Sang Fézi
Wyclef Jean Lyrics

Ki ayisien kap di'm map mache New-York san fezi
Which Haitian can say that I walk in New York without fear?

Mwen di ou messie nou menti
I'm telling you, messiah, you lied

Le bum yo ginbe ou yo devore ou se le ou mouri police vini
When the thugs catch you, they'll devour you, and when you die, the police will come

Penden'm kanpe sou flatbush mwen woue on police ap vini
While I'm standing on Flatbush, I see a police officer coming

Li di mwen map vann drog
He tells me that I'm selling drugs

Mwen di mon che ou menti
I say my friend, you're lying

Li vin pou'l vin cheke'm mwen di mwen pa gen anyen
He comes to check me, and I say I have nothing

Se nan yon ti bal mwen tapwal la pou' cheke on ti zen
It's at a small party where I was going to check out a girl

Big up big up phantom mwen renmen Tabou Combo
Shout out to Phantom who loves Tabou Combo

Se sak fe depwim nan bal la mwen mande kote moun yo
That's why I dive into the party and ask where the people are

Timtim bwa sek mwen couri lem ouvri pot
With a dry stick, I run when I open the pot

Nan yon cimitie pase mwen woue on tet san kok
I pass by a cemetery and see a headless body

A b c d f g si'ou vle batay se danje
A, B, C, D, F, G if you want to fight, it's dangerous

Mem si ou kon jwe foutbol denie gol lan se pou Pelé
Even if you play football, the last goal is for Pelé

Pa joure manmam, manmam se kreol
Don't insult my mother, she's Creole

Fesi'm se bousol
My face is a compass

Kompa'm se lakol
My Kompa is a crutch

Original ayisien kwa de bouke
Original Haitian, exhausted from the struggle

Gen neg ki pense brooklyn'm fet ayiti'm fet kwa de bouke
There are people who think Brooklyn is done, Haiti is done, exhausted from the struggle

Prezidan, mwen pa vle prezidan ou
President, I don't want to be your president

Pase mikrofon nan mwen se gouveman ou
Pass the microphone to me, it's your government

Bon nom'm se Wyclef yo rele'm fanfan
My real name is Wyclef, they call me Fanfan

Mwen gen cheval ki vole chak swa
I have a horse that flies every night

Mwen gen cheve pwav, mwen pa vle cheve soi
I have frizzy hair, I don't want straight hair

Bad boy Ayisien ki soti en Ayiti
Haitian bad boy, who came from Haiti

Depui mwen gen pwoblem mwen rale ouzi
Since I've had problems, I've been pulling triggers

Le mal lekol ameriken te kon joure'm
When American schools used to make fun of me

Yo relem neg nwe, yo relem ti refijie
They called me a black man, they called me a little refugee

Jan yo pale mwen woue yo pa civilise
The way they speak, I see they're not civilized

Jan yo pale mwen woue yo pa kon bon Djie
The way they speak, I see they don't know God well

45 bo kotem plis mwen gen de pie kole
There are 45 bullets by my side, and I have two feet together

Si on neg teste'm mape pete de gren zie'l
If someone tests me, I'll explode their head

Orijinal ayitien ki soti jerizalem
Original Haitian, who came from Jerusalem

Si on neg teste'm ane sa a ou pap oue nwel
If someone tests me this year, they won't see Christmas

Then you should know
You should be aware

That one day we are gone
That one day we will leave this earth

So keep your head to the sky
So keep your head up in faith

See the path we refuse is the path we should choose
Understand that sometimes the road we don't want to take is the one we should

They can't take the world when you die
They cannot take the world with you when you pass on