It lacks the grimey yet authentic central African feel of the original.
Yeah Eddy was always about that life. That's why he got banned and exiled when Cedras took power. This song and "pale pale" didn't sit well with the powers that be and the opposition was using it to galvanize the masses.
The guy from RAM got in trouble too for that song "fey" they released to the point they banned the song. Then allowed him to play it again just so they could arrest him when they performed it on stage. My aunt was there that night. She said dude hung onto the mic singing as the soldiers hauled him away. I didn't understand it at the time (I was a teenager) but later it made perfect sense what they are saying starting at the 2:26 Mark and why the opposition used to use that song to rile up the masses.
You don't get much of a vibe when listening to the studio version but when they play this shyt live...
She barely has to say the words as the crowd will sing the shyt themselves while the band plays
