Goré [English translation]

Where are they, where are they, where are they

Those boys who’ve gone?

Beyond the door on Goré

There was just the Atlantic

Beyond the door on Goré

There was just the Atlantic

Where are they, where are they, where are they

Those boys who’ve gone?

On Goré, once you get there, you’re there for good

You’re there for good and you’re never going back

On Goré, once you get there, you’re there for good

You’re there for good and you’re never going back

Mandingo, Mandjak, Pepel

Bantu, Congo, Fulani, Ife

Wolof, Yoruba, Soninke

Turned into Manuel and José

And José and Josefa and Lina and Té

They made us what we are

But there was still

Good to come for evil, more for evil than for good

There was São Tomé

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