Afrodelic - Le temps est venu (Official Video)

Listen on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/afrodelic123/le-temps-est-venu/s-eMifDXwmZYi Lyrics: Gaoussou Diawara Music: Victor Diawara Victor Diawara: guitar, synths, samples, vocals Fatima: vocals Eleonor: vocals Alphonse: vocals Mory Kouyaté: balafon Karolis Levarauskas: saxophone Laurynas Lape: trumpet Boris Kulenovic: bass guitar Adas Gecevičius: live drums Recorded: Diawara Home Studio - Bamako (Mali) 2015 Studio Petit Goro - Bamako (Mali) 2019 Skamp Studio - Vilnius (Lithuania) 2020 Adas Gecevičius Studio - Vilnius (Lithuania) 2020 Recorded, arranged and produced by Victor Diawara Mixed and Mastered by Adas Gecevičius (2020) Video was filmed during a Black Lives Matter march in Bristol, England on June 7th 2020. Filmed and edited by multi award-winning filmmaker, director & cinematographer Arthur Cauty https://vimeo.com/arthurcauty Special shout out and thank you goes out to: Sekou Kante, Petit Goro, Laccine Coulibaly. Afrodelic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afrodelic123 Afrodelic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afrodelic123 Afrodelic Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/afrodelic123 The lyrics to this song were written by my late father the well known and respected Malian writer Gaoussou Diawara back in 2009. #TheTimeHasCome Le Temps est venu (English translation below) Jeunesse de l’ humanité de forger ta destinée Le temps de te dire, de t’ exprimer Le Temps est venu mon frère Le Temps est venu ma soeur De faire effacer les frontières Supprimer les barriers Entre les pays - entre les infinis Le temps est venu mon ami D’ en finir avec les mots Pour t’ engager comme il le faut D’ en finir avec les mots Pour t’ engager comme il le faut De te choisir des priorités De trimer, de te perdre et te retrouver de refuser de te décourager De rejeter la facilité Le Temps est venu mon frère Le Temps est venu ma soeur De cesser de pleurnicher De se lamenter, de se victimiser De s’ enfariner de la tête aux pieds De se dire la vérité Qu’ une génération résignée Est une génération sacrifiée Le temps est venu de se dire Le Temps est venu mon frère Le Temps est venu ma soeur De faire rêver et de faire espérer De hisser le drapeau de l'amitié De signer un contrat renouvelé Avec une vraie liberté Une vraie égalité, une vraie fraternité Time has come Time has come Youth of humanity to forge your destiny Time to speak out, to express yourself The Time has come my brother The Time has come my sister To erase all borders To erase all barriers Between countries - between the infinite The time has come my friend To finish with empty words To engage as needed To choose your priorities To work, to lose yourself and find yourself to refuse to discourage To reject the easiness The Time has come my brother The Time has come my sister To stop whining Stop moaning, Stop victimizing yourself Stop making yourself white from head to toe To tell yourself the truth That a resigned generation Is a sacrificed generation The time has come to tell yourself The Time has come my brother The Time has come my sister To let dream and let hope To hoist the flag of friendship To sign a renewed contract With real freedom True equality, true brotherhood