Shaking the tree, de Peter Gabriel y Youssou N'Dour

Volcado hacia ritmos étnicos, Peter Gabriel ha demostrado siempre gran preocupación por la defensa de los derechos humanos. Aquí lo vemos cantando "Shaking the tree", es decir, sacudiendo el árbol. Quizá se refiere al árbol de la tradición, un árbol espinoso a veces, cuyas raíces no podemos cambiar, porque son nuestro pasado, pero cuyas ramas estamos obligados a sanear, a podar o a modificar sin miedo para permitir que puedan brindar sombra a todo el mundo y no sean un peligro ni una afrenta para nadie.

Sacudamos el árbol sin miedo. Sacudamos el árbol.

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 

Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
Waiting your time, so much more than just a wife
You don't have to do what your mother has done
She has done
This is your life, this new life has begun
It's your day - a woman's day
It's your day - a woman's day 

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 

Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave
Find your sisters and brothers
Who can hear all the truth in what you say
They can support you when you're on your way
It's your day - a woman's day
It's your day - a woman's day

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 


Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

You had to be so strong
And you do nothing wrong
Nothing wrong at all
We're gonna to break it down
We have to shake it down
Shake it all around

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree


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