Stand The Ghetto Lyrics in English Bernard Lavilliers
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Stand The Ghetto by Bernard Lavilliers from French to English.
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Si tu danses le reggae
If you dance reggae
Si tu penses reggae
If you think reggae
Tu balances reggae
You rock reggae
Sans défense reggae
defenseless reggae
C'est spécial le reggae
Reggae is special
Infernal reggae
hellish reggae
Ça commence à cogner
It's starting to knock
Comme un coeur régulier
Like a regular heart
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I know when and where I go
I and I know when and where I go
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to stand the ghetto
But it's so hard to stand the ghetto
Tout le monde danse, tu te traînes
Everybody's dancing, you're dragging yourself
Tout le monde fume et tu bois
Everybody smokes and you drink
Downtown, ça enchaîne
Downtown, it goes on
Dans les rhumbars en bois
In wooden rumbars
Quand ça cause le reggae
When it causes reggae
Ça explose reggae
It explodes reggae
C'est la soul reggae
It's soul reggae
Qui déboule reggae
Who tumbles reggae
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I know when and where I go
I and I know when and where I go
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to stand the ghetto
But it's so hard to stand the ghetto
Derrière les barbelés
behind the barbed wire
Trois rangés bien gardées
Three rows well guarded
Ils attendent de crever
They are waiting to die
De sortir, de braquer
To go out, to rob
Pour le flingue dans ta poche
For the gun in your pocket
T'es coincé à gun court
You're stuck at short gun
Jusque-là le reggae
Until then reggae
Viendra te réveiller
will wake you up
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I know when and where I go
I and I know when and where I go
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to stand the ghetto
But it's so hard to stand the ghetto
Elle est noire et dorée
She's black and gold
Elle est belle à crever
She is beautiful to die for
Regarde-la marcher
Watch her walk
Et danser son reggae
And dance his reggae
Fait trop chaud pour chanter
Too hot to sing
Fait trop soif pour noter
Too thirsty to rate
Trop beau pour t'expliquer
Too good to explain to you
Ce qui se passe dans le reggae
What happens in reggae
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I love the island in the sun
I and I know when and where I go
I and I know when and where I go
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to feed my kids
But it is so hard to stand the ghetto
But it's so hard to stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
To stand the ghetto
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