Translation of the song lyrics On ne choisit pas - La Fouine, Mike Kenly

On ne choisit pas (original)

J’ai l’argent qui dort mais j’ai jamais sommeil
J’ai voulu partir ailleurs on m’a dit c’est partout pareil
On s’attache et on s’abandonne
On fait du cash et on vend des tonnes, on sort des allemandes et ça t'étonne
On fourre ta tass' si elle est trop bonne
On tise des flashs et on fume des cônes, té-ma les frères déconnent
Déjà tout p’tit j’avais d’la drogue dans ma trousse
10 ans plus tard j’ai les tass' et les keufs à mes trousses
Ce soir encore mon cœur est dans le noir
Entre les keufs et les perquis' je ne sais plus où y voir
J’aimerais quitter la rue et sortir les miens de là
Mais on a pas tous le choix, non, non, non, non, non
Au départ tous les mêmes, on était tous innocents
Mais devant les arnaques de la vie certains deviennent méfiant
Si j’reste triste dans ce texte, c’est qu’trop d’entre nous sont tombés
Rattrapés par leur passé car on ne choisit pas.
On choisit pas sa famille, on ne choisit pas
On a grandi ensemble, on finira ensemble
On choisit pas sa famille, on ne choisit pas
On a grandi ensemble, on finira ensemble
On a tous grandi trop vite, à vouloir faire comme les grands
13 piges et certains n’ont déjà plus rien à apprendre
Puis les besoins nous engrainent alors on s’unit pour qu’enfin
La mama ne manque de rien, ne manque de rien
Face à ma feuille blanche, je repense à ces années
Tant de joie et de peine qu’on ne peut pas oublier
Et dans nos vies, ces traces resteront gravées
Que je le veuille ou pas, j’le sais car on ne choisit pas.
On choisit pas sa famille, on ne choisit pas
On a grandi ensemble, on finira ensemble
On choisit pas sa famille, on ne choisit pas
On a grandi ensemble, on finira ensemble
Yeah on a trainé ensemble, on a fourré ensemble
On a bicrave ensemble, on est tombé ensemble
On a survécu ensemble là où les pétasses tremblent
Ton petit frère l’ignore mais on était plus qu’une bande
On a vécu ensemble, on a souffert ensemble
Les vrais nous manquent et puis les faux nous mentent
Je ne connais pas ma date, on ne peut pas mourir ensemble
Car on ne choisit pas…
On choisit pas sa famille, on ne choisit pas
On a grandi ensemble, on finira ensemble
On choisit pas sa famille, on ne choisit pas
On a grandi ensemble, on finira ensemble

(translation)

I have money sleeping but I'm never sleepy
I wanted to go somewhere else, I was told it's the same everywhere
We get attached and we let go
We make cash and we sell tons, we take out Germans and you're surprised
We stuff your cup if it's too good
We do flashes and we smoke cones, check out the brothers are messing around
Already when I was little I had drugs in my kit
10 years later I have the mugs and the cops on my heels
Tonight again my heart is in the dark
Between the cops and the raids, I don't know where to look
I'd like to get off the street and get my people out of there
But we don't all have a choice, no, no, no, no, no
Initially all the same, we were all innocent
But in the face of the scams of life some become suspicious
If I stay sad in this text, it's because too many of us have fallen
Caught up by their past because we don't choose.
We don't choose our family, we don't choose
We grew up together, we'll end up together
We don't choose our family, we don't choose
We grew up together, we'll end up together
We all grew up too fast, wanting to be like the grown-ups
13 years and some already have nothing more to learn
Then the needs engraine us then we unite so that finally
Mama lacks nothing, lacks nothing
Facing my blank sheet, I think back to those years
So much joy and pain that we can't forget
And in our lives, these traces will remain engraved
Whether I like it or not, I know because you don't choose.
We don't choose our family, we don't choose
We grew up together, we'll end up together
We don't choose our family, we don't choose
We grew up together, we'll end up together
Yeah we hung out together, we fucked together
We bicrave together, we fell together
We survived together where the bitches tremble
Your little brother doesn't know it but we were more than a gang
We lived together, we suffered together
We miss the real ones and then the fake ones lie to us
I don't know my date, we can't die together
Because we don't choose...
We don't choose our family, we don't choose
We grew up together, we'll end up together
We don't choose our family, we don't choose
We grew up together, we'll end up together