| Qu’est ce qu’il faut faire,
| What do we have to do,
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’il faut faire
| But what to do
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’on peut faire
| But what can we do
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’il faut faire
| But what to do
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’on peut faire
| But what can we do
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’il faut faire
| But what to do
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’il faut faire pour court-circuiter?
| But what do you need to do to short circuit?
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| Qu’est ce qu’il faut faire pour court-circuiter l -haut?
| What do you need to do to short it up there?
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| Qu’est ce qu’il faut faire pour court-circuiter l -haut?
| What do you need to do to short it up there?
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| Qu’est ce qu’il faut faire pour court-circuiter l’autre?
| What must be done to bypass the other?
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| Qu’est ce qu’il faut faire pour court-circuiter?
| What to do to short circuit?
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| Que faire pour court-circuiter la conspiration
| What to do to short-circuit the conspiracy
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| Qui fait que comme d’habitude, je vis au fil des saisons,
| Which makes that as usual, I live through the seasons,
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| Filin tendu en vue que le reve soit illusion,
| Line stretched for the dream to be an illusion,
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| Je les volerai bien pour de bon vos montagnes de millions,
| I'll steal your mountains of millions for good,
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| Mais bon, il y a bien ma bagnole et mon chien,
| But hey, there's my car and my dog,
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| Le biberon du b (c)b©, le baby-sitter qui vient demain,
| The bottle of the b (c)b ©, the babysitter who comes tomorrow,
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| La bouffe, le loyer, la banque rembourser.
| The food, the rent, the bank pay back.
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| Babylone, ma bien-aim (c)e, c’est pour toi que je vais bosser
| Babylon, my beloved, it is for you that I will work
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| Mais bon il y a bien cette chose que j’ai en moi,
| But hey, there's this thing that I have in me,
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| Tu ne peux pas la toucher, il y a que moi qui la voit.
| You can't touch it, only me can see it.
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| Vision virtuelle venant des vents les plus lointains,
| Virtual vision coming from the most distant winds,
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| Je suis vivant et en revant, je vois la vie comme elle vient.
| I am alive and dreaming, I see life as it comes.
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| Le reve commence
| The dream begins
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| Le reve commence
| The dream begins
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| Le reve commence
| The dream begins
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| Le reve commence
| The dream begins
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| Le reve commence
| The dream begins
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| Le reve commence
| The dream begins
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| Le reve reve reve reve …
| The dream dream dream dream…
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| Le reve commence, je m’en occuperai bien maman.
| The dream begins, I'll take good care of it mom.
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| Pas de volant, les virages se n (c)gocient bien.
| No steering wheel, turns are n(c)gocient well.
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| Bien, voila que maintenant, un voilier me prend
| Well, now a sailboat takes me
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| Et c’est aux voiles dans le vent que je voyage pr (c)sent.
| And it is to the sails in the wind that I travel pr(c)sent.
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| Je n’ai pas vu de violence
| I didn't see any violence
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| Tu as eu de la chance !
| You were lucky !
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| Je n’ai pas vu de violence
| I didn't see any violence
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| S"rement pas en France !
| Surely not in France!
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| Je n’ai pas vu de violence
| I didn't see any violence
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| Tu as eu de la chance !
| You were lucky !
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| Je n’ai pas vu de violence
| I didn't see any violence
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| Danse, danse, danse…
| Dance, dance, dance...
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| Je n’ai pas vu de violence, de voitures, de villes,
| I did not see violence, cars, cities,
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| Et c’est en France que je poursuis mon exil,
| And it is in France that I continue my exile,
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| Je vis, je vois, j’oublie les imb (c)ciles
| I live, I see, I forget the fools
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| Et c’est l qu’au loin j’appercois une ®le
| And that's where in the distance I see an island
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| YES!!!.
| YES!!!.
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| Trs vite, je m’approche, sur l’eau je ricoche et POF,
| Real quick, I get close, on the water I ricochet and POF,
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| J’aterris devant le sourire d’un mioche.
| I land in front of the smile of a brat.
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| Dans sa main, un morceau de brioche,
| In his hand, a piece of brioche,
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| A cot© de lui, un chien qui renifle ses poches.
| Next to him is a dog sniffing his pockets.
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| Ici, tout est bien, c’est meme mieux qu’au cinoche,
| Here, everything is good, it's even better than at the movies,
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| L’air qu’on respire est sain, personne ne roule en Porsche.
| The air we breathe is healthy, no one drives a Porsche.
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| On est chez quelqu’un que je sais appr (c)cier.
| We're at someone's house that I know to like.
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| Il est dans mes reves depuis des dizaines d’ann (c)es.
| He has been in my dreams for decades.
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| On est chez mon frre,
| We're at my brother's house,
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| Celui qui jamais nous envie,
| The one who never envies us,
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| Celui qui aime la terre, l’eau,
| One who loves the earth, the water,
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| Qui a les enfants pour amis,
| Who has the children for friends,
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| Lui, il sait se taire, on (c)coute ce qu’il dit
| Him, he knows how to keep quiet, we (c) listen to what he says
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| Car jamais, jamais, jamais de sa bouche n’apparait le m (c)pris.
| Because never, never, never from his mouth does the m(c)taken appear.
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| L’humour est son petit frre, l’amour son ain©,
| Humor is his little brother, love his eldest,
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| Son nom repr (c)sente la Terre, il s’appelle Yakamon (c)y©.
| His name represents the Earth, he is called Yakamon (c)y©.
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| Chez Yakamon (c)y©, nan-nan, il y a pas de monnaie,
| At Yakamon (c)y©, nan-nan, there is no change,
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| Il y a pas de barbel (c)s, nan-nan, pour t’empecher d’entrer,
| There's no barbel(c)s, nah-nan, to keep you out,
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| Il y a pas mal de mouflets chez Yakamon (c)y©,
| There are quite a few mitts at Yakamon (c)y©,
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| Un peu de sins© beaucoup de libert©.
| A little sins© a lot of freedom.
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’on va manger, pour le moment,
| But what are we going to eat, for the moment,
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| Qu’est ce qu’on va planter?
| What are we going to plant?
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| Il y a pas de quoi s’inquiter, nan-nan, chez Yakamon (c)y©,
| There's nothing to worry about, nah-nan, at Yakamon (c)y©,
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| Il y a pas de monnaie chez Yakamon (c)y©,
| There is no change at Yakamon (c)y©,
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| Il y a pas mal de mouflets, et c’est bien, les mouflets.
| There are quite a few mitts, and that's good, mitts.
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| Je reve, oh, je reve, oh oui je reve,
| I dream, oh, I dream, oh yes I dream,
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| Je ne fais que ca mon frre, tu vois,
| That's all I do my brother, you see,
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| Je reve, oh oui je reve, je reve, je reve,
| I dream, oh yes I dream, I dream, I dream,
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| Je reve, je reve, je reve, je reve
| I dream, I dream, I dream, I dream
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| Emmne-nous avec toi !
| Take us with you!
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| Je reve, oh oui mon frre, et ca vaut tous mes mois de salaire.
| I dream, oh yes bro, and it's worth all my months of salary.
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| A cot© du repaire o№ je mne une vie p (c)pre,
| Next to the den where I lead a p (c)pre life,
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| Je libre le monde amer et meme si j’y reste fier,
| I free the bitter world and though I remain proud of it,
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| J’aurais du mal refaire tout ce qui va de travers,
| I'd be hard pressed to redo everything that went wrong,
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| Alors je traverse les oc (c)ans pour trouver ce monde d’enfants,
| So I cross the oc(c)ans to find this world of children,
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| Foncant, foncant comme un d (c)ment vers ces gens plus cl (c)ments,
| Rushing, rushing like a d (c)ment towards these more lenient people,
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| J’y reste quelque temps, tant que je peux y rester,
| I stay there a while, as long as I can stay there,
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| Et quand le r (c)veil sonne, j’ai l'(c)nergie pour lutter
| And when the (c)wake rings, I have the (c)energy to fight
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| Car j’ai (c)t© chez mon frre,
| For I have (c) been at my brother's house,
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| Celui qui jamais ne nous envie,
| The one who never envies us,
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| Celui qui aime la terre, l’eau,
| One who loves the earth, the water,
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| Qui a les enfants pour amis, lui, il sait se taire,
| Who has children for friends, he knows how to be silent,
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| On (c)coute ce qu’il dit
| We (c)listen to what he says
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| Car jamais, jamais, jamais de sa bouche n’apparait le m (c)pris.
| Because never, never, never from his mouth does the m(c)taken appear.
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| L’humour est son petit frre, l’amour son ain©,
| Humor is his little brother, love his eldest,
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| Son nom repr (c)sente la Terre, il s’appelle Yakamon (c)y©.
| His name represents the Earth, he is called Yakamon (c)y©.
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| Chez Yakamon (c)y©, nan-nan, il y a pas de monnaie, | At Yakamon (c)y©, nan-nan, there is no change, |
| Il y a pas de barbel (c)s, nan-nan, pour t’empecher d’entrer,
| There's no barbel(c)s, nah-nan, to keep you out,
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| Il y a pas mal de mouflets chez Yakamon (c)y© Un peu de sins© beaucoup de libert©.
| There are quite a few kids at Yakamon (c)y© A little sins© A lot of freedom©.
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’on va manger, pour le moment,
| But what are we going to eat, for the moment,
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| Qu’est ce qu’on va planter?
| What are we going to plant?
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| Il y a pas de quoi s’inquiter, nan-nan, chez Yakamon (c)y©,
| There's nothing to worry about, nah-nan, at Yakamon (c)y©,
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| Il y a pas de barbel (c)s chez Yakamon (c)y©, il y a pas mal de mouflets,
| There are no barbel(c)s at Yakamon(c)y©, there are quite a few mitts,
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| Et c’est bien, les mouflets.
| And that's good, the mittens.
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| Faut rever !
| Must dream!
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| Je reve, oh oui mon frre, et ca vaut tous mes mois de salaire.
| I dream, oh yes bro, and it's worth all my months of salary.
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| A cot© du repaire o№ je mne une vie p (c)pre,
| Next to the den where I lead a p (c)pre life,
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| Je libre le monde amer et meme si j’y reste fier,
| I free the bitter world and though I remain proud of it,
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| J’aurais du mal refaire tout ce qui va de travers,
| I'd be hard pressed to redo everything that went wrong,
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| Alors je traverse les oc (c)ans pour trouver ce monde d’enfants,
| So I cross the oc(c)ans to find this world of children,
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| Foncant, foncant comme un d (c)ment vers ces gens plus cl (c)ments,
| Rushing, rushing like a d (c)ment towards these more lenient people,
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| J’y reste quelque temps, tant que je peux y rester,
| I stay there a while, as long as I can stay there,
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| Et quand le r (c)veil sonne, j’ai l'(c)nergie pour lutter
| And when the (c)wake rings, I have the (c)energy to fight
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| Car j’ai (c)t© chez mon frre, celui qui jamais ne nous envie,
| Because I have (c) been with my brother, the one who never envies us,
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| Celui qui aime la terre, l’eau,
| One who loves the earth, the water,
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| Qui a les enfants pour amis,
| Who has the children for friends,
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| Lui, il sait se taire, on (c)coute ce qu’il dit
| Him, he knows how to keep quiet, we (c) listen to what he says
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| Car jamais, jamais, jamais de sa bouche n’apparait le m (c)pris.
| Because never, never, never from his mouth does the m(c)taken appear.
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| L’humour est son petit frre, l’amour son ain©,
| Humor is his little brother, love his eldest,
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| Son nom repr (c)sente la Terre, il s’appelle Yakamon (c)y©.
| His name represents the Earth, he is called Yakamon (c)y©.
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| Chez Yakamon (c)y©, nan-nan, il y a pas de monnaie,
| At Yakamon (c)y©, nan-nan, there is no change,
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| Il y a pas de barbel (c)s, nan-nan, pour t’empecher d’entrer,
| There's no barbel(c)s, nah-nan, to keep you out,
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| Il y a pas mal de mouflets chez Yakamon (c)y© Un peu de sins© beaucoup de libert©.
| There are quite a few kids at Yakamon (c)y© A little sins© A lot of freedom©.
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| Mais qu’est ce qu’on va manger, pour le moment,
| But what are we going to eat, for the moment,
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| Qu’est ce qu’on va planter?
| What are we going to plant?
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| Il y a pas de quoi s’inquiter, nan-nan, chez Yakamon (c)y©,
| There's nothing to worry about, nah-nan, at Yakamon (c)y©,
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| Il y a pas de monnaie, il y a pas de monnaie, il y a pas de monnaie… | There is no currency, there is no currency, there is no currency... |