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HH from the Italian Diaspora

Turi — Salviamo salvabile (2001)

Don't Forget (Italian original)
Translation by Antonio Ventresco

Chorus (x2):
Don't forget, origins are valuable,
don't forget the heat, I spread that folklore,
don't forget, we have the same genes, customs, and traditions,
I know where you come from.

Maybe you don't know but your grandfather fought hunger,
worked day and night to bring bread to the table,
your father was a baby of nature, dirt from the land in innocent eyes,
it was just after the war, a guitar was playing,
the radio lit, an illuminating lite, extreme south, it's years and years,
on the farm to work, in the church to ask forgivness,
to the dusty streets, theres little asphalt,
God watched from above, the poverty stood out,
Numerous familys, noisy fairs,
Prisons always forsed full, black and white postcards on the bedside table,
Dreaming of a thousand lire this month to change destiny,
I wasn't there but these facts are pieces in my heart,
I defend and spread this heat.

Chorus (x2)

Processions: massive gold covered Madonnas,
Color lighting on the trellis, the young side by side in moccasins,
One another from another country, things I've seen since I was a baby,
And now they sound strange to me too, I remember smells of wine and peanut butter
A dog that barked down in the alley, a house wife with a rosary that hopes for miricles,
Down in the bar there's who shouts and yells, everybody wants to pay for or offer a beer,
You talk about the year and the olive harvest, disasters from the waves of torenting rains,
Also because it's the onl resource, 2 lire in the purse but life's racing, Reality is scattered, but I can't forget,
I spread this heat, it's a piece of my heart.

Chorus (x2)

Panoramics that remain, mountains that never silence,
New generations but eyes that never change, eternal winters,
Passing you in the ave., little kids grown,
feed, oil, bread, and salt, don't forget the red in glasses,
the coal that burns, and the strong scent of oranges,
from province to province, shepards with guns on their shoulder,
carpenter, shoemaker, hammer and chisle,
a gentleman with a hat napping in the piazza,
greet and respect, you disrespect they'll kill you,
too much pride, respect is the law here, it's normal that flocks are forced to root,
distinguished rules, century old rituals, tastes of the south, that cross the seas,
remember the cardboard luggage, trains filled to the brim,
now don't forget, remember you come from there.

Funky Cabaret, doesn't want to forget,
Devon and Giga, don't want to forget,
Luca Giurleo and Firu, don't want to forget,
Riskin' Worldwide, doesn't want to forget,
Lugi and DJ Marcio, don't wanna forget,
Angelino and Fightin' Soul, don't want to forget,
The Manetti Bros., doesn't want to forget,
Next One Cannavo, doesn't want to forget,
Gate Keys and Gatekeepaz, don't want to forget,
Gruff, Josta and Pinzu, don't want to forget,
Fritz Da Cat, doesn't want to forget,
The Cellamaro Family, doesn't want to forget,
Enzo Aken, doesn't want to forget,
My friend Giose, doesn't want to forget,
Whoever has forgotten, doesn't want to forget!

Chorus (x2)

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