| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
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| J’te parle pas du Bronx ni de Soweto
| I'm not talking about the Bronx or Soweto
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| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
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| Les poings se l? | The fists |
| vent pendant que j’fais vibrer la dance-hall
| wind while I rock the dance hall
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| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
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| J’te parle pas du Bronx ni de Soweto
| I'm not talking about the Bronx or Soweto
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| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
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| Mais de nos banlieues o? | But of our suburbs where? |
| la merde colle? | shit sticks? |
| la peau
| the skin
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| Pit Bacardi
| Pit Bacardi
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| J’vois la rue comme un champ de mines
| I see the street like a minefield
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| Des noirs et des beurs qui tombent
| Blacks and Arabs falling
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| Et s’noient dans des bains de sang, la routine
| And drown in baths of blood, the routine
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| J’imagine la fin du film, des m? | I imagine the end of the film, m? |
| res en sanglots,
| are in tears,
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| Des? | Of the? |
| meutes dans tous les angles, je chante l’espoir sur la platine
| packs in every angle, I sing hope on the turntable
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| C’est la crise qui tue tant d’hommes,
| It's the crisis that kills so many men,
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| Et les flics ont bousill? | And the cops screwed up? |
| tant d’ames,
| so many souls,
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| Ce qui va se passer est class? | What's going to happen is class? |
| hors norme
| extraordinary
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| Le ghetto veut vivre libre, on est mal barr?
| The ghetto wants to live free, are we in trouble?
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| Faudrait il stopper avec cette utopie?
| Should we stop with this utopia?
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| Moi j’y crois et je donne la force,
| I believe in it and I give strength,
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| Un brin d’espoir dans un zeste de m? | A bit of hope in a zest of m? |
| lancolie
| lancholia
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| J’suis un mec du peuple, j’connais les causes de ces voitures en feu
| I'm a people man, I know the causes of these cars on fire
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| Les raisons de ces? | The reasons for these? |
| meutes,
| packs,
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| Et de ces r? | And of these r? |
| voltes face aux agents, cette abondance d’illicite
| about the agents, this abundance of illicit
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| Et j’peux te dire que peu de dealers ou de braqueurs s’en f? | And can I tell you that few dealers or robbers care? |
| licitent | licit |
| C’est tout ce qu’il y a comme solution,
| That's all there is to it,
|
| On veut tous briller, n? | We all want to shine, right? |
| gro, mais? | big, but? |
| quel prix?
| what price?
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| Jacky Brown
| Jacky Brown
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| On m’a donn? | I was given? |
| la parole, donc laisser moi chanter
| the floor, so let me sing
|
| M’exprimer au nom des enfants des cit? | Speak on behalf of the children of the cit? |
| s La voix du ghetto j’me suis proclam?
| s The voice of the ghetto I proclaimed myself?
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| La voix d’un milieu d? | The voice of a middle d? |
| favoris?
| favourites?
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| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
|
| J’te parle pas du Bronx ni de Soweto
| I'm not talking about the Bronx or Soweto
|
| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
|
| Mais de nos banlieues o? | But of our suburbs where? |
| la merde colle? | shit sticks? |
| la peau
| the skin
|
| Le mal de vivre reste permanent
| The pain of living remains permanent
|
| Trouver les r? | Find the r? |
| solutions devient imminent
| solutions become imminent
|
| Et je m’demande encore combien de temps
| And I still wonder how long
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| Avant que ne r? | Before that do r? |
| agisse ce putain de gouvernement
| act this fucking government
|
| Ca crame et le feu ne fait que s’attiser
| It's burning and the fire is only getting worse
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| Ca d? | It's d? |
| g?n?re, vous? | generates, you? |
| tiez avis? | do you think? |
| s A qui la faute si tout part en couilles?
| s Whose fault is it all going to hell?
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| Vous ramasserez les corps au c? | You will pick up the bodies at the heart? |
| t? | you |
| des douilles
| casings
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| Pit Baccardi & Jacky Brown
| Pit Baccardi & Jacky Brown
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| Que les p? | That the p? |
| res et les m? | res and m? |
| res du ghetto gardent espoir
| ghetto dwellers hold on to hope
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| J’viens d’prendre en conscience qu'? | I just realized that? |
| nous sera la victoire
| we will be the victory
|
| On a assez souffert dans ces cit? | Have we suffered enough in these cities? |
| s dortoirs
| s dormitories
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| L’heure de gloire est proche, bient? | The hour of glory is near, soon? |
| t la fin du cauchemar
| t the end of the nightmare
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| Le ghetto pleure mais il n’est jamais trop tard | The ghetto cries but it's never too late |
| Dans les blocs ca fume et ca cogite les mecs se couchent tard
| In the blocks it smokes and it cogitates the guys go to bed late
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| Les flics circulent, les ombres s’effacent dans le blizzard
| The cops are driving, the shadows are fading in the blizzard
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| Quand ca va p? | When are you okay? |
| ter, faudra pas dire «c'est bizarre»
| ter, shouldn't say "it's weird"
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| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
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| On vient tendre la perche? | Are we coming to reach out? |
| ceux qui veulent s'?lancer
| those who want to start
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| Ghetto, enfants du ghetto
| Ghetto, children of the ghetto
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| On fait chanter, danser les d? | We make sing, dance the d? |
| senchant?s
| feeling?s
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| Le poids des maux brise les murs du son
| The weight of evil breaks the walls of sound
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| Pour une? | For a? |
| vasion de nos tours de b? | escape from our towers of b? |
| tons
| tones
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| Des bas-fonds, des voix s'?l?vent,
| From the shallows, voices rise,
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| Des bras se l? | Arms |
| vent, des poings se ferment
| wind, fists clenched
|
| ? | ? |
| nous la victoire! | we victory! |