FM LÆTI — Coco
Album: It Will All Come AroundAvg rating:
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Total ratings: 644
Length: 3:45
Plays (last 30 days): 8
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jmpuchev wrote:
YES. This is the first time that I have heard of her. I gave it an EIGHT. Thanx RP!
wow so sweet and soft
YES. This is the first time that I have heard of her. I gave it an EIGHT. Thanx RP!
wow so sweet and soft
Made me sit up and notice on a misty northwest morning... no idea what she is saying, but it's always the melody and delivery that capture me first anyway, and it's going straight to my mp3 player. Læti is from Guadeloupe (Caribbean). Fatoumata Diawara (the other vocalist) is from Mali.
SUPPLEMENTAL (three weeks later):
Found the native lyrics (https://genius.com/Fm-laeti-coco-feat-fatoumata-diawara-lyrics) and ran them through a translator tool. Læti's lyrics are registering as Haitian Creole - spoken also on Guadeloupe - but it has trouble with Diawara's though there is some French sprinkled in. Last.fm puts the release date at 2011.
BeatCrave says this: "The song opens with the enchanting voice of Laeti, singing in Creole, a language spoken on the island of Guadeloupe. The lyrics speak of someone leaving, trying to find themselves elsewhere. Laeti likens herself to a mermaid, a tiny hummingbird, breaking free and crossing the ocean, searching for freedom and love... The chorus sung by Fatoumata Diawara brings in a different energy... 'Little coconut, high up there, I’m on my way to you.' These lines evoke a feeling of longing and yearning for a special someone who is far away. The repetition of 'coco' adds a rhythmic element to the song, making it catchy and easy to sing along."
Ditto on the "8", philonair and antonini.duje. Kudos to WG.
philonair wrote:
Same here.
Oh, how sweet and charming this is. I start with a sev..., an eight! 
Same here.
pretty
I had only graded this a 7.... Dunno if it was 1st listen, not catch whole song but, just did and, bumped it to a 9, instantly! BEAUTIFUL voice and, it's beautiful in French... Sounds like it would be a nice song sung in American English! Thnx RP!
Nice one. Singer has an interesting and versatile voice. Admittedly though, I'm a pushover for anything sung by a woman in French!
Oh, how sweet and charming this is. I start with a sev..., an eight!
I wish I was somewhere as warm as the music feels....
I read "Lyrics not found"
And found it.
In french créole ma chère.
Car oui bien sûr : la guadeloupéènne sé on siren.
Bisous from Versailles, FR
Here it is :
"Laeti
An vini, an pati, an pati pou rouvinn
Ti zozyo
Van vanté, chalviré, on ti fi ki pati
Dot koté
Dabadabada…
Fatoumata
Coco, coco tala, gnanafin
De be anw na
Coco, coco tala, hiye gnanafin
De be anw na
Laeti
Mais la guadeloupéènne sé on sirèn
Sé on ti colibri
I ka jambé océan, y ainmé liberté ay
Mèm si ka chayé ko ay asi latè y ka
Chayé pay ay adan kè ay
Laeti & fatoumata
Biguine, biguine, biguine oulé
Biguine, biguine, biguine roulé
Biguine
Biguine, biguine, biguine oulé
Hobanna gnanafin de be anw na
Himanawo kanagnina somawko
Biguine, biguine, biguine roulé
Biguine lenbé
Fatoumata
Gnanafin de be anw na, congo de be
Anw na, he coco seguiso
Hobana gnanafin de be anw na
Hidoumanawo kanagnina teriwco
Dabadabada…
Laeti
An vini, pou pati, mais pati pa rivé
Ti zozyo
Yo di moin fo pa mélangé coco et
Zabrico ti zozyo
Mais la guadeloupéènne sé on siren
Sé on ti colibri, y ka jambé océan, y
Anmé liberté ay
Mèm si ka chayé ko ay asi latè y ka
Chayé pay ay adan kè ay, yo di moin
Laeti & fatoumata
Hiiiicana gnina, hiiicana gnina
Houlouko
Biguine, biguine, biguine oulé
Biguine, biguine, biguine roulé
Biguine lenbé
Fatoumata
Hiiiicana gaina, hi djiguiw houko
Laeti
Tambou loin tini bon, a pa chap ké
Abo
Déchouké moin"