Translation of the song lyrics Comment on faisait ? - Hocus Pocus

Comment on faisait ? (original)

J’me demande souvent…
Mais comment… Comment on faisait avant?
Avant tous ces petits détails qui font notre quotidien
Toutes ces choses qui, aujourd’hui, nous paraissent si naturelles
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Avant l’informatique, les portables, le SIDA…
J’me demande…
Mais comment on faisait avant, sans télécommande?
Il paraît qu’on s’déplaçait pour zapper, ça c’est étonnant !
Maintenant: 250 chaînes et la parabole
Avant: 250 pages et même pas ras-le-bol
La littérature, et dire qu’un jour ça a été fun
Mais j’troquerais pas tout Zola contre ma Playstation
(Hey Hey!) Ma nostalgie a des limites
Et la technologie efface même un passé indélébile (Right !)
Mais comment on faisait avant à l'époque d’Eve et Adam
Sans le béton et l’air nauséabond
Sans les gaz d'échappement qui font monter l’mercure
Dur de supporter l’air pur
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Mais comment on faisait sans?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait avant?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Mais comment on faisait sans?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait avant?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait avant (Comment? Comment ?)
Sans l' net et mon phone pour liquider mon solde et kiffer l’insomnie?
Des destins scellés illico-presto, un clic, un texto, ciao !
Mais comment on faisait avant, sans la chirurgie?
Il paraît qu’quand t’avais une sale gueule, c'était pour la vie
Mais comment on faisait, hein, avant qu’la science progresse?
Des rumeurs disent qu'à l'époque, les gens mourraient d’vieillesse?
Nan… Maintenant, les virus ont tout infesté
Avant, il paraît qu’on s’aimait sans peur des MST
Qu’on kiffait sans Despe' et qu’on riait sans shit
Seulement maintenant on redescend vite
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Mais comment on faisait sans?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait avant?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Mais comment on faisait sans?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait avant?
(I don’t know)
Maintenant, les mec regardent la beauté intérieure
C’est ça, un tas de faux culs qui kiffent sur les faux seins
Faut pas s’voiler la face, le naturel c’est loin
Et si t’as pas le style à la mode, t’es rien
Mais comment on faisait avant les clips pour avoir le style?
Avant le style pour porter les sapes de 80 en l’an 2000?
Avant l’an 2000, pour rire du futur d’antan
Combinaisons argentées et véhicules volants
Hier, on s’disait: Demain sera un jour meilleur
Demain, on s’dira: Hier, on faisait une p’tite erreur
Comment comment comment on faisait avant?
C’est vrai
Et au fait, comment on fera après?
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Mais comment on faisait sans?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait avant?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait avant?
Mais comment on faisait sans?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait?
Comment on faisait avant?
(I don’t know)
Mais comment on faisait Greem?
(I don’t know)
Comment on faisait?
(I don’t know)
Comment, comment, comment, comment (I don’t know)
HP, ouais, yeah, comment, comment
Comment, comment !
Co-comment, comment !
Comment, comment !
Co-comment, comment !
Yeah

Comment on faisait ? (translation)

I often wonder...
But how... How did we do it before?
Before all those little details that make up our daily lives
All those things that today seem so natural to us
But how did we do it before?
Before computers, cell phones, AIDS...
I wonder...
But how did we do it before, without a remote control?
It seems that we moved to zap, that's amazing!
Now: 250 channels and the dish
Before: 250 pages and not even fed up
Literature, and saying that one day it was fun
But I wouldn't trade all Zola for my Playstation
(Hey Hey!) My nostalgia has limits
And technology even erases an indelible past (Right!)
But how we did before in the days of Eve and Adam
Without the concrete and the foul air
Without the exhaust fumes that raise the mercury
Hard to bear clean air
But how did we do it before?
But how did we do without?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do before?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it before?
But how did we do without?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do before?
(I don't know)
But how we used to do (How? How?)
Without the net and my phone to liquidate my balance and enjoy insomnia?
Destinies sealed illico-presto, a click, a text message, ciao!
But how did we do it before, without the surgery?
It seems that when you had a dirty face, it was for life
But how did we do it, huh, before science progressed?
Rumors say that at the time, people were dying of old age?
Nah… Now the viruses have infested everything
Before, it seems that we loved each other without fear of STDs
That we loved without Despe' and that we laughed without hash
Only now we're coming down fast
But how did we do it before?
But how did we do without?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do before?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it before?
But how did we do without?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do before?
(I don't know)
Now niggas lookin' at the beauty inside
That's it, a bunch of fake asses that love fake tits
Do not hide your face, the natural is far
And if you don't have the fashionable style, you're nothing
But how did we do before the music videos to have the style?
Before the style to wear the clothes of 80 in the year 2000?
Before the year 2000, to laugh at the future of yesteryear
Silver jumpsuits and flying vehicles
Yesterday, we said to ourselves: Tomorrow will be a better day
Tomorrow, we'll say: Yesterday, we made a little mistake
How how how did we do before?
It's true
And by the way, what are we going to do next?
But how did we do it before?
But how did we do without?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do before?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it before?
But how did we do without?
(I don't know)
But how did we do it?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do?
How did we do before?
(I don't know)
But how did we do Greem?
(I don't know)
How did we do?
(I don't know)
How, how, how, how (I don't know)
HP, yeah, yeah, how, how
How, how!
Co-how, how!
How, how!
Co-how, how!
yeah