Shaking the tree
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Moku
la le, moku la lai. (4x)
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
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1. Waiting
your time, dreaming of a better life,
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waiting your time, you're more than just a wife.
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You
don't have to do what your mother has done,
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she has done, this is your life, this new life has begun.
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It's
your day, a woman's day, it's your day, a woman's day.
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2. Turning
the tide, you are on the incoming wave,
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turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave.
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G
Find your sisters and brothers, who can hear
all the truth
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G
in what you say, they can support you when you're on your
way.
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It's
your day, a woman's day, it's your day, a woman's day.
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
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3. Changing
your ways, changing those surrounding you,
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changing your ways, more than any man can do.
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Open
your heart, show him the anger and pain,
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so you heal, maybe he's looking for his womanly side.
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Let
him feel, you had to be so strong,
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and you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all !
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We're gonna to break it down,
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D
we have to shake it down, shake it all around.
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
D G D - G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
D G D - G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon,
we are shakin' the tree.....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Peter Gabriel and Youssou
N'dour)