must
Passion is a must, but then we start to cuss
We was just makin' love, now we tearing up each other's guts
Like species, she called me an animal
So feel the tongue of the warm-blooded mammal

To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I'm a ho

I'm not a ho
(You don't believe me though)
I know you're diggin' this
Is it OK if I play my guitar right about now, is it alright?
(You don't believe me though)
Alright (you don't believe me though), alright
People in the back, is it OK if I play my guitar right about now?
Alright, alright, alright, alright
People on the side, is it OK if I play my guitar right about now?

When I was young, Mama played a guitar
A microphone and she said I'd go far
She said, "Just keep all the lyrics hardcore"
Listen to my talk and get up, I'm on the corner with my...

Hey kids, gather around, it's Wyclef and Melky Sedeck
I got a story to tell, heeeeeeere we go

Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler 'round my way
He used to clock around the block from where my grandma stayed
Black BMW with rims to match, windows bulletproof
One night, he jumped out the car
and caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
You can be at the party gettin' loose
But you can catch a bullet in your bubblegoose

Hey yo, hey yo, my pen's in my hand, what should I write next?
Oh yeah, and if you don't know, success brings stress
I'm vexed, my phone rings, collect call from Jeff
The operator say, "If you accept, say yes"
"Yes, what's the deal, son?"
"Yo, I got bad news"
Yo, by the tone of his voice, I heard the ill street blues
"The friends will make you, then too can break you
They plan an execution like Fu Man Chu"
"Who?"
"You know the character from channel 5 kung-fu (wahoo)"
"Slow down, man, Jeff, I'm losin' you"
"Hey yo, your cousin Rohann..."
"Uh-huh"
"Who used to sell bang"
"Uh-huh"
"DT's found his hand in the back of Binnigans..."
"What?"
"In a plastic bag with a note attached"
"Saying what?"
"A million and a half or he won't be back"
"So meet me by the Brooklyn Bridge, 12:00 sharp"
"If not, at the funeral, you gotta play the harp"
Yo, why they wanna start and make me play my part?
Don't they know like Sting, I can turn this murder into art?
I jumped into my car, there's gotta be a joke
Traffic's backed up, who's in town, the Pope?
S-s-s-s-someone blew the horn, I turned and looked left
To my surprise, it was my sis, Melky Sedeck

Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler 'round my way
He used to clock around the block from where my grandma stayed
Black BMW with rims to match, windows bulletproof
One night, he jumped out the car
and caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
You can be at the party gettin' loose
But you can catch a bullet in your bubblegoose

You're shootin' in the opposite position
I'm thiniin', "Should I fire or hold back on ammunition
On your wig transition?"
My mission, like Take 6, is to spread love
But all you screwed mugs got me wearin' black gloves
You up in my face, I see the fear in your eyes
You wanna feel the pain like a grown man gettin' circumcised
Shalom, shalom, pardon my left
But my right hand's on your throat, massaging you to death
You provoke the cycle, call Michael
You're lookin' in the mirror, well, I'm in your window, oh oh
You hear me Urkel, your blood will turn purple
Like the colour, you holler, ballin' for your mother
No-one hears you even though you knock
You used to walk around the block with the daily rock
Things done changed since your spark got hot
Now you got your knot wocked with your very own glock

Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler 'round my way
He used to clock around the block from where my grandma stayed
Black BMW with rims to match, windows bulletproof
One night, he jumped out the car
and caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
You can be witcha girl gettin' loose
But you can catch a bullet in your goose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose
You can be at the party gettin' loose
But you can catch a bullet in your goose

{S} indicates the actual words in spanish
{T} indicates the translation into english

---
{S} Hola! Soy Celia Cruz
{T} (Hi! I am Celia Cruz)
{S} Y estoy aqui con Wyclef, celebrando Carnival; Azucar!!)
{T} (And I'm here with Wyclef celebrating Carnival; Azucar!!)
[singing] Guantanamera
[Wyclef] We out here in Miami just shining
[singing] Guajila, Guantanamera
[Wyclef] Worldwide
[singing] Guan-tana-mera
[Wyclef] Bout to bring it to you in stereo
[singing] Guajila voy, de na meda
Yo soy un hombre sincero
[Wyclef] That was then, this is now
Welcome to the Carnival, the arrival... c'mon!
[singing] De donde crecen las palmas

[Wyclef Jean]
Spanish Harlem! Oahh-eee-ohh!
Boogie Down Bronx! Oahh-eee-ohh!
Manhattan! Oahh-eee-ohh!
Back to Staten! Oahh-eee-ohh!

[Wyclef sings, then raps]
Guantanamera
Hey yo I'm standing at the bar with a, Cuban cigar
Guajila, Guantanamera
Hey, yo, I think she's eyeing me from afar
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera...

Verse One: Wyclef Jean

Yo, I wrote this in Haiti, overlooking Cuba
I asked her what's her name, she said, 'Guantanamera'
Remind me of an old latin song, my uncle used to play
On his old forty-five when he used to be alive
She went from a young girl, to a grown woman
Like a Virgin, so she sex with no average mahn
Peep the figure, move like a caterpillar
Fly like a butterfly, let your soul feel her glide
Pac Woman better yet Space Invader
If your name was Chun-Li, we'd be playin Street Fighter
Penny for your thoughts, a nickel for your kiss
A dime if you tell me that you love me

Chorus:

Guantanamera
Hey yo, I'm standin at the bar with a, Cuban cigar
Guajila, Guantanamera
Yo, I think she's eyeing me from afar
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera...

[singing in Spanish, with Wyclef responses]
{S} Soy una mujer, sincera
{T} (I am a sincere woman)
Do you speak English?
{S} De donde crecen las palmas
{T} (From where the palm tree grows)
Can I buy you a drink?
{S} Soy una mujer, sincera
{T} (I am a sincere woman)
Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
{S} De donde creeeeeeecen las palmas
{T} (From where the palm tree grows)
You killin me
{S} Y antes de morir, yo quiero
{T} (And before I die, I want to)
..
{S} cantar mis versos del alma
{T} (sing the verses in my heart)
Te quiero mama, te quiero!!

Guantanamera
Aiyyo I'm standing at the bar with a, Cuban cigar
Guajila, Guantanamera
Hey yo John Forte, she's eyeing me from far
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera

Verse Two: Lauryn Hill

Yo, she was a rose in Spanish Harlem, mamacita beg your pardon
Make stakes at a faster rate then she fornicates
Pure traits of genius, Goddess of Black Venus
Crab niggaz angry cause they can't get between us
to no sele-xion, smooth complex-ion
The lexicon of Lexington, parents came from Cuba
Part Mexican, pure sweet, dimes fell to her feet
She like Movado, and shook her hips like Delgado
And broke niggaz down from the Grounds to Apollo
and then some, she took her act sent it to dim sum
And waited patiently while the businessmen come
Call late on purpose, got even politicians nervous
And made plans to infiltrate the street secret service
This gentle flower, fertility was her power
Sweet persona, Venus Flytrap primadonna
Que sera que sera she turned dinero to dinera

[Wyclef responds to singing again]
Guantanamera
Hey yo I'm standing at the bar with a, Cuban cigar
Guajila Guantanamera
Hey yo... I think she's eyein me from afar
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera...

[Intro:]

Yeah, I was looking out my window
when I heard this sound
look up into the sky
saw the moon turned to blood
looked at my little brother
said, 'you high as hell maaan'

[Chorus:]

Apocalypse..
1,2 the headlines youths just rolled through
Apocalypse..
3,4 solder, 100 horsemen at your door
Apocalypse..
5,6 you wanted dead or alive, hit or miss
We we y'all, yeah, we we y'all

[Verse One:]

Arrival of the Carnival
New beats, I never recycle
While your looking for samples
You might get trampled
Surprise, hey
I'm back with lightning and thunder
I heard you over saying that I was a one year wonder
You dumb or some, I went to refugees
Silly felony, when I'm done
Collect royalty from record company's
Clouds getting darker
Suns getting nearer
I'll turn a atheist into a god fearing believer
The back of a building
Your body's found by children
Playin' hide go seek
All we found was his skeleton
In the back of a car
You spawned with the wrong guard
You know my empire strikes back hard
Listen hard, war
This is the day after action
Projects, cannons
Being launched at the palace
Vision, revelation
Sky know apocalypse
Enemy pilots kamikaze into the abyss

[Chorus:]

Apocalypse..
1,2 the headlines youths just rolled through
Apocalypse..
3,4 solder, 100 horsemen at your door
Apocalypse..
5,6 you wanted dead or alive, hit or miss
We we y'all, yeah, we we y'all, yeah, we we y'all

[Verse Two:]

Aiyyo, Back on earth
The party is in the tunnel
On the west side of the river
Went mad quiver
Rats get fed to the alligator
Gun blast equivalent to the bombs in pearl harbor
Rescue choppers broke the turn to hiroshima
I'm driving to jersey to escape the terror
I was on the highway pushing a black viper
A car pulls up, is he a jack or a sniper (sniper)
A blue range rover, he says pull over
I didn't know he was a DT undercover
I screamed out my lungs
This is discrimination!
He tried, he said you just robbed a gas station
Who me? not me! it couldn't be
I was in the Grammys with Brandy
Didn't you see me on tv?
Bullshit, y'all all in the same game
He tried to run me off the road
Like he was Roscoe P. Coltrane
I stayed calm, gave him a hell of a show
Cause when its time to go
All i gotta press is turbo
Heard it on his walkie, road block on 280 west
Things got serious, that's when i bust a left
U-Turn, my eyes burned
My concern was a truck coming
Head on collision within a chase position
Close one, i almost went up in a blaze
Running from what appears to be a masquerade
Least that what i thought, it was all in my mind
Reality stuck when i got to the borderline
The headline reads every ghettos sad story
A rookie shoots a boy over mistaken identity...
(crash)

[Chorus repeat (2X)]

Yo, Wyclef, It's time that I confess (Refugee Camp) to all the girls
(Don't do it, don't do it)
To all the girls I loved before
To all the girls I cheated on before
To all the girls I loved before

To all the girls I cheated on before, I tip my hat like Willie Nelson
You got pressure, take a sip of this Molson
Here's what happened, it wasn't my intentions
To fall into seduction while playing a temptation
I thought I had it figured out, but games don't last
The hourglass ran out, I got sprayed with the tear gas
Big men don't cry, hold my feelings inside
Stress brings me pain, I gotta hold my pride
When I see you with another guy, jealous thoughts of homicide
Call me selfish when I say Abraham has many wives
You say this is the 90's, either it's gonna be me or her
I found myself in a blur
Lookin' into the clouds thinkin' out loud
"I'm in love with two women, who is it gonna be now?"

To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I'm a ho

Second verse is gonna hurt, based on a true life story
I got married at 24 in New Jersey
You know the feelings start nature take it's course
Two years later 'Clef gets a divorce
When I had the cold feet, I shouldn't've walked the altar
With Dionne Warwick, she could predict my future
Went with my feelings even though it wasn't right
Creepin' with my secret lover in the middle of the night
Back home, break of dawn, dinner's at the table
Thin Line Between Love And Hate is on cable
I'm lookin' at myself thinkin' out loud
"I'm in love with two women, who is it gonna be now?"

To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I'm a ho

Hotel, (I'm not a) motel, Holiday Inn (you don't believe me though)
And if your girl acts up at the carnival, then you take her friend
Hotel, (I'm not a) motel, Holiday Inn (you don't believe me though)
And if your girl acts up at the carnival, then you snatch her friend

Break it down right here

One love, you're lucky to have one love
It sounds bugged, drinking wine from the same jug
One heart, one mind, one soul
She ain't a gold digger, she don't care about your bank-roll
Keep your money, she make her own cheddar
All she want from me is respect like Aretha
Cooked me lasagne, stayed in for the winter
Chilled to the summer, now I'm gone 'til November
Have you seen her?
I think I did
But what I did wrong was take a love for granted
Cause first comes trust, don't rush into lust
Easier said than done, I lust and I must
Passion is a must, but then we start to cuss
We was just makin' love, now we tearing up each other's guts
Like species, she called me an animal
So feel the tongue of the warm-blooded mammal

To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it's a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I'm a ho

I'm not a ho
(You don't believe me though)
I know you're diggin' this
Is it OK if I play my guitar right about now, is it alright?
(You don't believe me though)
Alright (you don't believe me though), alright
People in the back, is it OK if I play my guitar right about now?
Alright, alright, alright, alright
People on the side, is it OK if I play my guitar right about now?

Intro (Wyclef Jean):
Refugee Allstaaars
Nou nan bal la aswe - tout neg ap relax
Fi ki gen fo cheve yo, fo zong, se tet poul ou ye
Fi ap pede rele gason ""chyen"" bagay sa yo paka pati nan bal la
Ou konnin Kreyol mwen malouk, men nap eseye
Tandem, bam bam bam fon ti pale avek nou, tande tande..
[Wyclef Jean]
Si gen neg ki nan bal lan(uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh)
ki santi fi an se tet pou li ye(uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh)
E ou santi ke ou pagen peche, ou met kalonnen poul lan ak kout roch
Kade fi kap pran roch(kadeeeee roch), kade fi kap pran kout roch
ANMWEEEEEEEEEYYY
Original lan, original lan, original la, men orginal lan(HE!)
Original lan, original lan, original, Ti Mano original lan(HE!)
Original lan, original lan, original, Refugee orginal lan(HE!)
Original lan, original
Surprise, it's Sweet Mickey y'aaall
[Sweet Mickey]
Si nou te jwe Konpa, se konsa nou ta mate
Matin, midi, swa New York ta yon kanaval
Si nou te jwe Konpa, si nou te Mattelli, Se konsa li ta sonnen
Le nou pral fe bal, pagen kote pou nou met moun
[Wyclef Jean]
Anko
Mwen pavle tet poul, mwen pavle Kentucky Fried Chicken(oh ho)
Mwen pavle sis piece nugget, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen sou kotem(tanpri souple)
Mwen pavle bagay ki hmm... mwen pavle chinese food
Mwen pavle sis piece nugget, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen so kotem(tande)
Fam Ayisyen, nou konnen nou se nimero en
Pa okipe nou si yap mete nou nan zin(zin)
Jalouzi ap fe kankou nou yo se Kayen, en-en, en-en
Vendredi apremidi nou prale nan cinema
Apresa nou pral danse Konpa
Jacob
[Jacob Desvarieux]
Woy, woy woy woy
Depi se Taniz mache, koute loraj la gronde
Kade la paye-a soukwe, koute se chyen ra jape
Depi se Taniz mache, kade late-a soukwe
Koute loraj la gronde(RETIRE MENW NAN POCH MWEN!)
[Wyclef Jean talking]
Epa moun yo ap tire deye-a, pa gen anken rezon
Jan bal lan, tout moun ap relax yo - pou neg
E le sa, neg yo vle kraze bal-lan
E kounya pou neg yo we e deye-an pou yal tire
Mesye relax nou, mwen gen Jocelyn la
Jocelyn pral pale ak tout fi yo
So Jocelyn map bow mikro-an, mwen bow trant segond, ale
[Jocelyn Berouard]
Si yon fanm, andidan, ki trouve nom se dimi fre chyen fe(uh huh)
Si pe jire he pa janme peche, a lo fey bwan la kouse - ak kout roch
[Wyclef Jean + (Jocelyn)]
Gade neg kap pran roch, mezanmi(roch)
Gade tout neg kap pran roch nan bal-lan(roch)
Tout neg sa yo ap pran kout roch(roch), roy - ANMWEEEEEEEY(HEEEY)
Original lan, original lan, original la, men orginal lan(kok la vole manman poul la)
Original lan, original lan, original la, men orginal lan(kok la vole manman poul la)
Original lan, original la, original, all-star original lan(kok la vole manman poul la)
Original lan, original la, MACHEEEE!!!
[Wyclef Jean]
Mwen pavle tet poul, mwen pavle Kentucky Fried Chicken
Mwen pavle sis piece nuggets, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen sou kotem(anko)
Mwen pavle chinese food, mwen pavle bagay ki hmm..
Mwen pavle sis piece nuggets, on fam Ayisyen mwen bezwen sou kotem(tande)
Fam Ayisyen, nou konnen nou se nimero en
Pa okipe nou si yap mete nou nan zin(zin)
Jalouzi ap fe kankou nou yo se Kayen, en-en, en-en
Vendredi apremidi nou prale nan cinema
Kisa nou pral gade, [Naughty Professor]
Timari, mape vin chachew nan Jaguar
Apresa nou pral mange diri a omar
Li gade mwen, li tonbe ri ""haha""
Tonbe manyen mwen nan do
E te rete papal' - papal' rale yon zam men mwen men pat kouri
Mwen di, ""poukisa papi wap fe jalouzi, se piti fi'w ki fem fe belle""
Li di, ""sesa kadav ou deja ap tan ou nan simitye

Men sa le monde antye tap tann
Wyclef ki sot nan Fugee.

Jeremi! Ayiti! Potoprins! Flatbush!
Sou'w fy??짢??짢 desko'w se ayisyen mache

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora (4 fwa)

Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite Ayiti
Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami
Poukisa Jamariken toujou di se Jamariken?
Men ayisyen p??짢??짢 di li se ayisyen
Poukisa ou p??짢??짢 di non'w se Samy??짢??짢l?
Poukisa ou p??짢??짝 di'w ave'k Izray??짢??짢l?
Poukisa chak swa wap domi ak Jezab??짢??짢l?
Ou p??짢??짢 di fanm ayisyen ke yo b??짢??짢l?
Pa'm nan b??짢??짢l

Mwen respekte non'w tankou mwen
respekte zanj Gabriy??짢??짢l
Men n??짢??짢g dyaspora vle Mennen nou nan ot??짢??짢l
Tonben pale angl??짢??짢 vire "playboy channel"
Yo pa respekte Izray??짢??짢l

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora li ye mape voye' l bay reken

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora li ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'l

Dyaspora ha ha o le men
Mape pran li jete'l nan prizon
Map f??짢??짢'l konnen kiy??짢??짢s ki Tousen
Map f??짢??짢'l konnen kiy??짢??짢s ki Desalin
Apr??짢??짢 sa nou m??짢??짢t lage'l voye'l back Brooklyn
Pou la'l jwenn manman'n kap fe manje nan kwizin
Mannan'n gade li di gason ou chanje
Li di mwen chanje paske se ayisyen mwen ye
Yo te ban mwen yon leson, yo te mete'm nan prison
Mwen w??짢??짢 dyaspora fi, dyaspora gason
Gen sa ki pap tounen yape domi a pwason
Yo pedi konesans kankou yo f??짢??짢t san relijyon
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voye'w bay reken
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'w

N??짢??짢g Potoprins pa respekte dyspora Ank??짢??째
N??짢??짢g Flatbush pa respekte dyspora
N??짢??짢g Canada pa respekte dyspora
N??짢??짢g Miami pa respekte dyaspora

Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite ayiti
Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami
Poukisa jamariken toujou di se jamariken?
Men ayisyen p??짢??짢 di li se ayisyen
Poukisa ou p??짢??짢 di non'w se Samy??짢??짢l?
Poukisa ou p??짢??짢 di'w ave'k Isray??짢??짢l?
Poukisa chak swa wap domi ak Jezab??짢??짢l?
Ou p??짢??짢 di fanm ayisyen ke yo b??짢??짢l?
Pa'm nan b??짢??짢l

Mwen respekete nou tankou mwen
respekte zanj gabriy??짢??짢l
Men n??짢??짢g dyaspora vle Mennen noun nan ot??짢??짢l
Tonben pale angle vire "playboy channel"
Yo pa respekte Izray??짢??짢l

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voyo'w bay reken

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora ou ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'w
Pa Kayos pa respekte dyaspora
Papa Djoume pa respekte dyaspora
Refugees pa respekte dyaspora
N??짢??짢g Florida pa respekte dyaspora
Malfini bagay yo pral fini mal,
sou'w derespekte natif natal
Malfini bagay yo pral fini mal
Derespekte ayisyen ou pral kout fistibal
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voyo'w bay reken
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye asw??짢??짢 a nap dezame'w

I asked my mother why do you cry
she said your brother had... he just died
Well I told him not to go outside
he said he had to fight for his country's right
But don't you know that mo-mother
don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
Because the war is not over
until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (pow)
my brother's been dead ever since
I didn't beleive it, but when I saw him I was convinced
Two shots to the head he was already dead Lord,
I headed for revenge in the city of Port Au Prince
Screaming bro-brother
don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
Because the war is not over
until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (Pow)
Zion's gunpowder (pow)
L.A.'s gunpowder (pow)
I wanna know why
Christians pray for a new day
we don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no
But its still the same way
I wanna know why
ghetto people pray for a new day
hey, hey, heeey
and its still the same way
But the preacher man told me
good things come to those who wait
do good things come to those who wait?
I wanna know tell me
good things come to those who wait
do good things come to those who wait?
we wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know [pause]
Pe-people
don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
because the war is not over
until you can feel love, peace, and hear the silence
but I smell gunpowder (gunpowder)
Brooklyn's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Shaolin's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Uptown's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Jersey's gunpowder (gunpowder)
even New Zealand's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Australia's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Brixton's gunpowder (gunpowder)
even New Haven's gunpowder

INTRO:

We got the Refugees All-Stars rubba dubbin in the club
Wyclef Jean, John Forte, Prazwell.
Nah mean the streets are gettin a little crazy.

WYCLEF JEAN:

Looka looka looka looka looka looka looka look it here
Look it shorty got back,
Should I ask her for a dance?
Hold on theres too many in a wolf pack,
And besides Dirtycash talkin to her,
Buyin her fake furs and takin her to the fever.
Quite as his kept that ain't even his Benz
She spends his franklins at the malls with her friends.
Material girl, livin in a material world.
But it's alright cause its Saturday night.
So mista funkmaster
Pump the Bee-Gees,
And all you college students bring your ouijas
Check the spellin,
R-E-F-U-G-E-E
Get the cd from Sam Goody he he.
You ain't even close wit the rhymes that you wrote.
Don't be mad cause you broke.
Let me clear my throat ah huh ah huh.
John Forte grab the mic roots sway it this way.

JOHN FORTE:

I more than just a rhymer,
You still a small timer.
Hopin that the game treat that ass a little kinda.
Every step tango$BCE(J
Your beat dont concern me.
I'm eatin mangos in Trinadad wit attorneys.
My crews slang flow worldwide like a current.
Wit the every spot where nobody get insurance.
Brotha do the math,
You ain't half near exotic.
My man's claim true,
You, forget about it.
Pope hoe just a new stance like my influence.
Well recognize you a lie tryin do it.
Got juice told your lady oops.
We nuts baby,
Smooth and charizmatic automatic.
You gonna save me,
Godbless the day that my sons survive.
We strive to teach the youth baby and stay alive.

WYCLEF JEAN:

Refugee camp.
Nuts baby.
John Forte,
Yo watch your lady.

PRAZWELL:

Yo watch your lady,
Special ill rhyme dirtycash.

WYCLEF:

Yo if you got more than dollar in your pocket,
Right now put your hands up.

PRAZWELL:

Yo, yo,
You can tell by the way I roll shorty
That I'm a ladies man,
A business man
Condos down the shore,
Multi million pension plans.
But it ain't in my plan to make move without the fam.
I keep it intact,
You Clef do the track.
John play the mack while I pay the tax.
Business as usuall,
Watchin suspects.
Steal my assetts,
Get cut with g-lets.
We built this concept,
Connect like nine x.
Drinks at the bar,
My american express.

WYCLEF JEAN:

Yo I cook up cook up.
The cop a pull up pull up.
Then I cuff up cuff up.
You who's callin bluff.
Now you shook up shook up,
Cause you lock up lock up.
When I love up love up,
You who's callin bluff.

Hey yo John is chillin.
Dirtycash chillin.
What more can I say we livin.
That's what we got, we got it good.
And since you understood,
We be.

PRAZWELL:

Yea, live at the carnival.
97 till infinite.
Refugee All-Stars.
Can't stop the shinin, can't stop the shinin.
Can't stop the shinin, can't stop the shinin.
You wanna stop the shinin, you wanna stop the shinin.
You wanna stop the shinin, you wanna stop the shinin.
Can't stop the shinin, can't stop the shinin.