L’italiano Balla Lyrics in English Fabri Fibra , Crookers

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L’italiano Balla by Fabri Fibra from Italian to English.
In Argentina it's tango
Like the ball, in Cuba it's mambo
Sirtaki in Greece, South American ones
If I were good at dancing
Even if I were in the right scene
I wouldn't take even one step, just one spin
In the world it doesn't matter who's here, it matters who's got
If this life were a dance it'd be a cha-cha-cha
Couple dances, group dances, group highs
In fact God makes us and then couples us
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
Dance!
Dance!
Dance!
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
You call me commercial, you're wrong
I'm super-commercial to the third power
You look bummed, you don't dance
Yet you're stuck to my a*s
I've got a thousand things going, while I'm on the floor I dance
In this country everything's slow, I dance a slow one
One step right, one left toward the floor
Like a dancer who's lost his sight
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
Dance!
Dance!
Dance!
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
Bridge
Look
Look what's there, what's there
Bridge
I can't dance like the others
Everyone keeps time better than me, better than me
Mom
Look what's there, what's there
Bridge
I can't dance like the others
Everyone keeps time better than me, better than me
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
The Italian dances badly, the Italian dances badly
The Italian, the Italian, the Italian dances badly
Dance!
Dance!
Dance, dance
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SONG MEANING

Fabri Fibra teams up with electro-duo Crookers to turn the dance floor into a playful mirror of Italian culture. In a whirlwind of international rhythms—tango in Argentina, mambo in Cuba, sirtaki in Greece—the rapper keeps circling back to one tongue-in-cheek verdict: “L’italiano balla male” (Italians dance badly). The repeated hook is more than a joke about two left feet; it is a light-hearted critique of how Italy sometimes struggles to keep pace with the rest of the world. By calling himself “super-commerciale al cubo” and comparing life to a cha-cha-cha, Fabri Fibra admits he is part of the system yet pokes fun at its slow, awkward steps.

Wrapped in booming beats and irresistibly shout-along commands—“Balla! Balla!”—the song invites listeners to laugh at their own missteps and, most importantly, to move anyway. Whether you groove smoothly or stumble out of time, the track reminds us that energy, self-irony, and a willingness to try matter more than technical perfection. After all, if everyone is “ballando male” together, it becomes its own confident style. So hit play, shrug off any embarrassment, and dance like nobody’s grading your cha-cha.

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