Translation of Avertisseurs from French to English
Born from a warned people, take over in a perverted world
Seven distributed among the heavens, three for man
Be the sum of the body, mind, and soul
The street was given to us as a domain
Each with its own language, few understand each other
Proof of the curse descended on Babel
Every man for himself in the ephemeral, and the Eternal
For all those who have faith in his blessing
Our stories too often misunderstood, not for our poor diction
Those whose eyes have seen life only as a distraction
Will say that our science is fiction
Their vision remains narrow like the panorama of a penitent
As restricted as the tolerance of a militant far-right
The truth remains the truth, slavery in Africa was sanctioned by the Vatican
But we remain practitioners, delinquents
And pious people mingle with our ranks, born from a warned people
Take over in a world where the perverted
Forget that air and water are more precious than gold
Believe they have control of the Earth and the heavens
In their vanity, they see themselves as deities
Do they not see the name of their Lord calligraphed
Near their lobes, just enough to meditate
Warned
Take over in a perverted world
Seven distributed among the heavens, three for man
Be the sum of the body, mind, and soul
Warners, warned
Take over in a world where the perverted
Forget that air is more precious than gold
Believe they have control of the earth and the heavens
I wasn't born in the ghetto, I was born in the hospital
Far from drugs and stupid ideas, damn what I've become
A money-grubber and the shit softens the shock
Big desire for checks, a parasite in free fall without a parachute
It's starting to get long, since we were little I'm sinking
And now I'm crying alcoholic tears
We're sinking, but there are no buoys for the baboons
It's the crisis, the lesion, the legion, in my region
A grain of coffee, a guy is bitten, we need little
A C.A.P then sells dope
Don't let justice strike you down
Make your way well, whether you choose the wrong or the right
I don't care, I say this for us
Aim for the top before the furnace or the van
We do too much, in any box we tumble
There are only whores, they are all ordinary and suck any dick
I admit, I was stingy on prayers
I need to catch up, and break down the gates of Paradise
Because here, the worries are firm, there is no reprieve
Judges have horns and crime is sold in cones
Warned
Take over in a perverted world
Seven distributed among the heavens, three for man
Be the sum of the body, mind, and soul
Warners, warned
Take over in a world where the perverted
Forget that air is more precious than gold
Believe they have control of the earth and the heavens
Lunatic (warners) just like my predecessors
(I wear the complexion) from birth and this (until death)
Never in a hurry (drop a single text)
And leave (the population vexed) jealousy to excess
Snake tongues are loosened
(Swallow your venom, our destinies) traced to what we say
In each of our palms, not to leave this lost world
But with faith that's what we hope to have traced, at the end of the line
(For the present) our psalms recited
(By our kids, from city to city)
Don't you see the signs (of the stars) succeeding each other
Up to our bodies, my arm, leg, leg, arm, head
(Bequeathed) by the Greatest passing through this sphere
(Planet Earth) serve the ranks, brother
Born from African seed wandering through a decor of illusion
(Eden is the destination)
(Take back my bearings)
In a valley dotted with red, black and green
Warning more than entertainment