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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
[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)] |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
{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... |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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? |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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. |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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) |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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. |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Carnival (1998)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Cheated (To All The Girls) (2000)
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? |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
[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)] |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
{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... |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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? |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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. |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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. |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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) |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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. |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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 |
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from Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (1997)
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 |
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