Yeah
Yeah
Stop

I only learned to lose, to get my hands dirty
To be nothing in my head, to wage war against my brothers
To see my mother in debt, they can go screw themselves, man, don't worry
The little black kid will be rich before he's buried
I have only one master, one model, to be far from your materialism
And close to maternal love, my war at the time when you talk only in modem
Is to screw the system where they teach you to live in singular but no longer in plural
Nothing on earth attracts me anymore, we only listen when there's shooting
The dove here is buried and the crows get away
Peace is a military cause that saves oil lives
Because I only see missiles falling from their water bombers
Between food crises and police blunders
It's normal that with all these chickens, the blocks have avian flu
I hate Marine like Diam's but even worse her father
Because I am Tookie Williams and he is Schwarzenegger
Today they all talk to us about the benefits of colonies
As soon as we tell them we're French, they tell us to stop our slander
They kept us away from their economy
And then they're surprised that our kids only want welfare
Yeah buddy, I rap like a gunshot from these outbursts
Where the landings are Jerry Springer TV sets
A rap that comes from the heart, a proletarian rap
Tell yourself that for them I will be to rap what Bruel is to poker

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the chance to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the strength to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

The ghetto my adversary, the street is its bitterness
My pen seems sincere, often tightens the belt
My people have their habits, live too comfortably
Victory in the attitude, lives are precarious
We find ourselves at their mercy, we suffer from their contempt
The climate is deleterious, the population is depressed
Everyone wants dessert, but no one has an appetite
Courage is necessary, we take on all challenges
Bad immigration, bad reputation
The new generation, here we kill ourselves with rap
Bad education, monkey chants in the stadiums
They no longer ask questions, it's all rap's fault
Today they talk to us about autonomy, mock our opinions
Play too much with our lives, only tell us nonsense
Politicians make their apologies, and lure us with ideals
Ecology demagogy, my rap in the extinguisher
Getting out in a quarter of an hour
We all seek the success of (?) and Shawn Carter
A rap that comes from the heart, a revolutionary rap
Locked in a ghetto, like Scofield I free myself

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the chance to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the strength to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto (yeah, yeah)

I rap so that our parents return to the homeland, yeah (God willing)
For the health of our brothers, yeah (God willing) yeah
For more doves on earth, yeah (God willing) yeah, yeah, God willing, God willing
So that in Africa we can eat (God willing) yeah
For all our imprisoned brothers, yeah (God willing)
So that our brothers stay in the faith, yeah (God willing) yeah, yeah, God willing, God willing
So

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the chance to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the strength to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the chance to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

As long as God gives me the chance to live
As long as God gives me the strength to be free, oh-eh-oh
I rap the ghetto

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