Non sono Marra [La pelle] [English translation]

My destiny was written on my skin

Born as a servant, live as a warrior and die as a god

Hands pierced through, Saint Pio 1

I retreat like a dick when it’s cold

After all the traumas, I don’t descend

Today’s word is “resilient”

This Mahmood doesn’t resemble me at all

This Mahmood doesn’t ‘semble me ‘t all 2

Locked up at home until you die

Change your dealer

You know, rich people are boring because they’re bored

The model posts her unshaved armpit

Shi- 3

If you call me Marra, don’t ask me if

I can take another picture with you

I look like him, I’m not his son

Just try to give me a good look

There’s a full moon outside

This house is a prison

I go out to drink only to have

Another void in this black dawn

Yes, I’m the one with this mulatto face

But you don’t believe me if I tell you: “I’m stoned”

Tonight I’ll scream, scream all over Rome

But tomorrow I’ll ask, I'll ask for forgiveness from the Pope

Counting is useless, don’t say I last a year

“Mahmood won’t make it, he’s a current fad”

The thing I give you wasn’t gifted to me

I sing with a bit of flow, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta

(Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta

Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta)

I have the drive of a stuntman

And then guess what I have in my pocket

I escaped from the kasbah 4

You’re dressed as a hashtag

Marra and Mahmood on the song

You tell me: “Nice, bro, but it has a different mood”

I read random comments

The haters never surrender like the Japanese

Lost on the Instagram of this hot girl

Not if I can make this life for a lifetime

I told her: “Relationships are a scam”

She replied: “Being human is a scam”

Shi-

If you call me Marra, don’t ask me if

I can take another picture with you

I look like him, I’m not his son

Just try to give me a good look

There’s a full moon outside

This house is a prison

I go out to drink only to have

Another void in this black dawn

Then here I am with this mulatto face

But believe me if I tell you: “I don’t give a fuck”

Tonight I’ll drive, I’ll drive 100 per hour

Tomorrow I’ll search, I’ll search for forgiveness again

It’s useless not recognizing that I’m the boss here

Marra is still on top, you tell me: “Welcome back”

The thing I give you I weighed at home first

I rap with a bit of flow, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

(Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta

Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta)

Oh, anyway, it’s shitty that they mix us up

Madonna

Help, it’s getting out of hand

Absurd

Things like crazy ladies telling me I kicked ass at Sanremo happen to me

Imagine, when they mistake me for you they also ask me for a smoke

Bastard, ahahah

1. An Italian priest who was known for exhibiting stigmata (the appearance of bodily wounds, scars and pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus) and has been venerated as a saint decades after his death2. This line seems to just be a bit of a skewed way of repeating the line above it, so I tried preserving that in English to the best of my ability.3. I think 'azz' is short for "cazzo," which can mean anything like "dick, shit, fuck, etc." in English, depending on context and I went with "shit" here because it can be easily shortened/censored (like the word in the original) while the reader is still able to know which word it's supposed to be.4. A type of city district typically walled, with many narrow and maze-like streets, found in North African cities

• Artist:Marracash
• Album:Persona (2019)