| One-two, yo
| One-two, yo
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| Check it out, yo
| Check it out, yo
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| The Procussions in the house, yo
| The Procussions in the house, yo
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| Hocus Pocus in the house, yo
| Hocus Pocus in the house, yo
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| J’suis tombé sur un vieux clip de Grandmaster Flash
| Came across an old clip from Grandmaster Flash
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| Hey ! | Hey! |
| T’as vu c’type et sa dégaine de barge
| Have you seen this guy and his barge look
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| Là j'étais scié, son style m’a fusillé: Ha ha ha ha !
| There I was sawed, his style shot me: Ha ha ha ha!
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| Sapé comme le keuf des Y.M.C.A
| Dressed up like the Y.M.C.A cop
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| A base de cuirs serrés, à l'époque banal
| Based on tight leathers, at the time commonplace
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| Et des bottes comme celles de Francis Lalanne
| And boots like Francis Lalanne's
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| J’sais qu’c’est un classique, mais qu’on m’enterre
| I know it's a classic, but bury me
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| Si c’est ça nos origines vestimentaires
| If this is our clothing origins
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| Quoique, regarde ce qu’on porte dans les clips
| Though, look what we're wearing in the clips
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| No shame, en fait nos sapes sont toujours aussi cheap
| No shame, in fact our clothes are still so cheap
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les diamants énormes sur les lobes
| Huge diamonds on the lobes
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| Bullshit ! | Bullshit! |
| Les tasses-pé qu’ont oublié leurs robes
| The mugs that their dresses have forgotten
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| J’suis pas convaincu mais au moins ça évolue
| I'm not convinced but at least it's changing
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| Un peu plus que leurs perfectos et leurs têtes velues
| A little more than their perfectos and their hairy heads
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| J’me dis qu’avec nos styles ridicules
| I tell myself that with our ridiculous styles
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| Dans 10 ans on risque de s’marrer quand on s’reverra avec du recul
| In 10 years we risk laughing when we see each other again with hindsight
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les diamants énormes sur les lobes
| Huge diamonds on the lobes
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les tasses-pé qu’ont oublié leurs robes
| The mugs that their dresses have forgotten
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les baskets et les casquettes
| Sneakers and Caps
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| J’crois qu'ça s’passe plutôt dans la tête
| I think it's more in the head
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les sapes extra-extra-larges
| Extra-extra-large saps
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| J’ai dit extra-extra-larges
| I said extra-extra-large
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les dollars comme seul objectif
| Dollars as the sole objective
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| C’est juste un esprit positif
| It's just a positive spirit
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| I got a passion, it’s not just a habit
| I got a passion, it's not just a habit
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| It’s B-boy mentality deeper than any cavity
| It's B-boy mentality deeper than any cavity
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| Way beyond fashion or any kind of salary
| Way beyond fashion or any kind of salary
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| A quick elixir mixed with a heavy dose of reality
| A quick elixir mixed with a heavy dose of reality
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| It’s too complicated for the minds outside the lines
| It's too complicated for the minds outside the lines
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| Drawn when the volume of drums gets over nine
| Drawn when the volume of drums gets over nine
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| I’m a part of a movement not meant for the clueless
| I'm a part of a movement not meant for the clueless
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| Use this in your curriculum when teachin' the students
| Use this in your curriculum when teachin' the students
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| It’s not who’s it, what’s it, who seems to be controlling it
| It's not who's it, what's it, who seems to be controlling it
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| It’s the future of Hip-Hop and how we are unfolding it
| It's the future of Hip-Hop and how we are unfolding it
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| It’s traveled down the road that every genre must walk down
| It's traveled down the road that every genre must walk down
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| Hip-Hop is on the ledge and it needs to be talked down
| Hip-Hop is on the ledge and it needs to be talked down
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| The renaissance to the untimely death
| The Renaissance to the Untimely Death
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| The revival of a culture or survival of a soldier
| The revival of a culture or survival of a soldier
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| Brought by the common people of poverty and need
| Brought by the common people of poverty and need
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| I’m a voice, it’s a tool, God let the world see
| I'm a voice, it's a tool, God let the world see
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| You must be out of ya mind
| You must be out of ya mind
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| If you think the way you dress will serve to help the way you rhyme
| If you think the way you dress will serve to help the way you rhyme
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| Some people put their image first then self gets left behind
| Some people put their image first then self gets left behind
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| So when you search within the verse it’s best that you be blind
| So when you search within the verse it's best that you be blind
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| You’re remarkably designed your equal is hard to find
| You're remarkably designed your equal is hard to find
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| If you’re unsatisfied, take it up with the divine
| If you're unsatisfied, take it up with the divine
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| Cause we don’t got the time and if you go to me
| Cause we don't got the time and if you go to me
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| I’ll say your better off just being who you supposed to be
| I'll say your better off just being who you supposed to be
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les diamants énormes sur les lobes
| Huge diamonds on the lobes
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les tasses-pé qu’ont oublié leurs robes
| The mugs that their dresses have forgotten
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Big egos and big chains
| Big egos and big chains
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| I think it’s all inside of your brain
| I think it's all inside of your brain
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les sapes extra-extra-larges
| Extra-extra-large saps
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| J’ai dit extra-extra-larges
| I said extra-extra-large
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Quick money and fast rides
| Quick money and fast rides
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Just a good feeling inside
| Just a good feeling inside
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| Jogging à trois bandes
| Three stripe joggers
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| Aux pieds, des vieilles Stan Smith
| At the feet, old Stan Smiths
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| Casquette trois fois trop grande
| Cap three times too big
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| Sans oublier les fat laces
| Without forgetting the fat laces
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| T’es Hip-Hop, mec, mais tu t’es trompé d'20 piges
| You're Hip-Hop, man, but you were 20 years wrong
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| Maintenant sapé comme ça, t’es house tu piges?
| Now undermined like this, you house, you get it?
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| Ca évolue vite, trop vite j’suis désolé
| It evolves quickly, too quickly I'm sorry
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| Quand j’commence à kiffer un truc, c’est déjà démodé
| When I start to like something, it's already outdated
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| Au moment où j'écris, c’est Air Force 1 et baggy jean
| As I write it's Air Force 1 and baggy jeans
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| Mais à la fin d’ce couplet ça sera déjà has been.
| But by the end of this verse it will already be has-been.
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| On portera demain ce qu’aux States ils portaient hier
| We'll wear tomorrow what in the States they wore yesterday
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| La France, pays de la mode, on en est pourtant fier
| France, country of fashion, we are nevertheless proud of it
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| Oh oh ! | Oh oh ! |
| J’suis pas dans l’trip fashion ni haute couture
| I'm not into trip fashion or haute couture
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| Les grosses fourrures, depuis quand c’est notre culture?
| Big furs, since when is it our culture?
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| J’fouille dans mes bacs plutôt qu’dans ma garde robe
| I search in my bins rather than in my wardrobe
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| J’fais du son, ouais, et pas un défilé de mode
| I do sound, yeah, and not a fashion show
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les diamants énormes sur les lobes
| Huge diamonds on the lobes
|
| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les tasses-pé qu’ont oublié leurs robes
| The mugs that their dresses have forgotten
|
| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Big egos and big chains
| Big egos and big chains
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| I think it’s all inside of your brain
| I think it's all inside of your brain
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Les sapes extra-extra-larges
| Extra-extra-large saps
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| J’ai dit extra-extra-larges
| I said extra-extra-large
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Quick money and fast rides
| Quick money and fast rides
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| Hip-Hop ! | Hip Hop! |
| Just a good feeling inside
| Just a good feeling inside
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| You see it’s one for the treble, two for the bass
| You see it's one for the treble, two for the bass
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| Come on, yo… Come on, yo…
| Come on, yo... Come on, yo...
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| Clap your hands everybody, if you got what it takes | Clap your hands everybody, if you got what it takes |