Translation of the song lyrics J'étais Comme Eux - DEMON ONE, Soprano

J'étais Comme Eux (original)

Je connais ce regard insolent et insouciant,
Ce coquard et cet air menaant,
Toutes ces heures passer dans un block fumer,
Avec ses potes, tailler les cours pour aller zoner,
Je connais ces bagarres,
Ces histoires de territoires,
Ces histoires de respect qui se rglent le soir,
Cette envie de croquer l’monde,
Tous ces oeufs jets quand les flics faisaient leur ronde,
Ohh moi aussi tout comme lui,
Je prenais le mic, rapais toute la nuit,
Toute la flicaille tait mes ennemis,
Je haussais la voix sur toute ma famille,
Ohhhh,
Je calquais les gestes des grands du quartier,
Me prenais pour l’Everest face aux p’tits des quartiers,
Malgr tous s’qu’on dit, regarde un peu comment on a fini.
Ohhh!
Tous ces jeunes en bas des blocks sans espoir,
J’tais comme eux,
Ceux qui gaspillent leur jeunesse dans un square,
J’tais comme eux,
Ceux qui avancent sans repres tard le soir,
J’tais comme eux,
Cette jeunesse qu’a pas appris le mot victoire,
J’tais comme eux,
C’est ohohoh 1. 3,
C’est ohohoh 9. 4,
C’est ohohoh 1. 3,
C’est ohohoh 9. 4 c’est…
Moi aussi j’ai connu ces jours sans fin devant le hall,
Les soires sur un parking o a fume et a picole,
Le week end j’allais chercher ma petite pochette sur Amsterdam,
J’restais qu-blo devant la console toute la journe dans un local,
J’ai fais des soires, j’rvais de gloire, de succs, de briller,
De m’noyer comme picsou dans une piscine de billets,
Je m’prenais, quand j’tais sous cuite, pour Superman,
Alors que dans ma tte et dans mon cњur j’allais super mal,
Pleins d’rves dans la tte et pas un sous dans la poche,
J’tais comme eux, rien perdre dans la merde sous un porche,
Moi aussi j’voulais devenir, mon pote, le boss de la ville, rouler en Porsche,
Ne vivre que d’argent facile,
J’me posais pleins de questions sur ma vie et sur ce monde,
J’rvais de faire des feats, d’entendre ma voix sur les ondes,
Comme lui je rentrais tard, j’ratais tous les repas du soir,
Toujours fourr dans les histoires, dans les sales coups, dans les bagarres.
Tous ces jeunes en bas des blocks sans espoir,
J’tais comme eux,
Ceux qui gaspillent leurs jeunesses dans un square,
J’tais comme eux,
Ceux qui avancent sans repres tard le soir,
J’tais comme eux,
Cette jeunesse qu’a pas appris le mot victoire,
J’tais comme eux,
C’est ohohoh 1. 3,
C’est ohohoh 9. 4,
C’est ohohoh 1. 3,
C’est ohohoh 9. 4 c’est…
Et moi aussi la mto scolaire ne m’a prdit que des intempries,
Un avenir tout gris,
Les problmes de famille m’ont isols,
Le manque de fric m’empchait de m’envoler.
Ohh…
La conseillre d’orientation m’a envoy en galre,
Elle m’a mis dans une branche que j’voulais pas faire,
Quand j’allais au cinma man j’rentrais par derrire,
Dans la cit roue arrire, africaine la bannire.
Mais j’ai aussi appris travers ces nuits blanches,
Que la vie n’avait pas de traneau ni d’barbe blanche.
Ohh…
Moi aussi elle m’a appris qui faut s’montrer fort et patient,
Utilise tes connaissances et ton savoir bon escient.
Tous ces jeunes en bas des blocks sans espoir,
J’tais comme eux,
Ceux qui gaspillent leurs jeunesses dans un square,
J’tais comme eux,
Ceux qui avancent sans repres tard le soir,
J’tais comme eux,
Cette jeunesse qu’a pas appris le mot victoire,
J’tais comme eux,
C’est ohohoh 1. 3,
C’est ohohoh 9. 4,
C’est ohohoh 1. 3,
C’est ohohoh 9. 4 c’est…
Yeah
Demon One, Soprano
Pour tous les mecs des blocks
Ohoh Ohoh Ohoh
Mafia K'1 K'1
C’est La Psykatra de la rimiaaaa
Dmon One, Sopra’mbaba

(translation)

I know that cheeky, carefree look,
This coquard and this menacing air,
All those hours spent in a smoking block,
With his friends, cut the courses to go zone,
I know those fights,
These stories of territories,
These stories of respect that settle in the evening,
This desire to crunch the world,
All those eggs thrown when the cops were on their rounds,
Ohh me too just like him,
I took the mic, rapped all night,
All the cops were my enemies,
I was raising my voice over all my family,
Ohhhh,
I copied the gestures of the greats of the neighborhood,
Took me for Everest in front of the little neighborhoods,
No matter what we say, just look at how we ended up.
Ohhh!
All those young people down the blocks with no hope,
I was like them
Those who waste their youth in a square,
I was like them
Those who rush on late at night,
I was like them
This youth that has not learned the word victory,
I was like them
It's ohohoh 1. 3,
It's ohohoh 9. 4,
It's ohohoh 1. 3,
It's ohohoh 9. 4 it's...
I too have known those endless days outside the hall,
Evenings in a parking lot where we smoked and drank,
On weekends I went to get my little pocket square in Amsterdam,
I was qu-blo in front of the console all day in a room,
I had parties, I dreamed of fame, of success, of shining,
To drown like a picsou in a pool of banknotes,
I took myself, when I was undercooked, for Superman,
While in my head and in my heart I was doing very badly,
Full of dreams in the head and not a penny in the pocket,
I was like them, lose nothing in the shit under a porch,
Me too I wanted to become, my friend, the boss of the city, ride in a Porsche,
To live only on easy money,
I asked myself a lot of questions about my life and about this world,
I wanted to do feats, to hear my voice on the airwaves,
Like him, I came home late, I missed all the evening meals,
Always stuck in stories, in dirty tricks, in fights.
All those young people down the blocks with no hope,
I was like them
Those who waste their youth in a square,
I was like them
Those who rush on late at night,
I was like them
This youth that has not learned the word victory,
I was like them
It's ohohoh 1. 3,
It's ohohoh 9. 4,
It's ohohoh 1. 3,
It's ohohoh 9. 4 it's...
And me too the school weather forecast only bad weather,
A gray future,
Family issues isolated me,
Lack of money kept me from flying.
Ohh…
The guidance counselor sent me on a galley,
She put me in a branch that I didn't want to do,
When I went to the cinema man I came in from behind,
In the rear wheel city, African the banner.
But I also learned through those sleepless nights,
That life had no sled or white beard.
Ohh…
Me too, she taught me who must be strong and patient,
Use your knowledge and wisdom wisely.
All those young people down the blocks with no hope,
I was like them
Those who waste their youth in a square,
I was like them
Those who rush on late at night,
I was like them
This youth that has not learned the word victory,
I was like them
It's ohohoh 1. 3,
It's ohohoh 9. 4,
It's ohohoh 1. 3,
It's ohohoh 9. 4 it's...
yeah
Demon One, Soprano
For all the guys from the blocks
Ohoh Ohoh Ohoh
Mafia K'1 K'1
This is The Psykatra of the Rimiaaaa
Dmon One, Sopra'mbaba