J'reste debout [English translation]

[Intro: Maitre Gims]

Pambola ngai, nzambe pambola ngai

Limbisa ngai, nzambe limbisa ngai

Limbisa ngai, nzambe limbisa ngai

[Refrain: Maitre Gims]

I'm moved, but I'm still standing

I’m touched but I'm still standing

I'm trying to make ends meet

It hurts but I'm still standing

I'm moved, but I'm still standing

I’m touched but I'm still standing

My clothes are full of mud

It hurts but I'm still standing

[Couplet 1: Lefa]

Hardships, we never cease to go through them

No one can tell in what direction vapor will turn next (but)

We stand our ground, we stick together

We endure them because we serve the purpose of enduring blows

Worries prevent me from going to bed early

I only rest when the brothers or the sisters give me a hand

We gnash our teeth when, we go to the extremes

We conceal fatigue despite the baggy eyes and all

[Couplet 2: Black M]

Prayers, not blows

I’m like the father... man, I'm still standing

By God’s grace I won’t get to the point of suicide

Yes it’s on my knees that I’d like to revive myself

My scars are like my tears

Too proud to show them, even if I’m in pain

A word of encouragement to those who have lost a loved one

I just want to tell the Keita family to take heart

[Refrain: Maitre Gims]

[Couplet 3: Barack Adama]

Worried, you have debts all over

Fortunately, you have friends

You sell the dream car before it gets tax relief

And you took a blow to your side

On the red list of the Bank of France, you are seen as a fraud

But too bad, tomorrow is another day

You're not one to call for help or turn the other cheek

Your tears are scant, the bills are copious

You've got a pay rise, it was a restricted diet all these years

Fortunately you have faith, you won’t take the path of suicide

Depression wants a rendezvous, but you don’t want to see its face

You keep smiling although it’s your honor that’s being taken for granted

So your heart becomes cold and unwelcoming, out of fear that it will be broken

[Refrain: Maitre Gims]

[Interlude: Lefa]

Stand your ground

[Outro: Lefa, Doomams & Black M]

(Stand your ground) To the families of Boulevard Auriol

(Stand your ground) The illegal migrants at Courneuve

(Stand your ground) To those who come by swimming

(Stand your ground) And who go back on a charter flight

(Stand your ground) To all those handicapped

(Stand your ground) Words of encouragement to those imprisoned

(Stand your ground) To all people under oppression

(Stand your ground) To our families

Chapiteau, Sow, Diallo

The Keita family, the Bas, Sall family

The M’Baye family, the Seris

The Rocards

To the little Anais Keralla and her entire family

To Zaire, Guinea, Somalia, Rwanda

To the nations hit by crisis

We're still standing!

• Artist:Sexion d'Assaut
• Album:L'apogée