Oté Kréol - Baster
Mercy⊠mercyâŠ
OtĂ© Creole, Open your eyes at last, One day when youâll get here, youâll be like a foreigner Your lil country wonât be the same Your lil straw hut gone in the smoke⊠Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh Enough enough Enough of wasting our country We donât need tourists expats on our land We donât need influencers on our soil We need planters born of the soil We need Reunionese workers Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh [Oy] OtĂ© Creole, Open your eyes at last Your kids are suffering enough Your lil language is trampled over One day when you open both eyes, Your dignity will be gone in the mud Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh Enough Enough Enough with poverty We donât need supermarkets in Reunion We donât need petrol poultry in Reunion We need farmers born of the soil We need Reunionese workers RIP Alain Joron, here's the 1983 version:
Creole lyrics h/t Patriyot Renione OtĂ© krĂ©ol (Baster) MizĂ©rikordâ, mizĂ©rikordâ (bis) OtĂ© krĂ©ol, rouv in pĂ© ton ziĂ©, Ton ti pĂ©i lĂ© an trinn sanzĂ©, In zour kan touĂ© va arivâ isi TouĂ© sâra konm inâ Ă©tranzĂ© Ton ti pĂ©i, sâra pi parĂšy Ton ti kartiĂ©, va fĂ© pitiĂ©, Ton ti kaz an paye, sâra dan la fimĂ© Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh AssĂ©, assĂ© AssĂ©, gaspi nout pĂ©i La pa bĂ©zoin tourisâ zorĂšy, si la tĂšr La pa bĂ©zoin, bannâ paradĂšr, si la tĂšr Kan nou la bĂ©zoin, plantĂšr rĂ©inyonĂ© Kan nou la bĂ©zoin travayĂšr rĂ©inyonĂ© Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh OtĂ© krĂ©ol, rouv in pĂ© ton ziĂ©, Ton bannâ marmay la prĂ© soufĂšr Sonâ ti langazâ sa lĂ© piĂ©tinĂ© In zour, kan touĂ© va rouvâ ton dĂ© ziĂ© Ton dinitĂ© sâra finâ, dan la bou Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh AssĂ©, assĂ© AssĂ© avĂšk la mizĂšr La pa bĂ©zoin, sipĂšrmarshĂ© la rĂ©nyon La pa bĂ©zoin, volay pĂ©trol la rĂ©nyon Oh nou la bĂ©zoin, zĂ©lĂ©vĂšr rĂ©inyonĂ© Oh nou la bĂ©zoin, travayĂšr rĂ©inyonĂ© Wohoo⊠oh Ahaaa⊠ah Ouhouou⊠ouh EĂ©hééé⊠éh












