Hamdoulah, ça va [English translation]

Me, hamdoulah 1 I'm good

Hamdoulah I'm good, I'm good, yeah

Hamdoulah I'm good, oh

I'm telling you, hamdoulah I'm good, I'm good, yeah

Hamdoulah I'm good, oh

Everybody goes "Oh"

Everybody goes "Oh"

Me, hamdoulah I'm good, me ha-me hamdoulah, I'm good

The cops are knocking on the door ? Dad, your son isn't here

When I was in deep shit and had the cops in the rearview mirror

Handcuffs tight, like the belt when I took the subway 2

First classes, I only knew the best of 3

Bois d'Ar', Osny, Fleury, Nanterre, number one in cafeterias 4

GSP 5 we're losing heroin down the toilet

When I used to rap in the basement with Doc AHWC

Empty fridge like the syringes in front of my building

From Trappes 6 he got into Rap like the BAC (French Anti-Crime Squad): without knocking

Knock knock - Who's there ? It's that motherfucking bailiff

Don't use the restroom, whisky makes me want to piss

Even in the SHU at 16, I say Hamdoulah I'm good

I usually do bad but I hope I'll die doing the salat 7

In the evening in my basement we cut hash into chips

They would send a unit when when you sent an e-mail

Yeah, I've come a long way, I don't give two shit about your rap game

On the highway to success, the devil drives in BMW

Yeah, when it's good we open bottles of champagne

When it goes badly we open heads with bottles of champagne

I never cried a river in front of the judge, even without an attorney

At ease in my cell like a goldfish in its bowl

Cushy in a Twingo, so farhan 8 in a BMW

I've known virgin girls and RW 9 girls

I've swindled things, fuck Bugs Bunny 10

I'm in the field, cushy, I need a Kahba Bruni 11

Mom, don't cry, your son has become a soldier

And despite life's major blows, I say "Hamdoulah, I'm good !"

Me, hamdoulah I'm good

Hamdoulah I'm good, I'm good, yeah

Hamdoulah I'm good, oh

I'm telling you hamdoulah, I'm good, I'm good, yeah

Hamdoulah I'm good, oh

Everybody goes "Oh"

Everybody goes "Oh"

Yeah man, everything is for the best as long as I still have something to give

Some sentences for the bros: The street, we know it

I've fatten up my style and my flow I've chromed it

It's impossible to dethrone me because I'm not on top

Yeah, we're in the driver's seat and there's no way we're braking

I've got lithium in the veins and no coke in the nose

I eat rocks so my heart toughen up

Bro, we have a long road, and rare are the one who resist

At 13, I used to steal 20 inches (rim) on my own

At 17 I'm armed and I rob CLs 12

Business is my life so fuck working

We're not building retirement with welfare's help

While I was bathing in shit, dreamed of blowing everything in my fights

Mom said "You're on the right track, so do not forget yourself"

I went on with my life, and to this day without a doubt

My heart is in the tunes, I need to succeed at all costs

Despite hate, struggles, pains that we sow

Certain colors fade when money, yeah, leads them

Life goes too fast, too fast, and you want me to brake ?

I don't need to be tied to feel my chains

I leave jealous people on the emergency lane

I do not have a lot of gas, I hope to have a lot of luck

I've got weight on my shoulders and too much people count on me

It's shit here, other than that: Hamdoulah, I'm good !

Me, hamdoulah I'm good

Hamdoulah I'm good, I'm good, yeah

Hamdoulah I'm good, oh

I'm telling you hamdoulah I'm good, I'm good, yeah

Hamdoulah I'm good, oh

Everybody goes "Oh"

Everybody goes "Oh"

1. Means "Thanks to God" in Arabic2. Play on words with the expression "tighten your belt"3. Refers to a famous 1999 album called "Premières classes" (First classes) gathering the best French rap songs at that time4. Refers to French prisons' location where transactions are generally made in cafeterias5. GSP means "Groupe de sécurité de proximité" (Nearby security group" which are unites affiliated with national police force and are implanted in big cities. They fight delinquency. Usually when they search for illegal substances, drug dealers flush it.6. Well-known municipality where many French personalities like Jamel Debbouze, Omar Sy or Nicolas Anelka grew up. La Fouine is no exception.7. Means "prayer" in Arabic8. Means happy in Arabic9. like a DVD-RDW (Rewrite).. lovely I know10. Play on words with the expression "se faire carotter" which comes from the word carrot and means "to be extorted", hence the Bugs Bunny reference.11. Kahba means whore/bitch in Arabic, it's a play on words with the name Carla Bruni (ex-first lady of ex-right-wing president Nicolas Sarkozy) which was known for being involved with several personalities such as Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and was even rumoured to have a fling with... Donald Trump.12. Refers to a French bank called Crédit Lyonnais

• Artist:La Fouine