Cara Italia Lyrics in English Ghali

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cara Italia by Ghali from Italian to English.

I smoke, walk in, change my face

We already know how it ends

I gotta be careful, damn

If I knock her up then my mom'll

'Cause I'm still a kid

Part Italian, part Tunisian

She's from Puerto Rico, if it happens Trump makes it a mess

What kind of politics is this?

What's the difference between left and right?

Ministers change but not the soup

The toilet's here on the left, the bathroom's down on the right

Straight on my road

Better than nothing, más que nada

Alright, you wait downstairs

If Mom doesn't like you, I don't like you

You say, "I knew it," but I don't buy it

I'm not stupid

Some people have closed minds and stayed behind

Like in the Middle Ages

The paper milks it, talks about the foreigner like he's an alien

No passport, looking for dinero

I feel lucky

At the end of the day

When I'm lucky

It's the end of the world

I'm a crazy who reads, a crazy outlaw

Out of the flock, writing: "Idiot whoever's reading"

When duty calls me

I answer and say, "I'm here"

You tell me, "Listen to your mom"

Uno, dos, tres: I'm already there

When they tell me, "Go home!"

I reply, "I'm already here"

I ❤ you, dear Italy

You're my better half

Hold up, my ears are ringing

Suspense, one sec before the sequel

The fee doesn't include coins

Crash Bandicoot picks up apples

In my crew everyone's got good-looking faces

Like a handsome black guy heading to Benin City

I don't waste words, I don't talk to Siri

Happy to make music for kids

Before you drop a comment, think

Before you p*ss against the wind, turn

Before you blow your paycheck, wait

I'm back in Baggio, can't feel it without her

Shake it!

Maybe your phone gets no signal in the suburbs

Ended up freestyling on a raft in the Darsena

My WhatsApp chat looks like Instagram

Love and ambition already in my starter pack

Prisoners of Azkaban escaped from Alcatraz

We did homework just to scrape by

I feel lucky

At the end of the day

When I'm lucky

It's the end of the world

I'm a crazy who reads, a crazy outlaw

Out of the flock, writing: "Idiot whoever's reading"

When duty calls me

I answer and say, "I'm here"

You tell me, "Listen to your mom"

Uno, dos, tres: I'm already there

When they tell me, "Go home!"

I reply, "I'm already here"

I ❤ you, dear Italy

You're my better half

When duty calls me

I answer and say, "I'm here"

You tell me, "Listen to your mom"

Uno, dos, tres: I'm already there

When they tell me, "Go home!"

I reply, "I'm already here"

I ❤ you, dear Italy

You're my better half

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SONG MEANING

“Cara Italia” is Ghali’s playful love letter to the country that raised him. Over an infectious beat, the half-Tunisian, half-Italian rapper zips between Italian, Spanish, and English to show how multilingual and multicultural modern Italy really is. He jokes about overprotective moms, videogames, and bad phone reception in the suburbs, yet slips in sharper lines about immigration, Trump, and newspapers that paint foreigners as aliens. The result feels like scrolling through a lively social-media feed: memes, politics, and personal confessions all racing past at once.

Amid the humor and rapid-fire pop-culture references, Ghali’s main message is clear: identity is a mix, and that mix is beautiful. He rejects outdated stereotypes, celebrates feeling “fortunato,” and reminds listeners that criticism can still come from a place of affection. By ending each chorus with “Io t.v.b, cara Italia” (“I love you, dear Italy”), he balances protest with gratitude, turning the song into both a critique of intolerance and a warm hug to the nation he calls home.

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