[singing]
Guantanamera
[Wyclef]
We out here in Miami just shining
[singing]
Guajila, Guantanamera
[Wyclef]
Worldwide
[singing]
Guan-tana-mera
[Wyclef]
Bout to bring it to you in stereo
[singing]
Guajila voy, de na meda
Yo soy un hombre sincero
[Wyclef]
That was then, this is now
Welcome to the Carnival, the
arrival... c'mon!
[singing] De donde crecen las palmas
Spanish Harlem!
Oahh-eee-ohh!
Boogie Down Bronx!
Oahh-eee-ohh!
Manhattan!
Oahh-eee-ohh!
Back to Staten!
Oahh-eee-ohh!
Guantanamera
Hey yo I'm standing
at the bar with a,
Cuban cigar
Guajila, Guantanamera
Hey, yo, I think
she's eyeing me from afar
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera...
Verse One: Wyclef
Jean
Yo, I wrote this
in Haiti, overlooking Cuba
I asked her what's
her name, she said, 'Guantanamera'
Remind me of an
old latin song,
my uncle used
to play
On his old forty-five
when he used to be alive
She went from
a young girl, to a grown woman
Like a Virgin,
so she sex with no average mahn
Peep the figure,
move like a caterpillar
Fly like a butterfly,
let your soul feel her glide
Pac Woman better
yet Space Invader
If your name was
Chun-Li, we'd be playin Street Fighter Penny for your thoughts, a nickel
for your kiss A dime if you tell me that you love me
Chorus:
Guantanamera
Hey yo, I'm standin
at the bar with a, Cuban cigar
Guajila, Guantanamera
Yo, I think she's
eyeing me from afar
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera...
[singing in Spanish, with Wyclef responses]
Soy
una mujer, sincera
Do you speak English?
De donde crecen las palmas
Can I buy you a drink?
Soy una mujer, sincera
Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
De donde creeeeeeecen las palmas
You killin me
Y antes de morir, yo quiero
cantar mis versos del alma
Te quiero mama, te quiero!!
Guantanamera
Aiyyo I'm standing
at the bar with a, Cuban cigar Guajila, Guantanamera
Hey yo John Forte,
she's eyeing me from far
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera
[ Lauryn Hill ]
Yo, she was a rose in Spanish Harlem, mamacita beg your pardon Make stakes at a faster rate then she fornicates Pure traits of genius, Goddess of Black Venus Crab niggaz angry cause they can't get between us to no sele-xion, smooth complex-ion
The lexicon of
Lexington, parents came from Cuba
Part Mexican,
pure sweet, dimes fell to her feet
She like Movado,
and shook her hips like Delgado
And broke niggaz
down from the Grounds to Apollo
and then some,
she took her act sent it to dim sum
And waited patiently
while the businessmen come
Call late on purpose,
got even politicians nervous
And made plans
to infiltrate the street secret service
This gentle flower,
fertility was her power
Sweet persona,
Venus Flytrap primadonna
Que sera que sera
she turned dinero to dinera
[Wyclef responds to singing again]
Guantanamera
Hey yo I'm standing
at the bar with a, Cuban cigar
Guajila Guantanamera
Hey yo... I think
she's eyein me from afar
Guan-tana-mera...
Guajila Guan-tana-mera...
© Wyclef Jean 1997 Extrait de l'album "The Carnival"