La marchetta di Popolino [English translation]

But look, look dat Mickey Masses1,

Looking like a celeb even when he's in his condo,

He failed classes when he was a child 'cause he was the first of the donkeys,

He appears [out of the blue] from an alley and punctures Ludwig von Drake's car,

He walks along the high road even if he has a Grade 12,

He only has the dime in his mind as Magica de Spell,

He's such a sport, he wants to put everyone behind the bars

But he has several skeletons and [Black] Phantoms in the closet.

He defrauds car insurances cunningly,

He goes around with a [punk] collar like Pluto.

He complaints against the Masons' plots

But he asks Chief Seamus to withdraw his fine.

When he's with us he acts as a judgemental uptight prude,

But then he shoots a movie home wearing wodoo cerimonial robes.

He's son of Gascony,

He has a fuck face [and] not Gladstone's luck.

Mickey Masses – he's so cool!

He entertains everyone – from the oldest to the youngest.

Women, Women,

Mickey Masses is here2!

He stays inside and locks all his house's door down,

He “shoots on sight”3 as a Mac user,

His gall is gorgeous4

When he wants to make things right using fighters and cruisers,

He hates the wealthy, especially if they are rockers,

But he puts a big X beside Rockerduck's name [on Election Day].

He dreams the rocked-propelled Ferrari and its ramping horses5

But he drives old clunckers borrowed from Horace Horsecollar.

He wants some puss, he bothers her and he bores her,

He hates the men wearing skirts… and Eeva Beeva too6.

He shake hands with Detective Casey

But he asks the scum for some help when he's on a rough patch.

He knows everyone, even in the log of Chip 'n' Dale,

He knows everyone, but he dumps them using a “quid pro quo”7:

He holds tight on [foolish ideas] as a living octopus,

And he fucks you up your ass as a porn actor.

Mickey Masses – he's so cool!

He entertains everyone – from the oldest to the youngest.

Come on fellow rats8, let's dance,

Let's sing all together now!

Mi-Mi-Mickey Masses!9

At the stadium, at the disco,

Between the shopping carts,

At political rallies [held in squares],

[Looking] inside the camera…

He makes the crowd dance!

Everyone hail him – Mickey Masses!

In every house, in the streets,

In the TV shows10,

At school, at the locals,

Among the Youtubers' comments…

We're just a bunch of scrubs,

But it's ok if we just act like Mickey Masses…

and as Morty and Ferdie[,too]!

1. “Popolino” is a word pun between “Topolino” (Mickey Mouse) and “popolino” (the masses). In this song Caparezza makes comparisons with some Walt Disney fictional characters.2. Some decades ago some kife grinder mens wandered through the cities in Italy shouting “Wome, the knife grinder is here!”3. With the indended meaning of “reproaches all”4. I completely skipped the pun here that is non translatable, lit. “He doesn't have a wooden leg but a wooden face”, translatable as “He doesn't have a wooden leg but his gall is gorgeous”. It does not make a lot of sense in English.5. In Italian “X horses” is a shorthand for “horsepower of X”, so literally a car could have “horses”.6. Hence, “aliens”. In this case the intended word pun is more clear in English than in Italian.7. In Italian there is an assonance with Huey, Dewey e Louie, that are called “Qui, Quo, Qua”8. In Italian “rats” (sorcini) are the name of Renato Zero's fans, a singer.9. Caparezza here is referring to Soccer as a popolar mass sport in Italy. “Seven Nation Army” is used as a footbal chant in its instrumental part (w.r.t. the bass line), especially for the National Football Team.10. lit. “TV Studios”

• Artist:Caparezza
• Album:Il sogno eretico