Cara Italia [English translation]

[Verse 1]

I smoke, I come in, I change my face

We already know how it's going to end

I have to be careful, damn!

If I get her pregnant then my mother... 1

Because I am still a child

A bit Italian and a bit Tunisian

She's from Puerto Rico, if that happens it's a disaster to Trump

But what "politics" is this?

What's the difference between the left and the right wing?

Ministers change but not the broth 2

The shitter is here to the left, the toilet is down there on the right

Straight towards my own path

Better than nothing, more than anything

Anyway, just wait outside

If my mom doesn't like you, I don't like you neither

You tell me: "I knew it" but I don't fall for it

It's not like I'm a fool

There's always someone who is close-minded and is staying back in time

Like in the Middle Ages

Newspapers overdo it, they talk about the foreigners as if they're aliens

With no passport, looking for money

[Bridge]

I feel lucky

at the end of the day,

When I'm lucky

it's so great

I'm a crazy person who reads, a crazy outlaw

A maverick, who writes: "Whoever reads this is stupid"

[Chorus]

Oh eh oh, when duty calls

Oh eh oh, I answer: "I'm here"

Oh eh oh, you tell me: "Listen to your mother"

Oh eh oh, one, two, three: I'm already there

Oh eh oh, when they tell me: "Go back home!"

Oh eh oh, I reply: "I'm already here"

Oh eh oh, I.L.Y. dear Italy

Oh eh oh, you're my better half

[Verse 2]

Wait, I hear my ears ringing 3

Suspense, a moment before the sequel

Appearance fee doesn't include money

Crash Bandicoot, harvest the apples

Nice faces in my group

Like a ni*** on his way to Benin City 4

I don't waste words, I don't talk to Siri

I'm happy to make music for kids

Before leaving a comment, think

Before peeing upwind, steer

Before frittering the salary away, wait

I go back to Baggio, or I won't feel up to anything without it 5

Shake it!

Your phone maybe doesn't get a signal in the hinterland

We end up freestyling on a raft in Darsena 6

My WhatsApp chat looks like the Instagram one

Love and ambition already are in my starter pack

Azkaban prisoners escaped from Alcatraz

We did our homeworks just to get it by

[Bridge]

I feel lucky

at the end of the day,

When I'm lucky

it's so great

I'm a crazy person who reads, a crazy outlaw

A maverick, who writes: "Whoever reads this is stupid"

[Chorus]

Oh eh oh, when duty calls

Oh eh oh, I answer: "I'm here"

Oh eh oh, you tell me: "Listen to your mother"

Oh eh oh, one, two, three: I'm already there

Oh eh oh, when they tell me: "Go back home!"

Oh eh oh, I reply: "I'm already here"

Oh eh oh, I.L.Y. dear Italy

Oh eh oh, you're my better half

Oh eh oh

Oh eh oh

Oh eh oh

Oh eh oh

Oh eh oh, when duty calls

Oh eh oh, I answer: "I'm here"

Oh eh oh, you tell me: "Listen to your mother"

Oh eh oh, one, two, three: I'm already there

Oh eh oh, when they tell me: "Go back home!"

Oh eh oh, I reply: "I'm already here"

Oh eh oh, I.L.Y. dear Italy

Oh eh oh, you're my better half

Sto 7

1. his mother won't like it 2. he wants to say that in politics, it's always the same old stuff 3. in Italy we say that our ears are ringing because someone probably is talking sh*t about us 4. I censored it because I'm white and it would be racist if I fully wrote it 5. Baggio is a neighbourhood in Milan 6. Darsena is a place in Milan where boats are docked7. "Sto" is just slang with no real meaning behind

• Artist:Ghali