MVP Kompa
Wyclef Jean Lyrics

Men Wyclef
Wyclef is here

Gadé Elizabetch faché
Look, Elizabeth is angry

Elizabeth pas faché non
No, Elizabeth is not angry

Li di sé pa ou ké li vlé
She says she does not want you

Sé nèg tèt gren lap tan
It's the serious guys who are waiting

Li di sé bab boy yo lap tan
She says the boys are waiting

Li renmen dreadlocks yo
She likes the dreadlocks

Pou li kapab dansé
So she can dance

Li renmen jan nou mixé
She likes how we mix things up

Chorus: Kompa direc direc direc
Kompa directly

Nou mixé'l avec on ti reggae reggae reggae
We mix it with a little bit of reggae reggae reggae

Aprè sa nou mété hip-hop sou li
Then we put some hip-hop on it

Lévé men nou si nou représenté pou Haiti
Put your hands up if you represent Haiti

Encor, encor, kompa direc direc direc
Again, again, Kompa directly

Nou mixé'l avec on ti jagon n-ga-gap, n-gué-gue, n-gou-gou n-ga-gap, n-gué-gue, n-gou-goooooou
We mix it with a little Jagon: n-ga-gap, n-gué-gue, n-gou-gou n-ga-gap, n-gué-gue, n-gou-goooooou

Ééééééééééyyyyy
Eeeeeyyyyyy

Men yo, men yo Men MVP yo Most Valuable Player
Here they are, here they are, the MVPs: Most Valuable Players

Sé pa basketball nap joué Sé kompa nap maté
We're not playing basketball, we're playing Kompa

Men non, Men non Men MVP a Sé pa football nap joué
No, no, this is the MVP: We're not playing football

Gadé jan tout moun conten Kan kou lè ou jwen chèk ou vendredi
See how everyone is happy when they get paid on Friday

Papa'm té kon travaille nan yon factory Pendan mon onc Reynold tap joué New York, New York, New York, New York, New York City, City
My dad used to work in a factory while my uncle Reynold played in New York City

Chorus
Kompa directly

Blow, blow, blow
Blow, blow, blow

Nou pa pè Vin ak zam Sé dansé
We're not afraid, come with your guns, we're dancing

Nou vin dansé Belle fi Nou vin caressé Si-vou-plè Avancé Sé fété Nou vin fété
We come to dance, beautiful girls, we come to caress, please move forward, it's a party, we come to party

Ou pa palé kreyol Ou palé anglè: Yo dog let me tell you like this Get out of my face or i'm a bust your ass You heard Pali, Boulova
You don't speak Creole, you speak English: Yo dog let me tell you like this Get out of my face or I'm going to hurt you.

Wyclef ak Gérald vini ak MVP kompa Digital pa a la mod encor On y va
Wyclef and Gerald come with the Kompa MVPs, the digital is not out of fashion yet, we keep going

Nou pa pè, nou pa pè Nou pa pè, nou pap janm pè Nèg Brooklyn, yo pa pè Nèg Miami, yo pa pè Nèg Cité-Soleil, yo pa pè Dérespeté nou nap météw en ba tè
We're not afraid, we're never afraid. Brooklyn guys are not afraid, Miami guys are not afraid, Cité-Soleil guys are not afraid. If you disrespect us, we will bury you in the ground.

Nou pa pè, Jacmel pa pè Jérémie nou konnin nou pa pè Pétionville, Croix-des-Bouquets pas pè Canada nou konnin nou pa pè
We're not afraid, Jacmel is not afraid. We know we're not afraid of Jérémie. Pétionville, Croix-des-Bouquets are not afraid. We know we're not afraid of Canada.

Koté Brooklyn, Brooklyn pap janm pè New Jersey, New Jersey pap janm pè L'Artibonite nou konnin nou pa pè Gonaïves nou konnin nou pa pè
On the Brooklyn side, Brooklyn is never afraid. New Jersey is never afraid. We know we're not afraid of L'Artibonite. We know we're not afraid of Gonaïves.

Aux Cayes, Au Cap pap janm pè Kot moun Jacmel yo, yo pa pè Saint-Marc, nou pa pè Port-au Priiiiiince!!!!!!
Aux Cayes, Au Cap, they are never afraid. The people from Jacmel are not afraid. We're not afraid of Saint-Marc. Port-au-Prince!!!!!

An-mwé, m'cwè Ti-Jo mouri Sa lap fè la é minui li yé la oui mé zanmi Zombi, barré yo Barré Ti-Jo, mé zanmi, barré-l Zombi, barré yo
Come on, I think Ti-Jo is dead. It happened late at night, but friends, he is gone. Zombie, block them. Block Ti-Jo, my friends, block him. Zombie, block them.

Lévé men nou, Lévé men nou, Lévé men nou, Lévé men nou Barré Ti-Jo pou mwen, mé zanmi Woy, sé Wyclef mé zanmi
Put your hands up, put your hands up, Block Ti-Jo for me, my friends. Hey, this is Wyclef, my friends.

Woy, depui m'piti mon onc Reynol té montré'm mizik sa tandé Coupé Cloué Ti-Mano Raymond Jean-Baptiste Papa'm pat vlé m'tandé bagay sa non
Hey, since I was a kid, my uncle Reynol showed me this music. Coupé Cloué, Ti-Mano, Raymond Jean-Baptiste. My dad didn't want me to listen to this stuff.

Gen moun ki di m'fè on plak kompa M'fè on lot men li, men li, men li Bon, bagay digital la pa a la mod tandé
There are people who say I make a lot of Kompa records. I make something else instead. Hey, the digital thing is still trendy.

Style kompa no jou a yo rélé'l MVP Si sé pa kompa MVP nap joué Nou pa vlé tandé'l tandé Nap ba nou on roche tandé messieurs Ok tout moun ki daco ak kompa MVP an Bay radio'ou volum
The Kompa style today they call it MVP. If it's not Kompa MVP, we don't want to hear it. We'll give you a rock show, gentlemen. All those who agree with Kompa MVP, turn up your radio.

Si ou pa gen radio, al volè youn Bal volum...
If you don't have a radio, steal one. Turn up the volume...