Videoclip
Rica
Fable and truth
– Fabula i bèrdat
Direct me to someone who gives me the juice and new rules
– Bai serka un hende ku duna mi e zùk i e reglanan nobo
Someone to tell me we’re not born to be mules in this
– Un hende ku bisa mi ku nos no a nase pa ta mulo den esaki
Everything, it contradicts
– Tur kos ta kontradikshoná
Hedges of prayer
– Serka di orashon
‘Cause you believe, doesn’t mean that it’s there, it’s so rare
– Pasobra bo ta kere, no ta nifiká ku e ta einan, e ta asina straño
It’s so rare that somebody’d look out for you (Look out for you, look out for you)
– Ta asina straño ku un hende ta kuida bo (Kuida bo mes, kuida bo mes)
Thoughts and prayers was all they’d do (All they’d do, they’d do, they’d do, they’d do)
– Pensamentunan i orashonnan tabata tur loke nan lo a hasi (Tur loke nan lo a hasi, hasi, hasi, hasi)
When I lifted her urn
– Ora mi a lanta su urna
Divinity says, “Destiny can’t be earned or returned”
– E Divinidat ta bisa, destino no por wòrdu gana ni bolbe
I feel when I question my skin starts to burn
– Mi ta sinti ku ora mi cuestiona mi kurpa e ta kuminsá kima
Why does my skin start to burn?
– Dikon mi kurpa ta kuminsá kima?
Ah-ah, capital loss
– Ah-ah, pèrdida di kapital
Love was the law and religion was taught, I’m not bought
– Amor tabata lei i religion tabata ser siñá, nan no ta kumpra mi
Feel when we argue our skin starts to rot
– E ta sinti ora nos ta diskutí ku nos kurpa ta kuminsá podre
Our skin starts to rot
– Nos kurpa ta kuminsá podrá
Oh (Hi, um, hi, these are my two sisters)
– Oh (Hola, um, hola, esakinan ta mi dos ruman muhé)
(This is going on YouTube so don’t embarrass me)
– (Esaki ta Riba YouTube, pues no sinti bèrgwensa)
(Okay, let me show them my real face)
– (Ta bon, laga mi mustra nan mi berdadero kara)
Oh (You can sing any song you want)
– Oh (Bo por kanta kualke kansion ku bo ke)
(Give me the camera, give me the camera, give me the camera)
– (Dami e kamera, duna mi e kamera, duna mi e kamera)
(You start singing, Mama, you start singing, Mama)
– (Bo ta kuminsá kanta, mama, bo ta kuminsá kanta, mama)
(Ah, okay)
– (Ah, ta bon)
(Sing a song, okay)
– (Kanta un kantika, ta bon)
So share me your plan
– Pues kompartí bo plan
If I implore you, could I be your lamb? Understand
– Si mi supliká bo, por ta bo lamchi? Komprondé
I look for the truth in the back of your hand, and I
– Mi ta buska e bèrdat riba bo man, i ami
Look into the open sky
– Wak den shelu habrí
Stars blink like my sister’s eyes (Hey, princess, it’s Celi, I’m just calling you to wish you luck on your performance at the café)
– E streanan ta parpadeá manera wowo di mi ruman muhé (Oye, princesa, mi Ta Celi, mi ta yama bo solamente pa deseá bo suerte den bo presentashon den kafé)
Stars blink like my sister’s eyes (Um, I love you, you’re gonna kill it, bye, baby)
– E streanan ta parpadeá manera e wowonan di mi ruman muhé (Um, mi ta stima bo, bo ta bai mat’é, adiós, cariño)
Stars blink like her eyes
– E streanan ta parpadeá manera nan wowo
Like her eyes
– Manera su wowonan
I dream of eternal life
– Soño ku bida eterno
I dream of eternal life
– Soño ku bida eterno
