07. Interlude (Ode to Democracy) ft. Nanda (Live by Tiss Warren Jazz & Faissal Diarra)
(Lyrics)

The sky has darkened since 60 rains
The storm has been rumbling since that moment
When the virginity of the equatorial forest was embarrassed
And it falls on our heads
Thunderbolts that we haven’t vomited

So from now I won't let it rain on me
Except water from Heaven –
Let the night fall
Let the sky break
Or the day break
You will no longer eat my flesh Democracy!

I saw your nakedness
In the eyes of this henchman's cannon
Who vomited the first rains of the coup d’état...

Liberté chérie - you know I'm one of those young people
Who took to the streets to demonstrate
Those young people who wanted to wash away the country's honor
That the dictatorship was dragging through the mud
Of those alleyways whose funding
Ended up in the guts
Of people who claim to serve us
But you know it's not true, like the election results here

So I don't want it to rain on me
Except water from Heaven –
Let the night fall
Let the sky break
Or the day break
You won't eat my flesh Democracy!

Because I swore that my generation
Will not be like theirs
Of those dark times
When the elders sell off everything
And I swore that MY GENERATION would not be like theirs!

Our dreams of hope and light
Will triumph over the unproductive cycle
Of hatred's restart

Then the Dream will not perish
Every generation
Will carry its hopes
Every century
Will sow its seeds
Every existence
Bears its filth
And every struggle
To restore humanity to its rightful place
Will be noble and great –

Tomorrow we will be women
We will be men
May God guide us
May the departed ancestors
Enliven and strengthen us
May the Earth bear
The weight of our many lives

May Heaven bear hope
May all the seas
Give birth to courage and unity
So that the Rivers
Seed the future
So that no one trembles
When it's time to bear
The hopes of these souls
With frail shoulders...

So I don't want it to rain on me
Except water from Heaven –
Let the night fall
Let the sky break
Or the day break
You won't eat my flesh Democracy!

Never
Never again...