Respire 2020 Lyrics in English Mickey 3D , Bigflo & Oli

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Respire 2020 by Mickey 3D from French to English.

Intro

Give me some air

But I shut the window

Come closer, kid, listen up, kiddo

I'm gonna tell you the story of humankind

At first there was nothing, at first it was fine

Nature moved forward, there was no path

Then man showed up in his big old boots

Kicks in the face to get some respect

The one-way roads he started laying down

The arrows in the plain started to multiply

And every element ended up under control

In no time at all, the story was wrapped up

We won't be turning back anytime soon

We even started polluting the deserts

You need to breathe

And that's no small thing to say

You're not gonna die laughing

And that's no small thing to say

In a few years we'll have eaten the leaf

And your grandkids will only have one eye

Right in the middle of their forehead, they'll ask you

Why you've got two, you'll look like a d*ck

They'll say, How could you let that happen

You can defend yourself, explain in a whisper

It's not my fault, it's the elders'

But there'll be nobody left to wash your hands

So there you have it, kid, the story of humankind

It's not pretty, pretty, and I don't know the end

You weren't born in a cabbage but rather in a hole

That we fill every day like a manure pit

And we've grown up well, we're not kids anymore

What's changed? Not much, I guess

Straight into the wall, we keep rushing

And the only difference now is that we know it

I blame you who were there before us

For not doing much to avoid the hole

We look for excuses when the earth is in sorrow

But digging our grave we might find some oil

I put on a mask to go to the sea

I slip on a VR headset to get some air

We barrel into the ditch with giant strides

They say the grass is greener on the screens

A boomerang in the face like a tidal wave

The old mistakes, the packaging the wind brings back to us

It's too late when the vise tightens

If that's no small thing to say, then what's it to do it

For the young ones I think I'm already old

In the end, who'll stay standing

We hope the next generation'll do better

But the one before, is it the same as us

You need to breathe

Give me some air

It's tomorrow that everything gets worse

And tomorrow's yesterday

You're not gonna die laughing

I didn't get the joke

And that's no small thing to say

So I rap it

You need to breathe

But I shut the window

And that's no small thing to say

Quietly in my head

You're not gonna die laughing

Maybe I'll understand

That it's no small thing to say

you were right

You need to breathe

Give me some air

It's tomorrow that everything gets worse

And tomorrow's yesterday

You're not gonna die laughing

I didn't get the joke

And that's no small thing to say

So I rap it

Outro

You need to breathe

But I shut the window

You need to breathe

Quietly in my head

You need to breathe

Maybe I'll understand

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SONG MEANING

Respire 2020 sees French indie-rocker Mickey 3D team up with rap brothers Bigflo & Oli to give his early 2000s eco-anthem a fresh, urgent spin. Behind the addictive hook “Il faut que tu respires” (You have to breathe), the song speeds through humanity’s history: from untouched nature to concrete jungles, from wide-open skies to windows slammed shut. With playful yet biting lyrics, it shows humans stomping in with “gros souliers,” drawing one-way roads, taming every element, and even polluting deserts, all to a beat that makes you nod while you wince.

The tone flips between dark humor and stark warning. Tomorrow’s kids might have a single eye in the middle of their foreheads, VR headsets replace fresh air, and we keep digging our own graves hoping to strike oil. Generations toss the blame like a hot potato, but the chorus keeps gasping for breath, underlining the irony of suffocating the very planet that keeps us alive. In short, Respire 2020 is a lively wake-up call: knowing we’re driving toward disaster isn’t enough; if we want the next generation to breathe freely, we’d better crack that window open right now.

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Mickey 3D Respire 2020 Lyrics