Nique les Clones, Pt. II [English translation]

[Chorus]

All I see are clones, it started at school

Who do you give your shoulder to to pull you through?

Here, everyone plays a role, dreaming ‘bout millions of euros

And I pushed through like a rose among nettles

[Verse 1]

I promised you one day you would remember our faces

I’m not gonna shut up

Depressed from elementary to high school, I felt like a prisoner

Because teachers always wanted to grade me

But I still liked learning, I was different

From everyone who told me, “Either you fight or you suffer”

I dreamed of adventures, I tagged storefronts

I rebelled against everything that was forbidden

I didn’t care ‘bout all their phony TV shows

I wanted to see the world before being called back before God

I read in my hiding place so no one would make fun of me

While boys my age talked about cars

One of the boys from back in the day used to sell Armani Code

One sunny day he brought a gun to school

I was shocked to see him with a Glock

I don’t give a fuck about your fucking area codes

I told him I was scared, but I had a heart

I’m always there for my fucking boys

Now for him, the sound of gunshots is ingrained in his brain

The people who hung 'round the block pulled him down

[Pre-Chorus]

Never give in to peer pressure

When you do the wrong thing, you feel it deep down

[Chorus](x2)

[Verse 2]

I’m a drifter, don’t tell me we’re supposed to stagnate

Get out! I don’t feel like a homebody

I’m unstable, don’t tell me to settle down

When you’re different, they wanna fight you

It sucks when you have a dream your parents don’t want

Dragging me down, don’t worry, I’m gonna fight

I don’t like when I’m walking and I see

This kid getting hounded for his weight problems

But who do we think we are? Sad puppets

I write my thoughts hoping Jesus can hear me

While it’s the ice age in our hearts

Aymé? He’s more than a character from H

We are not barcodes

You’re popular on social media, then your ratings disappear, nah

We are not barcodes

You’re popular on social media, then your ratings disappear

People’s eyes will lead you to the mirage in the mirror

But my vision of rap is like nothing else, I’ll stay angry

As long as the poor have to sleep out on the subway

While the rats keep warm on the tracks

[Pre-Hook]

We’re making carbon copies

Who only care about themselves

[Chorus](x2)

[Bridge](x2)

I teach my struggle by talking about it

I multiply my senses like a handicapped person

How do you find your path when no one shows you the way?

I feel like Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon

[Outro]

Fuck the clones

Fuck the clones

Fuck the clones

Fuck the fakes

[Sample: Abbé Pierre] Those who put all the food on their plate

Leaving others' plates empty and who, having everything

Say with a smug face, with a clear conscience, “Us? Us who have everything? We are all for peace!”

Do you know what I have to shout at them?

“The first violent ones, the instigators of all violence are you! And at night in your beautiful mansions, when you go to kiss your children with your clear conscience, in the eyes of God, you probably have more blood on your oblivious hands than you will ever have from the desperate who have taken up arms to try to find a way out of their despair.

• Artist:Nekfeu
• Album:Feu