Occidentali's Karma [English translation]

To be or to have to be -

the Hamletic doubt

as contemporary as the Neolithic man.

In your 2 × 3 cage make yourself comfortable:

intellectuals in cafés,

internet experts,

honorary members of selfieholic anonymous.

Intelligence is out of fashion,

easy answers,

useless dilemmas.

A.A.A. In search for (search, yes)

stories with a grand finale;

In the hope for, (hope, yes)

that however it goes, everything will flow

and Singin' in the Rain.

Refrain:

Lessons on nirvana,

there's the Buddha in single file,

for all an hour of yard time, of glory. Alé!

The crowd shouts a mantra,

evolution stumbles,

the naked ape dances

westerners' karma,

westerners' karma,

the naked ape dances,

western's karma.

Drops of Chanel are raining

on aseptic bodies,

Save yourself from the smell of your fellow man.

We're all know-it-alls with the web,

cocaine of the people,

opium of the poor.

A.A.A. In search for (search, yes)

virtual humanity,

sex appeal, (sex appeal)

that however it goes, everything will flow

and Singin' in the Rain.

Refrain:

Lessons on nirvana,

there's the Buddha in single file,

for all an hour of yard time, of glory. Alé!

The crowd shouts a mantra,

evolution stumbles,

the naked ape dances

westerners' karma,

westerners' karma,

the naked ape dances,

western's karma.

When life is distracted,

men fall.

westerners' karma,

westerners' karma,

the ape rises.

Namasté, alé!

Refrain:

Lessons on nirvana,

there's the Buddha in single file,

for all an hour of yard time, of glory. Alé!

The crowd shouts a mantra,

evolution stumbles,

the naked ape dances

westerners' karma,

westerners' karma,

the naked ape dances,

western's karma.

• Artist:Francesco Gabbani
• Album:Magellano (2017)