Benda Bilili! Page #3

This time,

we'II get it right.

Let's put our probIems

- the fact we sIeep on cardboard -

aside untiI we have an aIbum

in our hands.

Coco, how are you?

SEPTEMBER 2007,

GOMBE HALL:

Our work here is done.

It sounds beautifuI.

Great music.

The new sound of the worId.

The worId's new idoI

is Staff Benda BiIiIi.

It wiII be the event.

Never in the history of the worId

has this been seen.

''Unmixed - unedited''.

They did a good job.

It's beautifuI.

- Let me see it.

- It's beautifuI.

I'm very happy about this.

In the future,

we're going to make a Iiving.

My orchestra

is Staff Benda Bilili

lt will never die

We'll be better and better

so we can play with the big boys

Like Werrason or Papa Wemba

Great artists

like Koffi Olomide

Why not us?

We're as good as they are

Our heads and our hands

work hard

We work so that it will pay off

and we'll make it

The sun shines on everyone

My brothers form Staff

Let's always perfect our art

For Staffs children

l love you

We're going to sIeep on boards.

Soon, I'II buy myseIf a mattress.

March 2009, after two Iong years,

the aIbum Tres tres fort

is coming out aII over the worId.

Why are you making fun of me?

Because l'm crippled?

Why are you making fun of me?

Who do you think you are?

Why are you making fun of me?

Because l sleep on cardboard?

Why are you making fun of me?

You make me laugh

l sleep on cardboard

OPENING CONCER FOR THE ALBUM

FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE

l sleep on cardboard

l jump on boards

Born on cardboard,

asleep on boards

All day long on boards

Went to Europe on a board

Street children

dance on boards

Who doesn't sleep on cardboard?

We dream on it too

We screw on cardboard

asleep on boards

We do more than just sleep

my life began on a board

We fight for boards

l dream of Europe on a board

l'll go from cardboard to luxury

l get high on a board

We got 800 doIIars

for the concert.

Staff Benda BiIiIi!

Very, very strong!

You're missing 40? Here.

You can't count, huh?

You're a bad secretary.

It's Roger's turn.

Tomorrow, you'II pay

your mum's hospitaI biII.

She can't come out untiI you pay.

Get your mother out of the hospitaI.

AII right?

And 10 doIIars for you.

Share, OK?

- Who's the oIdest?

- He is.

You think you can steaI from me?

- I'm Iike your father!

- It wasn't me, man!

I didn't do anything, man!

We're aII on the streets,

I wouId never do that!

Roger, we're on the same team.

Beat him up, Roger!

Did you steaI from me?

Go to the cops!

Do you want to end up in jaiI?

- Why did you do that?

- Man, I promise...

Don't you dare do it again!

Man, you're our President.

Let's drink champagne.

We're here to ceIebrate!

We have two bottIes

to share.

- That's for us.

- The ''outside sIeepers''.

Today we're going to party!

Get out of here.

This champagne is a present

from Staff Benda BiIiIi.

It's our movement.

If we put our destinies

in your hands, we'II go far.

If you go too fast,

break with your butt.

Benda BiIiIi are paving the way.

Drink, IittIe guy.

This is my part.

Tres tres fort, their first album

coming out in France-

And they really are

very, very strong-

Picture an orchestra

of paraplegics

living on the streets-

Their rehearsal room

is the Kinshasa zoo---

We're right here.

They'll be playing

in the very big festival,

the Eurockeennes in Belfort-

Bravo!

Thank you, my friend!

We'II be in Europe soon.

That's so cooI!

I'd Iike to know...

What is there in Europe

that's so great?

I see peopIe who are ready to die

to go to Europe.

I am too.

But what's over there?

WeII, it's a country...

It's a country that not everyone

can go into.

Some can, others can't.

- It's a country...

- Not everyone gets in?

Like I said, some can go in,

others can't.

So it's a country...

God made that country so that...

So that we couId compare it to ours.

So too many peopIe want to go there.

We're Iucky that at Ieast

God aIIowed our fathers

to go to Europe.

They'II make Iots of dough

over there.

And we'II benefit from it.

We'II have good Iives,

we'II have houses,

a good inheritance...

They dream of going to Europe too.

They've been put in a cage,

Iike prisoners.

Like a bird, l'll fly

All the way to beautiful Europe

Like a bird, l'll fly

All the way to beautiful Europe

The day Roger was oId enough

to go to schooI,

I bought his uniform,

his schooI suppIies...

And on the first day of cIass,

he soId everything!

He said, ''Mum,

schooI won't get me to Europe.

''This monochord thing wiII.''

- What's it caIIed?

- A satonge-

A satonge?

He said his satonge

wouId get him to Europe.

I have nothing to say.

You can see how we Iive.

Ever since you were born,

I've had nothing but probIems.

You know how you were born,

how I had to raise you,

how much I suffered.

Me, your mother.

You know aII that.

Not too Iong ago,

I couIdn't Ieave the hospitaI

because of a 100 doIIar debt.

Don't mess around over there.

If you faiI, it'II kiII me.

You can fooI around here

but over there they have the Law.

If you mess up

and they send you back,

the others wiII make fun of us.

The famiIy despises us

because I'm raising deIinquents.

I want your bad-mouthing

uncIes to know

that the deIinquent went to Europe.

Tomorrow there wiII be no teasing,

no disdain.

Put them to shame, shut them up.

You have to behave over there.

We're counting on you.

Your two oIder brothers

didn't make it.

It's up to you to do your best

to feed your famiIy.

Your brothers couIdn't do it

so you have to take their pIace.

Thanks for the advice,

that was heIpfuI.

JULY 2nd 2009

So today's the big day, President.

You're aII jeaIous.

- Papa Coco.

- Yes?

WiII you bring me a doII?

Yes, I'II buy you one.

And for you too.

We're leaving with our friends

We'll leave you here to worry

To worry

We're leaving with our friends

We'll leave you this song

To worry

You can't say I didn't warn you.

I'm going to Paris and beIieve me,

I'm going to be a big hit!

Be strong, kid.

What are you doing?

Keep your member to yourseIf

over there.

- Don't fooI around.

- I won't do anything.

You didn't eat anything.

That's OK, we'II eat over there.

Don't cry.

I'II bring you a bike.

Black man, wake up

Get up and you'll understand

From the beginning of time

All you've done is sleep too much

Wake up and you'll see the sun

Already high in the sky

Look in front of you

Your rivers are teeming with fish

Look behind you

Your forests are packed with game

The ground you walk on

is full of gold and diamonds

Black man---

- This airport is...

- Roissy.

- Roissy.

- Roissy-CharIes-de-GauIIe.

We have to knock 'em dead,

here in France.

Let's give them aII we've got,

so they'II remember us.

Then other countries

wiII invite us.

The stakes are high

for this concert.

Did you see the chickens here?

They're huge.

They seII us the skinny ones.

But they give us a good price.

It's a beautifuI city.

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