| Hocus Pocus in the place to be
| Hocus Pocus in the place to be
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| Procussions… check it out…
| Processes…check it out…
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| One time… T-Love
| One time… T-Love
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| J’voudrais qu’mes mots sonnent comme Check it out !
| I wish my words sound like Check it out!
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| Que quand t'écoutes tu dises You know what it’s all about ou bien No doubt
| That when you listen you say You know what it's all about or No doubt
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| Ces phases qui claquent sur basse qui t’bloquent au sol
| These phases that slam on bass that block you on the ground
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| Kickent fat, qui craquent et niquent la console (Come on !)
| Kickent fat, cracking and fucking the console (Come on!)
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| Ma langue a l’histoire, les racines et le sens
| My language has history, roots and meaning
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| La leur a les stars, le fashion et le slang (No shit on me)
| Theirs got the stars, the fashion and the slang (No shit on me)
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| Putain d’accent, j’veux l’même dans mes textes
| Damn accent, I want the same in my texts
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| Mais quand j’rappe cain-ri, tout l’monde me dit Who’s next?
| But when I rap cain-ri, everyone tells me Who's next?
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| Ils me disent tous: «Le yaourt, abandonne «Alors, en scred, j’fais tourner la MPC et j’improvise Danone
| They all tell me: "Yoghurt, give up" So, in scred, I spin the MPC and I improvise Danone
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| Sur mon coin d’hexagone, j’examine la donne
| On my corner of the hexagon, I examine the deal
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| Entre Shakespeare, Stallone, j’expire, tâtonne
| Between Shakespeare, Stallone, I exhale, grope
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| Pour trouver mon truc, assumer mon langage
| To find my thing, assume my language
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| Même si chez moi les «R» sonnent et que eux les mâchent
| Even if at my house the "R's" ring and they chew them
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| On a leurs WC, leurs sandwiches et leurs chewing-gums verts
| We have their toilets, their sandwiches and their green chewing gum
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| Et eux ont notre savoir-faire
| And they have our know-how
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Fuck !», pas d’tes «Shit !», pas d’tes «Motherfucker !»
| I don't want your "Fuck!", not your "Shit!", not your "Motherfucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Nigga !», pas d’tes «Bitch !», pas d’tes «Sucker !»
| I don't want your "Nigga!", not your "Bitch!", not your "Sucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Fuck !», pas d’tes «Shit !», pas d’tes «Motherfucker !»
| I don't want your "Fuck!", not your "Shit!", not your "Motherfucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Nigga !», pas d’tes «Bitch !», pas d’tes «Sucker !»
| I don't want your "Nigga!", not your "Bitch!", not your "Sucker!"
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| Know what I’m asking for? | Know what I'm asking for? |
| Maximum de bruit !
| Maximum noise!
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| I’m actually asking if you see a passionate MC
| I'm actually asking if you see a passionate MC
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| I’m past masking who I be, I paid my dues
| I'm not masking who I be, I paid my due
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| It’s like: Tout le monde dit: Yeah !
| It's like: Everyone says: Yeah!
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| If they’re playing y’all like déjà-vu
| If they're playing y'all like deja vu
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| I’m sayin', dude, they givin us the same one liners
| I'm sayin', dude, they givin us the same one liners
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| Money, drugs, guns, honeys, thugs mining for gold, cash
| Money, drugs, guns, honeys, thugs mining for gold, cash
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| Diamonds in the ears of dead soldiers
| Diamonds in the ears of dead soldiers
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| Yo, I’m holding fast to rhyming for the years they left over
| Yo, I'm holding fast to rhyming for the years they left over
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| Non, oui-oui, be still mon coeur
| No, yes-yes, be still my heart
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| Sometimes when I be chilling I can understand a word
| Sometimes when I be chilling I can understand a word
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| Or two, maybe three, good day six
| Or two, maybe three, good day six
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| But most of the time, French rhyme shines in bits
| But most of the time, French rhyme shines in bits
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| Many times it’s the point that I miss
| Many times it's the point that I miss
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| But if I like it, I bump it but I won’t know the gist
| But if I like it, I bump it but I won't know the gist
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| I’ll humalong a riff mais j’sais pas c’est quoi
| I'll humalong a riff but I don't know what it is
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| I never know the meaning but the feeling be raw
| I never know the meaning but the feeling be raw
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| Yo, on the regular, not a church girl she was secular
| Yo, on the regular, not a church girl she was secular
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| Not about the money, somebody redirected her
| Not about the money, somebody redirected her
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| I know I met her at a earlier age
| I know I met her at a earlier age
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| But she don’t look the same way on a page
| But she don't look the same way on a page
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| Got a brother confused and I ain’t willing to lose
| Got a brother confused and I ain't willing to lose
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| You can believe me a fool and it’s cool
| You can believe me a fool and it's cool
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| Cause after all, it’s music, I tell her
| Cause after all, it's music, I tell her
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| Je ne parle pas français
| I do not speak French
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| But when the rhythm is cool
| But when the rhythm is cool
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| It doesn’t matter if together we move, come on
| It doesn't matter if together we move, come on
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Fuck !», pas d’tes «Shit !», pas d’tes «Motherfucker !»
| I don't want your "Fuck!", not your "Shit!", not your "Motherfucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Nigga !», pas d’tes «Bitch !», pas d’tes «Sucker !»
| I don't want your "Nigga!", not your "Bitch!", not your "Sucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Fuck !», pas d’tes «Shit !», pas d’tes «Motherfucker !»
| I don't want your "Fuck!", not your "Shit!", not your "Motherfucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Nigga !», pas d’tes «Bitch !», pas d’tes «Sucker !»
| I don't want your "Nigga!", not your "Bitch!", not your "Sucker!"
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| J’leur ai piqué des mots de ci de là
| I stole words from them here and there
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| Et mon champ lexical vaut pas plus d'6 dollars
| And my lexical field is worth no more than six dollars
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| J’me prends pas pour J. Dilla, loin d’là
| I don't take myself for J. Dilla, far from it
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| Je reste fan, bref, j’idolâtre plein de gars (One love)
| I remain a fan, in short, I idolize a lot of guys (One love)
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| Parce que trop d’classiques me mettent presque en transe
| Because too many classics almost put me in a trance
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| Mais parfois j’tombe de haut quand j’en saisis le sens
| But sometimes I fall from above when I grasp the meaning
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| On s’moque du fond tant qu’on atteint la cible
| We don't care about the bottom as long as we hit the target
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| Résultat: plus de bips que de mots intelligibles:
| Result: more beeps than intelligible words:
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| Let’s **** that motherf***** in the ***, Pardon?
| Let's **** that motherf***** in the ***, sorry?
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| Once again? | Once again? |
| Nan, nan, nan, passons…
| No, no, no, let's move on...
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| J’aime ma langue natale mais j’dirai fatalement
| I love my native language but I will say fatally
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| Qu’elle a la musicalité d’un régiment allemand
| That she has the musicality of a German regiment
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| Je suis né ici, pas à N.Y.C et parfois plutôt fier
| I was born here, not in N.Y.C and sometimes kinda proud
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| Quand j’arrive à faire chanter c’foutu vocabulaire
| When I manage to make this damn vocabulary sing
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| On a leurs sodas, le best of du business de Bush fils
| We got their sodas, Bush Jr.'s best of business
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| Et eux ont notre French kiss
| And they have our French kiss
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Fuck !», pas d’tes «Shit !», pas d’tes «Motherfucker !»
| I don't want your "Fuck!", not your "Shit!", not your "Motherfucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Nigga !», pas d’tes «Bitch !», pas d’tes «Sucker !»
| I don't want your "Nigga!", not your "Bitch!", not your "Sucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Fuck !», pas d’tes «Shit !», pas d’tes «Motherfucker !»
| I don't want your "Fuck!", not your "Shit!", not your "Motherfucker!"
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| J’veux pas d’tes «Nigga !», pas d’tes «Bitch !», pas d’tes «Sucker !»
| I don't want your "Nigga!", not your "Bitch!", not your "Sucker!"
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| I like your Peace, like your Unity, like your Love
| I like your Peace, like your Unity, like your Love
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| I like your Jazz, like your Soul, like your Hip-Hop
| I like your Jazz, like your Soul, like your Hip-Hop
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| I like your Peace, like your Unity, like your Love
| I like your Peace, like your Unity, like your Love
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| I like your Jazz, like your Soul, like your Hip-Hop | I like your Jazz, like your Soul, like your Hip-Hop |