Written by Marie-Carmel Berrouët Pérodin,
dedicated to Jean Robert Cadet
REFRAIN--CHORUS
The lambi sounded Wake up
The time has come
To open eyes and hearts
To see all children equal
It's time for all children
Be just children!
God created all children
With no difference
Still a lot of children
Are mistreated
Do children ever choose
The place they should be born
Do they ever decide
Their way of life
Poverty led his parents
To hopelessness
They trusted you, gave you
Their little one
Instead of a better life
You treated him so bad
Made him work like a beast
You'll pay the price
Ti Kam's holding Jojo's hand
Same age they are
She's taking Jojo to school
She is barefoot!
When Jojo waves Goodbye
Ti Kam has a broken heart
She'd like to go to school too
She has no right
Look at the sad Lapousa
He is in pain
With Alberto on his back
His schoolbag too
The road is very muddy
Toto's shoes won't be dirty
Lapousa got the right name
This is his fate!
Adults are supposed to help
children
The roles are upside down
What a pity!
Lapousa can't take it no more
Lapousa can't take it no more
Ti Kam soon will escape
What will be their future
Let's be serious!
If you persist ignoring
The children rights
If you never see Ti Kam
And Lapousa
When they open their eyes
When they say that's enough
Alberto, Jojo and you
May sleep no more.
