Open Letter 2 Lyrics

I went to France to listen to a story

A depressing story that got me worried

Cuz my best friend got her confidence pouring

And I hated it. Had to go help her restore it

That's why I had to fly in

Not as a savior, in case you're wondering

I'd rather listen to you than attend your funeral

Your life is worth living. Hard times are what make it beautiful

You would be any man's top pick

I'm not joking. Let me stay on topic

Your friends can make you feel better if you let us

Make you discover your inner layers like an iceberg lettuce

If someone broke your heart, someone can help you heal

Can show you how caring for somebody should really feel

Can keep you from having resentment

No expectations, no disappointments

Smoking is bad to our health. Love is bad to our hearts

Both can lead us to death. One doesn't have ramparts

Love is giving the power to someone to hurt you

But you trust them not to

And as you go, you realize disputes only separate those who wanted to

We're in relationships cuz we don't wanna die alone

Some of us don't hesitate to curl up to 'try alone'

When it gets hard hoping to hit pay dirt

What I can't handle is seeing you hurt

You're like good music. You're a hot single now

Think about this song whenever you're in doubt

When I eat burgers, they fall apart but remain amazing

So can you if you believe bad times will be passing away

Do as I say not as I do

Being accused of love bombing was painful to come through

Someone thinking I'm an egotist and manipulator was enough

To fuck up my whole self-confidence

That's when I started doubting myself

Started looking down on myself

Thought all my friends had the same opinion

In their mind, I'm nothing but a villain

Was focused on the words she used and couldn't see beyond

Had the impression that all my life was a lie, a façade

There was one thing that made me feel better

It was when Abule said: 'Moïse, get your shit together'

Man, I had to execute

Man, I stopped acting cute

When you're too kind, sometimes it can be cruel

When you're too kind, you end up being ridicule

So, you can tell all my fiends: 'I'm not dying, I'm not a kamikaze'

Slept on myself for Eight months. Now, I'm feeling groggy

That's why I'm using rap as an offset hoping it's gonna make me take off

I haven't achieved anything yet. Perseverance will soon pay off

Glad the negative thoughts about myself have let me go

How can I be selfish? I don't even care about my ego

Speaking of egos, I watched Depp and Heard's trial

And it made me think about one thing

If, today, a woman accuses me of DV

I wonder whom my friends are going to believe

Whom my friends are going to believe

Whom my family is going to believe

Whom the world is going to believe

If I say 'me', that answer would be naïve

That's why I got to keep minding my Ps and my Qs

Keep myself aloof from anything that may cause abuse

Saying I'm not afraid would be fallacious

Yet, my friends believe I am courageous

Perhaps it's just bravado

'Live your own life' is my motto

'No man is an island'. My great-grandparents are from Cabo

Verde. Young, full of energy, have not yet hit a plateau

But the republic is watching me from the panopticon (Foucault)

They'd better let us be free (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

I've been freed twenty five years ago

Socially awkward. Don't text me

Socially awkward. You can directly call me

I need a hug till I can't feel my body anymore

I want it to feel natural not like a chore

I don't believe in soulmates. I think you choose someone and make it work

When I chose someone, life… (Okay, scratch that!)

I'm fragile

But like a bomb not like a flower

Can be calm, am not a coward

Like a bomb, not drunk with power

I thought love was a piece of cake

My head was in the sand

I guess I got my just deserts

Let cultures be shared and not appropriated

The bones of contention can be negotiated

Over language, hairstyle, and clothes, no one has to be infuriated

As long as people are giving credit

It may sound cliché but ain't no place like home

Holding my future hostage here (Lima syndrome)

I mean I don't hate it here in Korea

I just can't see myself dying outside of Africa

Went to Paris. Went to Addis

What impressed me was not the tower but the empress

Menen. It woulda been amiss and I woulda been remiss

If I hadn't missed Senegal

Every cloud has a silver lining

Warning! The next line might be shocking

I wanna know if Judas was a hero

Can't be the only one thinking about this. I'm not a weirdo

If he didn't do what he did, there would be no Jesus

Not tryna hurt anybody. Sorry if this was facetious

You believe God is all-powerful. Why does He need our help?

If religion did not exist, would good people still be good?

We needed something like religion for good people to do bad things. You know

Uhm… insert adlib!

About abortion, I believe in 'my body, my choice'

Crazy how women are still considered sex toys

Saw single moms living (No!) surviving without a hitch

Also met single moms teaching their kids how not to be a bitch

'If you don't wanna get knocked up, don't have sex'

But you believe there's a woman who got pregnant without having sex

Babies come when you don't necessarily seek them

It's easy to make babies. But hard to keep them

Third year of covid. Let's take a shot

For the dead and those who still don't wanna get the shot

Third year of covid with questions-unanswered

Third year of covid. Let us get hammered

Seems like every solution is a nail in our coffin

All the people who got richer during covid, tell them to 'cough it up'

You can't make this stuff up

Why the West hates Cuba

Yet doesn't say anything about Saudi Arabia?

It has never been about human rights

Propaganda at its best, everything's nice

Climate change is happening cuz cows are farting and burping

(Nah) The system is the root cause of all gas emissions

Elon Musk looks like Edison. It's crazy

Richest man on earth: Pyrrhic victory

Van Gogh didn't die in 'The Starry Night'

Dr. Gachet could not save him. He died

Poor, penniless despite

The fact that almost all his paintings sell for millions

Blame Marx for what happened under Stalin and Mao

Thanks to the anti-fascists, we have Bella Ciao

I applaud your logic. I do say 'bravo!'

I hope you blame Jesus for the inquisition

I hope you blame the parents for their kids' transgressions

I'm gonna keep on fighting. I don't like oppression

And FYI, I'm not envious

You got pjs. Leave me with my pajamas

Inflation, recession, stagflation

Talking about everything but the topic in question

This boom-and-bust cycle is how things are supposed to be

Capitalism is a religion. It's more than an ideology

Berlin conference, you carved up Africa

Fall of the Berlin Wall, you destroyed the Soviet Union

Now, you're facing young people with stamina

We're gonna show you that we are not your minions

Europe is like 'your problem is your problem, but my problem is ours'

What if the Valladolid debate never happened?

I was taught to hate the Germans, to hate the Russians

Why didn't they teach me how

To hate the French?

At school they taught me about Senghor, Césaire, Léon-Gontran Damas

But not about The Nardal sisters

Putin is a power-hungry imperialist leader

Not liking the West can't make me an ass-licker

Let's not have selective morality

Injustice is injustice no matter who the victim is

Tell Macron we are not his bitch

Tell him to stop his patronizing speech

If Russians are the solution to terrorism in Mali, let it be

Cuz Sarkozy created everything in the Sahel when he killed Gaddafi

I'm so inspired. I feel like a beginner

I'm not pregnant. But I always deliver

Fish sometimes get caught when they can't have their mouth shut

That's why I'm laconic and try to make the bars clear-cut

You don't need an astronaut suit to shoot for the moon

Know what my mission is, was not born with a silver spoon

Unfortunately, fellow Africans are my enemies

How to be safe? Khashoggi was killed in an embassy

Don't need swear words to make this letter cooler

Need help in your delivery? Go find yourself a doula

If we're all different, we all are the same then

How can we hate each other when we live in the same den?

Outta all my songs, this one might be the best

Can change your life with two bars like a pregnancy test

When they discriminate and say you're fat like an egg

Tell them you're a Fabergé egg

On the Internet, we like pictures

We don't like the people in them (Necessarily)

I cringe when I listen to some motivational speakers

And in my mind, they almost all sound like:

'You know, I was born without teeth, now I have 32'

Let's avoid listening to men and women that instill hatred

Like Andrew Tate

Fortunately, I'm here I can finish my sentences

But innocent brothers and sisters are in prison

They can't finish their sentence(s)

I'm right here in front of the Eiffel Tower

Now knowing the story behind, I don't know if I should be proud of

This building. I should bow maybe

But this bow will be for Haiti

I should have written a better text. Maybe next time

Mesoi Myden

Nah, Moïse