Touch Your Button Carnival Jam
Wyclef Jean Lyrics

If you got your tickets to the carnival,
If you are ready for the carnival,

please report to the dance floor right now!
Please head to the dance floor now!

She says when I am Wyclef you such a dodgy geezer.
She says that I am a dubious person when I am Wyclef.

I said,
I responded,

let me touch your button,
Let me control what you feel,

let me touch your button,
Let me control your emotions,

let me touch your, let me touch your, let me touch your button (x2)
Let me take control of you entirely.

Rouge et Bleu 4x
Red and blue 4 times

toute kote nou pase yape di rouge et bleu
Everywhere we go people speak of red and blue

gen sa ki panike yape rele pompie
Those who panic are calling the fire department

man pa gen pompie ki ka eten du feu sa
I don't have a firefighter who can extinguish this fire

nan tanpete, eclair, l'orage
In the thunder, lightning, storm,

ti moun'yo nou pa bezoin fe sovage
Children don't need to be wild

negre ki te vole tenis pou mamwe yo se domage
Stealing shoes from the poor is sad

yon lot negre vole'l nan pre'l
Another person steals it from the first thief

li tire'l ak gro sa'm
He shot him with my big gun

(wo'y) yon vendredi apres midi
On a Friday afternoon

nan yon tv on avion pase
On TV, an airplane flew over

li lage yon malet blan
He dropped a white suitcase

manman panse se farine
My mother thinks it's flour

lal lakay pou'l fe labouwi
She took it home to make a living

ti moun yo mange'l yo mouri
The children eat it and die

gende le mwen krie pou rouge et blue
Every time I cry out for red and blue

gen sa ki pran bato bato'a maque rouge et blue
Some take boats marked with red and blue

yo rive Miami yo voye yo tounin
They arrive at Miami and send them back

pou kisa yo pas voye Cubain tounin
Why don't they send back the Cubans?

se pase noumen nouse pitit Toussaint,
We are the descendants of Toussaint,

Jean Jacques Dessalines Boukman
Jean Jacques Dessalines Boukman

(wo'y) gade li leve gram' matin
Look at him, he wakes up early in the morning

poukisa? poul lal kondi taxi
Why? So he can drive a taxi

kikote? nan New York city
Where? In New York City

pou li fe on ti lajan poul voye ba noun Jeremie
To make a little money to send to Jeremie

pendan lap kondi li tande sti-kow
While driving he hears gunshots

le'l rive li we se yon oldo-w
When he arrives, he finds an old woman

(woy) negre yo tire zam'm, chanse pouli la sante
The men shot at each other, luckily he wasn't hit

bulletproof misie rele mesi Jesus
He thanks Jesus for the bulletproof vest

zange ki te proteje'l la te abiye en rouge et bleu
The angel who protected him was dressed in red and blue

s'il vous plait ti moun sispan'n tire
Please young people, stop shooting

pou rouge et bleu trop sang koule
Too much blood is being spilt for red and blue

Haiti, Paris, Montreal, New york city
Haiti, Paris, Montreal and New York City

tout le monde entier si'n represente
The entire world is represented

leve drapo nou chante
Raise our flag and sing

tout kote nou pase yape di rouge et bleu
Everywhere we go people speak of red and blue

depi'm mwen paret ya pedi sak pase
Since I left, something's been missing

yodi Wyclef nou konmin nou se rouge et bleu
Wyclef encourages us to be red and blue

mayo football mwen se rouge et bleu
My football team is red and blue

men'm le'm domi dra mwen kouvri ave'l nan rouge et bleu
Even when I sleep, I cover myself in red and blue

si nou we'm mouri nou pa bezoin krie pou rouge et bleu
If I die, don't cry out for red and blue

gade ciel la li pa bleu li rouge et blue
Look at the sky, it's not blue it's red and blue

ye-ee e e ee ee eee e

yele 3x

le profete yo pale fok nou koute tande
The prophet speaks, we have to listen

ye-e eeee e eee eee e

ban route pou mwen pase, mwen we tete promese devan'm
Along the roads that I pass, I see broken promises

fok mwen alle
I have to go

ye-ee e e e eeee e e e

la pli tombe nou pa mouye Gloire a Dieu
When the rain falls, we don't get wet, thanks to God

ye- eeeee eeee e ee e

apres 200 zan benediksion wan rive
After 200 years, blessings will come

seleksion national la pa blie nou rouge et bleu
The national team doesn't forget us, red and blue

depi mwen paret brooklyn bridge lan bloke
Since I left Brooklyn Bridge has been blocked

passe New York city nou se rouge et bleu
When we pass New York City, we are red and blue

respe a Montreal nou konnin nou se rouge et bleu
Respect to Montreal, we know we are red and blue

Aux-Antilles moun Boston nou konnin nou se rouge et bleu
In the Caribbean, in Boston, we know we are red and blue

moun Washington nou konnin nou se rouge et bleu
In Washington, we know we are red and blue

Haiti New Jersey mwen pap jam' blie nou
Haiti, New Jersey, I will never forget you

Haitien'm yo nan Paris nan Afrique
My Haitians in Paris and Africa

Haitien'm yo nan batey kap koupe kan'n rouge et bleu
My Haitians in sugarcane plantations, cutting cane to be red and blue

pa jam bliwe kote nou soti
Never forget where we come from

It's about time I play that electric guitar
Now is the time for me to play the electric guitar