Les Gens De 72 Lyrics in English by Oxmo Puccino

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Gens De 72 by Oxmo Puccino from French to English.
Les gens de 72, ils ne sont bien nulle part
People from '72, they're not well anywhere
Ils veulent faire pousser des sapins sur des nénuphars
They want to grow fir trees on water lilies
Le coeur brisé à se remémorer l'âge d'or
Heartbroken remembering the golden age
Fait manquer les bons chapitres et quelques pages folles
Makes them miss the good chapters and some wild pages
On a besoin de motivation, pas de plombeurs d'ambiance
We need motivation, not buzzkills
Les mauvaises langues ne tirent que sur l'ambulance
Slanderers only shoot at the ambulance
Les règles du jeu, je leurs fais des entorses
The rules of the game, I bend them
Ponctuel mais hors tendance les mots dans le torse
Punctual but out of trend, words in my chest
La guerre terminée tu peux maintenant parler
The war's over, you can speak now
Le rap c'était mieux avant quand ça chantait armé
Rap was better before when it sang armed
Ici ça sent le pessimisme
Here it smells of pessimism
Interdit le Passéïsme ou
Pastism is forbidden, or
Retourne en 72
Go back to '72
Si t'étais bien là bas
If you were happy there
Le futur te dégoute
The future disgusts you
Mais le présent il est là
But the present is here
On respire même quand on déteste l'air
We breathe even when we hate the air
Tout comme on compose avec notre époque
Just as we deal with our era
Telle qu'elle est
As it is
Mon désir est interstellaire
My desire is interstellar
Inassouvi à cause de notre temps trop calculé
Unfulfilled because of our overly calculated time
Une nuit de pleine lune tu es resté figé
One full moon night you stayed frozen
Depuis tu utilise le même calendrier
Since then you use the same calendar
Il faut du courage pour refuser le futur
It takes courage to refuse the future
Et recoudre son avenir de points de fissures
And mend your future from points of cracks
La nostalgie c'était bien quand c'était que les vieux
Nostalgia was fine when it was just for old people
T'as le mal du pays chez toi ! T'as qu'à prendre l'avion
You're homesick at home! Just take the plane
Viens sentir une bonne poignée de pelouse
Come feel a good handful of grass
Que s'évapore tout ce blues ou
So all this blues evaporates, or
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Lyrics © DERRIERE LES PLANCHES D L P, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE
VINCENT SEGAL, Oxmo PUCCINO
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Passéïsme — Past-ism / Obsession with the past

Passéïsme is a less common, more formal word that refers to an excessive preoccupation with or admiration for the past, often to the detriment of the present or future.

In the context of Oxmo Puccino's song, it's used to criticize those who are stuck in nostalgia for the year 1972, unable to embrace the present or future. The line "Interdit le Passéïsme ou... Retourne en 72" directly warns against this mindset, making it a central theme and a very interesting word choice.

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