[Intro]
Do you know
What I have seen
So many faces, so many places, so much money earned
Houses are heated
Canals are illuminated
We look to tomorrow, always something new in sight
[Chorus]
From the rain to the sun
From the sky to the ground
From the rules to the value< br/>For the ships, for the water
From the rain to the sun and vice versa
[Verse 1: Typhoon]
So beautiful, so fresh, so clean
Likewise exactly the opposite
The country where I live fights for an existence and love
Where everything becomes more expensive but is also supported when I have nothing
Our country, so small in the world, also borders fading, power transferred
The Netherlands is no longer the center of the world
But the world needs us and we need it
Country of covenants and agreements, alliances, deeds, rules, treaties
Great in leading and strategy
Place for freedom seekers, mentally and physically
Jews, Huguenots, Muslims, philosophers
War victims who arrive by boat
Surinamese, Anti's, Turks, Moroccans, Indos and Poles: it gives us color, it makes us bigger
Who are we and where do we stand?
The great demand turned traders into world conquerors
The discovery of the sawmill for shipping made us king in water
For the grain, for the spices
Warehouses full, canal houses, shipping companies
We saw so much, are so big but when it tips over, we see mass murder, apartheid, slavery and the slave trade
Without darkness the light cannot know itself
Hence the ignorance around December 5
The world keeps turning
We sway with it, hold on
Change is confrontational
I experience it every day
My country
And my port
Even the wind here provides a discount on stormy days
We are determined by where we go, not where we were
Keep the power with the people and let go of fear
[Chorus]
From the rain to the sun
From the sky to the ground
From the rules according to value
For the ships, for the water
From the rain to the sun
From the rain to the sun
From the sky to the ground
From the rules according to the value
For the ships, for the water
From the rain to the sun and vice versa

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