Families under the ring road, students protesting
Summers in the rain, a youth in fatigues
Religious wars, overconsumption
Love without passion, all these plane crashes
All scared by the fear shown on the 8 o'clock news
Need for weightlessness, need for antidepressants
Lots of full pockets but lots of empty plates
Not enough "I love you", a high suicide rate
Earthquakes, hurricanes or tsunamis
Military landings for oil or for mines
Two-speed politics, the economy in crisis
A youth in drunkenness, in alcoholic coma
Overcrowded prisons, rising unemployment
Indebted families, bailiffs at the door
Alcoholic at 13, nostrils in coke
Mouth full of blood coming out of school
No, not enough teachers, classes of thirty students
Kalashnikovs in the trunk to go rob his dream
Settling of scores, a bullet in the throat
A mother crying for her child, but tell me whose fault is it?
Need for fraternity, need for freedom
Need for equality so need for humanity
With all this in mind, it's hard to stay strong
But tell yourself my little Lenny that if

If life lets you go
If oblivion opens its arms to you
Hold on to my wings
Hold on to my wings, oh
Even if fate is relentless
That emptiness charms you
Hold on to my wings
Hold on to my wings, oh (yeah)

But hold on to my wings, hold on to your dreams
Keep the sun on your lips from above I watch over you
Take care of Inaya, give a crown to your mother
My son don't worry about you I am proud
Yes life is war but a war worth fighting
Fight for those you love, for them take the blows
For them stand up, do not accept defeat
I know life is blurry but I will be your glasses
Be part of the honest, fair and generous people
Always do with the heart, never with the eyes
You will make mistakes, you will even do harm
Because nobody is perfect, one day we lose one day we win
Be a man of faith, be free in your choices
Enjoy every minute because life is lived only once
Travel and educate yourself, go see Comoria
Get to know your history, don't forget your roots
Tell Pino's mother that her son is here
That he is happy he dreams of having her in his arms
Tell Fafa's mother that her son has found peace
That he talks about his children with pride
Tell little Nelson's mother that her son and I
We spend evenings hitting Jackson's lives
Tell my audience not to cry
That they sing my choruses every time it's not okay
No, don't worry about me, give love around you
Look at the future and don't look back
No, don't cry for me
Get up every tear you drop fills my grave and then drowns me
No, I lived happy and free
Thanks to my friends and your mother I was able to kill my pain of living
I know life is hard son
Even far from you tell yourself that if

If life lets you go
If oblivion opens its arms to you
Hold on to my wings (hold on to my wings, son)
Hold on to my wings, oh (hold on to my wings, son)
Even if fate is relentless
That emptiness charms you
Hold on to my wings (yeah, yeah)
Hold on to my wings, oh (hold on to my wings, son)

Hold on to my wings (hold on to my wings, son)
Hold on to my wings (yeah, yeah, Lenny)
Hold on to my wings (hold on to my wings, son, yeah)
Hold on to my wings (one, two, yeah)
Hold on to my wings (Lenny)
Hold on to my wings
Hold on to my wings (thanks to all those who bought this record)
Hold on to my wings (those who have supported me for a long time)
Hold on to my wings (all those who know that life is)
Hold on to my wings
Yeah, Sopra m'baba, uh

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