[Verse]
Ayiti se peyi pa m yo pa vle m viv ladan l
Pòtoprens kapital yo pouse do m ladan l
Nou anba menm drapo
Nou gen menm koulè po
Men nèg yo pran nou nan konplo
Toupatou se gè gè gè
Leta ret bèkèkè
Menm si m ta vle danse rara m pa ka moute bèlè
Peyi m chaje chimè m pa ka al bisantnè
M pa ka antre Sylvio Cator pou m al rale chenè adje wo
[Chorus]
Bondye eske w abandone n
Eske ou tou bliye n
Eske w pa janm gade doulè nou mizè nou
(2x)
[Verse]
Eske se la lanfè a ye – di m non, di m non
Kay malere y ap mete dife – di m non, di m non
Tou vivan moun yo ap boule – di m non, di m non
Fanmi pa jwenn kò pou antere
Pa gen bouzen gran ri ankò
Nou pa gen sinema ankò
Pa gen mwayen pou m al ranje machin mwen ri chanmas ankò
Pa gen bò katedral ankò
Nou pa gen ri pave ankò
Pa gen mwayen pou m al achte frechè andan gerit ankò
Pa gen vakans Decameroun
Ganm lajounen y ap kidnape moun
Andan lakay tounen prizon
Pandan n ap veye bal mawon,
[Chorus]
[Verse]Haiti is my country they don't want me to live in itPort-au-Prince capital they push me out of itWe under the same flagWe have the same skin colorBut these men have trapped us in a conspiracyEverywhere is war war warThe State remains helplessEven if I wanted to dance rara I cannot go up into the hillsMy country is loaded with nightmares I cannot go to the countrysideI cannot enter Sylvio Cator to go pull my last breath goodbye up high[Chorus]God have you abandoned usHave you also forgotten usDo you never look at our pain our misery(2x)[Verse]Is that where hell is – tell me no, tell me noPoor people's houses they are setting fire to – tell me no, tell me noAll living people they are burning – tell me no, tell me noFamilies cannot find bodies to buryThere are no more bakeries on the main streetWe don't have a cinema anymoreThere is no way for me to go fix my car on chanmas street anymoreThere is no more cathedral areaWe don't have paved streets anymoreThere is no way for me to go buy fresh vegetables in the market anymoreThere is no vacation in DecemberGangs during the day they are kidnapping peopleInside the home turned prisonWhile we watch the maroon ball[Chorus]
