@Wiziwesh . Sorry mate I dont know the lyric. Do you have it? I was in Both Senegal and Gambia. Beautiful cultures. Also a fan of Babaa Mal and Salif Keita.
@quietbone Oh I see, I am from Senegal and I live in NYC!! Basically, this song is about an analogy to life. You know in this song its about a father and his son and a donkey. So they went in a village and the son was riding on the donkey so the people who were sitting in the streets were wondering why the son is so impolite, the sun is so hot, he should let his father ride the donkey. Then, they went to another village this time the father was riding on the donkey.
@Wiziwesh they went to another village and this time his father was riding(slowly) the donkey and his son was walking. So the people who were on the streets were wondering why the father is so dumb? why he didn't let his son ride the donkey. Then again, they went to another village, this time they were both on the donkey, so the people outside were all talking about them: "why these people are so heartless? they are killing the donkey?"
@Wiziwesh Finally, they went to another village, this time they were both walking, the donkey was walking with them too. So the people on the streets were like: "damn these guys are really stupid, why didn't they ride on the donkey?"
This song is saying that whatever you do, people will be gossiping. So Youssou Ndour is sensitizing people about that and they are suggesting to not really care about what people say, just do your thing and move on.
Love this song. Beautiful composition.
quietbone 8 months ago
@quietbone I hope you understand the lyrics too. :))
Wiziwesh 7 months ago
@Wiziwesh . Sorry mate I dont know the lyric. Do you have it? I was in Both Senegal and Gambia. Beautiful cultures. Also a fan of Babaa Mal and Salif Keita.
quietbone 7 months ago
@quietbone Oh I see, I am from Senegal and I live in NYC!! Basically, this song is about an analogy to life. You know in this song its about a father and his son and a donkey. So they went in a village and the son was riding on the donkey so the people who were sitting in the streets were wondering why the son is so impolite, the sun is so hot, he should let his father ride the donkey. Then, they went to another village this time the father was riding on the donkey.
Wiziwesh 7 months ago
@Wiziwesh they went to another village and this time his father was riding(slowly) the donkey and his son was walking. So the people who were on the streets were wondering why the father is so dumb? why he didn't let his son ride the donkey. Then again, they went to another village, this time they were both on the donkey, so the people outside were all talking about them: "why these people are so heartless? they are killing the donkey?"
Wiziwesh 7 months ago
@Wiziwesh Finally, they went to another village, this time they were both walking, the donkey was walking with them too. So the people on the streets were like: "damn these guys are really stupid, why didn't they ride on the donkey?"
This song is saying that whatever you do, people will be gossiping. So Youssou Ndour is sensitizing people about that and they are suggesting to not really care about what people say, just do your thing and move on.
I hope you understood my bad engish. Take care
Wiziwesh 7 months ago