Petit frère [English translation]

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Petit frère [English translation]

Little brother’s only wish was to be a grown up

That’s why he’s been acting tough since he was 10

Becoming an adult with the news as his mentor

Means beating the shit out of those who disagree

Back when big brother was a kid

We could geek out over Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

But now the dwarves have done away with Snow White

And now they beat up people in Mortal Kombat

At 13, he already has a lust for money

But his pockets are empty so he acts gangsta

At slumber parties and now ragers, no more Teisseire syrup

Little brother wants beer

I don’t think it was intentional, but adults certainly

If indirectly showed him that being bad is good

Tomorrow his notebooks will be all crossed out

Little brother smokes spliffs and breaks car windows

Little brother has left the playground

He can barely walk but wants seven-league boots

Little brother wants to grow up too fast

But he forgot that running is useless, little brother

Little brother dreams of cars, clothes, money

Street cred, for all of that he'd steal the moon

He racks up a rap sheet without a care

For the harm he's done, all while asking for respect

It doesn't matter to him what tomorrow will bring

To give some people reasons to despise their younger peer

The cathode ray tube in his head

Has blocked out the vibrations of the African drums

No more schoolbag, he wouldn't know what to do with it

He doesn’t play with marbles anymore, he wants to play with revolvers

Little brother threw away his toy soldiers to become a warrior

And focus on the loot he's gonna hoard

Little brother has left the playground

He can barely walk but wants seven-league boots

Little brother wants to grow up too fast

But he forgot that running is useless, little brother

The reporters start the trends, school violence already existed

In my day, it was rackets, fights, vandalism

Shattering our teachers' windshields with bats

Chaos with boxcutters

But covering it on the news every evening makes it ordinary

It's imprinted in the retina like a normal situation

And if little brother wants attention

He just has to imitate what he saw before 8:30

Shit, in the '80s, it was the statement of facts but now

These reporters make facts out of statements

And I don't think little brother was worse before

Just overexposed to the advertisements of violence

For the grown ups, kids were the best lemons

The number 1 target market for consumer products

And to secure a part of it for himself

Little brother secured himself with a gun on his belt

They know who you are when they see what you have

Little brother knows and keeps that fact in mind

Money opened the doors to a blue sky

As easy as his screwdrivers opened those of cars

Grandstanding is all he wants

It feels even better when you're wearing Giorgio Armani

Worried about other people's perception of him

Despite his young age, little brother smokes to look more grown up

He wanted to take the highway to riches

But didn't realize he could lose his feathers

He just barely got out of his egg

And already, little brother wants to be bigger than an ox

Little brother has left the playground

He can barely walk but wants seven-league boots

Little brother wants to grow up too fast

But he forgot that running is useless, little brother

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