Course au Pouvoir

Oyembi yembi ngai mon frère, Wana nde ezali lisano

You keep singing about me, brother — that's just a game

Oyembeli nga ba vie privée oh, wana nde motema lokoso

you sing about my private life — that's a greedy heart

Lelo na ba vie privée oh, lobi eko koma na ba famille

today it's the private life, tomorrow it'll be the families

Lobi nazalaki mon frère, lelo nakomi opposition

yesterday I was your brother, today I'm the opposition

Okomi nde yembele yembele lokola mwana etike bandeko

you go on singing and singing like an orphan, my friends

Nionso oyo ko yembela nga, ezali kaka course au pouvoir

everything you sing about me is nothing but a race for power

Olobi nga na niati liyanzi, yo oniati tonga mon frère

you say I stepped on a splinter — but you stepped on a needle, brother

Yango course au pouvoir

that's the race for power

Oyembi yembi ngai mon frère, Wana nde ezali lisano

You keep singing about me, brother — that's just a game

Oyembeli nga ba vie privée oh, wana nde motema lokoso

you sing about my private life — that's a greedy heart

Lelo na ba vie privée oh, lobi eko koma na ba famille

today it's the private life, tomorrow it'll be the families

Lobi nazalaki mon frère, lelo nakomi opposition

yesterday I was your brother, today I'm the opposition

Okomi nde yembele yembele lokola mwana etike bandeko

you go on singing and singing like an orphan, my friends

Nionso oyo ko yembela nga, ezali kaka course au pouvoir

everything you sing about me is nothing but a race for power

Olobi nga na niati liyanzi, yo oniati tonga mon frère

you say I stepped on a splinter — but you stepped on a needle, brother

Olingaka na zuaka te oh, po to yebana bomuana

you don't want me to prosper, because we knew each other as children

Olingaka ba tangaka te oh, kombo na nga na miso na yo

you don't want my name spoken in front of you

Olingaka ko sala semblant na bolamu nga na sala yo

you fake gratitude for the good I did you

Olingaka ko yokaka te oh, franco asali likambu boye

you can't stand to hear that Franco did such-and-such

Olingaka tosalaka conquérance, ba moyens nde eko zangaka yo

you want to compete, but you lack the means

Obomi miziki ya bato eh, na lokoso nayo ya caminion

you wrecked people's music out of your greed for a truck

Olingaka ba kumisa nga te oh, na miso na yo motema pasi ooo

you hate to hear me praised — it pains your heart

Olingaka to kutanaka te oooo, motema nayo eko pasukaka

you avoid meeting me — your heart would burst

Osekisaka ngai mon frère na likolo ya mbebo

you smile at me, brother, only with your lips

Olingaka to sekana te oh, na miso na nga oyokaka soni

you won't laugh with me — before me you feel shame

Olingaka na motema na yo, kombo ya franco elimwa

in your heart you wish the name of Franco would vanish

Nzambe asala yuda malamu eh, yuda abalukela ye na sima

God treated Judas well, and Judas turned on him in the end

Nzambe asala yuda malamu eh, yuda abalukela ye na sima

God treated Judas well, and Judas turned on him in the end