| Momo disait tout l’temps qu’un jour il réussirait
| Momo always said that one day he would succeed
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| Qu’il en avait assez, qu’un jour d’ici il se tirerait
| That he had had enough, that one day he would be out of here
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| Loin d’cet enfer, loin d’son 2 pièces
| Far from this hell, far from his 2 rooms
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| C’est dans un pays chaud que l’attendait sa princesse
| It was in a warm country that his princess was waiting for him
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| Momo des fois sur un coup d’tête partait en solo
| Momo sometimes on a whim went solo
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| Le jour pizzaïolo, le soir cambrio
| Pizzaiolo day, cambrio evening
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| Rêve de cinéma, il habiterait lui et sa famille
| Dream of cinema, he would live him and his family
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| Rêve au pro forma, face à la mer, avec ses amis
| Pro forma dream, facing the sea, with his friends
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| Momo en avait marre des petits boulots
| Momo was fed up with odd jobs
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| Il se laissait parler quand ses lèvres se posaient sur le goulot
| He let himself talk when his lips landed on the neck
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| Et sur le sol des larmes tombaient après les regrets
| And on the ground tears were falling after regrets
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| Il criait «vous verrez, un jour, vous verrez»
| He was shouting "you'll see, one day you'll see"
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| Momo, maintenant qu’ton corps gît
| Momo, now that your body is lying
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| Momo, que sur ton corps c’est l’orgie
| Momo, that on your body it's the orgy
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| Momo, maintenant qu’ton corps gît
| Momo, now that your body is lying
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| Le monde s’en porte mieux, aux infos ils l’ont dit
| The world is better off, on the news they said so
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| Momo se sentait libre sur son booster
| Momo felt free on her booster
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| Lui, c’qu’il aimait, c’est semer les keufs et emmerder les 'steurs
| Him, what he liked, it's to sow the keufs and piss off the 'steurs
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| Il rêvait d’fortune, intérim, vente de demi
| He dreamed of fortune, interim, sale of half
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| Il avait pas peur de la zonz, moins encore de la semi
| He was not afraid of the zonz, even less of the semi
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| C’qu’il aurait kiffé, c’est faire le coup du siècle
| What he would have liked is to do the coup of the century
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| Plus jeune, il disait «j'serai docteur» d’un air espiègle
| When he was younger, he used to say "I'll be a doctor" with a mischievous air
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| Je l’revois me disant «un jour tu verras
| I see him telling me "one day you'll see
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| Un jour j’serai blindé, avec moi, je t’emmènera…»
| One day I'll be armored, with me, I'll take you..."
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| Mais t’as vu, la vie te dicte comment faire
| But you see, life tells you how to do it
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| Il rêvait d’Paradis mais tous ses actes l’emmenaient en Enfer
| He dreamed of Heaven but all his actions took him to Hell
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| Il avait la tête dure, jamais il écoutait
| He was hard headed, he never listened
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| Il voulait tellement s’faire entendre qu’il finit par la fermer
| He wanted to be heard so much that he ended up shutting it up
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| Momo, maintenant qu’ton corps gît
| Momo, now that your body is lying
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| Momo, que sur ton corps c’est l’orgie
| Momo, that on your body it's the orgy
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| Momo, maintenant qu’ton corps gît
| Momo, now that your body is lying
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| Le monde s’en porte mieux, aux infos ils l’ont dit
| The world is better off, on the news they said so
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| En fait, c'était l’gars qu’avait la gueule d’aucun emploi
| In fact, he was the guy who didn't look like no job
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| Pas un bandit mais comme tout l’monde, il ignorait la loi
| Not a bandit but like everyone else, he didn't know the law
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| Fidèle à son rang, à lui-même, à l’ordre des choses
| Faithful to his rank, to himself, to the order of things
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| Lui qui comme Piaf n’a eu que la vie morose
| He who like Piaf had only a gloomy life
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| Et puis un jour, t’as sorti la grosse caisse
| And then one day you pulled out the bass drum
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| La sape, les baskets, et une meuf avec de grosses…
| The clothes, the sneakers, and a girl with big...
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| Et puis t’es devenu trop gourmand, t’es resté là, finalement
| And then you got too greedy, you stayed there, finally
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| L’argent sale te donnait trop d’tourments
| Dirty money gave you too much torment
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| Momo, je regarde les voisins qui jubilent
| Momo, I watch the neighbors jubilant
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| La flicaille débarrassée de leur jouet débile
| The cop rid of their stupid toy
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| Ce vieux qui t’crache dessus qu’on est tous les mêmes
| This old man who spits on you that we're all the same
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| Le crime ne paie pas sauf pour les grands du système
| Crime don't pay except for the big guys in the system
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| Momo, maintenant qu’ton corps gît
| Momo, now that your body is lying
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| Momo, que sur ton corps c’est l’orgie
| Momo, that on your body it's the orgy
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| Momo, maintenant qu’ton corps gît
| Momo, now that your body is lying
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| Le monde s’en porte mieux, aux infos ils l’ont dit | The world is better off, on the news they said so |