Immigrés Lyrics in English GLK
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Immigrés by GLK from French to English.
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Il a quitté l'Algérie
He left Algeria
Avec quelques regrets
With some regrets
Il a laissé sa famille
He left his family
Pour fuir la misère
To escape poverty
Une fois un pied posé en France
Once you set foot in France
Voilà une nouvelle vie qui commence
Here is a new life that begins
Rien à boire, rien à manger
Nothing to drink, nothing to eat
Obligé de se débrouiller
Forced to cope
Travail au black mal payée, courageux il n'a pas abandonné
Poorly paid black market job, courageous he didn't give up
Nos pays se sont battus mais on reste des étrangers
Our countries fought but we remain foreigners
Aucun réel amis pour le consoler
No real friends to console him
Il repense à sa famille posé dans un coin isolé
He thinks back to his family sitting in an isolated corner
Ils ont fait trimer nos parents
They made our parents work
Nos parents ont trimé pour nous
Our parents worked for us
Désormais c'est plus comme avant maintenant ils ont besoin de la force des négros et bougnouls
From now on it's not like before now they need the strength of niggas and bougnouls
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
J'suis ce fils d'immigré
I am this son of an immigrant
Nous nous sommes tous né ici
We were all born here
Grandi dans la cité
Growing up in the city
Tous les jours en famille
Every day with family
On abat la misère
We eradicate poverty
Chaque jour qui passe on recommence
Every day that passes we start again
À faire de l'argent en abondance
To make money in abundance
Le frigo bien remplit, Dieu merci
The fridge is well stocked, thank goodness
On charbonne nima est à l'abri
We coal nima is safe
Aucun de ces traîtres ne mangera à notre table
None of these traitors will eat at our table
Petit voyou devenu bonhomme responsable
Little thug turned responsible guy
Malgré les coups durs nous on garde tous la tête haute
Despite the hard knocks, we all keep our heads held high
Personne ne marche sur notre honneur on est des fils d'immigrés
Nobody steps on our honor we are sons of immigrants
Ils ont fait trimer nos parents
They made our parents work
Nos parents ont trimé pour nous
Our parents worked for us
Désormais c'est plus comme avant maintenant ils ont besoin de la force des négros et bougnouls
From now on it's not like before now they need the strength of niggas and bougnouls
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
J'suis ce fils d'immigré
I am this son of an immigrant
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
Yeah, papa ne parle pas français
Yeah, dad doesn't speak French
Yeah, j'suis ce fils d'immigré
Yeah, I'm that son of an immigrant
J'suis ce fils d'immigré
I am this son of an immigrant
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