Veni Vidi Vici [English translation]

My pain and my sorrows made me into a man

I was hanging around in one hall or another (?)

Having at last left [Fresnes 1

I was introduced to the street brothers and I made them my queen

They said to me if you're smart don't mess with your zen 2

They said brother "pose-pose" and I pulled out the gun

I didn't know when you "pose-pose" 3 the haters have the drugs

Man you come from far away and dare to open your big mouth

Yeah this is my Banlieu Sale 4 music

The capital of crime

Yeah Yeah veni vidi vici 5

I came, I poked it and I was defeated

I would really like to say that you're not my bitch

But those words are false Oh Oh Oh

Yeah what's new Fouiny 6 baby

I have hos, I can flow

I will massage your back and then I'll break your back

oh!

Yeah we drive without a licence

Mercedes Benz

Fouiny RnB, I need your time

You're my bitch!

Yeah black 4x4, blacked out windows

If I sell my 4 rims 7

I've enough to smoke you (smoke)

With these 'if's' we turn the world upside down

We spray the world with Uzis

We don't sniff coke

We don't eat pork

My rap isn't halal

That's to be expected as it's not dead 8

Yeah so I came back in an ass

I took the time to go to Amsterdam

And return with 12g of weed

Yeah yeah veni vidi vici

I came, I fell and I came back

Innocent, imprisoned

File closed without a sequel

I never leave for tomorrow

What I can hit 9 today

Yeah my rap is not a disposable razor

Ghetto, Banlieu Sale 10

Send your style if it's safe to drink!

Swagg [branding] on your hat, Louis [branding] on your vest

Rap is like McDonalds

You don't have a choice I'm the "filet" 11

yeah it's dirty ghetto on the track

My DJ's car was more expensive than their artist's promotion

French rap gets mad 12

Capital of crime by thugs collaborating with accountants!

I take delight in the fact that my car was scratched

- no hard feelings cos

I'm one of the few MCs that has one!

Yeah you've tried it, you leave Trappes 13 disappointed, when the cat's

not there the mice shoot themselves 14

Yeah yeah Veni vidi vici

I came in Gucci, in Louis [brands]

You were supposed to come out 15 in June, eventually you come out in autum

Having listened to my record you distance yourself from your own album!

Yeah we'll forget them all like Danny Glover

For us it's Range Rover

For them it's game over!

Yeah sold out concert don't pretend not to understand

Man we blocked the streets while you blocked the toilets

Yeah be sure the producer's Rise-E [DJ E-rise – producer for La Fouine]

In 2011 too many MCs have a shaved pussy

Destroyed, all that remains for you is to try and hide

We will do like your father and make you a little brother

Yeah my coke sells itself like Lady Gaga

If they hit me I will end up in obscurity like You Gataga [Gataga by Mister You]

(taga??) you have reason to say here is the 7.8 16

Call the cops but be quick!

1. Refers to either the area or the large prison there 2. double meaning /wordplay don't mess with your nose (ie snort cocaine) [zen = nez in verlan] 3. pose-pose = possibly 'put it down' or 'ask', but I think this has another slang meaning I haven't been able to find4. name of his record label and means 'dirty ghetto 5. Latin for I came I saw I conquered 6. nickname derived from artist name La Fouine 7. should be jantes not gentes in the French version 8. wordplay - ie hasn't been killed in a halal manner 9. could be hit or fuck, not clear from context 10. record label name means 'dirty ghetto' 11. a muslim the only meal La Fouine can eat in McDonalds is the Filet o Fish – implies La Fouine's rap is the only 'edible' type 12. double meaning crazy/angry in the french version as well 13. Trappes is the area la Fouine comes from 14. ie when the police are not around the gangsters shoot each other 15. in the sense of artist releasing a single or album 16. possibly slang for a specific neighbourhood ?

• Artist:La Fouine