Y'en A Marre Lyrics in English Tiken Jah Fakoly , Yaniss Odua
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Y'en A Marre by Tiken Jah Fakoly from French to English.
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On en a marre
We are fed up
L'Afrique en a marre marre marre
Africa is fed up, fed up, fed up
On en a marre
We are fed up
Le peuple en a marre marre marre
The people are fed up, fed up, fed up
Des journalistes assassinés
Journalists murdered
Parce que des présidents assassins
Because assassin presidents
Des généraux aux commandes
Generals in charge
Des populations opprimées
Oppressed populations
Des aides aux pays détournées
Aid to countries diverted
Des populations affamées
Hungry populations
Les fonds du pays dilapidés
The country's funds squandered
Les droits de l'homme ignorés
Human rights ignored
On en a marre
We are fed up
L'Afrique en a marre marre marre
Africa is fed up, fed up, fed up
On en a marre
We are fed up
Le peuple en a marre marre marre
The people are fed up, fed up, fed up
Après l'abolition de l'esclavage
After the abolition of slavery
Ils ont créé la colonisation
They created colonization
Lorsque l'on a trouvé la solution
When we found the solution
Ils ont créé la coopération
They created cooperation
Comme on dénonce cette situation
As we denounce this situation
Ils ont créé la mondialisation
They created globalization
Et sans expliquer la mondialisation
And without explaining globalization
C'est Babylone qui nous exploite
It's Babylon that exploits us
On en a marre
We are fed up
L'Afrique en a marre marre marre
Africa is fed up, fed up, fed up
On en a marre
We are fed up
Le peuple en a marre marre marre
The people are fed up, fed up, fed up
Faut qu'on arrête de cautionner ça
We need to stop condoning this
La vie de nos frères ne compte pas pour cette bande de vanpayas
The lives of our brothers don't matter to this bunch of vanpayas
Stoppons les guerres, gardons la foi
Let's stop the wars, let's keep the faith
Faya sur tous les chefs d'état qui nous envoient tuer nos brothers
Faya on all the heads of state who send us to kill our brothers
Ils ne nous respectent pas c'est la même chose pour leurs lois
They don't respect us, it's the same for their laws
Ils ne regardent même pas quand le peuple réclame ses droits
They don't even look when the people demand their rights
Ils ne partagent surtout pas l'argent c'est pas qu'y en a pas
They definitely don't share the money, it's not that there isn't any
Ils ne font rien pour nos sisters qui se vendent pour vivre dans ce monde-là
They do nothing for our sisters who sell themselves to live in this world
On en a marre
We are fed up
L'Afrique en a marre marre marre
Africa is fed up, fed up, fed up
On en a marre
We are fed up
Le peuple en a marre marre marre
The people are fed up, fed up, fed up
Des présidents assassins
Assassin presidents
On veut plus
We want more
Des généraux aux commandes
Generals in charge
On n'en veut plus
We don't want it anymore
Des enfants militaires
Military children
On veut plus
We want more
Des orphelins de guerre
War orphans
On n'en veut plus
We don't want it anymore
On en a marre
We are fed up
L'Afrique en a marre marre marre
Africa is fed up, fed up, fed up
On en a marre
We are fed up
Le peuple en a marre marre marre
The people are fed up, fed up, fed up
L'Afrique en a marre
Africa is fed up
De toutes ces machinations
Of all these machinations
Mon peuple en a marre
My people are fed up
De toutes ces manipulations
From all these manipulations
L'Afrique en a marre
Africa is fed up
De toutes ces exploitations
Of all these exploitations
Mon peuple en a marre
My people are fed up
De toute cette oppression
From all this oppression
L'Afrique en a marre
Africa is fed up
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