13/07/2017 - 16:04

TI.PO.TA: ATHINA VRAZI !!!!!!!

Ti.Po.tA 's day in Athens, middle of the summer..

Athens is boiling

45 degrees ,

animals searching for shadow,

smells of garbage

and greek coffee.

Angry drivers horns

mixed on bouzouki's strings

the lost tourists and passers -by

the obvious smell of crises

the obvious smell of raki

in a hurry

the coffees full of tavli beats

traffic jam every corner

drug addicts in the squares

the drug dealers in the government building

pigeons fighting for a crumb of bread

fights in the streets ,

t kisses in the corners

the kids swetting and playing…

the molotov and the maalox

and that bloody cigarette burnin

always in the hands

Athens is boiling

and it looks just like you and us.

.................................

Un día de Ti.Po.tA en Atenas, a mediados del verano ..
Atenas está hirviendo
45 grados,
Animales que buscan la sombra,
Olor a basura
Y café griego.
Se mezclan con las cuerdas de bouzouki
Los turistas perdidos y los transeúntes
El olor obvio de las crisis
El olor obvio de raki
apurado
Los cafés llenos de tavli beats
Atasco de tráfico en cada esquina
Drogadictos en las plazas
Traficantes en el edificio del gobierno
Palomas luchando por una miga de pan
Peleas en las calles,
Besos en las esquinas
El molotov y el maalox
Y ese maldito cigarrillo
Siempre en las manos
Atenas está hirviendo
como tú 
como nosotros…

English lyrics for Athina Vrazi

ATHENS IS BOILING

Athens is boiling
and she looks exactly like you
you tell me it doesn't matter anymore
but you're not around

which code explains you?
which number follows you around?
which road troubles you?
which neighborhood dresses you?
see you pangrati 4 a drink
waitιng for a saturday that is always far away
to come so you can drink a kiss
΄
my blue, hunkering passers-by
like a fox in jail
the sun rising over the hill of Filopappou
for a dose that lingers
tires glued on earth
my city's ventilators
and a coupon instead of a life

Athens is boiling
and she looks exactly like you
you tell me it doesn't matter anymore
but you're not around

A mask and a snorkel
for you to build character
and to look straight in the eyes
the crossings of you life
and the penthouses which are like fields
staring at the century
playing birimba (cards ) on the balcony

Athens, magic city
for the most beautiful dungeon
for an historic shadow
for a frantic generation
misery perfumed
and an electrified look
for an escape to anywhere

Athens is boiling
and she looks exactly like you
you tell me it doesn't matter anymore
but you're not around

who am I, who are you?
whose gonna show up, when he's gonna come?
for me to be there, for you to be there too
everyone in the streets like crazy
an owl leads the way
I wasn't like that as a child
there was an adjustment that was made..

ATHINA VRAZI iS WRITTEN BY KLELIA RENESI AND MANU CHAO for the TI.PO.TA Project

Producer: Manu Chao / Radio Bemba

Mixed by: Toti Arimany / Manu Chao

With the collaboration of:

Madjid Fahem: Guitar / bass

David Bourguignon: guitar

Gabriele Blandini: trumpet

Roy Paci: trumpet

Gianluca Ria: trombon

Rosario Patania: trombon

Video: Ti.po.ta: Manu Chao and Klelia Renesi

Publisher RADIO BEMBA SARL