Le Mépris Lyrics in English Fortune Cookie Club
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Mépris by Fortune Cookie Club from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
C'est pas parce que t'as un diplôme
It's not because you have a diploma
Que tu es immunisé
That you are immune
C'est pas parce que t'as un travail
It's not because you have a job
Que tu ne souffres pas de la pauvreté
That you do not suffer from poverty
Vivre, vivre sa vie dans un char
Live, live your life in a tank
Vivre, sous un boulevard
Living under a boulevard
Vivre une vie sur une route, sans jamais avancer
Living a life on a road, never moving forward
Avec gratte-ciels, Mercédès
With skyscrapers, Mercedes
Comme unique horizon à léguer
As the only horizon to bequeath
Vivre, au carrefour d'un monde en panne
Living at the crossroads of a broken world
Vivre, d'air pollué et d'eau plate
Living on polluted air and still water
Vivre, dans un monde pauvre qui fait tout pour sembler riche
Living in a poor world that does everything to appear rich
Paris, j'peux pas prétendre savoir, ni m'imaginer
Paris, I can't pretend to know, nor imagine
Devoir en plus supporter le mépris de ceux
Having to endure the contempt of those
Qui sont déshumanisés
Who are dehumanized
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