It is one of the many songs by Bernard Lavilliers that are inspired by (and in collaboration with) another musical culture, here Jamaican reggae.
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- Ses doigts longs et rapides couraient sur sa guitare
- Ses riffs comme des fluides transperçaient l’brouillard
- Puis la lumière dorée du soleil de Negril
- Planait sur la fumée en petites notes agiles
- Ses textes étaient précis et bourrés d’humour noir
- C’était donc mon ami depuis ce fameux soir
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- J’étais noir moi aussi mais pour d’autres raisons
- J’avais passé dix ans à dormir en prison
- C’était une drôle d’histoire pleine de coups d’escopette
- De transporteurs de fonds et puis de grosse galette
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- Well in life my son you have two choices
- You can be black or white in these categories
- Police didn’t like my sarcastic lyrics
- Bye bye big money et finie la musique
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- His long and fast fingers were running on his guitar
- His riffs like fluids pierced the fog
- Then the golden light of the Negril sun
- Planed on the smoke in small agile notes
- His texts were precise and full of dark humor
- So it was my friend since this memorable evening
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- Me, I was black too but for other reasons
- I had spent ten years sleeping in jail
- It was a funny story full of gun shots
- Of fund shippers and also of big cash
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- Well in life my son you have two choices
- You can be black or white in theses categories
- Police didn’t like my sarcastic lyrics
- Bye bye big money and the music’s over
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- I do it for me, to give you my soul
- Melody, tempo, harmony
- Guitar, bass, funky, lead and back vocals
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