Butterfly (Acoustic)

Dikanda - A ma

In the Heart of the Moon

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Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Kaira, from In the Heart of the Moon (2005)

Politiki, Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze feat. François Verly, from album "Djaliya" (release 13 oct 2014)

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Recorded and mixed in 2014 at Studio de Meudon (Fr), by Julien Bassères.

Ablaye Cissoko : kora, vocal
Volker Goetze : trumpet, bugle
François Verly : percussions

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POLITIKI (Cissoko)

la politique - Politics

La politique n’est pas un jeu. C’est une lourde responsabilité. Celui qui s’y engage, engage des vies : la sienne et surtout celle des autres. Alors, soyez-sûrs, messieurs les politiciens que chacun de vos actes est murement réfléchi. Gare à ne pas décevoir ceux qui placent leurs espoirs en vous et qui comptent sur vos œuvres. Lorsque Dieu exhausse votre vœu de présider aux destinées de votre peuple, faites-en bon usage.
 
Politics is not a game. It’s a heavy responsibility. He who commits himself commits lives; his own and especially those of others. So be sure gentlemen when you implement your politics, that each thing you do is well thought through. Be careful not to disappoint those who count on you and pin their hopes on your work. When God grants you wish to rule over your people’s destinies, put it to good use.




Politiki - Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze - Djaliya - 2014

The Lessons in the Yard
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

The boys ran to the yard
They had their bags of marbles
They knew the game was hard
But they had a trick this time

Some sharper than the others
They had their spots marked out
They stacked marbles at one end
Come and get them they would shout

Roll your marbles if you got 'em
If you hit them you can keep them
If not you lose the bet
And go home with your regrets

[chorus]
I never listened, 
I never had a pyle
I always was the loser, 
But I learned to loose and smile

[01:58][instrumental]

This was a game for suckers
And I was one of them
The marbles cost me money
All that I had to spend

I alway lost more than I won
I don't think that it was fun
We were trying to be tough
To show we were a man

My dad he called me "boy"
He rarely called me son
He'd say "boy, you're going to loose"
"It is time for you to choose"
"You cannot be the roller"
"No one is your friend"
"The only way to get ahead"
"You gotta own the game"

[chorus]
I never listened, 
I never had a pyle
I always was the loser, 
But I learned to loose and smile

[04:24][instrumental]

My dad he called me "boy"
He rarely called me son
He'd say "boy, you're going to loose"
"It is time for you to choose"
"You cannot be the roller"
"No one is your friend"
"The only way to get ahead"
"You gotta own the game"

[chorus]
I never listened, 
I never had a pyle
I always was the loser, 
But I learned to loose and smile

[instrumental]

I never listened, 
I never had a pyle
I always was the loser, 
But I learned to loose and smile

[instrumental]

[outro]


The Lessons in the Yard

No Light in the Dark

Taken from album "Jardins Migrateurs" (by Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko - to be released 13rd of nov 2015)

SOUTOURO (Le secret du singe / The Secret of the Monkey)

Tu penses que tu es le plus grand, Oh non tout ce qui est debout tombera un jour !. Soutouro décrit l'action d'aider une personne dans le besoin, mais en restant discret et humble. C'est le secret du singe

You think you're the greatest, oh no everything that is standing will fall one day. Soutouro describes the action to help a person in need, but remaining discreet and humble. This is the secret of monkey




Soutouro - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015

Taken from album "Jardins Migrateurs" (by Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko - to be released 13rd of nov 2015)

Fleuve - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015

Sona Jobarteh - Mamamuso

From the Bob Baldwin disc, "Lookin' Back"

Bob Baldwin - "Make Love, Not War"

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Bob Baldwin - "Make Love, Not War"

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