Marry Me by Roody Roodboy

Marry Me

by Roody Roodboy · 2018 · kompa, dancehall · 4:10 · Haitian Creole, French

“Marry Me” sets an English title on a kompa and dancehall track, shared with Wiz Ofuasia. The language choice is not incidental: it opens the song to ears beyond Kreyòl without leaving the Haitian form. Four minutes and ten seconds give the two voices room to meet. Roody Roodboy, born Roody Pétuel Dauphin in Port-au-Prince and raised around Cité Militaire, writes directly here — a request that hides behind no metaphor.

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