{"id":2261,"date":"2011-01-07T00:55:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T00:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2011-01-07T00:55:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T00:55:59","slug":"fresk-prenons-lafrique-en-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/fresk-prenons-lafrique-en-main\/","title":{"rendered":"FRESK – Prenons l'afrique en main"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFans of Fredy Massamba have had a good year as in 2010 the short singer with the big voice from Congo-Brazza was all over, releasing a solo album, performing with Congo Groove (including a gig at our own Doin’ it in the Park<\/a>) and performing with his own band.<\/p>\n

Then, Fredy is also part of FRESK <\/a>together with Steve Mavoungou and Pluma. The band has just released a new music video for the single & free download ‘Prenons l’Afrique en main’ (‘Let’s take Africa in our hand’), an infectious reggae tune with conscious lyrics. The location of the shoot must have been crowded because in 4 minutes, besides our FRESK heroes, we see Marie Daulne (Zap Mama), Baloji, B\u00e9a Diallo, Pitcho, Gandhi, Lexxus Legal, Movaizhaleine and Daara J Family stopping by.
\n[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5cnl6fu61bs[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

The song is also available as a free download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The group was kind enough to translate the lyrics for us:<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take Africa in hands
\nLet\u2019s take Africa in hands, before that it has been taken from us
\nIt\u2019s today not tomorrow, to much scars, to much pains
\n400 years are already gone nothing has changed but everything is lasting<\/p>\n

Our people lasts still enchained, a past loses blood
\nEach day of this people is to broke centuries of chains
\nLet\u2019s unify our strengths in the name of our sovereign liberty
\nThey stole us our history to better corrupt us
\nSome even say: the black man is not entered in the history<\/p>\n

It\u2019s in creating the differences between people that we can better manipulate it
\nThey enlisted us in religion to better indoctrinate us
\nThey softened us with devices to better kneel us<\/p>\n

Chorus : Let\u2019s take Africa in hands, let\u2019s take Africa in hands
\n\u2018Cause they lied to us to better crucify us<\/p>\n

They divided us to better manoeuvre us
\nThey bought us to better deport us
\nThey devastate us to better burry us
\nThey devaluate us to better humiliate us<\/p>\n

Enough massacres, genocides, fratricide wars
\nEnough blows of state and accomplice heads of state,
\nCorrupted politics that murders
\nEnough conquistadors (conqueror), moderns slave-drivers
\nStop the traffics of organs masked under actions of NGO
\nStop persuading us that Africa is poor
\nWhile her wealth\u2019s could reconstruct all the universe,
\nSh..(shit) of their conflicts of interest in our lands
\nDiving voluntarily innocents into the war and the misery<\/p>\n

Sh..(shit) of wild pouring, toxics waste in our seas and their pollution<\/p>\n

Africa is not a trash can
\nStop silent killings of man and women who,
\nFor their lands rebel
\nAfrican of heart or of colour, African from here, over there or somewhere else
\nFrom the North, the South, the East, the Western and the centre<\/p>\n

Chorus : Let\u2019s take Africa in hands, let\u2019s take Africa in hands<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to change the things by ourselves, to stop digesting the pill
\nIt\u2019s high time to act, \u2018cause while the world goes on our Africa goes back
\nIt\u2019s time to write a new page of our history with a H majuscule
\nLet\u2019s hinder that the history remains the same, never forget the horrible and tragic past
\nAnd the misdeeds and the worst, is that nobody came one day to apologize!
\nFor all the wrongs that they inflicted us!
\nIn the name of our people and our crucified forefathers
\nBrothers and sisters, we must resist!
\nAgainst the profiteers and the destructors, we need to fight our fears
\nLet us decide together to give a new and free breath to our Africa!
\n\u2018Cause a gesture, an objective glance, a reactive thought
\nWould be enough to raise this magic continent!<\/p>\n

To believe that everything is possible as long as there is still the breath of life,
\nIt is to preserve our future<\/p>\n

To prepare a better future for our daughters and our sons of tomorrow
\n\u2018Cause tomorrow it is now! \u2018Cause tomorrow it is now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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