You can't really say that you choose your place of birth
What the five senses will discover little by little
One day, my parents put down their suitcases, so here I am
These are the sidewalks that saw my first steps

I come from where guys hang out in groups to kill boredom
I come from where, downstairs, they play football in the middle of the night
I come from where you pay attention to the brand of your clothes
And even if we buy them at the market, we don't joke about style

I come from where language is constantly evolving
Verlan, rebeu, slang, big creative process
At home, researchers, linguists come to make appointments
We don't always have the same dictionary but we have more words than you

I come from where the young people all have a mastery of banter
A D.E.A. Of wisecracks, a wit never in short supply
Street intelligence, of getting by or of everyday life
Call it what you want but to scam us, be careful
We swear on our mother's head at the age of nine
We have a quick insult but an innovative vocabulary

I come from where, at the first parties, they're already breakdancing
I come from where our first dates take place around a kebab
I come from where we love rap, this music that sweats
That smells real, that transmits, that testifies, that breathes
I come from where there's loud music and quite a few bitter rhymes
I come from where it shocks no one that a band is called "Fuck Your Mother"

I come from there and I love it, despite what everyone thinks
To each his own territory, to each his own France
If I pay tribute to these places, with each breath
It's because it's here that I drew all my inspiration

I come from there and I love it, despite what everyone thinks
To each his own territory, to each his own France
If I pay tribute to these places, with each breath
It's because it's here that I drew all my inspiration

I come from where, from the age of twelve, temptation calls you
From illicit business and scams galore
I come from where it's too easy to take the wrong path
And to choose your way, you have to clear a lot of doubts

I come from where violence is a familiar neighbor
A guy bleeding in the schoolyard, it's a weekly image
I come from where too often a bunch of dirty kids
Find their pocket money by snatching handbags

I come from where you become an athlete, artist, singer
But also a lawyer, civil servant or senior executive
Don't get me wrong, I still have a lot of jobs on my list
Avoid preconceived ideas and journalistic clichés

I come from where we exchange, I come from where we mix
For me, it's the absence of noise and smells that bothers me
I come from where the rainbow doesn't have six colors but eighteen
I come from where France is a cosmopolitan country

I come from where, more than elsewhere, there is a real energy
I really feel this thing, it's not demagoguery
We don't have a monopoly on merit or desire
But from where I come from, it's certain, it's a good school of life

I come from where we are a bit suspicious and too often paranoid
We often think we are not loved but it's maybe not completely false
You have to see on TV how they talk about where I come from
If I didn't know it, I wouldn't even take my dog there

I come from there and I love it, despite what everyone thinks
To each his own territory, to each his own France
If I pay tribute to these places, with each breath
It's because it's here that I drew all my inspiration

I come from there and I love it, despite what everyone thinks
To each his own territory, to each his own France
If I pay tribute to these places, with each breath
It's because it's here that I drew all my inspiration

I come from where, like everywhere, when we sleep, we dream
I come from where people are born, people love, people die
You see, from where I come from, it's like any place on Earth
It's just a small region with a strong character

I come from where we are proud to tell where we come from
I don't know why but it's like that, we are all a bit chauvinistic
I could have lived something else elsewhere, it's too bad or it's better
It's here that I grew up and that I built myself
I come from the suburbs

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