Kembe La (Hold On)
When the dust eventually clears my tears of hope will cleanse the souls of lives lost
My hopeful heart does not wave goodbye but waves go forth with deep intensity and memory.
My communication is not by phone but I will reach through the rubble and hold your hands when no one can
My mornings are filled with prayers for your afternoons and evenings
My rainbow colored smile will illuminate your surrounding darkness
My dull pencils will serve as additional soldiers in your battlefield
My tongue is saturated with the moisture you need to survive
My words will create coverage for the moments that rain explodes and runs down your cheek
My blood is your blood
My pain is your pain
Your strength is my strength
Your language is my speech
We stand united when we’re expected to fall
We are Mankind
We are Humanity
Hear us roar and hear us sing songs of peace
The rhythm is familiar
The sound is organic
The Anthem is filled with oxygen
We are Born Black Jacobins
We are together with Toussaint
We are descendants of Dessalines
We are sons of Charlemagne Peralte
We write with Rene Depestre
We take journeys with Jean Dominque
We are with Wyclef right now
We are Survivors of Slavery
We Overcame Occupation
We Pushed past Papa Docracy
We will always be bigger than baby doc
We Climbed over the hills of Coup D’Etat
When the earth shook and swallowed our beauty. The earth became filled with peace and love
When the earth shook and tasted our finest. The earth ingested freedom.
Loot the land but not the people. Show me signs and I’ll salute to Leogane with my palms drenched in our blues
L’union fait La Force is more than a motto it’s a testament of our courage.
I text 1 8 0 4 to the ancestors asking them for assistance.
Asking them to listen
Asking them to look upon the people and to breathe an essence of excellence
After shaking we sing and pray and laugh and cry and live
Nou Kembe La because Petionville has mountainous aspirations
Shake loose my skin and find the sun
My flesh my face my survival comes from you.
Together we shall drink each others tears of joy and pain to negate our nightmare and to empower our dreams.
Kembe La because it is necessary
Kembe La because they need us too
Kembe La
Kembe La
Kembe La
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