Even in the depths of my small country, I watched my window
The convulsions of the world reached us like a distant noise
Often the TV was shared with the whole neighborhood
The world vision couch transforms the globe into a village
Breaking into the imagination, let's all share the same belief
Roger Milla in the World Cup and the world dances the makossa
The Gulf War of Mr. Bush, before son there was dad
And I watched the looting of the pipelines while eating my papayas
We were all those same kids dreaming of joining the Dream Team
Despite the hoop in my garden, I never saw Patrick Ewing
I clung to dreams often far from my daily life
I knew my culture less than Hollywood westerns
We thought we played no role in their soap opera
But one day in Gaulle at La Baule, there was Tonton's speech
Democracy, multi-party system, it was time to put away the guns
As nothing is simple, war broke out, I turned off my TV

It's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing

While we were struggling in a furnace, others were watching us
Sitting in slippers wondering, what's on TV?
What are these people crying for help between cheese and dessert?
Humanity is more fragile than an orchid in the desert
And when the drama is too great, it turns into statistics
And Lady Di weighs more than a million deaths in Africa
Ignorance is less deadly than indifference to sobs
Men are Men for Men and wolves are only puppies
So we agonize in silence in a cry without echo
And even if technology advances, it won't change the decor
We grew up with the weight of our demons on the rock of the hills
So give us words so we can change the picture
So we can write at the level of Man what the TV doesn't show
The beating of my soul's heart is a piece of news that doesn't lie
I came from Africa but without knowing Kouchner and his bag of rice
I landed one winter evening here with a bag of rhymes

It's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing

I lost my Garden of Eden where I fed on mangoes
I'm a prisoner of my chains since here the TV commands
I turned it back on in a three-room apartment in an overheated building
And I kept it going like the fire because outside I was freezing
Far in my exile, I zap those who took my place
And when you play on their field, it's often rare that you're replaced
I take a break for a Coca-Cola commercial
Inserted between a falling wall and Mandela's release
We grew up continuously like a flow of information
And I got lost in my street under a pile of concrete
The memories of my life mix with all these broadcast images
Living off camera often means not existing
We are stuffed with images to satiety, of sex, money, and the grim reaper
So I write texts as an echo of our silent lives
On their screens, we are bits of pixels lost in the crowd
And our lives flow, cool, while the world collapses

It's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
Yeah, it's cool, my youth is flowing
Between a falling wall and two collapsing towers
And two towers collapsing
My youth is flowing
My youth is flowing
Between a falling wall
And two collapsing towers

It's cool
It's cool
It's cool
My youth is flowing
Between a falling wall
And two collapsing towers
My youth is flowing
My youth is flowing
It's cool
It's cool
It's cool
It's cool

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