Reprise
Fast food
Fast love
Fast drink
Fast children
Fast job
Fast money
Fast friends
Fast life
Fast death
Play it again?
Game over.
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Easy come and easy go
society
Along the way
Turn left
Do it right
Don’t talk to strangers
Run
Jump
Time is money
Study
Find a job
Be the best
Get married
Have children
Work harder
Follow the others
Do like everbody else
Fit in
Breath out
Stay in shape
Get old
Dead end.
And one day, you realise that you’ve missed important things along the way because you forgot to build your own path.
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Street art
Money money money…
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
Jonathan Swift
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
Henry Miller
Money often costs too much.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
D. H. Lawrence
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Utopia
I wish I had wings to fly to a better place
I wish we could erase all the sadness of the world
I wish I could open all the locked doors
I wish hope and peace were our best friends
I wish we knew how to end floods and fires
I wish I could give a voice to those who cannot speak
I wish we could heal the Earth
I wish I could shut down all the stupids
I wish cancer didn’t exist (or it was just an ugly word!)
I wish the earthquakes were only real in action movies
I wish Haiti would be a happy country again
I wish we could reset the world.
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Night and day
Stunning buildings
Impressive architecture
Quiet gardens
Awaiting to be discouvered
History opens Its book
And shares amazing stories with us
Suddenly, the sun waves goodbye
People take over the streets
Strolling aimlessly
A new reality emerges.
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Photos : Paul Laurent Bressin
Out of the box
The others turn right
While I take left
They scream « go »
I freeze
When all ll is quiet
I just start moving
I don’t need music to dance
Nor the sun to shine
To put a smile on my face
The same patterns
Colours and shapes
Dressed up in uniform
Not for me!
Every time people try to fix me
I jump out of the box.
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Street art
A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
Bansky
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We are free
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
William Faulkner
We shall raise our voices
And make our own choices
Release your fears
It’s time to condemn the fake leaders
Unwrap your mind
Forget the difference between wrong and right
Trust yourself
Keep all the others in a distant shelf
You won’t learn anything from them
They are not books
And they judge you by your looks
Avoid the dumb who wish to turn you into their slaves
Fell free. Today, tomorrow, always!
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Life in black and white
Reprise
Yin
Black
Love
Compassion
Night
War
Humanity
Effort
Trust
Moon
Loyalty
Order
Hope
Beginning
Life
Yang
White
Hate
Selfishness
Day
Peace
Nature
Laziness
Suspicion
Sun
Corruption
Chaos
Despair
End
Death
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Photos : Filipa Moreira da Cruz and KaDDD
Heroes
Reprise
You work at hospitals, schools
Supermarkets, kindergartens
You are brave and fearless
And you take care of others
You are a doctor, a nurse, a policeman
A therapist, an attendant, a bus driver
A teacher, a fireman, a physician
Your body is sore and your bones are weak
Missing the ones you love the most
Due to endless days and sleepless nights
You work almost seven days a week
Your effort is huge, whilst resting is so rare
We feel safe and we are blessed
For having you always there
Thank you!
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