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Translation
Death Threat
The accusations are serious but as always we make do
It's true that we're too hard and that our art is to annoy you,
No death threats, no cartridges come out of rap, but
It's the only hardcore sound since rock lost its balls.
It's a new record of controversy: they say that I sing evil
I told you there were snitches mesdames et messieurs
And in their idiocy they confuse crime and Islam
They would have found me more pleasant if I only did "slams"
Ideal culprit, MC mercenary.
The Rumour says that NTM are Snipers of morality like Mr. R.*1
Not easy to ignore that, not easy to operate alone
In Orelsan's place of course I'd be fed up
We have unstoppable critics
From a France that forgets that the lyrics of its anthem are more violent than those of gangsta rap.
I defend the cause of the brothers of the south who daydream of the north
But my freedom of expression is under threat of death.
It's high time it packs its bags.
There are never trends that are incurable.
The sentences are unequal
I make rap music and what you hear is illegal.
It's high time it packs its bags.
There are never trends that are incurable.
The sentences are unequal
I make rap music and what you hear is illegal.
For a long time I've watched this guy who pushes you around
but talks about race first, and then calls us illiterate.
I've said I was the type to react by BPM [beats per minute]
I don't turn my cheek like he who came into the world at Bethlehem.
One single line in [my song] "By Saying It"
Where I express all my scorn and there starts all the nonsense.
Accusing words, for rappers, I found ten thousand.
It's true that we hit rock bottom with that buffoon Morandini,
but no hard feelings. Because of my quill I pay my dues
And the right lets loose, puts me on the front page of Figaro
Another article to make the barometer lie
which confirms that certain rubbish journalists are dishonest.
We're not from the same world: The Hexagon [France] isn't OK
But I hope my [first] name hasn't suddenly reminded you of Fofana
And the police bark so that the court can bite me
It's enough for a judge to indict me for "death threats".
It's high time it packs its bags.
There are never trends that are incurable.
The sentences are unequal
I make rap music and what you hear is illegal.
It's high time it packs its bags.
There are never trends that are incurable.
The sentences are unequal
I make rap music and what you hear is illegal.
There is rage in our words,
But how do you stay sensible given the image of life that they offer us?
I pleaded "self-defence" in my deposition.
Who can claim to make rap without taking a position?
JBerg✕
Youssoupha: Top 3
| 1. | Mon roi |
| 2. | On se connaît |
| 3. | Dreamin |
Idioms from "Menace de Mort"
| 1. | no hard feelings |
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*1 Other French Rappers who have caused controversy with their lyrics.