Songs
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M'Bifé
Dear I love you
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Boy I love you
Truly I love you
Do not betray me
Do not go without me
Hold me tight in the hand
Kiss me -
M'Bifé Balafon
[instrumental]
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Coulibaly
Coulibaly from the lineage of the kings
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Coulou has fallen, but Coulou has not had any regrets
Somebody has fallen, but Coulou has not had any regrets
Where is Coulou who satisfies the confidence?
Where is Coulou against whom one can lean?
Coulou from the lineage of the Bitons
Hear well, I am coming to leave it up to you
I am coming to lean on you
Coulou has fallen, but Coulou has not had any regrets
Somebody has fallen, but Coulou has not had any regrets
Where is Coulou who satisfies the confidence?
Where is Coulou against whom one can lean? -
La Realite
Ups and downs
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It is life in this world
Sad reality
While some are being born
Others are dying
And while some are laughing others are crying
Ups and downs
It is life in this world
Sad reality
Some have work while others are out of work
Then it must be that while some are sleeping
Others are keeping on the watch
It is the sad reality
But…let us dance together -
Sénégal Fast-Food
It’s at Manhattan fast food’s
Dakar, Senegal, cinema le Paris
Tomorrow I would be gone
The Bamako Mopti station
There is no problem…all is well
Today I am getting married, I have confidence
Amoul solo, Gao, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy
There is no problem, I love!
At Manhattan fast food’s
Dakar, Senegal, cinema le Paris
Elevator for the ghetto
It is midnight in Tokyo
It is five o’clock in Mali
What time is it in paradise?We who leave our countries
May the children of the country not forget us
We who are in this thing
This thing that none of us would know how to name it
We who are in faraway countries
May the children of the country not forget usIt is midnight in Tokyo, it is five o’clock in Mali
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What time is it in paradise?
Dakar, Bamako, Rio de Janeiro
Where is the problem? Where is the border?
Between the walls, thread one’s way
In the elevator for the ghetto -
Artistiya
I greet the crowd and those of the hall
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Playing music is not easy
Making the crowd and the hall happy is not easy
It is not given to all to know how to do it
Then let us greet the one who is at the drums this evening
Playing music is not easy
Making the crowd and the hall happy is not easy
It is not given to all to know how to do it
But the one playing the guitar this evening knows well how to do it
Amadou Bagayoko knows well how to do it
The person singing this evening knows well how to do it
Mariam knows well how to do it
I greet the crowd and those of the hall
Being an artist is not easy
It is not given to all to be it
But we are doing it again this evening
We are coming to fulfill our destiny
Amadou and Mariam are artists
Making the public happy is not easy
I greet the juniors and the seniors
The young girls and the young men
The women and the men
I greet the little boys and little girls of Mali
I greet all -
La Fête au Village
For the party in the village
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Make yourself the most beautiful
Make yourself the prettiest
For the party in the village
I would be the most beautiful
The prettiest for you my dear
For the party in the village
I have in my field rice and millet
Corn and cotton
Fonio and beans
I have some for the Keitas and the Coulibalys
For the Traores and the Dembeles
The Kones and the Diarras
The Toures and the Samakes
They will come on mopeds or on bicycles
In boats, in trains, or in trucks
For the party in the village
Make yourself the most beautiful
Make yourself the prettiest
For the party in the village
I would be the most beautiful
The prettiest for you my dear
For the party in the village
We are going to sing
We are going to dance
We are going to tell each other sweet words of love
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Camions Sauvages
The long, long wild trucks
The world is my wild truck
The route is long
My feet are heavy
And my eyelids heavy as lead
Crash on the road
The long, long wild trucks
The world is my wild truckMy back broken, tired brakes
Alongside the long white snake
Dazzling…fall the kilometers
The long, long wild trucks
The world is my wild truckDead the chickens
Dead the children
Dead the giraffes
Dead the elephants
The long, long wild trucks
The world is my wild truckAlongside the long wild trucks
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The world is my wild truck
You the driver of this bad truck
Can’t you brake a little?
Your bad car kills giraffes
Hippopotamuses and children
Your bad car kills chickens
Elephants and children
Can’t you brake a little?
It is the economical panic
It is the economical panic -
Beaux Dimanches
Sundays in Bamako are wedding days
Sundays in Bamako are wedding days
The big and small drums resound everywhere
The big and small strings resound everywhere
The voices of the griots and the founes resound everywhere
Sundays in Bamako
Sundays in Bamako are wedding days
Sundays in Bamako are wedding days
Parents and sympathizers are at the rendezvous
Neighbors and onlookers are at the rendezvous
The men and the women have put on their beautiful boubous
And their beautiful shoes
The groom and the bride are at the rendezvous
Sunday in BamakoSundays in Bamako are wedding days
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Sundays in Bamako are wedding days -
La Paix
Long live the solidarity between peoples
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Malians, Ivorians
Ivorians, Burkinabes
Mauritanians, Senegalese
Guineans, Senegalese
Guineans, Ghanaians
The nations well deserve to be sung
I am not against anybody
People who listen to me, my duty is to sing
I am not against anybody
Long live the solidarity between peoples
Malians, Ivorians
Ivorians, Burkinabes
Mauritanians, Senegalese
Guineans, Senegalese
Guineans, Ghanaians
Malians, French
Let us hold hands for the same vision
Nigeriens, Algerians
Togolese, Beninese
Let us be clear what we mean, this is what is good
The nations well deserve to be sung
I am not against anybody
People who listen to me, my duty is to sing
I am not against anybody
Long live the solidarity between peoples -
Djanfa
Ethics, ethics
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Do not humiliate me my love
By continuing without me
By disappointing me
Think of the given word
My love, betrayal is not good
Betrayal between lovers is so hard
Do not humiliate me my love
By continuing without me
By disappointing me
Think of the given word
My love, betrayal is not good
Betrayal between lovers is so hard
Promise is such a strong thing
Ethics, ethics between lovers -
Taxi Bamako
Taxi Bamako
Where you want, I take you
Taxi Bamako
You call me, I am here…
Taxi Bamako
I am the fastest
Taxi Bamako
You are my only customer
You sit down, I drive
We cross the bridge
I make my race to the skyI avoid all the traffic, the mechanical problems…
I am the fastest
We cross the bridge …
I make my race to the sky
You sit down, I drive …Taxi Bamako, Taxi Bamako …
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Politic Amagni
Politics requires blood, tears
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Ignorance, lies
Lives and votes
This is why, my friend, it is evidence
Politics is violence
Politics is not good
Politics is not good
Politicians, listen to us
Politicians, when doing politics
Remove from it theft and corruption
Remove from it lies and hollow words
Remove from it conflicts and crimes
Politicians, listen to us
We do not want demagogy
We do not want corruption
We do not want exactions
We want honest men
We want upright men
We want happiness for everybody
We want peace for everybody
Politicians, listen to us … -
Gnidjougouya
Perversity
Let’s not be perverse between ourselves
Perversity is not good
Let’s be perverse toward no one
My father told me, “please never be perverse”
My mother told me, “please never be perverse”
My seniors told me, “please never be perverse”
My juniors told me, “please never be perverse”
My friends told me, “please never be perverse”
Cohabitation and perversity do not go together
Friendship and cohabitation do not go together
Love and perversity do not go together
Brotherhood and perversity do not go togetherPerversity, Hypocrisy
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Let’s not be hypocrites between ourselves
Perversity is not good
Please let’s not be perverse between ourselves -
M'Bifé Blues
Dear I love you
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My love I love you
Do not go without me
Boy I love you
Truly I love you
Come dear, I need you
Do not listen to what people say
You love me, I love you, where is the problem?
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