In Their Voice - US news testimony, Mona and 2 Roots Haiti in Mourning and Catastrophe before the Catastrophe

Remembering once again the tragic day January 12, 2010. 15 years ago but still trembling in the societal fallout today in 2025. Perhaps children lost in the rubble searching for parents, family members in that quake, have become the lost bandits of today wreaking havoc, creating quake after quake of devastation that was so engraved in their brains on that fateful day so many years ago-perhaps. Or perhaps its just the continuation of the catastrophe that civilization is wreaking on our planet?Our show notes include the total translation of the abridged audio of Mona Augustin's original song composed right after the earthquake "Haiti in Mourning" as well as our standard notes. N a Sonje!Haiti in Mourning When Ayiti was dancingAll her children were thinkingShe was dancing a dance of hopeTheir hearts had a folklore joyTheir lips had a galaxy smileAnd their eyes contemplated another lifeBut in a very short timeAyiti was beaten down on her kneesIt was Mr. CatastropheCrushing, wiping out, killingHaiti in mourningHer children are boiling leavesSo they don’t dieThey are so traumatizedHaiti Is sickPlease come and clothe herShe is tremblingShe is biting her nailsShe can’t any moreShe saw too many children dieShe’s going crazyShe calls out for helpWith her father, the sunWho always gives the best adviceAnd who said to herShe’s in troubleThe enemy is making warWith her mother who is the earthThe sun says my child I’ll give you lightTo bring your mother out of her sadness Now call your mother’s other childrenTo come help you and your childrenHaiti did thatAnd they came in willing to helpThey said, you are our auntWe owe you love Here, we’re helping youTo help yourselvesBecause today it’s your turnAnd tomorrow it may be oursYour problem could be ours too Haiti is remadeBecause it understand Mother earthWho smiledLife isn’t overNow it’s to workEven the night gave the unemployed workShe did thatBecause she’s behindHaiti is pregnantIt’s the time she needs more strengthFor her to give birthTo many children She called Father SunWho always give her good adviceTo ask for more energyTo replace those that were lostOn the earth, our dear mother⁠⁠our Youtube channel⁠⁠  The N a Sonje Foundation ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ (in desperate need of updating)The link to ⁠⁠⁠Najee's Etsy shop⁠⁠⁠Our band's award winning song "⁠⁠⁠Women⁠⁠⁠" video on our YouTube channelOur band's ⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠ on SpotifyFolk band "⁠⁠⁠Chouk Bwa Libète⁠⁠⁠" linksThe English translation of our theme song "N a Sonje" by Mona Augustin performed by our band "2 Roots or 2 Rasin":"We will remember, and not forget what happenedLet’s take a look back Into the world gone by and we’ll seeHow our ancestors were in Africa before they carried us away to AmericaRef: Sing for Africa, Sing for America Honor for Africa, Honor for AmericaWho lost so many in the years long ago it wasn’t the natives of this land that did that to themIt was another nation who had as their mission to make others slaves, making so many cadaversPillaging, killing - Indians and Africans in making them work for nothingThis is how their countries became powerful by spilling so much blood.Ref: Sing for Africa, Sing for America Honor for Africa, Honor for AmericaWho lost so many in the years long ago"