Regarde-moi

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Look at me, I am the France from below
Unemployment and crisis
Dude, I'm the one fighting it
I live daily
What you don't know, what you don't understand
Just below your place

Look at me (4x)

Verse
I grew up far from wealthy countries
With parents who didn't speak a word of French
Financial problems
Forcing my old man to come back from the construction site with a broken back
To make sure not to meet the bailiffs anymore
To be able to help them, I worked at school
Because I was always told that diplomas bring a job
I spent my evenings working hard
Until the day I passed my exams successfully
The pride of the family
I was the beacon of hope
To finally get them out of the projects
But despite my resume, all doors closed
They said too qualified, I would say too brown
I started working as a security guard
It was temporary to ensure the baby's arrival
But the years passed, the bills piled up
I entered a bank masked and shouted

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Verse
I grew up far from wealthy environments
Completely French, with divorced parents
Because of a father with a penchant for alcohol
I had to stop studying to better help mom pay for Johanna's diapers
My little sister, my jewel, my karma, the one who makes me smile when things go wrong
I already saw her as a doctor or lawyer but destiny had another plan for my sister
At 16, a baby, rent to pay, the father who ran away afraid to take responsibility
Debts filling the brain, still no job to pay for the milk, the diapers of this little kid
She starts drinking to forget
Neurons exploding from smoking too much
One July evening, full of pills, on the firefighters' voicemail she starts screaming

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Verse
I grew up in an affluent environment
A bourgeois family, I am the heir of a very wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement
Delegate in a private school, graduated without much effort
Thanks to my father's annual donation
Always well-dressed, Dior, Armani, or Dolce
I travel the world in a private jet
I get rid of my fines because I have lunch at the Élysée
I spend my evenings at the Costes, with my nostrils powdered
Collecting girls
The beautiful Rihannas
Happy bachelor
I told Johanna
And she brought me a tiny baby
Told me it was mine
And that I had to take responsibility
Of course, I left her
And without looking back
But that night she called me, full of pills
To calm her down, I went to see my banker
A masked guy came in, robbed me, then shouted

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