La cour des grands [English translation]

[Intro: Voix off]

So, kids?

What's new since the last time?

You feel ready, right?

You don't have... stage fright anymore?

[Verse 1 : Bigflo]

This is the story of two brothers, who write in their bedrooms

Who fell into rap by accident and are taking their chance

Who feel the cogs moving, the former kings wavering

It's high time that things change, this is the moment

Dry your tears and get your sword ready, come with us

Put yourself in the game, come and rekindle the flame

For us it's more than rap, it's our whole life

It's more than the fans, it's our whole city

It's not a question of age, not a question of colour

Not a question of race, weight or physique

But it's a matter of soul, it's a matter of pain

It's a matter of rage, faith and music

And maybe we're wrong, maybe we're the assholes, but come, we'll make a name for ourselves

And even if we don't change the world at least we'll have changed ourselves

Maybe we're pretending to be something we're not, maybe we're not ready yet

We're facing the front door, have we chosen the right key?

Rock the beat that I rap, that I slam, that I hit, I'm showing that we're hungry

That we're tired of these guys who don't say anything in front of the mic

Who talk down to us, who belittle us, who make fun of us, who lie to us

Who change their tune depending on the product they're selling us

They rap like they're playing sport

I never play sport, because I spend my time rapping

I want to live it to the fullest, Oli told me to reach for the stars

So we worked, we slogged away for it (yeah yeah yo)

The tide turns like the wheel

I don't turn the cheek anymore, honestly I need to tell you

I'm afraid, often people push my buttons

I feel more defensive, there is nothing more taboo than the heart

Stepping into the mirror, I dream of joining them

Help us tell them that we're hungry, that we're full, that they can fear us

We don't have a thug's life, no hard life stories

So we won't dream of the petty bourgeois lacking adventures

Really I have a hard time believing that the end is coming, you need to know

I hear voices in my bed, alone in the night, they tell me "Biggy, you mustn't give up"

I'll give my time, my voice and thousands of lines, millions of sentences

And then I hear them deliver bullshit all the time, they aren't too old

They're pretending not to hear, pretending not to see us

But the kids have grown up in the dark, we're coming to take power

For a long time, we've waited, each day we learn

We want to return in the big league

[Interlude]

The big league, that's right...

But who do you think you are?

You haven't done anything yet, accomplishd nothing

And you Oli, do you have something to tell them?

[Verse 2 : Oli]

The sun will rise, everything here is more peaceful

In my family home, far from the capital's glamour

The same childhood room, no curtains or backstage area

The posters watch us and reflect our giggles

Come on, we rap about real life and everything that's like us

I'll scream loudly for those who left, so they can also hear me

Finished screwing around, take this sound like an attack

They tell me, "Take care, eh, do well, we've been waiting for too long"

Hours for a photo, letters that they didn't read

I was like a museum visitor, speaking to the statues

A fan of rap before the bling, I have cried over too many lines

So come unplug my mic, if I get a big head one day

And I believe it, like the fool who waits for the return of his wife

I don't have a choice, we'll do it, at least for the two or three fans

We'll take the chance, do you want to hear our voice?

Those who haven't helped are gonna regret it

Tomorrow it's us, the bar is high, who can pull it down?

A pile of plans, we're gonna flatten them all

With or without trophies, we'll live life to the fullest

We've wanted to do this for too long

Because this album will be the mark of our passage on Earth

They would be capable of selling us silence

An empty room for a great pianist, a full arena for a rapper who lies

The starlets get it wrong, success is an illusion

Because even at top billing, you need to come back down to see

We need you, it's the start of a new era, we take most of our steps as brothers

We can't screw up, there'll be no plan B, we have to climb back up the slope after, otherwise, we blow it

Music has followed us since we were toddlers, we're hungry, behave yourself, we're gonna change the rules

Turn up the sound on your headphones, they hear my rap, we want to read our dream on the edge of your lips

Together, we're stronger, and with you, even more

We're almost ready, we're gonna rock the boat

For a long time, we've waited, each day we learn

We want to return in the big league

[Outro]

But the road will be long

And there are still many steps to climb

Good luck

As for us, we'll see each other again, that's for sure

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