2020.08.15.
Elixir
I cannot live without pure wine
Without wine, I cannot carry the weight of the flesh
I am dedicated to that moment when the cup-bearer says,
'Take another cup' and I cannot take it
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Until when should I worry about having or not having
and spending this life joyfully or not
Fill the glass with wine, as it is unclear to me
whether this breath that I take in I will breathe out or not
2018.02.05.
My Letter to the President
[Introduction]
Mr. President
With all the respect I owe due to your position
I would ask you for a little attention
I introduce myself to you as a citizen
Sound in body and mind, in full possession of my faculties
Presently while I'm talking to you, the curfew resounds in the country
I refer to article 19 of the Declaration of Human Rights
No labels, I will only judge your actions
Please accept, in advance, my sincerest apologies
[Verse 1]
Mr. President
I share with you my great indignation
Faced with these events, understand my position
I am French, grew up in one of the working-class neighbourhoods
My grandparents defended France during the war
My parents, they too, rebuilt this Republic
Remember those workers they brought from Africa?
And their children ignored by the jus soli law
Second-class citizens, from birth to school
I a thirty years of racism and ignorance
Repression without prevention in France
I blame your politics, your archaic methods,
Centralisation, the law of filthy lucre
Instead of pulling together because we're all French
You only divided, letting the extreme right advance
Mr. President
Don't take offence
But I also believe in democracy in France
I believe in the Republic, the real one
Because it's the dream of the people and the oppressed
Colonisation, unemployment, and instability
Led to violence and inequality
Discrimination, in recruitment, at work, that goes without saying,
Makes the brains leave, leaves a youth without future
Is it by chance that your Minister seduces the extreme right?
These people who would've delivered France without ever fighting
Mr. President
I'm writing you a letter, a letter you might read
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
In the streets, the sixth Republic has just been born
[Chorus]
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
Presenting myself to you peacefully
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
My letter to the President
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
Maybe you'll show some understanding
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
The sixth Republic is waiting for your resignation
[Verse 2]
Mr. President
You can't control everything
I understand, even if I'm making my grievances
Your government is plunging the country into chaos
Incapable of discernment, incapable of taking a fresh approach
The people need solutions, not lies
'Liberté, égalité, fraternité' isn't a dream
Incapable of protecting our policemen, our children
From a confrontation which will remain without precedent
We are the future, in our heart the most beautiful dream
Peacefully, the sixth Republic, is the lifeblood of it
The Republic needs a breath of fresh air
A breath of hope, of heart, a wind of tolerance
Mr. President, your Minister is establishing terror
And history will soon say that it was an error
Where has that humanism gone, that made the country great?
Is it in the street, or in these trusses?
The lower classes don't want vocational schools
But more equality and more sharing
Mr. President, from fear, hatred is born
Political infighting is far removed from Republican values
France is an ideal which we have to keep building
In honesty, in transparency, in altruism and in the future
Let us march, let us march, 'vive la France' and all that
But peacefully, and with respect for differences
Sir, how could we have done better? For starters it would have helped to have less fuel thrown on the fire
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
The sixth Republic is being born
[Chorus]
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
Presenting myself to you peacefully
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
My letter to the President
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
Maybe you'll show some understanding
Mr. President, I'm writing you a letter
The sixth Republic is waiting for your resignation
Mr. President
Thanking you for your attention
Yours sincerely
Farewell
~3oudicca