Singer: Kery James
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Song: A qui la faute
Kery James - A qui la faute Lyrics (LRC) (06:17-377-0-en) (PARTIAL PREVIEW)
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[00:21.02]I wanted to make a film
[00:23.16]I did it, I didn’t wait for Canal
[00:25.18]I didn’t wait for an arts grant
[00:26.92]I was tired of seeing the same people
[00:28.58]Grab our stories
[00:29.92]So I wrote my own screenplay That depicts our lives
[00:33.20]I don’t want my hands idle I counted on my talent
[00:36.62]I’m not a “son of…” It’s only my determination that has long arms
[00:40.48]I had to work twice as hard As those with half the talent I have
[00:44.70]In France it’s normal for an African
[00:47.02]You ask me whose fault it is?
[00:49.00]As far as I’m concerned I wasn’t born To build somebody else’s dreams
[00:53.34]I carry my own victories and my failures
[00:55.24]I’m not a slave
[00:56.46]The French state isn’t my master
[00:58.42]However the French state keeps putting it to you And you maybe get by
[01:01.90]It’s nothing but the crumbs
[01:02.78]To make you feel that if you failed that’s because you’re stupid
[01:05.06]Because the stone that the builder refused Will end up in the window
[01:08.46]One lone film by Kery James Two hundred by shitty yuppies
[01:11.50]Wow, you did it all alone You see what I mean by all alone
[01:15.24]Poverty, how many are below that line Since the state had the good idea
[01:18.38]To get rich off immigrants
[01:20.34]And hand off the neighbourhoods to them Where the middle class committed suicide
[01:23.36]But compare those neighbourhoods To what our parents fled from
[01:26.02]The Bois-l’Abbé projects are luxurious For somebody fleeing Haiti
[01:29.12]When I see those with more I remember those with less
[01:32.30]From as far back as I can remember I never saw my mother complain
[01:35.52]Do you know where we come from?
[01:36.80]Me I did it all alone
[01:38.54]You understand all alone Huh? Below the poverty line
[01:41.72]The suburbs aren’t alone
[01:43.18]The countryside is abandoned The misery is rural too
[01:46.42]I know sympathetic whites For whom life is brutal
[01:49.26]The whites suffer too, thanks I didn’t see the news
[01:51.86]The slums have worn the yellow vest for twenty years Nobody gives a damn
[01:55.40]France is in denial A mix of ignorance and contempt
[01:58.60]Don’t talk about ethnicities I have uncles who think Africa‘s a country
[02:01.94]I know the neighbourhoods seen by those Who would never set foot there
[02:04.74]Who talk about them at every meal Never dream of going to see the facts
[02:07.86]I was raised like: “Don’t hang out with those people, you’ll get mugged”
[02:10.92]Myths and legends on TV Must integrate without mixing
[02:14.24]Trouble without counter-example The future will become your present
[02:16.90]No colonies without consequences Anti-white racism
[02:19.58]So much complacency Believe me I know that France
[02:22.24]I’m not saying everybody’s bad I say fears and negligence
[02:24.82]Make for a nasty population
[02:26.32]There’s racism in France, who are you telling that to?
[02:28.36]I wrote “Letter to the Republic”
[02:30.22]You, where were you?
[02:31.66]We don’t change things By just stating findings
[02:34.94]Submit or act I’ll tell you like it is
[02:37.44]Life is a question of choice!
[02:39.48]Neither left nor right
[02:40.92]But if our brothers don’t find work
[02:42.48]What can they do Beyond starting their own business?
[02:45.34]You see the world cross- eyed, you’re naïve
[02:48.28]You still believe in SOS Racisme And protests
[02:51.18]I’m not naïve, I’m betrayed I no longer believe what I was taught
[02:54.50]Equality, homeland Oh yeah?
[02:56.76]Are you the one choosing, start your business Who’s enriched on your credit?
[03:00.48]Get in the system or perish Lose your dreams in City Hall
[03:04.36]As long as they talk about elites They say you can get by if you deserve it
[03:08.32]But you deserve to get by It’s just a technique
[03:10.96]The state wants to put you to sleep And play the slum lords
[03:13.60]The only model of success Theirs based on dough
[03:16.78]If they help the youth to become the old like them
[03:18.88]You can hit the jackpot
[03:20.22]You won’t beat the casino At its own game
[03:22.88]Pyramid scheme the money rises The shit stays at the bottom
[03:25.86]I’m not saying everybody’s in on the plot I’m saying they don’t rock the boat
[03:29.56]I have brothers who’re gone
[03:31.66]I don’t...........
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