While earthworms build their lives
Men are fighting to untie their belts
We keep killing ourselves across time
Until we transform life to a strange hell.
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Je réfléchis sur mon pays
Le sol natal de ma patrie
Et ses supplications
Et ses dépravations
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Comme une fleur en pétale
La longue tige rose s'étale
Au beau milieu des foins
En un concert de refrains
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Yèswa nan yon kochma
Mwen reve m kandida
Nan yon peyi fènwa
Ki plen fanm gwo dada
...
A gathering of various close siblings
Then, we all share the same strings
Up dreams, desires and communion
Each member swears to write his page
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Nou se imigran pòv
k ap chèche fè senkòb
Nou kwè nan fè jèfò
Nou kapab twouve lò
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Frantz Guerrier was born in the Island of Haiti and speaks and writes 4 languages.He has attended the State University of Haiti where he studied Linguistic and Modern Languages.He has taught Spanish and English in his native land for more than 13 years.He moved to the United States in 1997 where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business management, and masters degree in Spanish literature and Education from the City University of New York.He has been teaching in New York schools and the City University of New York.
Upside Down
While earthworms build their lives
Men are fighting to untie their belts
We keep killing ourselves across time
Until we transform life to a strange hell.
The world looks in real disarray
Extremists are searching for justice
They turn it to a big ashtray
Racists, then, cry down injustice.
Stands as a sole point of gravity,
Prejudice leads and shakes our society
It brings an ocean of crimes to drown us
And a continent of islands to live like wolves.
We smell blood and sorrow everywhere
When thugs and demagogues take power.
Si dwadelòm te respekte Tout moun ta gen kay pou rete Nou pa t ap peye pou lwaye Toupatou sou latè beni
Nan tout peyi sou latè Moun nwa toujou koupab Jistan yo jwenn yo inosan Men polis toujou gen rezon Menmsi yo benyen nan san an.