Before we go!

Before We Go

Verse 1

Before you send us away,

There are a few things we ask.

Before we have to leave,

We claim the Social Security benefits we earned.

After more than thirty years of hard work,

We deserve respect for all the sacrifices we have made.

Chorus

Before we go,

Please don't forget

To establish security

In our country before we arrive.

Verse 2

Yes, if you want us to leave,

There are a few things you should consider.

You cannot send us away

To a country where your government has long been involved.

A Haiti that has been exploited,

And a diaspora whose labor has been drained.

Chorus

Before we go,

Please don't forget

To establish security

In our country before we arrive.

Verse 3

If you truly intend

To send us away,

Then all the gold taken from Haiti,

If you are not so greedy,

We ask you, please, sir,

Return it to Haiti

Before you send us away.

Stop stealing the natural resources of Haiti.

Chorus

Before we go,

Please don't forget

To establish security

In our country before we arrive.

Verse 4

You seem to have only one obsession,

An obsession that has become a disease.

Your government has devastated Haiti.

Withdraw your influence from Haiti,

Since you say there is no place for us in the United States.

Please return everything that was taken from Haiti.

Do this before you send us away. Thank you.

Final Chorus

Before we go,

Please don't forget

To establish security

In our country before we arrive.

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