| L'évolution, finalement on l’a différée
| Evolution, finally we postponed it
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| Car le serpent s’est mordu la queue et l’a digéré
| For the serpent bit its tail and digested it
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| Le texte qui suit n’est pas plus
| The text that follows is not more
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| Qu’un constat des abus de déjà vu
| Only an acknowledgment of the abuse of deja vu
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| Recyclé comme la page que j’gratte, les phrases que j’rappe
| Recycled like the page I scratch, the sentences I rap
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| Et les occasions de me taire que j’rate
| And the opportunities to shut up that I miss
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| Ton look à la mode d’il y a 20 ans
| Your fashionable look from 20 years ago
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| 70's, 80's recyclées à chaque printemps
| 70's, 80's recycled every spring
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| Recyclé comme tes déchets nucléaires
| Recycled like your nuclear waste
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| Mais seulement dans un millier d’millénaires
| But only in a thousand millennia
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| Ton histoire dont on n’tire aucune
| Your story from which we don't draw any
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| Leçon et tes leçons d’histoire pleines de lacunes
| Lesson and your history lessons full of gaps
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| Recyclé comme ces papiers que tu n’as pas
| Recycled like those papers you don't have
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| Tu as 7 ans, dont 6 en France mais tu n’es pas chez toi
| You are 7 years old, including 6 in France but you are not at home
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| Car ici hospitalité, humanité, fraternité
| Because here hospitality, humanity, fraternity
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| Rime avec…
| Rhymes with…
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| People, is time to wake up, it’s new millennium, gimmie some brain
| People, is time to wake up, it's new millennium, gimmie some brain
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| move
| move
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| You is ugly in 1974 and still ugly in 2004
| You are ugly in 1974 and still ugly in 2004
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| We see the same thing over and over again, there’s a new stuff there
| We see the same thing over and over again, there's a new stuff there
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| It’s time for the new things, new form, new boom, gimmie some dope
| It's time for the new things, new form, new boom, gimmie some dope
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| Recyclé comme ce morceau oublié, gravé sur face B
| Recycled like this forgotten piece, etched on B-side
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| Samplé, devient tube de l'été
| Sampled, becomes a summer hit
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| Trop souvent fabriqué, formaté
| Too often fabricated, formatted
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| Refrain-couplet, refrain-couplet
| Chorus-verse, chorus-verse
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| Recyclé comme les déchets de la télé-poubelle
| Recycled like Trash TV waste
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| La célébrité et ceux prêts à tuer pour elle
| Fame and those willing to kill for it
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| Ton déjeuner devant le journal de Pernaut
| Your lunch in front of Pernaut's newspaper
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| Tes collègues de Bordeaux, ta collec' de porno
| Your colleagues from Bordeaux, your porn collection
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| La machine à recycler ne manque pas d’appétit
| The recycling machine does not lack appetite
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| Et s’occupe des grandes ordures comme les plus petites
| And takes care of the big garbage like the little ones
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| Celles aux bras longs est rarement inquiétée
| Those with long arms are seldom worried
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| Car ici immunité rime avec…
| Because here immunity rhymes with…
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| I’ve seen this video, Stevie Wonder was doing the same thing in 1964
| I've seen this video, Stevie Wonder was doing the same thing in 1964
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| I see this rappers when they talk about rich class, go that for,
| I see this rappers when they talk about rich class, go that for,
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| use to the form
| use to the form
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| I know what I’m talkin' about i don’t make around back in the days
| I know what I'm talkin' about i don't make around back in the days
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| and oh
| and oh
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| A bigger bomb, we’re gonna get it, Janet, bro, him, come on !
| A bigger bomb, we're gonna get it, Janet, bro, him, come on!
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| Recyclé comme ton jeans usé à l'état neuf
| Recycled like your used jeans like new
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| La série de 20h20 que regarde ta meuf
| The 8:20 p.m. series that your girl is watching
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| Ce mannequin reconverti en actrice
| This model turned actress
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| Reconvertie en chanteuse, reconvertie en junkie
| Turned into a singer, turned into a junkie
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| Recyclé comme tes clips de Gangsta Rap
| Recycled like your Gangsta Rap music videos
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| Et Johnny en guest star à la Star Ac'
| And Johnny guest star at Star Ac'
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| Ta nouvelle chanson française qui roule les «R»
| Your new French song that rolls the "R"
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| Ton piano à bretelles, ta baguette et ton camembert
| Your braces piano, your baguette and your camembert
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| Recyclé comme ce qu’il reste des tours jumelles
| Recycled as what's left of the twin towers
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| Les boîtes noires et l’enquête sur ces jours funestes
| Black boxes and the investigation of those dark days
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| Ces images qu’on croirait truquées
| These images that seem to be faked
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| Car ici réalité rime avec…
| Because here reality rhymes with...
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| We’re seeing the same thing over and over and over again,
| We're seeing the same thing over and over and over again,
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| do you the newer
| do you the newer
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| Pick-up the news when i be telling lies unless we’re seeing it on a
| Pick-up the news when i be telling lies unless we're seeing it on a
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| plain new alphascreen
| plain new alphascreen
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| Sick of this same old thing, same rappers, same singers
| Sick of this same old thing, same rappers, same singers
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| Ladies and gentleman is time for a change, not a change in your
| Ladies and gentleman is time for a change, not a change in your
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| pocket, real change
| pocket, real change
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| Recyclé !
| Recycled!
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |
| You got a lot to say but say it in a different way
| You got a lot to say but say it in a different way
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| You did it like this, you did it like that
| You did it like this, you did it like that
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| You keep the same old beat, you keep the same old groove
| You keep the same old beat, you keep the same old groove
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| You got to make it new if you want to make me move
| You got to make it new if you want to make me move
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| Recyclé ! | Recycled! |