| On a grandi sur les fantaisies des années '90
| We grew up on '90s fantasies
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| Quand nos rêves étaient encore aussi purs que nos Nike de tennis
| When our dreams were still as pure as our tennis Nikes
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| Quinze ans plus tard, I made it, but success is overated, ain’t it?
| Fifteen years later, I made it, but success is overated, ain't it?
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| Yes, ça marche en principe, mais j’dois marcher sur mes principes
| Yes, it works in principle, but I have to walk on my principles
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| On rappait dans la Volvo bleue qui dérapait sur St-Laurent
| We was rapping in the blue Volvo skidding on St-Laurent
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| Maintenant j’me drape de Saint-Laurent pis j’dérape sur le vin orange
| Now I wrap myself in Saint-Laurent and I slip on the orange wine
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| Comment la vie peut basculer en un dimanche de fin novembre
| How life can change on a late November Sunday
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| C’est fou, ils me feelent du Moyen-Orient jusqu'à Rouyn-Noranda
| It's crazy, they feel me from the Middle East to Rouyn-Noranda
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| Mais d’où on vient, où on s’en va, ma conscience est en examen
| But where we come from, where we go, my conscience is on trial
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| J’irai là où les caméras et les rats me trouveront jamais
| I'll go where cameras and rats never find me
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| Le jardin secret semblera plus secret chez le voisin
| The secret garden will seem more secret to the neighbor
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| But my man, le secret c’est qu’le secret faut l’garder soi-même
| But my man, the secret is that the secret must be kept by yourself
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| Amen
| Amen
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| Tu m’trouveras dans les brumes en train d’chercher le remède
| You'll find me in the mists looking for the cure
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| Laisse pas d’message sur le répondeur, y’a rien s’a cassette
| Leave no message on the answering machine, there's nothing on the tape
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| J’ai b’soin d’mes proches right now (oh, oh)
| I need my loved ones right now (oh, oh)
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| J’ai b’soin de faire l’opposé d’mes poches right now
| I need to do the opposite of my pockets right now
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| I’m going off the grid right now
| I'm going off the grid right now
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| I’m leavin' in the morning, I don’t know when I’ll be comin' back (oh, oh) | I'm leavin' in the morning, I don't know when I'll be comin' back (oh, oh) |
| J’irai jusqu’au bout du monde
| I will go to the end of the world
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| J’ai besoin de faire le vide right now
| I need to empty right now
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| Attendez-moi pas, je sais pas si j’serai encore le même (oh, oh)
| Don't wait for me, I don't know if I'll still be the same (oh, oh)
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| I’m going off the grid, but I ain’t never going off the grind
| I'm going off the grid, but I ain't never going off the grind
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| I’m going off the grid, but I ain’t never going off the grind
| I'm going off the grid, but I ain't never going off the grind
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| Promouvoir la vie rapide, c’est aussi se vanter de rester inactif au chalet à
| Promoting fast living is also bragging about staying idle at the cottage at
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| s’improviser paysagiste
| improvise landscaper
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| J’ai redessiné les murs de mon existence
| I redesigned the walls of my existence
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| Flexin' à chaque chèque qui rentre
| Flexin' with every check that comes in
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| Boy, you better check me out, uh
| Boy, you better check me out, uh
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| Mais c’est quoi le bonheur pour un québécois?
| But what is happiness for a Quebecer?
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| C’est l’honneur de pouvoir runner sa Honda
| It's the honor to be able to run his Honda
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| Merci, bonsoir, it’s a done deal
| Thank you, good evening, it's a done deal
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| Mes nouveaux Gucci slip-on, j’les surnomme Crocodile Dundee
| My new Gucci slip-ons, I call them Crocodile Dundee
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| Tu m’vois wild out à chaque gala comme si j’animais les Dundies
| You see me wild out at every gala like I was hosting the Dundies
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| Mes bijoux viennent du Royaume-Uni, ma voiture de l’Allemagne
| My jewelry is from the UK, my car from Germany
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| Je l’appelle Angela, man, ils me trouvent so Berlin à Alma
| I call her Angela, man, they find me so Berlin to Alma
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| Quand j’t'à Paris, j’suis dans l’marais avec Simon pour me marrer
| When I'm in Paris, I'm in the swamp with Simon to have fun
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| Devant les boutiques de soie à boire du Chinon sur le pavé
| In front of the silk shops of Chinon on the pavement
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| Tu m’trouveras dans les brumes en train d’chercher le remède | You'll find me in the mists looking for the cure |