So Haiti-based singer Wanito has new music out? And he’s accompanied by none other than Mickael Music, the head-songstress-in-charge of the much-mourned all-women-band movement Bel? It was good enough to have a new Wanito song, but to have this kreyolicious chick on it too made me even more eager to listen to it. I don’t know. There’s something girl-powerish about this Mickael girl. She sings, she writes her own material, and she’s even directed a music video. And this Wanitocito proved with his first album what a deft songwriter he is. So what does their musical collaboration “Viens Avec Moi”, produced by Bujumix bring for us? Plenty of lessons about love, that’s what!
So yeah, it’s a duet with Mickael representing the ladies, and with Wanito representing the fellas. After vowing eternal love and affection, Wanito goes deeper, singing:
Nèg ki pou baw proteksyon an san dout se mwen menm
Si kèw te kraze Cheri li pral repare nan menm
The man who’s going to protect you is without a doubt—me!
If your heart was broken, it’s going to go into intensive repair mode under my lead
The principle here is that it’s a guy’s duty to make his girl feel protected and safe. He’s not to be feared. As a matter of fact, he puts to rest old fears and does not behave in such a way as to revive them. If his girl’s heart was previously shattered by someone else, he will do everything humanly possible to restore her trust in love and of course in him.
Neglijans baw degoutans ou pap jwenn sa nan menm
Plede fèw fache kriye ou pap jwenn sa nan menm
Mete lòt fanm anfas ou ou pap jwenn sa nan menm
Si yo diw yo wè’m akyon lòt Fi di se pa mwen menm
O bebi
Neglect spawns disgust…but you don’t have to worry about that where I’m concerned
Making you raging mad,and causing you tears…never that
Putting sidepieces above you…never that
If they tell you they saw me with some other girl, tell them it wasn’t me
So what can we learn from the above verses? Fidelity is essential. The biggest lesson here is that if you know what the pet peeves of the man or the woman you love are…don’t irritate them by doing those exact things. Don’t do what they don’t like, and do everything they like.
Pi Bon gou lanmou an se mwen k pral fèw goutel Eee Eeee
Nèg ki pi sansyèl la se Ou k pral posedel
Oh baby
Sa m’ap ofriw la lajan paka achte l eeee eee
Paske se Bondye ki kreyel kreyel o o ooo
It’s with me that you’re gonna experience the best love of your life
The most sensual man in the world is at your disposal
Oh baby
What I’m offering you, money can’t buy
And that’s cause it’s God who created it
It’s the overly-tired adage, but oh so true saying that money can’t buy love, and that the best things in life are free.
And with you
The rest of my life I belong
You help me grow and I help you to learn
I’m your only desire you’re my fire when it burns
With you in my world that’s my only concern
Let’s escape to an island and never return
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Undoubtedly one of the best lines in this song, “You help me grow and I help you to learn” testifies to what love should really about. A couple should guide each other in life, and help one another mature intellectually and emotionally. Have you ever read interviews about broken relationships where the phrase “We grew apart” was the main reason given?
And that last line about escaping to an island? It sounds almost like a cliche, but when you think about it. But, if you can’t fathom the idea of being alone for the rest of your life with the person you love on an island, then that person isn’t the one you want to be with.
This track is pretty heavy when you take the time to really examine the lyrics.
So far, so good.
Is “Viens Avec Moi” a prelude to what’s to come on Wanito’s next album? If so, let this record come sooner rather than later.
With his previous work, the singer-songwriter was preoccupied with social problems and observations about human life, and loss. Will his upcoming album be a love song collection mostly? A change of pace and topics would definitely be a treat.
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