[PLK - À la base/ English Translation]
[Intro]
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Mehsah on the prod'
[Intro]
Originally, we did not gave a fuck about scores, we did not gave a fuck about sells numbers
We had nothing, we wanted to impress the olders, we just wanted to steal the limelight
Zero ambitions except to bring cash home for our parents, we can't stand by and watch, it's no laughing matter
Only weirdos like to be famous (eh, eh), if I say the truth they will kill me like Coluche
Mentalitiеs change, I ain't sure if it's a good thing for our little sistеrs
They have complex over their lil posteriors, they refuse to end up single (ouh, yes)
[Verse 1]
We think poorly but we do think still
One booze, two-three joints, I take the wheel and I'll be Räikkönen
We don't call the people we love but we will cry if they pass away
At 16, I used to smoke tha pollen, on the turf, I was hella takling
I rerouted lotta customers, I was an unsatisfied lil punk
You remember? It was to me when you told you didn't had time (You remember?)
It wasn't even long ago (nah), since then I've gritted my teeth
Since then, I made my money and then, it's me who ain't got your time (ah, ah, ah)
Sometimes, life be sad, so I fill the car with smoke (ah, ah)
I'm famished, go to the grocer's, buy cigarettes, Kit Kats
Big "Salam" to the ASAC bruhs, I was broke, got gifted threads
They be buying my CDs, offering support, see y'all at the store
I don't know who benefits from all of this, I got lotta doubts on lotta stuff (lot)
I'm sure of one thing: when facing a cop, we' won't ever win the case (nah)
They give us hell, these fuckers, yellow Cristalline, it isn't aqua
You act angry but when things gets heated, we don't hear your voice
[Bridge 1]
Municipal police... These dudes, they have twenty month of police academy, what the hell is this? We put a gun into their hands. For real, they are less... tell them to the municipal police, eight month... Eight month, it's less than a nurse's aide... We wipe asses for Christ sake. So we don't have any guns or anything dangerous...
[Verse 2]
Yeah, hey, we respect everyone, we're scared of no one from the grave to the crib
If you play selfish, you leave the team, you operate on your own
Sometimes we're paranoid, believing we got pigs on our ribs
Within the accounts, I think I made errors, since kiddo I avoid strip searches
Feds report facts, impulsive, I got big flaws (yeah)
I like victory, not defeat, at the forefront like Jermain Defoe
I've turned my problem into a job, I overthink non stop
Concentration capacity: zero, only hash can help me
It appeases me when I think back on the past, even sad we'll say we're fine
Living with all this can be learned, I put worries in my schoolbag
And head to the school of life, where teachers are judges, detentions are custodies
And sport is the narcotics; the shrink is the studio
In lack of affection, lil brother goes buy some love to a hooker
Roaming aimlessly outside, that's youth's lifes like myself, settling of scores and then coma
Too many brothers had jail time to get a taste of the cake's crumbs
We too, want the good life, wasted on Beldi', we cogitate on Belvé', about millions and a pretty girl (yeah)
I look unfazed, there's a 9 mili under the wooden floor, a sharp opinion to chop shits (ouh, yes)
Great warrior, I might end up in Valhalla ('la), no fuss, I don't like caviar, I prefer taramasalata
I do concert at the pen, I do concert in Canada (in Canada)
I put a smile on your big brother's face, I put a smile on your babymama
Out there we go round in circle without making one nickel, we dream of a four aces (aces)
Never let your guard down, crabs get out during low tide (eh, eh)
I put gloves on, feels great for the esteem (pah, pah, pah)
And kids do fencing, they slash one another with blades, bruh be quick at dodging
Art is for rich people: when you ain't got nothing to eat, screw the Mona lisa
Into the troubles, we swim the crawl, I have a smile only when I, feel good
I lost loved ones on the road but life goes as fast as a goddam Subaru
Or Myriam Soumaré, opposition under the wheel, we're just having a laugh
Little brother, make your cash quickly, try not to end up employee
You talk about us, cuz, but you, who are you? With two calls, I get a team ready
We come to beat you up like in Tekken, we're gonna see if you're like in your clips (ouh, ouh, ouh, ouh)
[Bridge 2]
They gon' track him for God know how long. They will spend hours into an unmarked, and stuff, in the end they'll only get three guys selling 50 grams. Hey people, eh eh are y'all crazy or what? A dude iced a women in the street, not a single cop is present
Eh, eh, guys, we have a problem. You gotta set straight your priorities
[Verse 3]
And I live with seum as if it was my childhood dawg
Trouble with smiling, even on vacation photos
We back up as soon as we move forward, forgotten by France
Equipped since infancy, no music but everyone dance
"Crick, pah" when the kick slaps, gotta rap relentlessly, nothing is free, you're gonna harvest what if you don't put in the effort?
You don't get it, nothing is free except if you're the product
Relax, I explain and hold the wheel, don't ever listen rumors
I do push ups, crunches to stay in shape in case we gotta fight
I prepared it all: coke, molly, weed or even hash
A lil 6.35 is worth the same price than second hand junk
There's the smell of the Rif mountains in my boxer shorts
I've told them "no" but them, they've yanked my chains in my back
When I said I'm thirsty, well I ain't necessarily talking about water
With hash, gotta go slowly, yeah guys it makes you numb
Going downstairs determined, going back in with cartridges, with Andorra cardboards
I don't wanna die like Eazy-E, diamonds on like Heezy Lee
I won't ever trust a girl enough to get her pregnant with a mini me, ah