*featuring Lauryn Hill
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[Chorus]
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Ki ayisien kap di'm map mache New-York san fezi
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(Which haitian says i walk in New-York without a gun)
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Mwen di ou messie nou menti
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(I tell you man y'all lying)
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Le bum yo ginbe ou yo devore ou se le ou mouri police vini
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(When the bum catches you they eat you up it's when you die the police comes)
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Mwen di ou messie nou menti
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(I tell you man y'all lying)
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Penden'm kanpe sou flatbush mwen woue on police ap vini
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(While standing on flatbush i saw the a cop comin')
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Li di mwen map vann drog
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(He said i'm selling drug)
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mwen di mon che ou menti
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(I told man you're lying)
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Li vin pou'l vin cheke'm mwen di mwen pa gen anyen
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(He came to check me out i told him i had nothing)
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Se nan yon ti bal mwen tapwal la pou' cheke on ti zen
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(I was going to a party to check the 411)
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Big up big up phantom mwen renmen tabou combo
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(Big up big up phantom (haitian band) i like tabou combo (another band)
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Se sak fe depwim nan bal la mwen mande kote moun yo
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(That's if i'm in the bal i ask where's the poeple)
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Timtim bwa sek mwen couri lem ouvri pot
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(Timtim bwa sek (creole salute) i ran to open the door)
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Nan yon cimitie pase mwen woue on tet san kok
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(In a cemetery cause i saw i head without a rooster)
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A b c d f g si`ou vle batay se danje
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(A b c d f g) if you wanna fight it's danger
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Mem si ou kon jwe foutbol denie gol lan se pou pele
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(Even if could play soccer the last goal if for pele (brazilian soccer player)
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Pa joure manmam, manmam se kreol
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(Don't diss my mom, my mom is creole)
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Fesi'm se bousol
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(My gun guides me)
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Kompa'm se lakol
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(My direction sticks)
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Original ayisieeennnn kwa de boukeeee
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(Original haitian Croix-des-Bouquets (Wyclef's town)
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Gen neg ki pense brooklyn'm fet ayiti'm fet kwa de bouke kwa de bouke
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(Some niggers thinks i was born in brooklyn, i was in Haiti in Croix-des-Bouquets)
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Tande
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(Listen)
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[Chorus]
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Prezidan mwen pa vle prezidan ou
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(President, i don't wanna be your president)
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Wase mikrofon nan mwen se gouveman ou
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(Give me the microphone i become your goverment)
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Bon nom'm se Wyclef yo rele'm fanfan
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(My real name's wyclef they call me fanfan)
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Mwen gen on ti se yo rele roz salon
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(I have a little sister that is called roz salon)
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Mwen yon cheval ki vole chak swa
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(I got a horse who flys every night)
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Mwen gen cheve pwav mwen pa vle cheve soi
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(I got a nappy head i don't have silky hair)
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Bad boy ayisien ki soti en ayiti
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(Haitian bad boy straight from Haiti)
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Depui mwen gen pwoblem mwen rale ouzi
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(If got a problem i pull a uzi)
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Le mal lekol ameriken te kon joure'm
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(When i went to school american's used to diss me)
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Yo relem neg nwe yo relem ti refijie
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(They called black nigger they called a little refugee)
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Jan yo pale mwen woue yo pa civilise
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(The way they talked i saw they where not civilised)
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Jan yo pale mwen woue yo pa kon bon djie
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(The way they talked i saw they didn't know god)
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45 bo kotem plis mwen gen de pie kole
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(45 by my side plus i got bot feet together)
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si on neg teste'm mape pete de gren zie'l
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(If a nigger test me i'm gonna stab his eyes)
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Orijinal ayitien ki soti jerizalem
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(Original haitian straight from jerusalem)
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Si on neg teste'm ane sa a ou pap oue nwel
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(If a nigger tests me you wont see christmas this year)
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[Chorus]
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Tande
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(Listen)
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[man's voice]
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Kote moun yo mwen pa woue moun yo
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(Where's the poeple i don't see the poeple)
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[Lauryn]
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Then you should know
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That one day we are gone
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So keep your head to the sky
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See the path we refuse is the path we should choose
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They wont take the world when you die
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Ayitien tiree
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(Haitian fire)
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Leve le men leve le men chante chante
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(Hands up hands up sing sing)
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Yon bagay yo di'm fi petyon vil pa vle neg ki gen cheve pwav mwen gen cheve pwav
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(They told me something girls from Petion-Ville don't want nigga's
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with nappy heads well i've got a nappy head)
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Sang Fezi
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Wyclef Jean |