Alter Ego Lyrics in English by Booba, Wayne Wonder
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Alter Ego by Booba from French to English.
J'ai commencé ma carrière en chien, sans aucun but
I started my career like a dog, without any goal
Reconnu derrière la vitre sans teint, sans aucun doute
Recognized behind the tinted window, without a doubt
Le grand black en vête-sur qui m'a visé
The big black guy in a suit who aimed at me
Dès qu'j'en vois un comme lui j'me chie dessus j'suis traumatisé
As soon as I see someone like him, I sh*t myself, I'm traumatized
J'demande une minute de dancehall
I ask for a minute of dancehall
Pour toutes nos victimes
For all our victims
J'adoucis les moeurs au C4
I soften morals with C4
Pour les cains-fri les big team
For the African-French, the big team
Bienvenue dans ma zone
Welcome to my zone
Où les khos s'entretuent
Where the homies kill each other
Pour des thunes des chiennes
For money, for b*tches
Les mauvais roles s'entretiennent
The bad roles are maintained
Quand j'déchaine les enfers comme Maximus
When I unleash hell like Maximus
J'distribue la haine
I distribute hate
La colombienne dans chaque sinus
Colombian in every sinus
Flippe car on ne mâche pas nos mots
Freak out because we don't mince our words
On met les pitts avant la charrette
We put the cart before the horse
Mon son ne marche pas, négro
My sound doesn't walk, n*gro
Il court ou il s'arrête
It runs or it stops
S'tu kiffes pas tu remballes vite
If you don't like it, pack up quickly
Ta voix sans danger
Your harmless voice
Et moi tu sais, j'comprends pas l'beat
And you know, I don't understand the beat
De ceux qu'ils n'respectaient aucunes règles
Of those who respected no rules
Explose comme à Gaza ou Tel-Aviv
Explodes like in Gaza or Tel-Aviv
À part Attila aucun modèle à suivre
Apart from Attila, no model to follow
Des mc's comme nous
MCs like us
Y'en aura pas d'aussi tot
There won't be any so soon
J'débite si violemment
I flow so violently
Qu'j'pourrais en perdre une chicot, fais vite
That I could lose a tooth, hurry up
Passe moi l'magot, l'argent les rend coquines
Pass me the loot, money makes them naughty
J'ai tué Caliméro d'une bastos dans la coquille
I killed Calimero with a bullet in the shell
Le crime est vocal, radical
The crime is vocal, radical
Rempli l'jerrican d'essence
Fill the jerrycan with gas
Envoie la concurrence au médical
Send the competition to the medical ward
Du mal à contrôler mes pulsions comme Doum's
Hard to control my impulses like Doum's
Quand le chien frappe la culasse
When the dog hits the breech
Brah' pas l'temps d'dire ouf
Bro, no time to say "phew"
Comme Nino Brown et G-Money
Like Nino Brown and G-Money
Je ne rêve que d'assassinat, de cérémonie
I only dream of assassination, of ceremony
À tout moment le reve détalle, demande à Michael
At any moment the dream runs away, ask Michael
L'appétit vient en mangeant, ou en crevant la dalle, ma gueule
Appetite comes with eating, or by starving, my man
En plein exercice de mes fonctions
In the full exercise of my functions
9.2 I l'armée des 6, j'te parle de larmes et de chiffres
9.2 I the army of 6, I'm talking about tears and numbers
De gros chiffres
Of big numbers
J'te parle de nous du quartier
I'm talking about us, about the neighborhood
D'nos hyéroglyphes
About our hieroglyphs
Si y'a faute personne ne siffle
If there's a foul, no one whistles
Dakar ou Marrakech, tuerie
Dakar or Marrakech, massacre
MC de la pire éspèce
MC of the worst kind
A.k.A le flow qui surine
A.k.a the flow that stabs
Ceux à qui le mal sourit
Those to whom evil smiles
Frappe chez lui chez elle
Knocks at his place, at her place
C'est 9-2-I qui débarque ou le G.I.G.N?
Is it 9-2-I arriving or the G.I.G.N?
Tu t'demandes encore qui déflore les Genelec
You're still wondering who deflowers the Genelec
Sur scène avec DJ Kore ou DJ Belleck
On stage with DJ Kore or DJ Belleck
On les fait monter et descendre
We make them go up and down
Un peu comme Otis, ça fait nos peines sur une jambe
A bit like Otis, it makes our troubles on one leg
On sort en 4 roues motrices
We go out in 4-wheel drive
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Lyrics © SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING, Royalty Network
Elie Yaffa, Clement Dumoulin
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hyéroglyphes — hieroglyphs
Hyéroglyphes literally translates to "hieroglyphs," referring to the ancient Egyptian writing system. It's an unexpected and intriguing word to find in a rap song.
In the context of Booba's lyrics, he uses it metaphorically to describe the unique and perhaps coded language or symbols of his neighborhood and crew ("D'nos hyéroglyphes"). It suggests a deep, shared history and identity that outsiders might not understand, making it a powerful and evocative choice.
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