| J’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| maman ne comprend pas
| mom doesn't understand
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| papa veux plus de moi
| daddy want more from me
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| il est déjà parti
| he is already gone
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| il n’est plus de la partie
| he is no longer in the game
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| là, la vie me ferme ses bras
| there, life closes its arms to me
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| en c’moment rien ne va
| at this moment nothing is going
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| des fois j’pense à badir
| sometimes I think about kidding
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| le plus souvent j’pense à partir
| most often I think of leaving
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| mon entourage me méprise
| my entourage despises me
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| mon courage a lâché prise
| my courage has let go
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| j’vais peut-être faire une bétise
| I might do something stupid
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| personne le voit j’suis si triste
| nobody sees it i'm so sad
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| j’passe à la caféteria
| I go to the cafeteria
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| j’ai pas d’quoi prendre un fé-ca
| I don't have enough to take a fe-ca
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| j’suis seul sur ma banquise-quise
| I'm alone on my ice floe
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| dans ma tête c’est un quizz-quizz
| in my head it's a quiz-quiz
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| a la casa rien ne va moi j’ai perdu
| a la casa nothing goes me I lost
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| confiance en moi
| confidence in myself
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| j’y arriverai pas (nan)
| I won't make it (nah)
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| j’y arriverai pas
| I won't make it
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| j’pense à ma soeur de 9ans et la une voix me chuchota
| I think of my 9-year-old sister and a voice whispered to me
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| ouais t’y arrivera
| yeah you will get there
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| t’inquiète pas t’y arrivera
| don't worry you'll get there
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| le moral bas, plus rien ne va
| low morale, nothing goes
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| la chance sa vient et sa s’en va
| luck comes and goes
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| maman papa trouvent mes ret-ba
| mom dad find my ret-ba
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| sous le matelas j’ai mis un 5.20
| under the mattress I put a 5.20
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| maman n’y croit pas
| mom doesn't believe it
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| papa me fou la balle
| daddy kicks the ball out of me
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| le soir j’suis seul
| in the evening I'm alone
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| l’air de rien j’ai encore versé
| seemingly nothing I poured again
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| quelques larmes | a few tears |
| maman n’y croit pas
| mom doesn't believe it
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| papa me fou la balle
| daddy kicks the ball out of me
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| le soir j’suis seul
| in the evening I'm alone
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| l’air de rien j’ai encore versé
| seemingly nothing I poured again
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| quelques larmes
| a few tears
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| papa pardonne moi (ouais)
| daddy forgive me (yeah)
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| maman pardonne moi (ouais)
| mama forgive me (yeah)
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| sous vous j’ai l’seum
| under you I have the seum
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| sans vous j’suis rien
| without you I am nothing
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| vous resterez ma plus belle arme
| you will remain my greatest weapon
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan
| I won't make it, no
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| s’en sortir est un exploit
| getting by is a feat
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| on pense qu’on y arrivera pas
| we don't think we'll make it
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| et si on réussi
| and if we succeed
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| c’est dieu qui l’a choisit
| God chose him
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| le foot et tous ses tournois
| football and all its tournaments
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| on était fou et sournois
| we were crazy and sneaky
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| le manque de courtoisie qu’on avait
| the lack of courtesy we had
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| on l’avait pas choisi
| we didn't choose it
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| les barbecue au feu d’bois
| wood-fired barbecues
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| j’allais en cours gueule de bois
| I was going to class hungover
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| j’observe leur jalousie
| I observe their jealousy
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| j’ai même pas besoin d’rouler en limousine
| I don't even need to ride in a limo
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| a 16 ans j’retrouve mon toit
| at 16 I found my roof
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| mes soeurs, mon frère, mes ren-pa
| my sisters, my brother, my ren-pa
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| je suis paralysé
| I'm paralyzed
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| veuillez pardonner mon hypocrisie
| please forgive my hypocrisy
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| a la casa rien ne va, moi j’ai perdu confiance en moi
| at home nothing is going well, I have lost my self-confidence
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| j’y arriverai pas (nan)
| I won't make it (nah)
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| j’y arriverai pas
| I won't make it
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| j’pense à ma soeur de 9ans, et la une voix me chuchota
| I think of my 9-year-old sister, and a voice whispered to me
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| ouais t’y arrivera
| yeah you will get there
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| t’inquiète pas t’y arrivera
| don't worry you'll get there
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| le moral bas, plus rien ne va
| low morale, nothing goes
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| la chance sa viens et sa s’en va
| luck comes and goes
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| j’y arriverai pas, nan | I won't make it, no |