Little elegance in my writings
Normal for a guy from Vitry
On my sheet the ghetto, I transcribe
Zigzagging between evil and crimes
Young resourceful, once out of bed
Unemployed yet young and ambitious
It's for us that they created the employment agency
But there's a kilometer-long queue to earn a few bucks
If I may say so, they can go screw themselves
So the graduates enlist in the army
And for the little wage earner there's cause for alarm
Armed robberies, we're all sick of it
One day the cops come to take you away

Vitry 9-4 of my city I want to be the prince
I'm not going to hide that the mayor is a miser
Promises, he always has them
Renovating the buildings, we're still waiting
And your hundred-bar monuments, we don't care
So-called deputy in a suit, they're crazy
Like every citizen I'm supposed to go vote
Just to say that I exist in their community
It's impossible when I see brothers handcuffed
At the depot, Arabs and blacks, it's not new
Next, I congratulate the bigwigs of the illicit
No engineer in my team

We are young and ambitious
Sometimes vicious
You have to tell yourself that
You can be the prince of the city if you want (if you want)
Wherever you want (wherever you want) whenever you want (whenever you want)
Ambitious, sometimes vicious
You have to tell yourself that
You can be the prince of the city if you want (if you want)
Wherever you want (wherever you want) whenever you want (it's whenever you want)

We live in public housing on top of each other
Bunk beds, I've known nothing else
We have the rage but how to stay wise
We live on the margins, in short we're all crazy
Often the bailiffs at your door erupt
If you don't pay your rent it's eviction
Val-de-Marne, high percentage of immigration
As high as all my brothers they put in prison
And to afford a lawyer you need a lot of cash
In court we always come out bad
It's felt in the sentences we've never had a chance
Given the circumstances, fuck penance
You haven't paid your fines, the Public Treasury has cornered you
Forget summer vacations, you're doing community service
They put pressure on you
Your mailbox is full of reminders and summonses
Yeah dude, that's our life
Code 94400 Vitry (Vitry)
The suburbs have their qualities and flaws
Populated by artists and high-level athletes
From crooks in the halls to the municipal offices
Big, all from Vitry (all from Vitry)
And even if it's not easy every day
I want to be the prince of my city

We are young and ambitious
Sometimes vicious
You have to tell yourself that
You can be the prince of the city if you want (if you want)
Wherever you want (wherever you want) whenever you want (whenever you want)
Ambitious sometimes vicious
You have to tell yourself that
You can be the prince of the city if you want (if you want)
Wherever you want (wherever you want) whenever you want (it's whenever you want)

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