Angélique Kidjo Album

[No lyrics]

Well I stand up next to a mountain
Chop it down with the edge of my hand
Well I stand up next to a mountain
Chop it down with the edge of my hand
Pick up the pieces and make an island
Might even raise a little sand

'Cause I'm a voodoo child
Lord knows I'm a voodoo child

I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time
Give it back to you one of these days
I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time
Give it back to you one of these days
If I don't meet you again in this world
Then I see you in the next one
Don't be late

'Cause I'm a voodoo child

Featuring Cassandra Wilson

Egbé afon kpodo avi kpo
Do wézoun kan wè
Nou dé adoo bi vo dowé
Avi djin kpo

Totoé mantin
Nontowé kou bo yé han dowé
Egbé awa toun vivé éton
Do gbé towé min

What you want
Is not always what you need
Looking everywhere
Except right in front of me

Inner peace
Or private war
Lose the key
Just when you find the door

'Cause you never know what you've got
Till it's gone
Mondji irorun kossi mon ééé
'Cause you never know what you've lost
Till it's found
Irorun, irorun, irorun egbamin o

Ado gandji ma djia zon
Gbé nou vivéé wé
Enin o wou o lin tamin kpon
Bo djo avi do

Gbè élo wè djo mon min
Min bi do nan sou
Do vivè min wè min bi
Kplon soussou dé

What you want
Is not always what you need
Looking everywhere
Except right in front of me

Inner peace
Or private war
Lose the key
Just when you find the door

'Cause you never know what you've got
Till it's gone
Mondji irorun kossi mon ééé

'Cause you never know what you've lost
Till it's found

Babalao, babalao oo
Babalao, babalao oo

Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Won nin 'man man fo wo kènou
Alougbirin
Won nin 'man man fèssè kènou
Alougbirin

Babalao, babalao oo
Babalao, babalao oo

Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Emin ogboran foun baba mi
Alougbirin
Emin ogboran foun iyamin
Alougbirin

Babalao
Ibadi lèsse ma wo
Babalao
Arayé eman wo èssè onin djo é

Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Won nin 'man man fo wo kènou
Alougbirin
Won nin 'man man fèssè kènou
Alougbirin

Babalao
Ibadi lèsse ma wo
Babalao
Arayé eman wo èssè onin djo é

Babalao, mon wa bèbè
Alougbirin
Babalao, mon wa bèbè

Featuring Naima

Eé éi yo lolo yé
Ea bolo iyo lolo yé

Nin odo lonlon
Nin hounssou déa
Nin yonnoun
Nan la vo
Lonlon nin non
Mian vé odo min
Mian non dou
Sinsin dé

Lonlon déka
Moun sou nin, mian non dou o
Edou non non a
Djo bio sinsin
Léa amin déka déka n'ti
Gadé o min a, moun sou o

Eé éi yo lolo yé
Ea bolo iyo lolo yé

Amindé o lé
Lédji lonlon sé
Alébé nin towo
Nin okpo lonlon
L'agbé ya min a
Ayanbé nou yon nan wo
Aminssiamin, do la do lonlon sé
Oyan bé dé, lonlon moun lé
Assimin nin, ola pléo
Akan do towo dji

Eé éi yo lolo yé
Ea bolo iyo lolo yé
Nan lavo
Nan lavo, nan lavo
Eé éi yo lolo yé

Ou yéyé, o yéyé
Ou yéyé, o yéyé

Oko to fé n'ko
Ko fé ran émon

Ou yéyé, o yéyé
Ou yéyé, o yéyé

N'tori éyin nin
Iwo ofé mon

Ou yéyé, o yéyé
Ou yéyé, o yéyé

Ofé gba owo étan
N'tori ifé kossi
Ofé ko dja lé
Koman foun é l'owo

Itché koutché, itché koutché
Itché koutché, itché koutché, itché koutché
Itché koutché, itché koutché

Featuring Kelly Price

Min bi do té la
Gbè fib dité joib nub kiii
Min bi do té la
Mon djin nou bi kanan non an

I've lived my life sometimes pretending
The world is fine
No one is needing

Afo nan sogbé nou wanyinyin in in lo
Azo do gbè wou
Do gbe sin dagbé ba wè min bi dé

Down in my soul I hear you calling
Open your heart and just let love in

Because the world has another face
Because the world has another face
Open your eyes
Open your eyes

Ali ga ho de man nan do minté
Azo do gbè wou
Nou min nan kplé gbèto lè bi do kpoooo

We need to love each other freely
Remove the blinders, so we can see

Afo nan sogbé nou wanyinyin in in lo
Azo do gbè wou
Do gbe sin dagbé ba wè min bi dé

I lift my voice so I can show you
There's so much more in life
We can do

Because the world has another face
Because the world has another face
Open your eyes

Dagbé towé alotowé min
Wè dé yégué, yégué, yégué
Ma djo gbè towé donou, mindé o
Iyéo, iyéo

Minkè lé agbé ya min
Labou yon win do tépéo
M'bé minkè lé agbé ya min
Iyéo, iyéo
Wo déka kpoé yan
Enouké éyon na wo lo
Wo déka kpoé yanlo
Iyéo, iyéo

Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya

Mindéka, déka koué to
Ye va gbé ya min
Amindéka koué to ye
Iyéo, iyéo
Ewantia ayan bé wo
Déka élagbé ya min lo
Alémon do n'ti wo lo
Iyéo, iyéo

Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya

Minkè lé agbé ya min
Labou yon win do tépéo
M'bé minkè lé agbé ya min
Iyéo, iyéo

Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya
Yaki, yaki ya ya

Fité asso nou bo ka houé
Hui do kponon do alidji
Wa doho nou min man sé loo
Konnou domin nonvi tché
Djo tamin linlin domin
Gbè élo ma bio tagba guégué loo

Konnou domin ma kpon, vi élo
Give it up, give it up
Ojuju, ojuju
Give it up, give it up
Konnou domin ma kpon, vi élo
Give it up, give it up
Ojuju, ojuju, ojuju

Tagba ma djè ha gbé élo
N'djro na wa go alo nou wé
Do nou dé lo ho towé min o loo
Konnou domin nonvi tché
Djo tamin linlin domin
Gbè élo ma bio tagba guégué loo

Konnou domin ma kpon, vi élo
Give it up, give it up
Ojuju, ojuju
Give it up, give it up
Konnou domin ma kpon, vi élo
Give it up, give it up
Ojuju, ojuju, ojuju

Konnou domin ma lpon
Yokpo dagbé élo
Vi élo
Djo avi do makpon
Vi élo, Vi élo

Fité asso nou bo ka houé
Hui do kponon do alidji
Wa doho nou min man sé loo
Konnou domin nonvi tché
Djo tamin linlin domin
Gbè élo ma bio tagba guégué loo

Konnou domin ma kpon, vi élo
Give it up, give it up
Ojuju, ojuju
Give it up, give it up
Konnou domin ma kpon, vi élo
Give it up, give it up

Kowa djoko ka soro
Orèmi kowa djoko ka soro

Mondji monwo ayé min
Kini mon wa tché
Orè kossi mon foun min
Kilo kou nin noun ayééé

Monfè dada foun arami
Igbadoun nin ayé
Okan min, nin ironou min
Agbara nin ayééé

Ouh ouh ouh ouh
Oremi, oremi, oremi
Oh oh oh
Oremi, oremi

Emin ori, ifè kpikpo
Ninou ayé
éaé a
Orè dada ni mon fè
Ninou ayé
éaé
O émin ori, ifè kpikpo
Ninou ayé

Mondji monwo ayé min
Kini mon wa tché
Okan min, nin ironou min
Agbara nin aééé

Igbadoun foun ayé yi
Orèmi
Agbara foun ayé yi
Orèmi
Irorun foun eniyan
To wa la yé

Ouh ouh ouh ouh
Oremi, oremi, oremi
Oh oh oh
Oremi, oremi

Emin ori, ifè kpikpo
Ninou ayé
éaé a
Orè dada ni mon fè
Ninou ayé
éaé
O émin ori, ifè kpikpo
Ninou ayé

Oremi, oremi, oremi
Oh oh oh
Ouh ouh ouh ouh
Oremi, oremi, oremi
Oh oh oh
Oremi, oremi

Alé, alé
Alé, alé
Alé, alé
Alé, alé

N'kan kpataki ni
Oru foun Enyian
Ma ché béru
Orèmi ninou okounkoun
T'oba fe d'agba
Wo ninou ayé yi
Ma ché bêru
Oremi ninoun okounkoun

Orubaba, orubaba
Mandjè kin m'béru l'ayé yi o
l'ayé l'ayé

Ninoun oru ni
Awon omodé n'dagba
Ninoun oru ni
Awa ma ro n'kan wo
llè bamon n'ko?
Ma ché cholè mon
Igabdoun m'bè l'onan

Orubaba, orubaba
Mandjè kin m'béru l'ayé yi o
l'ayé l'ayé
l'ayé l'ayé

Orubaba, orubaba, orubaba

Yélélé ago ago ago
Yélélé ago ago ago

Ma sounkoun non, oré
Gbagbé tchoro
Ma sounkoun, mon tchogbo
Ekoun ko lé gbé wa
Onan ayé yi, ogoun
Moun ra si, itchè
Ife m'bè lo nan wa foun è

No worry
Ma soun koun mon omodé
No worries, at all
Ma sounkoun, mon omomi tchogbo

Yélélé ago ago ago
Rainy days and lonely nights
Yélélé ago ago ago
Only last a little while

Iwo nin kan, lokou
Ninou ayé yi
Enin to ofè tosso
M'kpé, iwonin ifè
M'bo lo wa lénin
Iwo nin kan lo oun wa
Sounkoun, oko olé

No worry
Ma soun koun mon omodé
No worries, at all
Ma sounkoun, mon omomi tchogbo

All I wanna say
Is it all works out
Going thru then
Just to get to now
Whenever you're down
If you never feel pain
Then you never know love

No worry
Ma soun koun mon omodé
No worries, at all

Music by Tom Snow, lyrics by Marty Panzer and Jack Feldman

As you go through life you'll see
There is so much that we
Don't understand

And the only thing we know
Is things don't always go
The way we planned

[But you'll see every day]
[That we'll never turn away]
When it seems all your dreams come undone

[We will stand by your side]
[Filled with hope and filled with pride]
We are more than we are
We are one

If there's so much I must be
Can I still just be me
The way I am?

Can I trust in my own heart
Or am I just one part
Of some big plan?

[Even those who are gone]
[Are with us as we go on]
Your journey has only begun

[Tears of pain, tears of joy]
[One thing nothing can destroy]
Is our pride, deep inside
We are one

[We are one, you and I]
[We are like the earth and sky]
One family under the sun

[All the wisdom to lead]
[All the courage that you need]
You will find when you see