MIKE LADD - The Call Cry And Holler (After Toni Morrison - For Ahmaud Arbery)

from WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!!! by Sons d'hiver festival - 30th anniversary compilation

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After Toni Morrisson
For Ahmaud Arbery

lyrics

Do you remember when we first jumped
out of the plane, no parachute

Sky full with our righteous screams
cut through the din of the engine
and our imagined sound of wind

As we fell we
refined our whoops and hollers
sure we knew something
about flying the birds had missed

Inevitably we calmed down
realized we were still higher
than any bird with a brain would fly
we were with the wind
the only noise was us

Finally we fell silent
and took in the view
who knew
we would have so far to fall

Just when I thought
I had nothing more to say
that whatever I had would whirl off
in our tempest of declarations

Loss came through again
thrusting into my gut
pulling out the lives of loved ones
old friends and men
lynched for being men

When I thought I had nothing to tell you
the loss had to be filled, decried, beguiled
justified, vindicated, mourned, remembered
exclaimed, over and over in a restless creche

We have something to tell you
loss must be defied
a matter of survival
at the risk of smashing into the earth
and leaving no mark

- - - - - - -

Tu te souviens de notre premier saut
Hors de l’avion ? Pas de parachute.
Le ciel était plein de la justesse de nos cris
Venus fendre le vacarme du moteur
et le bruit du vent que nous avions imaginé.
Pendant la chute,
nous avions affiné nos appels et nos clameurs,
Sûrs de connaître des secrets sur le vol
que les oiseaux auraient manqués.
Puis, forcément, nous nous sommes calmés
En réalisant que nous étions montés encore un peu plus haut
Que n'importe quel oiseau doté d'un cerveau n’oserait voler
Nous ballottions dans le vent
Les seuls à faire du bruit, c'était nous
Nous avons fini par nous taire
et par comprendre le point de vue
De qui savait que nous aurions à tomber.

Juste quand je pensais
Que je n'avais rien d'autre à dire
que tout ce que j'avais en tête allait s'envoler
dans des tempêtes déclaratives,
La perte a repointé son nez
Pour s'enfoncer dans mes tripes
Et arracher la vie de proches
De vieux amis et d’autres hommes
Lynchés pour n’être qu’hommes.
Alors que je croyais n'avoir rien à vous dire
La perte se devait d’être comblée, décriée, séduite
Justifiée, vengée, pleurée, rappelée
Et proférée, encore et encore, dans une crèche sans repos

Nous avons une chose à vous dire
La perte doit être défiée
Question de survie
Même au risque de s'écraser sur terre
et de ne laisser aucune trace.

texte : Mike Ladd
traduction : Guillaume Malvoisin

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from WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!!!, released December 10, 2020
Mike Ladd, texte, voix, électronique

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Sons d'hiver is a festival of creative musics taking place in Val-de-Marne and Paris, France. The festival will hopefully celebrate its 30th anniversary from January 22 to February 13, 2021.

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