Hey!
That is to say, there was so much atmosphere back then
And as I was a handsome boy
When I see that I'm celebrating my 30th birthday today when I was 18 just yesterday
Days pass like cars
A man's life doesn't last long
What is the balance of my life, huh, hey?

It's crazy how time flies
Ah yes, that's what I also tell myself when I see the path we've traveled up to today
I think back to our not always easy childhood
Without dramatizing too much
It wasn't always rosy, maybe that's what motivated us
The spirit was already Neg'Marrons, little vagabonds with grainy heads
We preferred to skip classes and stay to tease each other in the neighborhood
The excess of curiosity was such
That we got excited by following the elders who were models for us
At the time in the halls, gangs break, smurf, sometimes rebel
Fresh Boys, B-Boys represented Garges-Sarcelles
I remember there were bands and gangs
There were even gang-bangs
It's true that we barely got hard but we already wanted to fuck
Share our passions, our ambitions, objectives, become someone
A common point, that of succeeding by all means
Now I understand Ben-J that when we were kids
We had the same itinerary but not the same destiny

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flowed so quickly
We calmly take stock by remembering each moment
Talk about stories from before as if we were 50 years old

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flowed so quickly
We calmly take stock by remembering each moment
Talk about stories from before as if we were 50 years old

Ben-J, do you remember what gave us the desire to write
Ear glued to Nova listening to the MCs who tear it up
From there our first rhymes are born
Word games, then stage games
Don't stop chaining from MJC to sound systems
And then in a flash here we are under the spotlights
We adapt and dominate, professional or amateur
You know it
It's money that rules the world, it's money that rules the earth
Propels us to the top of the hits from there everything happened so quickly
It's a snowball, first album, studio, promo, music video
The Neg'Marrons export themselves live and take all audiences by storm
In the four corners of France we went to create chaos
Like in the premieres of Steel Pulse and the Fugees at Ris-Pa
We tore everything up on May 22 at the Olympia
To baptize the mythical concert with the whole Secteur Ä
Music made me official, what would I have done without it
I dodged the couchal plans today I enjoy thanks to it

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flown by so quickly
We calmly take stock, remembering each moment
Talking about the stories of the past as if we were 50 years old

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flown by so quickly
We calmly take stock, remembering each moment
Talking about the stories of the past as if we were 50 years old

Time passes so quickly, you see how we've changed
Ky-Ja you've gained weight, Ben-J you've grown even more
Look at how it goes, you shine from head to toe
White sneakers, gold on your wrists up to your Cartier glasses
No more than you, negro respect to Congo
All the girls talk to me about you and Bisso Na Bisso
Thanks but tell them that I'm not the same anymore
That since then, I have a son and also a wife who loves me
That's it, you have to build a family, ensure your lineage
Even if it's not my time yet, don't worry, I think about it every day
The clock turns, the days go by, the years pass, our lives change
We evolve, each with our own destiny, but above all, each with our own luck

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flown by so quickly
We calmly take stock, remembering each moment
Talking about the stories of the past as if we were 50 years old

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flown by so quickly
We calmly take stock, remembering each moment
Talking about the stories of the past as if we were 50 years old

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flown by so quickly
We calmly take stock, remembering each moment
Talking about the stories of the past as if we were 50 years old

Time passes and passes and passes and a lot of things have changed
Who could have imagined that time would have flown by so quickly
We calmly take stock, remembering each moment
Talking about the stories of the past as if we were 50 years old

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