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Original lyrics
Deca Dance
L'Italia chiama, J-Ax risponde!... Energia!
Sale, sale non fa male
Sale, sale non fa male
Sale, sale non fa male
Sale, sale non fa male
Io sono nato italiano, ma il nome l'ho cambiato da Alessandro a J-Ax
Negli Anni Ottanta pensavo che oggi saremmo volati in giro col Jetpack
E invece resto bloccato e produco solfato nel traffico della città
Io che nei Novanta pensavo che il mondo non cambiavo ascoltando il rap di 2Pac
Solo d'estate a Riccione con le tasche vuote fuori dall'Acquafan
Negl'anni di quella canzone di Cindy Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Ecco sono quello... no non sono perfetto
Io che quando ballo solo Mauro Repetto
Ho imparato l'anarchia da Ken e da Raul
E la filosofia da Animal House
Ballo questa Deca dance
E porto le migliori cose dentro me
Io sono Bruno Sacchi con su il moncler
Io sono Jovanotti for President
(Gimme Five! Gimme Five! All Right!)
Io sono nato italiano, ma sono abituato alla diffidenza dei connazionali
Mi sono ritrovato discriminato: pre-extracomunitario
Eppure non ero tatuato, ero obbligato a tenere i capelli corti
A temere quelli forti o uno coi soldi... papà era Ugo Fantozzi...
E ci portava al lago, la casa a buon mercato, sotto le nuvole da impiegato
Adesso quel lago, l'hanno vietato, troppo inquinato,
Ma il dottore ha ordinato un po' d'aria fresca
(Io) Facevo il bagno dentro la monnezza
(Io) Sono la classe media con la sua innocenza
Diego Abatantuono che fa Viuleeenza!
Ballo questa Deca dance
E porto le migliori cose dentro me
Io sono Bruno Sacchi con su il moncler
Io sono le canzoni degli 883
(Nella notte)
Ballo questa Deca dance
E porto le migliori cose dentro me
Và tutto bene è solo un'altra decade
E solo un altro deca con un deca
Io sono nato italiano e qui non ci crediamo che è quasi il 2010
Ma tu ci pensi che a Barberino c'è una coda che fai prima a piedi
Ma tu ci pensi che una volta andavano di moda gli zoccoli da infermieri
Ma tu ci pensi che rifanno Beverly Hills 90 210
Brenda ha tenuto la faccia in freezer
Se sorride scopre le gengive
Sia Michael Jackson che George Michael pensavo fossero pieni di tipe
Io sono il Calippo Fizz, Licia e i Bee Hives
Sono il Drive In e Non è la Rai
Sono il Dee Jay Time, il Sega Mega Drive
(This is the rhythm of my life)
(Ballo, ballo, ballo, ballo)
Ballo questa Deca dance
E porto le migliori cose dentro me
Io sono Bruno Sacchi con su il moncler
Io sono Lino Banfi con Edwige Fenech
(Sale, sale non fa male!)
Ballo questa Deca dance
E porto le migliori cose dentro me
Và tutto bene è solo un'altra decade
E solo un altro deca con un deca
Submitted by 
HybridLost on 2012-09-06
HybridLost on 2012-09-06Last edited by 
Miley_Lovato on 2021-11-13
Miley_Lovato on 2021-11-13Translation
Deca Dance (read "Decadence")
Italy calls, J-ax answers.... Power!
It pumps it up and it doesn't hurt
It pumps it up and it doesn't hurt
It pumps it up and it doesn't hurt
It pumps it up and it doesn't hurt
I've been born Italian but
I switched my name from Alessandro to J-Ax
In the Eighties I believed that in the present days we would fly around with jetpacks
And now I'm stuck and I'm producing solphates in the city traffic
during the Nineties I was thinking that world wouldn't have changed just listening to 2Pac
Lonely in Riccione in summer, with empty pockets outside the Acquafan #(popular water park set in Riccione)
During the years when there was the Cyndi Lauper song: "Girls just want to have fun"
So, this is me then... no, I'm no perfection
Me, who when I want to dance I want only Mauro Repetto's stuff #(Former member of the pop band 883)
I learned anarchy from Ken and Raul
and philosophy watching Animal House
I dance this Deca Dance
carrying the best things in me
I'm Bruno Sacchi wearing a Moncler jacket
I'm Jovanotti for president
(Gimme five! Gimme five! All right")
I was born Italian, but I'm used to the mistrust of fellow italians
I found myself prejudiced: pre: -nonEu citizen
To tell the truth I wasn't even tattoed, I was forced to leave my hair short
to fear the powerful and the rich
dad was just like Ugo Fantozzi
He would take us to the lakeside, the unexpensive house, beneath the clouds for the working class
And now that lake is restricted, it's too polluted
but the doctor prescribed a bit of fresh air
(I) would bathe in trash
(I) I'm the middle class and its innocence
(I) I'm Diego Abatantuono shouting "Violeeeeeeeeeeeeence"
I dance this deca dance
and I carry the best things inside me
I'm bruno sacchi weraring the Moncler jacket
I'm the songs from the 883 band
(In the night)
I dance this deca dance
and I carry the best things inside me
Ok, it's just another decade
and a decade with another
I was born italian and we cant' believe that 2010 is just around the corner
Do you ever stop and think that in Barberino there's a traffic jam so long that you'd better go on foot?
Do you ever stop and think that once nurse clogs were in?
Do you ever stop and consider that they're gonna film a sequel of Beverly Hills 90210
Brenda has been keeping her face in the freezer since then
When she smiles she uncovers her teeth gums
and I was convinced that both George Micheal an Michael Jackson had lots of chicks around
I'm the calippo fizz (popular icicle brand) Licia and the Bee Hives
I'm Drive In and Non è la Rai
I'm the Dee Jay Time and the Sega Mega Drive
(this is the rhytm of the night)
(and I dance, dance, dance)
I dance this Deca Dance
carrying the best things in me
I'm Bruno Sacchi wearing a Moncler jacket
I'm Lino Banfi and Edwige Fenech
(it pomps up and it doesn't hurt)
I dance this deca dance
and I carry the best things inside me
Ok, it's just another decade
and a decade with another
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Submitted by 
Devotchka on 2012-09-07
Devotchka on 2012-09-07Added in reply to request by HybridLost
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J-Ax: Top 3
| 1. | Maria Salvador |
| 2. | Ostia lido |
| 3. | Salsa |
Idioms from "Deca Dance"
| 1. | a buon mercato |
Comments
About translator
the cultural references to Italy in the early-mid eighties are uncountable.
Moncler Jackets were shiny duffle coats with bright colors that costed a lot and were the symbol of the paninari, a group of people that followed fashion and eated in fast food parlors. Bruno sacchi is a fictional teen character from the tv show "the kids from class IIIC".
Non è la Rai and Drive in are both tv programs from that period and they're know to be edonistic and even a bit superficial.
Ugo Fantozzi is a fictional humorous character that represent the middle and working class, struggling to gain a bit of happines in an existence of squalor and exploitment
Diego abatantuono is an actor who was very popular in the eighties. The quote comes from the film Attila
Licia and the Bee Hives are characters from the japanese anime Love me Knight, that has incredibly loved by italian kids in the eighties, much more than from Japanese.
Barberino is an highway toll point in Italy which is famous for being crowded and full of traffic