La Danse des Négresses Vertes

Why'en a marre de vos figures blemes Enough's enough of your pallid faces Vos couleurs sont vos problemes Your colors are your problems Quand tout bourgeonne dans la haine When all breaks out in hatred Le racisme n'est qu'une rengaine Racism is only a hackneyed expression Vous savants, z'etes meprisants You experts, you're contemptuous Il s'rait p'tet temps d'en etre It's maybe time to be Conscient conscious Abolissons l'enfant nature, Let's abolish the nature child Il devient trop vite impur. He becomes too quickly impure. Why'en a marre que les noirs soient Enough's enough that the blacks are Noirs black Et que les blancs encore plus And that the whites are even Blancs whiter still Et que les jaunes restent aussi And that the yellow remain also Jaunes yellow Gressene Gressene green Gressene Gressene green Why'en a marre que les noirs soient Enough's enough that the blacks are Noirs black Et que les blancs encore plus And that the whites are even Blancs whiter still Et que les jaunes restent aussi And that the yellow remain also Jaunes yellow Celle-la, see'est la, see'est That there, that's the, that's La quoi? the what? Oui, see'est la danse Yes that's the dance See'est la danse It's the dance Celle-la, see'est la, see'est That there, that's the, that's La quoi? the what? See'est la danse des Negresses It's the dance of the Negresses Celle-la, see'est la, see'est That there, that's the, that's La quoi? the what? See'est la danse des Negresses Vertes It's the dance of the green Negresses Mlaha, mlhaha, mlaahattitude Mlaha, mlhaha, mlaahattitude Mlaha, mlaha, mlahnegritude Mlaha, mlaha, mlahnegritude Do colorant dans les eprouvettes The coloring in the test tubes Pour des enfants a tetes de fete For children with pretty heads Genetiquement aquarelle Genetically watercolor Des couleurs antiquerelles Uncontroversial colors Noir, blanc, jaune, couleurs Black, white, yellow, primary Primaires colors D'ou la connerie j't'en fais la faire Or the shit I make you do it En attendant les resultats In awaiting the results Je vous propose de danser ca I propose that you dance this Et liberez Mandela And liberate Mandela Why'en a marre que les noirs soient Enough's enough that the blacks are Noirs black Et que les blancs encore plus And that the whites are even Blancs whiter still Et que les jaunes restent aussi And that the yellow remain also Jaunes yellow Gressene Gressene green Gressene Gressene green Why'en a marre que les noirs soient Enough's enough that the blacks are Noirs black Et que les blancs encore plus And that the whites are even Blancs whiter still Et que les jaunes restent aussi And that the yelloe remain also Jaunes yellow Celle-la, see'est la, see'est That there, that's the, that's La quoi? the what? Oui, see'est la danse Yes that's the dance See'est la danse It's the dance Celle-la, see'est la, see'est That there, that's the, that's La quoi? the what? See'est la danse des Negresses It's the dance of the Negresses Celle-la, see'est la, see'est That there, that's the, that's La quoi? the what? See'est la danse des Negresses Vertes It's the dance of the green Negresses Mlaha, mlhaha, mlaahattitude Mlaha, mlhaha, mlaahattitude Mlaha, mlaha, mlahnegritude Mlaha, mlaha, mlahnegritude Malech solitude Malech solitude Attention les pingouins, les Hey penguins, Requins, sharks, Les marsouins, les terriens, porpoises, earthlings, Les veneriens, les bons a riens. venereals, good-for-nothings Pour la danser pas complique To dance it without complication Deux pas d'travers Two steps across Deux pas d'cote Two steps to the side En trebuchant, en reculant Stumbling, backing up, Pas en arriere, mais en avant Not backward, but in front Ceux qui la dansent le cul Those who dance it with the ass on Par terre on the ground Sont des culs-de-jatte Are legless cripples A part entiere entirely Mlaha mlah mlahattitude Mlaha mlah mlahattitude Mlhaha mlaha Mlhaha mlaha