NETTIE: Dear celie, dear celie, dear celie, CELIE: Nettie! NETTIE: Dear celie, oh, i love you. Years go by and still you're with me. All we share is one big sky. I pray for your reply. I teach your children a-b-cs For a missionary family. These babies sent by god are yours, NETTIE & CELIE: Adam and olivia - alive, alive! NETTIE: I vibrated like a bell When i saw the african coast. And i kneeled down and thanked god. CELIE: Thank god NETTIE & CELIE: Thank god NETTIE: For letting us see the land Where our mothers and fathers died. African homeland, homeland. NETTIE & CELIE: Land of my people, people, ALL: People! NETTIE: We are going to be working with a tribe called the olinka. CELIE: Linga Villagers Linga Chief Oba Villagers Oba Chief Batuwanga Men Ada doon da yay Chief Linga Villagers Linga Chief Oba Villagers Oba Chief Batuwanga Men Ada doon da yay CHIEF & VILLAGERS Linga Nettie Linga CHIEF & VILLAGERS Oba Nettie Oba CHIEF & VILLAGERS Batuwanga 15 CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS: Linga Nettie We are CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS: Oba Nettie Happy Nettie At the center Of the universe. CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS: Linga NETTIE: We are CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS: Oba Nettie Happy NETTIE: At the center Of the universe. CHIEF, VILLAGERS: Oh dee dee oo day oo day oo dadoo day doo da day Oh dee dee oo day oo day oo dadoo day doo da day Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay WOMEN: Oh yo oon daday CHIEF & VILLAGERS: Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay WOMEN: Oh yo oon daday CHIEF & VILLAGERS: Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay CHIEF & VILLAGERS: Oh dee dee oo day oo day oo dadu day doo da day Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay WOMEN: Oh yo oon daday CHIEF & VILLAGERS: Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay WOMEN: Eeleeyah ooday CHIEF & VILLAGERS: Oh yoo doh doo day ay ay NETTIE: It was like black seeing black For the first time. Shiny blue black people looking real fine In brilliant blue robes That fly on the winds Like a beautiful quilt Stitched together by friends. CELIE: You could put everything i knew In a thimble. What we're taught to be Don't resemble The kings and queens Who for thousands of years Ruled magnificent cities Washed away by tears. The chief Ah too bah yah! The hunt drums begin. The chief Ah too bah yahhhh! WOMEN, CELIE & NETTIE: Ee yea ahn ya Ee yea ahn ya Ee yea ahn ya Ee yea ahn ya oh Olinka children nettie Hey nyah mah ko weem bay dear celie, i've been teaching the olinka Oh ko chee yam way to read. But some of the women Ah yo yah yo . . . Eee! Have become very suspicious of me Dwee yum doo way because girls have never been Dah see ma doe ya ya taught to read here. Girls have never Oh bo jah ma ma been taught anything at all. Ah yo yah yo . . . Eeee! I don't understand everything they're Dwee yum doo way saying, but what it sounds like to me is - African wives What this mess you been preachin'? Why you tryin' to change us? NETTIE: They think i should be married. African wives (nodding in agreement) Whoop! Girl ain't nothing with no man. Why you makin' a big fuss? Whoop! Need a husband and children Or you're gonna be nothing. NETTIE: I am nobody's mother But i am somebody. African wives Girls don't need education. NETTIE: Sound like the white folks back home. African wives Best be knowing your station. NETTIE & CELIE: But not my olivia! African wives Hmmmmmmm African warrior Matenga! 16 NETTIE: Our village was destroyed by the white soldiers, so now we have walked with so Many other refugees to a tent camp across the border. I don't know how i will mail This letter. We walk away from this ravaged land With courage deep in our hearts To face the unknown NETTIE & OLINKA: Together. NETTIE: We'll find a place where we can be, Where spirit rise and soul is free. Oh, people, OLINKA: Oon day unndala! NETTIE: My people OLINKA: Oon day unndala! NETTIE: I have faith that god will let us see each other again before we die. And you must Have faith too, celie. I only hope when that day comes, we are not too old to Recognize each other. Your sister, ALL MEN: We walk away We walk away ahummmmmm, hummmmmm, hummmmmm CELIE: Nettie.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
