Kirin… run the island!!!

Nou lé dann’ dir, ma pou fonce dann' mir, mi voi mon peuple entrain soufrir

La vie i lé chére tout le temp, mi voi pas l'avenir pou mon zenfan,

Kan mi voi momon et papa, bana i ve voir nou sort dann' fénoir

Mi croi toujour en l’espoir, mon avenir dans un brouillard,

Zot i veu voir créole a terre, done la force mon fère et mon ser

Nou racine nou lé fière , Dan’ l’ombre la misère, nou fé lumière kan même

Nou marche dan’ fénoir, mé nou porte le soleil dann' nout ker

(Traduction)

Times are tough, I'm heading for disaster, my people are suffering, life is expensive all the time, I don't see a future for my children, when I see Mom and Dad, they want us to be out of the dark, I still believe in hope, my future is in a fog, they want to see Creoles on the ground, give me strength my brother and sister, our roots are our pride, in the shadow of misery, we still shine, we walk in the dark, yet we carry the sun in our hearts,

We rise, even when the world gets colder

We fight, even when the weight feels heavier

Nou lé là, nou lé vivan, nou lé fier

From the islands to the world — we’re still here

Prix i flambe, marmite lé vide, la fin du mois mon l'esprit i fatigue

Mé nou garde l’espoir, même si la route mi gar la foi,

We dream big, even when pockets stay small

We stand tall, even when we’re close to fall

Nou pep’ té rale dann' dir, zot ve voir nou réusir,

Mi demande pas miracle, juste un ti’ chance que nou grate

Nou chant’ la vérité, même si sa dérangé

Nou fé l’avenir pou nou brillé, même si deux trois la sote la mer pou allé l'étrangé

(Traduction)

Prices are rising,pots are empty,

the end of the month wears down my mind.

But we hold on to hope, even on the road I keep my faith.

Our people have been through struggle,they want us to succeed.

I’m not asking for a miracle,just a small chance to climb out.

We sing the truth, even when it disturbs,

we work so the future can shine.

Some people had to leave,

cross the sea to live abroad.

🎙️[ Partie SLAM (dur, tranchant, poétique)]

Écoute…

Ici, la vie lé dir kome kalou, i fo nou lé pa jalou, nou tout va sort dann' trou,

Ici, la vie lé brut, bana i arret, a nou di chute, lé dur comme un mur sans peinture

Ici, un kilo riz cé l'or, un plein l'essence si nou gagn' fé encor,

Ici, la misère lé nou routine, mon vie i batte su roche kome l'écume, ici cé pa un film

Mé malgré tout sa…

Nou souri, nou partage, nou aide, meme si néna lamaillage

mon peuple : nou brûle, nou tombe, nou renaît kome la lave volkan

Nou lé cyclone : nou passe, nou casse, nou refé avec le temp

Nou lé créole : nou existe, nou résiste, nou persiste

Et si demain i fénoir…

Chaqu'un na son route,

Bana i ve ferme a nou dann' couloir

Parce que l’avenir lé pas donné

L’avenir lé déja tracé

Et nou tout lé prêt

(Traduction)

Listen…

Here, life is hard like stone,no need for jealousy

— we’ll climb out of this hole.

Here, life is raw, it tells us “stop”, and we answer “hush”.

It’s tough like a wall with no paint. Here, a kilo of rice is gold,

a full tank barely gets you through.

Here, misery is the routine, my life is like foam crashing on the rocks.

This isn’t a movie. But despite all that…We smile, we share, we help each other,even when trouble comes around.

My people — we burn, we fall,

we rise again like the lava of the volcano.

We are a storm — we pass, we break,

we rebuild with time.

We Creole people — we exist, we resist, we persist.

And if tomorrow is darkness, each one walking their own path,

they want to lock us in a narrow hallway. Because the future isn’t easy,

the future feels already written,

but we are ready

We rise, even when the world gets colder

We fight, even when the weight feels heavier

Nou lé là, nou lé vivan, nou lé fier... et nou lé fier... fier