L'amour du risque

98 for the FFT
Always the same desires for everyone
Everyone says
Damn, I dream of that, if life offered it to me
I’d probably have fewer guys to lock up
At night, it’s different
You see fewer smiling faces
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With our dog lives
There’s enough to make endless stories
The streets in the background, more real than the news
From the lived experience, you know the chorus
We’re hungry, and nothing’s about to change except
The faces of the clowns on the bills
If we make it, it won’t change the world
We’re just burnt-out heads conquering the world
Not role models, we’re all just trying to find our place
If God wills it, one day we’ll be in our place
At night, eyes are locked on
Chased by the cops, and
Gotta score points for the love of risk
Today, it’s clear, life is risky
At every corner, there’s a cop hiding
The kids have nothing to do, thinking about getting high
At night, the wolves come out of their dens
They’ve got the vice, the style, they’re out for a ride
In a Beamer, no salad
A good dish from a sports store
Here we go for the thrill
A security patrol is watching
The hit will come later
For now, it’s blasting, at the speed of light, hush
Mission: gotta blow up the radars 220 on the highway
Not even feeling down, I’d say they’re just starting
While smoking joints
It’s time to feast, heading downtown
On the way, some pretty girls
They say having a big car attracts them
Pull the handbrake for the thrill
In action, a little smile
To see if it’s good, there’s nothing worse
Than heartless ones ready for a laugh
Good, but they gotta leave
And they’ve got a job to do
They gotta eat, it’ll give them strength for danger
Right from the start, the crazies want to wreck everything
Burning fires, it’s gonna go bad
The cops will force them to pull over
Nothing to lose, they want to escape
No way to trick them, too close
Hit the gas to not get caught
Capped, the nearest highway entrance
No luck, a checkpoint, it’s infuriating
No more sports store, night at the station
The love of risk in a world
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Just like my buddies
I see everything with my blood-red eyes
The scenery I come from is shady
Like my guys, I can’t move without
At night, the world changes, God
And we’re roaming without stakes
I’m in heaven
Saying I come from where people are dangerous
Among lovers of risk, we understand each other
Before you risk it, I tell you
In class, no one learns it
Without shame or gender at night
We harm those who command...
Everyone says, I gotta eat that money
Like Belmondo or Jean-Paul Gaultier
Don’t give a damn, man
As long as there’s cash, screw everything
It’s not just you struggling in the concrete
Come into the coma, buddy
Kids where they burn like in Singapore or Miami
Once the moon is full, all full of booze
My guys joke around, take off, catch some fools
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Conclusion, we roll some papers, smoke
Then some of the girls talk too much
Basically, we dine, we fuck, we drink
Each neighborhood counts its QG
Its dives, its kids on probation
Nerves on edge, lack of luck
We know the drill down here
We’re used to it
Like those men in blue suits who killed
Who get exonerated after that
Hard to have faith in justice
We’re sinking like the Titanic
Misery spreads in a titanic way
Just know that what’s happening to me, I didn’t choose it
Stay docile? No, but you don’t want me to get fucked?
Also here, for the parents, there’s enough to worry about
Even the bravest kids have their entrance to hell
We represent the other side of the scene
I rap in the name of my people
And starting tomorrow, I’ll keep going
It doesn’t pay much
I admit, I do this for the love of risk
We stay the same in life as on record
On the mic, I let go of the arm?
I realize the stakes
Without running from my dog life
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If we make it, it won’t change the world
We’re just burnt-out heads conquering the world
Not role models, we’re all just trying to find our place
If God wills it, one day we’ll be in...
We can’t bleed anymore
I love my people
For them, I hope hard, without saying super hard
I know my crew is strong
We’re not examples
My life is freestyle, man
Screw Babylon
Keep a cool head, nonbeliever
Don’t be petty, but when
The alarms ring all night...
I don’t pay attention anymore
Raised in the noise, the kids come out
Like sweat
With every breath, my rage rises
I rap for bravery
For love, you know
But we gotta eat, brother, savor
Bowls of caviar drift away from the prison system
I’ve seen too many rotten lives, scavengers smile
Shit, it’s like a war, a heist
My mic in iron, that’s what it’s for
Take down, grab some pinups
FF stands tougher than a nipple
As a jackal on the prowl
In the concrete jungle
I pull the handbrake, sweaty hands
Dirty, like Luciano
Rap in bursts armed with the truth
It bothers the idiots
Cheers, buddy
Pull out the JB from under the seat
FF unloads four hundred hits
The devil sets traps for us
Tempted by the devil
The fruits of defense, but not defended
I tell myself that to see my enemies with split skulls
We want our due, damn it
The cash, how I love it
I think I need it, crazy for it
See everything that happens because of it
FF a clan of survivors from the streets with no future
Bringing together brothers and sisters like stitches
Don Choa
Normal, nothing changes
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If we make it, it won’t change the world
We’re just burnt-out heads conquering the world
Not role models, we’re all just trying to find our place
If God wills it, one day we’ll be in...
{Chorus}
If we make it, it won’t change the world
We’re just burnt-out heads conquering the world
Not role models, we’re all just trying to find our place
If God wills it, one day we’ll be in place
You did it...
It’s the FF, in 98
Except for the faces of the clowns on the bills.