Jimmy Lyrics in English Booba
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Jimmy by Booba from French to English.
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Sénégal, D.K.R
Senegal, D.K.R
Jimmy!
Jimmy!
Bakel City gangster
Bakel City gangster
Jimmy est arrivé
Jimmy has arrived
En France croyant trouver
In France believing to find
Liberté égalité
Liberty egality
Mais en réalité
But in reality
Contrôles d'identité
Identity checks
Violences policières
Police violence
Jimmy a tout de suite pigé
Jimmy immediately understood
Qu'il faudrait niquer les mères
That mothers should be fucked
Chez lui il n'y a que Jésus
At home there is only Jesus
Qui tend l'autre joue
Who turns the other cheek
Donc Jimmy prend son revolver
So Jimmy takes his gun
Survit au jour le jour
Survive day by day
Il apprend que dans la vie
He learns that in life
Pour y arriver faut prendre des risques
To get there you have to take risks
Que lorsqu'on s'appelle Jimmy
That when your name is Jimmy
On a rarement ce que l'on mérite
We rarely get what we deserve
La force est la souffrance des pères
Strength is the suffering of fathers
De ça que l'on hérite
What we inherit
Il ne verra pas la fin du film
He won't see the end of the film
Ne sera pas dans le générique
Will not be in the credits
Mais Jimmy
But Jimmy
Ne sera jamais démuni
Will never be deprived
Préfère la prison à vie
Prefers life in prison
Comme aux États-Unis
Like in the United States
Jimmy veut être le meilleur
Jimmy wants to be the best
Qu'on ne puisse pas rivaliser
That we can't compete
Il vit le crime en musique
He lives crime in music
Malhonnêtement équalisé
Dishonestly equalized
Jimmy n'a pas peur du shérif
Jimmy is not afraid of the sheriff
Il est de l'autre côté
He's on the other side
De l'autre côté du périph
the other side of the ring-road
Ses jours comptés, numérotés
His days numbered, numbered
Jimmy veut qu'on le paye
Jimmy wants us to pay him
Cash et comptant
Cash and cash
Sinon il coupera la musique
Otherwise it will cut the music
Te fumera en chantant
Will smoke you while singing
Il n'éteindra pas en sortant
It won't turn off when going out
Jimmy ne vivra pas longtemps
Jimmy won't live long
Mais Jimmy vient du bled
But Jimmy comes from the countryside
Ventre plein, négro content
Belly full, nigga happy
C'est Jimmy
It's Jimmy
Oh oh oh oh, Jimmy
Oh oh oh oh, Jimmy
Jimmy a ses raisons, que la raison ne connaît pas
Jimmy has his reasons, which reason does not know
Il ne respecte pas la loi
He doesn't respect the law
La loi ne le respecte pas
The law does not respect it
C'est Jimmy
It's Jimmy
Oh oh oh oh, Jimmy
Oh oh oh oh, Jimmy
Jimmy a ses raisons, que la raison ne connaît pas
Jimmy has his reasons, which reason does not know
Il ne respecte pas la loi
He doesn't respect the law
La loi ne le respecte pas
The law does not respect it
Oh oh oh oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
Oh oh oh oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
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