Les Nubians — Makeda song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Makeda" by Les Nubians.

Lyrics

On veut nous faire croire
A des mythes perdus Des passege de I’histoires
Falsifies et revus De Ramses a mandela, Que de verites tues
En ignorant le depart, on erre sans but.
Makeda etait reine, belle et puissante
Salomon revait de sa peau noire
Je chante pour raviver les memoires
Exhumer les connaissances
Que la spirale du temps efface.
La reine de saba vit en moi
Makeda vit en moi.
ravivons nos memoires
ll faut changer I’histoire
elle part a la derive,
A la derive de mes maux
Le savoir et la sagesse
Sont a portee de main
Ecoute et observe…
Makeda etait reine, belle et puissante
Salomon revait de sa peau noire
Je chante pour raviver les memoires
Exhumer les connaissances
Que la spirale du temps efface.
La reine de saba vit en moi
Makeda vit en moi.
Mon peuple danse et chante
ll faut sa joie
Loin de I’ignorance, il demontre sa foi,
Riche d’hommes et de valeurs,
lls repareront les erreurs,
Fils et filles, vous et moi,
Prets au combat.
Makeda etait reine, belle et puissante
Salomon revait de sa peau noire
Je chante pour raviver les memoires
Exhumer les connaissances
Que la spirale du temps efface.
La reine de saba vit en moi
Makeda vit en moi.

Lyrics translation

We want to make us believe
A lost myths of the passege of the stories
Falsifies and revus De Ramses a mandela, Que de verites killes
By ignoring the departure, we wander aimlessly.
Makeda was Queen, beautiful and powerful
Solomon recovered from his black skin
I sing to revive memories
Exhuming knowledge
Let the spiral of time erase.
The Queen of Sheba lives in me
Makeda lives in me.
let's revive our memories
we have to change history.
she's drifting.,
To the drift of my ills
Knowledge and wisdom
Are hand-held
Listen and observe…
Makeda was Queen, beautiful and powerful
Solomon recovered from his black skin
I sing to revive memories
Exhuming knowledge
Let the spiral of time erase.
The Queen of Sheba lives in me
Makeda lives in me.
My people dance and sing
he needs his joy
Far from ignorance, he demonstrates his faith,
Rich in men and values,
they'll fix the mistakes,
Sons and daughters, you and me,
Combat loans.
Makeda was Queen, beautiful and powerful
Solomon recovered from his black skin
I sing to revive memories
Exhuming knowledge
Let the spiral of time erase.
The Queen of Sheba lives in me
Makeda lives in me.