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Artist: Tiken Jah Fakoly
Canonical path: /tiken-jah-fakoly/l-africain
Related lyric paths: 6
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L'Africain
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L'Africain
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Ils m'ont dit que je suis Malinké
Ils t'ont dit que tu es un Bété
Mon papa était un Dioula
Mais nous là nous sommes Ivoiriens
Nous sommes des Malinkés
Nous sommes des Akans
Nous sommes des Krous
Nous sommes des Sénoufous
Nous sommes tous Ivoiriens
Ils ont dit que je suis musulman
Ils t'ont dit que tu es un chrétien
Nos ancêtres étaient animistes
Mais nous là nous sommes Africains
On n'oubliera pas l'empire du Ghana
Nos parents parlent encore des cavaliers Mossi
Sans oublier le royaume Ashanti
Les griots chanteront toujours l'épopée mandingue
On respecte encore les boucliers Zoulous
Le roi forgeron du Kongo
Tout le monde connaît le royaume de Nubie
Sans oublier l'empire d'Ethiopia Rastafari!
Oko néma koné Malien
Oko kilé Ivoirien
Né fatché tounié Ivoirien
Anouyé Africains
Anouyé Burkinabé
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