Je suis [English translation]

(Bigflo)

I am

Locked up, crowded im my cell

Every day the same coffee, but it's time that is instant

These good deeds that we regret

These mistakes we make again

In the visiting room I speak just as much to my son than to my reflection

(Oli)

I am

Frozen, I do one glass and winter after another to reassure myself the passerbys must all think we're hibernating

Lulled by the sound of footsteps and the sound of change in pockets

Between this guy and my dog, I wonder who I'm the closest to

(Bigflo)

I am

Rich, they wanna make me believe it's a shame

As if I was responsible for all the world's misery

I owe nothing to no one, even if the money ended up missing

They want everyone to taste the the fruit from the tree I've planted

(Oli)

I am

Ill, but I prefer to say "future healed"

My pupils stare at the shining watch hand on my wrist

Crowded in my body, I watch the world from my keyhole

People would say I've done nothing but extend my social security

(Bigflo)

I am

A believer, people reproach me for being one

People reproach me for my beard yet I have the same one as Jean Jaurès

People compare me to some barbarians to which I've never believed

Mosques are too small so sometimes I pray in the street

(Oli)

I am

A bit lost, my little lungs are filling with air

New kid on earth

My first tears triggered my father's

One chance, near my family I feel in my place

But I don't forget having been born in the opposite room

(Bigflo)

I am

Alone, at the end of a hall, nobody asks for my advise

I'm busy for my age, so there you go, I have many more wrinkles than friends

I would like to share my mistakes, you all announce my doubts

Sometimes I talk to myself to be sure that someone hears me.

(Oli)

I am

Exhausted, but I wasn't sure of it for much longer

The ringtones, the pressure enlargened my wounds

I don't remember the date of my last hysterical laughter

I am a man, soon I'll be a memory

(Bigflo)

I am

Finally there, this land is no longer a mirage

I've arrived by boat but above all by miracle

A new life awaits me here,

much more calm and stable

This morning I wrote that everything's going well on the back of the postcard

(Oli)

I am

Proud, but how would you describe all that I feel

When I walk in the city, less and less people resemble me

In the elevator, even more I speak the same language as the person next to me

Through planting trees, there would be more space for our roots

(Bigflo)

I am

Tired, my back and kidneys hurt

The wrinkles on my face remind me of the mountains from where I come from

They lied to me, and it was too late to see it

They say that this country isn't mine while it was me who built it.

(Oli)

I am

Seated, and destiny mad. It so that I would never stand back up in this ocean

I have the impression of always having been struggling

A headache to get on the bus

Going to work, passing their door

Often people look at me and respond that it's not their fault

(Bigflo)

I am

Happy, young graduate

Reinforced spirit, I surprised those who dreamt of seeing me abandoned

My family is far from here, I hope that they're proud over there

I just won the battle that started with my mother

(Oli)

I am

Confident, I watch my class that's a bit too full for me

And I took their hand until the success opened their arms

I understood that sometimes, adults are lost

Because the biggest lessons are them who gave it.

(Bigflo)

I am

Irritated, in my neighborhood we get board far from the city

We write, we pray, we scream and I have some friends who deal

My big brother is unemployed, my buddy makes 5000 euros per month

In middle school it's a mess, soon I'll have to make a choice

(Oli)

I am

Far, what happens at my place does not interest a lot of people

For others, we live a dream but often we go in circles

Everything's expensive, with the continent there's a latency

The beach, palm trees, but I'm not on vacation

(Bigflo)

I am

Discrete, my father told me to not make waves

My religion, a lighthouse guiding my path since I set sail

It's funny that it surveils me but that it does everything to give me a lesson on preventing me from going underway

(Oli)

I am

Worried, lots of haughty looks towards my faith

I recieve lessons by these guys doing nothing for their fellow being

Humanity no longer has heart, I see the spinning and changing world

And I'm sad to see that there are less and less people on Sundays

(Bigflo)

I am

In love, and I don't see who that concerns

Apart from I and the one with whom I share my bed at night

I love her, we slalome between the insults and jokes

When I think that there is little time, I've have not had the right to tell her a joke

(Oli)

I am

Forgotten, my end's meet's on the edge

It's become rare to go to a restaurant or to go watch a movie

I'm but a number, but a vote, but a statistic, an extra dot in the crowd

I was just born here and I have the impression that nobody gives a shit

(Bigflo and Oli)

I am

In a meeting, a chance, a soccer match, a wedding

A protest, a birthday, an embrace, a fight

A crime scene, a verdict, a laughing kid, a mistake

A snow-capped mountain, I am the dot from the author's quill

I'm the tears from a departure, I am the bar's heat

I'm a 5-star taste or the fat from a kebab

The idlers, the night owls, the early birds

The moaner, the looks in the metro

A racist uncle, an empty concert, crisis, the bout of depression tightening the vice

I am excellence, elegance or hope of a birth

These countysides in silence, these immence and big cities

I am, a bit of me and many others when I think about it

I am, France

• Artist:Bigflo et Oli
• Album:La cour des grands