Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Bahia by Luidji from French to English.
J'ai écouté ce qu'on m'a dit
I listened to what they told me
Puis j'ai fait l'inverse
Then I did the opposite
They don't care about us, babe
They don't care about us, babe
J'redeviens gosse
I'm a kid again
Assis sur le pilori
Sitting on the pillory
À acheter des toiles dont je n'connais plus le prix, hmm
Buying canvases I don't know the price of anymore, hmm
Seul dans un bus de nuit
Alone on a night bus
Douze heures de route sans réseau, sans Wi-Fi
Twelve hours on the road with no signal, no Wi-Fi
Aucun moyen de savoir où je suis
No way to know where I am
Mh, mon âme s'en voit guérie
mh, my soul feels healed
Perdido entros baianos
Lost among the Baianos
Je n'ai pensé qu'à ça
I thought about nothing else
L'impression de vivre les tableaux de mon papa
Feels like living inside my dad's paintings
Garnis de ces âmes qui ne croient qu'en ce qu'elles ne voient pas
Filled with those souls who only believe in what they don't see
Bahia, Bahia, Bahia
Bahia, Bahia, Bahia
De pire en pire
Worse and worse
La peur m'empêche de grandir
Fear keeps me from growing up
Mon propre guide n'a cessé de me dire
My own guide kept telling me
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Si tu pars, attention à toi'
"If you go, watch yourself"
'J'ai été là-bas'
"I've been over there"
'Vécu là-bas'
"Lived over there"
'Et j'y ai vu des gens de chez moi'
"And I saw people from back home there"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Si tu y vas, attention à toi'
"If you go, watch yourself"
'J'ai été là-bas'
"I've been over there"
'Vécu là-bas'
"Lived over there"
'Et j'y ai vu des gens de chez moi'
"And I saw people from back home there"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Si tu pars, attention à toi'
"If you go, watch yourself"
'J'ai été là-bas'
"I've been over there"
'Vécu là-bas'
"Lived over there"
'Et j'y ai vu des gens de chez moi'
"And I saw people from back home there"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Ne t'en vas pas'
"Don't leave"
'Si tu y vas, attention à toi'
"If you go, watch yourself"
'J'ai été là-bas'
"I've been over there"
'Vécu là-bas'
"Lived over there"
Paris, j'veux voir tout l'monde danser
Paris, I wanna see everybody dance
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