| Haroun
| Haroon
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| Les profs me disaient, Haroun, t’as la t? | The teachers said to me, Haroun, do you have it? |
| te dans les nuages
| you in the clouds
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| Aujourd’hui j’ai les pieds sur terre et j’t’assure
| Today I have my feet on the ground and I assure you
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| Que j’aurais voulu rester o? | That I would have liked to stay where? |
| j'?tais.
| I was.
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| Jeune, inconscient, j’vivais au jour le jour
| Young, oblivious, I was living day to day
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| J’voulais pas connaitre cette merde mais le rue a fait tout pour…
| I didn't want to know this shit but the street did everything to...
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| Aujourd’hui j’c?toie les dealeurs de came, les voitures qui crament,
| Today I rub shoulders with drug dealers, burning cars,
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| les fr? | the French? |
| res qu’on condamne et avec tout? | res condemned and with everything? |
| a les basan? | has the bashans? |
| s que l’on damne…
| damn it...
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| On m’a dit d’ouvrir les yeux, c’est ce que j’ai fait des fois j’le regrette,
| I was told to open my eyes, that's what I did sometimes I regret it,
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| ? | ? |
| quoi? | what? |
| a sert si c’est pour voir? | is used if it is to see? |
| quel point on nous rejette
| how much we are rejected
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| Ici y’a pas d’place pour tous alors on s’marche dessus on s’tache,
| Here there is no place for everyone so we step on each other, we stain each other,
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| l’issue scolaire quand t’as l’argent sale et bien tu craches dessus !
| the school issue when you have dirty money and well you spit on it!
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| Et c’est ce qui nous rends vuln? | And that's what makes us vuln? |
| rables face au FN.
| rable against the FN.
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| Quand y’en a qui jouent les gangsters y’en a d’autres qui votent Le Pen.
| When there are some who play the gangsters there are others who vote Le Pen.
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| Et c’est toujours le m? | And it's always the m? |
| me probl? | me problem? |
| me, le m? | me, the m? |
| me boulet qu’on tra? | What are you tra? |
| ne:
| not:
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| Le clich? | The cliche? |
| du d? | of the d? |
| linquant qui vient semer sa haine
| villain who comes to sow his hatred
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| Fabe
| Fabe
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| Ram? | Ram? |
| ne sa haine ou sa peine?
| is not his hate or his sorrow?
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| Dis pas «amen » ?a commence? | Don't say "amen"? is it starting? |
| peine
| sadness
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| Derri? | Behind? |
| re chaque caisse qui crame
| re every crate that burns
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| Se cache une voix qu’on entend? | Is there a voice that we hear? |
| peine
| sadness
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| Des vies g? | Lives g? |
| ch?es… Des lois bafou? | ch?es… Laws flouting? |
| es Ca commence t? | is it starting? |
| t l’in?galit?, cousin:
| t inequality, cousin:
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| Ecoute? | Listen? |
| a, les profs me disaient «ferme la ! | a, the teachers told me "shut up! |
| «ta grande gueule
| "your big mouth
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| «Forme la ! | “Form it! |
| «» Impertinent «finissaient forc? | “”Sassy” were ending up forced? |
| ment par «Sors de la ! | lies with "Get out of here!" |
| «Personne se souciait de ma vie en dehors des cours.
| “No one cared about my life outside of class.
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| En dehors des coups qu’la vie fout nous rendaient fous !
| Apart from the blows that life fucks drove us crazy!
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| Du mal? | Difficulty? |
| ?tre l?? | to be there |
| heure fixe mec large pour les rendez-vous,
| wide dude set time for appointments,
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| Y’a rien? | There is nothing? |
| faire et dans les rangs j'?touffe…
| do and in the ranks I choke…
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| Donc seul errant dans les couloirs d? | So alone wandering in the corridors of? |
| figurant les portes-manteaux
| depicting coat racks
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| frappant? | striking? |
| la porte des cours partant en courant? | the door of the courtyards running off? |
| la «ouf «.
| the "phew".
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| Personne ne m’entend, tout le monde me conseille,
| No one hears me, everyone advises me,
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| plus pour tr? | more for tr? |
| s longtemps ce soir j’passe au conseil de classe.
| s long tonight I go to the class council.
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| Il faut que je change de place.
| I have to switch places.
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| comme si changer ma place en classe allait changer le fait
| like changing my place in class would change the fact
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| Que je ne tiens pas en place.
| That I can't hold still.
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| Combler ce vide que rien ne remplace, j’avais du mal? | Fill this void that nothing replaces, I was struggling? |
| marcher,
| to walk,
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| l’orientatrice m’a mis dans une impasse.
| the counselor put me in a bind.
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| La rue est pleine de talents g? | The street is full of talent g? |
| ch?s et quoi qu’il se passe, y’aura pas
| ch?s and whatever happens, there will not be
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| d’place pour tous Quoi qu’je fasse !
| room for all Whatever I do!
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| On m’a dit d’ouvrir les yeux, j’les ai ouvert mais tu me connais,
| I was told to open my eyes, I opened them but you know me,
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| maintenant qu’ils sont ouverts j’peux pas m’taire faut pas d? | now that they are open I can't keep quiet, don't you d? |
| conner !
| know!
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| On m’a dit d’ouvrir les yeux, c’est c’que j’ai fait des fois j’le regrette
| I was told to open my eyes, that's what I did sometimes, I regret it
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| A quoi? | To what? |
| a sert si c’est pour voir? | is used if it is to see? |
| quel point on nous rejette?
| how much are we rejected?
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| On m’a dit d’ouvrir les yeux, j’les ai ouvert, j’l’aurai pas su,
| I was told to open my eyes, I opened them, I wouldn't have known it,
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| Si j’l’avais pas fait, h’serais d? | If I hadn't done it, I'd be d? |
| pass?, d?? | pass?, d?? |
| u,
| u,
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| On m’a dit d’ouvrir les yeux, j’les ai ouvert et j’ai vu l’issue
| I was told to open my eyes, I opened them and I saw the end
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| Ils ne savaient pas qu’c'?tait ?a que je trouverais T’as vu !?
| They didn't know that was what I would find. Did you see!?
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| Haroun & Fabe
| Haroun & Fabe
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| Tu sais l’effet qu'?a fait, d'?tre le bouc? | Do you know what it was like to be the goat? |
| missaire?
| commissioner?
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| s’faire embarquer pour que dalle et servir de plat au commissaire.
| to be embarked for that slab and to serve as a dish to the commissioner.
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| Tu sais l’effet qu'?a fait? | Do you know what effect it had? |
| ?a fait monter tes nerfs
| it made your nerves go up
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| Quand ils font «vide tes poches et sur le sol pose tes affaires «.
| When they go "empty your pockets and put your things on the floor".
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| Tu sais l’effet qu'?a fait?
| Do you know what effect it had?
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| Alors tu sais aussi c’qu’on ressent
| So you also know how it feels
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| On m’a dit de rester honn? | I was told to be honest? |
| te mais on m’affiche quand je suis innocent
| you but they show me when I'm innocent
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| L’effet qu'?a fait, c’est pas un truc r? | The effect it did, it's not a r thing? |
| cent
| hundred
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| Un systeme oppressant, un besoin trop pressant entourage trop stressant.
| An oppressive system, too pressing a need, too stressful surroundings.
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| Niveau d’vie en dessous d'100%
| Standard of living below 100%
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| De ceux qui vivent ici habitent dans un logement d? | Of those who live here dwell in a dwelling of? |
| cent
| hundred
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| Appartement r? | Apartment r? |
| cent aust? | one hundred aust? |
| re et angoissant le silence on fait sans.
| re and agonizing the silence we do without.
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| Tu les entends ils disent: «pour s’en sortir faut du fric «Mais pour du fric faut un travail «Pour un travail cartonne? | You hear them they say: "to get by you need money "But for money you need a job "For a job is a hit? |
| l’ecole «Mais l'?cole nous fout sur la paille
| school "But the school pisses us off
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| Alors les plus chanceux grattent le smic pour essayer d’trouver la faille
| So the lucky ones scratch the minimum wage to try to find the flaw
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| Mais t'?tonne pas si les autres volent et qu’a nous tous on s? | But don't be surprised if the others steal and what about all of us? |
| me la pagaille
| mess me up
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| Dans un pays qui sans cesse critique
| In a country that constantly criticizes
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| «Oh l? | "Oh? |
| l? | I? |
| que d’la racaille «Non tu te trompe miss, on n’est pas fous, on a le feu aux entrailles ! | only scum "No you're wrong miss, we're not crazy, we have fire in our guts! |