| Salut, Alex!
| Hi, Alex!
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| Ce mai zici, frate?
| How are you, brother?
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| Știu că n-am vorbit de mult
| I know I haven't talked in a long time
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| Trece timpul peste toate
| Time passes over everything
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| Arde clipe peste ziuă
| It burns for moments during the day
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| Parcă-ngheața peste noapte
| It's like it's freezing overnight
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| Că-i e frig la ăla mic, și-n 3 zile face 7
| It's cold for the little one, and in 3 days it's 7
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| Și l-am dat la școală, măcar să-nvețe carte
| And I sent him to school, at least to learn a book
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| Dimineața e nasoală, când în față n-are lapte
| It's awful in the morning when there's no milk in front of you
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| Si nevasta-mea-i pe boală, de căldură n-avem parte
| And my wife is sick, we don't have heat
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| Ne-au taiat si de la gaze, avem credite restante
| They also cut us off from gas, we have outstanding loans
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| Cu ce iau de la muncă, abia mi-ajung de rate
| With what I get from work, I can barely make ends meet
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| Dar, pe langa bănci și taxe
| But in addition to banks and fees
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| Mai sunt toate celelalte
| There are all the others
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| Iar muzica aia… Am lăsat-o baltă, coaie!
| And that music… I dropped it, balls!
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| Nu prea veneau bani să pun vorbele pe foaie
| I didn't have much money to put the words on the paper
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| Omu' meu, Cedry2k, a ajuns pe pârnaie
| My man, Cedry2k, got on the hanger
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| A-mpuşcat un cămătar ce venise să îl taie
| He shot a moneylender who had come to cut him
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| C-avea bani de dat la fraier
| He had money to give to the sucker
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| Cică era o sumă mare
| That was a large sum
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| Că, pe vremea când cânta, pierdea mulți bani, frățioare!
| That when he was singing, he was losing a lot of money, bro!
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| N-au ținut cont că-i legitimă apărare
| They did not take into account his self-defense
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| I-au dat ani grei închisoare
| They sentenced him to years in prison
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| Că-i înjura cu voce tare
| That he swore at them out loud
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| Si omu' meu, DOC, e fugit prin State
| And my man, DOC, is running through the States
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| La casino nu prea i-a mers
| He didn't do well at the casino
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| Acum combină de toate
| Now combine everything
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| «Bai, Toto, ai grija, muzica asta o să te-ngroape
| "Oh, Toto, be careful, this music is going to bury you
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| Că eu știu că ai talent, da' te văd că tragi pe coate!»
| I know you have talent, but I see you pulling your elbows! »
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| Așa-mi zicea tata, eu nu l-am ascultat
| That's what my father told me, I didn't listen to him
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| Daca ma țineam d-afaceri, poate nu eram in câcat
| If I was in business, maybe I wasn't in shit
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| Și nu-ți scriam ție, dup-atâția ani
| And I didn't write to you after all these years
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| Că vreau să trec p-acolo, ca să fac și eu un ban
| That I want to go over there and make some money
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| S-am ce să pun în ghiozdan, pentru ăla micu'
| I have something to put in my backpack for the little one
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| Sunt gata să fac orice, pun mâna pe gun
| I'm ready to do anything, get my hands on the gun
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| Pe plicuri, pe volan, pe cricuri, pe lopeți, pe stick-uri
| On envelopes, on the steering wheel, on the jacks, on the shovels, on the sticks
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| Pe orice nimicuri, nu-s în stare să fac figuri
| On anything, I can't make faces
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| Și nu-s în stare nici să mai plătesc chirie
| And I'm not even able to pay rent anymore
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| D-aia-ți scriu acuma ție
| That's why I'm writing to you now
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| Poate-mi trimiți tu 1000
| Maybe you can send me 1000
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| Mon frere je t’ecris cette lettre parce que nos jours les assombrissent
| My brother, I am writing you this letter because our days are darkening
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| J’suis perdu dans ma tête sache que mes rêves s’appauvrissent
| I’m lost in my head knowing my dreams are getting poorer
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| J’me dis que c’est toujours mieux la-bas
| I tell myself it’s always better there
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| Mais tout plaquer tout laisser tomber non non je n’peux pas
| But plating everything dropping everything no no I can’t
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| Mon frère j’tecris cette lettre parce que nos journées s’assombrissent
| My brother, I’m writing this letter because our days are getting darker
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| J’suis perdu dans ma tête car mon pays est en crise
| I’m lost in my head because my country is in crisis
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| Prends soin de tes proches et prends soin de toi
| Take care of your loved ones and take care of yourself
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| Moi j’reste ici j’construis mon futur et puis le reste on verra
| I stay here I build my future and then the rest we’ll see
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| Mon chêr, toto
| My dear, toto
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| Garde la tête droite frérot
| Keep your head straight brother
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| J’voulais gagner le gros lot
| I wanted to win the jackpot
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| Mais j’ai laissé tomber les mots
| But I dropped the words
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| Au pays c’est la faillite
| At home it’s bankruptcy
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| L’argent circule tellement vite
| Money flows so fast
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| Jamais dans les bonnes poches
| Never in the right pockets
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| J’ai si mal pour mes proches
| I feel so bad for my loved ones
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| En Occident
| In the West
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| Par accident
| By accident
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| Je vis la fin des temps
| I live in the end times
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| Montrer les dents
| Show your teeth
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| Hair les gens
| Hair people
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| On se détruit à quatorze ans
| We destroy ourselves at the age of fourteen
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| Perdus dans le néant
| Lost in nothingness
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| Abrutis devant l'écran
| Stupid in front of the screen
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| Les regards sont si méfiants
| The looks are so suspicious
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| Qu’on a peur d’faire des enfants
| That one is afraid to have children
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| Ma génération «MTV»
| My "MTV" generation
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| Se met à bouffer des pastilles
| Starts eating pills
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| Tire un trait sur ses rêves
| Draw a line on his dreams
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| Et finit défoncée en rave
| And ends up fucked in a rage
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| Une chose est sûr l’amour est mort
| One thing is for sure love is dead
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| Alors un sourire vaut de l’or
| So a smile is worth its weight in gold
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| Pour la plupart déracinés
| Mostly uprooted
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| Avec des parents divorcés
| With divorced parents
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| Regarde dehors il gèle
| Look outside it freezes
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| On a brûlé tous les modèles
| All models were burned
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| Elle veux dev’nir top-models
| She wants to be a top model
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| Pour finir dans un bordel
| To end up in a brothel
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| La crise est passé par ici
| The crisis has passed through here
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| J’ai pas la force de te mentir
| I don’t have the strength to lie to you
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| Toi qui rêves d’une meilleure vie
| You who dream of a better life
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| Mais dans ce coin quel avenir?
| But what future in this corner?
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| N’oubie jamais d’où tu viens
| Never forget where you come from
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| Et qu’au fond tu es roumain
| And basically you’re Romanian
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| Tout un pays à construire
| A whole country to build
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| Là où ton fils pourrait grandir
| Where your son could grow up
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| Plus moyen d’boucler les comptes
| No way to close accounts
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| La conséquence le racisme monte
| As a result, racism is on the rise
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| 2020 année de la honte
| 2020 year of shame
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| Oui la terre n’est plus ronde
| Yes the earth is no longer round
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| Ils veulent construire un mur
| They want to build a wall
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| Séparer l’Europe en deux
| Divide Europe in two
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| Il n’y a plus que ces prières
| There are only these prayers left
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| Que je murmure a Dieu
| May I whisper to God
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| Nan je n’dis pas adieu
| I don't say goodbye
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| Tu es bienvenu frère
| You are welcome brother
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| Si j’avais une dernière chose à dire
| If I had one last thing to say
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| Avant de devoir partir, j’ai pris le parti
| Before I had to leave, I sided
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| De la vie car j’voulais pas finir aigri
| Life because I didn’t want to end up sour
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| J'écris au crayon gris
| I write in gray pencil
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| Tout c’qui compte c’est une famille
| All that matters is a family
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| Une protection contre tes ennemis
| Protection against your enemies
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| Donc apprends à faire le tri
| So learn how to sort
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| Si tu veux tenter ta chance
| If you want to try your luck
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| N’hésite pas quand tu t'élances
| Don’t hesitate when you rush
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| Passe les barrage
| Pass the dams
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| Si tu as d’la force et du courage
| If you have the strength and courage
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| Quelque soit ton combat
| Whatever your fight
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| T’inquiètes je serai la
| Worry, I'll be there
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| Ps j' t’ai mis quelques billets
| Ps I put you some tickets
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| Désolé c’est tout c’que j’ai
| Sorry that’s all I have
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| Mon frere je t’ecris cette lettre parce que nos jours les assombrissent
| My brother, I am writing you this letter because our days are darkening
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| J’suis perdu dans ma tête sache que mes rêves s’appauvrissent
| I’m lost in my head knowing my dreams are getting poorer
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| J’me dis que c’est toujours mieux la-bas
| I tell myself it’s always better there
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| Mais tout plaquer tout laisser tomber non non je n’peux pas
| But plating everything dropping everything no no I can’t
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| Mon frère j’tecris cette lettre parce que nos journées s’assombrissent
| My brother, I’m writing this letter because our days are getting darker
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| J’suis perdu dans ma tête car mon pays est en crise
| I’m lost in my head because my country is in crisis
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| Prends soin de tes proches et prends soin de toi
| Take care of your loved ones and take care of yourself
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| Moi j’reste ici j’construis mon futur et puis le reste on verra | I stay here I build my future and then the rest we’ll see |