| Noirs et Blancs.
| Blacks and whites.
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| Y’avait des mots pour le Secteur
| There were words for the Sector
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| Des mots violents, presque en verlan
| Violent words, almost in verlan
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| Des mots qui meurent et font couler le sang
| Words that die and draw blood
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| Ces mots sont morts et dornavant,
| Those words are dead and henceforth,
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| Faut voir, Maman; | Must see, Mom; |
| coute Papa,
| listens dad,
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| Jnai qules beaux mots pour parler mes filles,
| I only have beautiful words to speak to my daughters,
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| Oreilles sensibles, syeux plus sensibles
| Sensitive ears, more sensitive eyes
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| Je leur cde tout ce que jcris
| I give them everything I write
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| Et jnai jamais voulu faire lhomme
| And I never wanted to be the man
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| Plus que des textes relient mes psaumes.
| More than texts connect my psalms.
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| Laisser les noirs, laisser les blancs,
| Leave the blacks, leave the whites,
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| Mais quils divorcent, fassent des enfants,
| But let them divorce, have children,
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| Quils tendent leurs bras, des innocents
| That they stretch out their arms, innocent people
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| Tulululup tuptup tuplu
| Tulululup tuptup tuplu
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| Ya pas dproblme aux gens dcouleur
| No problem with colored people
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| Que na cre 100 ans dmalheur
| Let 100 years of misfortune be born
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| Et moi je danse pour toute rsistance,
| And I dance for all resistance,
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| Jveux pas partir comme un martyr,
| I don't wanna leave like a martyr,
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| Jirais mourir en rvolutionnaire,
| I would die a revolutionary,
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| Un subterfuge (hey, hey) dans la lumire,
| A subterfuge (hey, hey) in the light,
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| Laisser les noirs, laisser les blancs,
| Leave the blacks, leave the whites,
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| Mais quils divorcent, fassent des enfants,
| But let them divorce, have children,
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| Quils tendent leurs bras, des innocents
| That they stretch out their arms, innocent people
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| Tulululup tuptup tuplu
| Tulululup tuptup tuplu
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| Jferais pas rimer, non, les femmes et leur cuisine,
| I wouldn't rhyme, no, women and their cooking,
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| Ya trop dustensiles dans leur usine,
| There's too many utensils in their factory,
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| Les brunes comme Marilyn, Karu Kera ou Josphine,
| Brunettes like Marilyn, Karu Kera or Josephine,
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| Jserais toujours l pour elles, elles; | I would always be there for them; |
| elles plurielles
| they plural
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| Laisser les noirs, laisser les blancs,
| Leave the blacks, leave the whites,
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| Mais quils divorcent, fassent des enfants,
| But let them divorce, have children,
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| Quils tendent leurs bras, des innocents
| That they stretch out their arms, innocent people
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| Tulululup tuptup tuplu
| Tulululup tuptup tuplu
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| Laisser les noirs, laisser les blancs,
| Leave the blacks, leave the whites,
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| Quils se rencontrent comme des enfants,
| May they meet like children,
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| Et tendent leurs bras, des innocents | And reach out their arms, innocent people |