Tonton Macoute

Album: 24 Carrots (2007)
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  • Come on to Haiti, you don't need a treaty
    Papa Doc will do you OK
    Tonton in the sun, he's polishing his gun
    You'd better just stay out of his way

    If you turn a critical eye
    He'll drill you through the middle and cry
    It's just Tonton
    It's just Tonton
    It's just Tonton Macoute
    Just Tonton Macoute

    Idi Amin Dada slowly going gaga
    Some say it's the yaya decay
    Country's going broker but Idi he's a joker
    You'd better just stay out of his way

    Anything you say that's not right
    You're floating in the river at night
    It's just Tonton
    It's just Tonton
    It's just Tonton Macoute
    Just Tonton Macoute

    Papa had the voodoo to bring you down and cool you
    Idi learned the lesson OK
    From Nero to Stalin, Froward to Mussolini
    They've always had to have it their way

    But you can't make political pie
    With such an hypocritical lie
    It's just Tonton
    It's just Tonton
    It's just Tonton
    Just Tonton Macoute

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