Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America

Uncle Ben's arrived with a flag:
Here is rice, "it never sticks!"
We were left with nothing but skin and bones
So distribution from Dakar to Lomé
It was long grain American rice
Bags everywhere but not a single book
The men said since it's in the packages
That we find food, we, we stay in bed
He gave us the recipe for happiness,
He even gave us the time...

Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America

He arrived dressed like a cowboy,
He was as handsome as a pack of cigarettes,
With in his sack the latest game-boy
And toys of all sorts,
Toys that were worth a fortune
And a rocket to go to the moon

Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America

We played, when the batteries wore out
The cowboy took back his game-boy,
He said to the sheep "no more dancing!"
I'm the sheriff and you'll be the bad boys,
We can say what we want, but when we're naked,
Even to the devil, we wish welcome
He went to all the inhabited places
And it's since then that in the four corners of the planet,
We're all sitting doing the same dictation
All eating the same porridge in the plate!

Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America

He took all the zinc to make the metro,
He took our hair, made himself an afro cut,
He took all the coffee, he took all the copper
He left without leaving us any instructions!

Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America
Uncle from America

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