| J’aurais pu faire danser toutes les putes que j’ai croisé, te vendre ma musique
| I could've made all the hoes I met dance, sell you my music
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| avec des culs affectés
| with affected asses
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| Qui t’auraient retournés le veau-cer, Snoop Doggy Dogg n'était pas le seul bien
| Who would've flipped your calf, Snoop Doggy Dogg wasn't the only good
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| vi-ser (nan, nan)
| vi-ser (nan, nan)
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| J’aurais pu te montrer les montagnes de ke-co, les plaquettes de hash',
| I could have shown you the mountains of ke-co, the hash pads,
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| les kilos de
| the pounds of
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| Te faire rêver avec nos vies de rêves mais on connaît trop la Mort pour te
| Make you dream with our dream lives but we know death too well for you
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| vendre ce qui nous crève
| sell what we crave
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| J’aurais pu te vendre une musique qui te vante la réussite
| I could have sold you music that boasts success
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| Avoir un discours racoleur d’homme politique
| Have a catchy politician speech
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| Te faire croire au changement en votant pour moi
| Make you believe in change by voting for me
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| Mais j’ai déjà tellement de mal à trouver mon propre moi
| But I'm already having so much trouble finding my own self
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| Mon Rap est solide car il ne cesse de chercher
| My Rap is strong cause it keeps searching
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| Et quand il a trouvé il ne dort pas sur ses lauriers
| And when he finds he doesn't rest on his laurels
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| Tes critiques s’arrêtent où elles commencent, au son des polémiques depuis que
| Your criticisms stop where they begin, to the sound of polemics since
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| mon art danse
| my art dance
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| Quand je t'écoute je n’apprends rien, ton discours est fade comme celui d’un
| When I listen to you I learn nothing, your speech is bland like that of a
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| crétin
| dumbass
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| Quand j’te regarde je n’ressens rien, aucune magie, tes mouvements ne valent
| When I look at you I feel nothing, no magic, your moves are worth nothing
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| rien
| nothing
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| Avec des «j'aurais, j’aurais, j’aurais, j’aurais pu»
| With "I would have, I would have, I would have, I could have"
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| On t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai cru
| We will have you, will have you, will have you, will have you, will have believed you
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| Mais si j’avais, j’avais, j’avais, j’avais su
| But if I had, I had, I had, I had known
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| Jamais tu n’aurais, n’aurais, n’aurais, n’aurais pu
| You never would have, would have, would have, could have
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| Fais tes bagages, range tes affaires, appelle un taxi, rentre chez ta mère
| Pack your bags, put your things away, call a cab, go home to your mother
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| Fais tes bagages, range tes affaires, appelle un taxi, rentre chez ta mère
| Pack your bags, put your things away, call a cab, go home to your mother
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| Trop de mes frères mettent sur le dos d’la misère l'échec de leurs prières,
| Too many of my brothers put the failure of their prayers on the back of misery,
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| tout sur la faute d’hier
| all about yesterday's fault
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| Tu parles avec eux, c’est jamais eux, c’est toujours les autres,
| You speak with them, it's never them, it's always the others,
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| c’est jamais eux
| it's never them
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| C’est tellement facile de trouver un tirant, c’est bien plus attirant qu'être
| It's so easy to find a pull, it's so much more attractive than being
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| la force de son propre mouvement
| the force of one's own movement
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| Je suis l’enfant de deux siècles et de deux millénaires, des keums comme moi il
| I'm the child of two centuries and two millennia, people like me there
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| n’y en aura qu’au prochain millénaire
| won't be until the next millennium
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| «Confessions d’un enfant du siècle» c’est encore moi, libéré d’la servitude,
| "Confessions of a child of the century" it's me again, freed from bondage,
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| des passions comme Spinoza
| passions like Spinoza
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| De «Libre» au «Volume 3» j’ai donné d’ma personne mais j’aurai pu rien faire et
| From "Libre" to "Volume 3" I gave of my person but I could have done nothing and
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| cautionner Babylone
| endorse Babylon
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| Quand je t'écoute je n’apprends rien, ton discours est fade comme celui d’un
| When I listen to you I learn nothing, your speech is bland like that of a
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| crétin
| dumbass
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| Quand j’te regarde je n’ressens rien, aucune magie, tes mouvements ne valent
| When I look at you I feel nothing, no magic, your moves are worth nothing
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| rien
| nothing
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| Avec des «j'aurais, j’aurais, j’aurais, j’aurais pu»
| With "I would have, I would have, I would have, I could have"
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| On t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai cru
| We will have you, will have you, will have you, will have you, will have believed you
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| Mais si j’avais, j’avais, j’avais, j’avais su
| But if I had, I had, I had, I had known
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| Jamais tu n’aurais, n’aurais, n’aurais, n’aurais pu
| You never would have, would have, would have, could have
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| Dès le début on savait qu’on allait tout niquer, on était trop et fait pour
| From the beginning we knew we were going to fuck everything, we were too much and made for
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| n’pas y arriver
| not get there
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| Dès le début on savait qu’on allait tout niquer, on était trop et fait pour
| From the beginning we knew we were going to fuck everything, we were too much and made for
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| n’pas y arriver
| not get there
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| Face à la France: B-boy dance
| Facing France: B-boy dance
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| Face à la France:
| Against France:
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| Face à la France: B-boy dance
| Facing France: B-boy dance
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| Face à la France:
| Against France:
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| Quand je t'écoute je n’apprends rien, ton discours est fade comme celui d’un
| When I listen to you I learn nothing, your speech is bland like that of a
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| crétin
| dumbass
|
| Quand j’te regarde je n’ressens rien, aucune magie, tes mouvements ne valent
| When I look at you I feel nothing, no magic, your moves are worth nothing
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| rien
| nothing
|
| Avec des «j'aurais, j’aurais, j’aurais, j’aurais pu»
| With "I would have, I would have, I would have, I could have"
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| On t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai, t’aurai cru
| We will have you, will have you, will have you, will have you, will have believed you
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| Mais si j’avais, j’avais, j’avais, j’avais su
| But if I had, I had, I had, I had known
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| Jamais tu n’aurais, n’aurais, n’aurais, n’aurais pu | You never would have, would have, would have, could have |