Nous
L'Après M, Nous (voix), 2023
L'Après M, Nous (ft FREEMAN), 2023
We the Après M
Proudly admire the journey we have accomplished,
In a collective movement,
“We” became bigger.
Sometimes fragile, sometimes strong, at times proud, sometimes humble.
We are only human!
We fought against a multinational,
Violence, and intimidations…,
And the attempted self-immolation -
To protect the working machine,
The social ladder in a region long abandoned.
Despite everything, the sentence fell
The multinational left.
During Covid-19
We fought against food insecurity and isolation
Without public or private funding
Hundreds of thousands of food packages distributed, delivered,
And so much more
Volunteer work
We renovated the building,
This place and its history is a collective work of art.
L’Après M is named.
The people have spoken, “We” became greater.
La Part du Peuple is born,
It aims to pass it on to future generations.
The city of Marseille bought it back
The need is still present
We created the VIE project
That fights against all types of insecurities
Creativity, design, material sourcing, construction
And so much more
Once again volunteer work
Without public or private help,
Except for subsidized employments,
Fast Social Food Integration is born
We gave jobs back to the region
Bringing it up to standard, a business plan
Recruiting new employees, training,
Communicating, searching for producers
And so much more
Again, volunteer work
Who better to express the pain than those who feel it?
What was done for us, without us.
The social divide proved that it was against us.
We took our destiny into our own hands,
We allowed our dreams,
Opened the doors that were closed,
We have always struggled, and we continue to fight
And if we had to do it all over again
Without hesitation
We would do it
L’Après M is not an experiment
Lives depend on it.
A region depends on it.
Our bosses are the people,
Who only want a helping hand.
This hand that gives,
Should never be above the one that receives.
This hand,
That never claps alone.