I wake up when the light is in a coma
I was like dead at dawn, dancing to the same tune like an automaton
We go from one day to the next with our piss-yellow smiles
We throw our dreams into the water looking for the right path
Hello, here's the zoo, Hell where men isolate themselves to cry
They lock themselves up, we are scared kids in front of death without a straitjacket
I plead insanity, I feel like an explosive without a detonator
You have to read, between the lines, you have to bite, life, not just touch it
Far from the norm, we grew up thinking we were eternal
We no longer have snot, in our noses, the street is less maternal than before
Guys suffer, soldiers fall, no one escapes the rule
At the morgue, I wait for the next step
At a standstill, our hearts restart when a name is missing from the roll call
And it leaves marks, we were buddies before rap, the labels
All ghettos, self-proclaimed superstars
The face in the vice, self-programmed prisoners
Even getting up early, the world doesn't belong to guys like us
One day, death puts a veto, the night rarely brings good news
It's sad the sound cries, the piano oppresses me, dude, the blues has its charm
You left at the age of Christ, or almost
Fate is relentless and I hurry to exist, nothing more logical
Before destiny breaks the branches of my family tree
They say it's the best who leave, and those who stay suffer
We love each other but, above all, we don't say it, hearts remain deaf

In the garden of shadows, where I lost your trace
I had to come to terms, live before giving up my place
In the garden of shadows, shadows, shadows
Pass the bottle so I can take a sip, on the asphalt, the sky spits

In the garden of shadows, where I lost your trace
I had to come to terms, live before giving up my place
In the garden of shadows, shadows, shadows
Pass the bottle so I can take a sip, on the asphalt, the sky spits

The time we burn won't come back like the one we lose in these silent wars
We serve as bait, it's the same shit everywhere from the ZAC to La Muette
I give a sip to the concrete in your memory
I forged myself in the gray of the tombs, sometimes, my soul is black
In all tones, I'm in the bathtub and I'm talking to this guy in the mirror
To put under the teeth, there's nothing, life is bland, the bitch
I scratch what tortures me on the mic, I had to leave my mark
There's no room for imposture, fifty thousand CDs the pass
For all that we didn't do here, all that we didn't say
Perfect, I'm far from it, in paradise, save me a place, for my pains
I have a lot of letters, brother, it's dead, there are no more colors in the palette
Dude, my words freeze the blood
Piano plugged in, live direct, we do without sample
On a purple bill, I write this message so that it survives us
Before we're old and dead, we'll have to live
We'll have to turn right, away from the worst
Life tastes better when we vibrate
We are guests here, listen only to convicts
As soon as we aim for the top, the ground catches us
I settle the balance, fate opens the trap, and it's your coffin we screw
The same damn vice, how many snakes at my funeral?
How many are waiting for us to slip, me, I'm real entirely
The son becomes father, and I understand mine a little more
There's no perfect dad, who can do more can do less
I have memories stapled in my skull, see you tomorrow
I can't do anything without a metronome, I keep the tempo
To accept defeat is to be a man, it's a must
Rest in peace dad, we watch over mom
While the vultures keep an eye on me like on carrion
I have memories in a corner of my head, locked up, my strong room
We might see each other again, one day, if I pass the door

In the garden of shadows, where I lost your trace
I had to come to terms, live before giving up my place
In the garden of shadows, shadows, shadows
Pass the bottle so I can take a sip, on the asphalt, the sky spits

In the garden of shadows, where I lost your trace
I had to come to terms, live before giving up my place
In the garden of shadows, shadows, shadows
Pass the bottle so I can take a sip, on the asphalt, the sky spits

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