Regarde-moi Lyrics in English Soprano

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Regarde-moi by Soprano from French to English.

Look at me, I am the France from below

Unemployment and crisis

Dude, I am the one fighting it

I live daily

What you do not know, what you do not understand

Just below your place

Look at me

I grew up far from affluent circles

With parents who did not speak a word of French

Financial problems

Forced my dad to come back from the construction site with a broken back

To make sure he wouldn't meet the bailiffs anymore

To help them, I worked hard at school

Because I was always told that diplomas bring a job

I spent my evenings working tirelessly

Until the day I passed my exams successfully

The pride of the family

I was the beacon of hope

To finally get them out of the housing projects

But despite my resume, all doors were closing

They said overqualified, I would say too dark-skinned

I started working as a security guard

It was temporary to support the arrival of the baby

But years passed, bills piled up

I stormed into a bank masked and shouted

Look at me, I am the France from below

Unemployment and crisis

Dude, I am the one fighting it

I live daily

What you do not know, what you do not understand

Just below your place

Look at me

I grew up far from affluent circles

Completely French, with divorced parents

Because of an alcoholic father

I had to drop out of school to better help mom

Pay for Johanna's diapers

My little sister

My jewel, my karma

The one who makes me smile when things go wrong

I already saw her as a doctor or lawyer

But fate had another plan for my sister

At 16, a baby, rent to pay

The father ran away afraid to take responsibility

Brain full of debts, still no job

To pay for the milk, diapers of this little one

She starts drinking to forget

Brain fried from smoking too much

One July evening, stomach full of pills

She starts screaming on the firefighters' voicemail

Look at me, I am the France from below

Unemployment and crisis

Dude, I am the one fighting it

I live daily

What you do not know, what you do not understand

Just below your place

Look at me

I grew up in an affluent environment

A bourgeois family

I'm the heir of a very wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement

Delegate in a private school

Graduated effortlessly

Thanks to my father's annual donation

Always well-dressed, Dior, Armani, or Dolce

I travel the world in a private jet

I get my fines waived because I have lunch at the Élysée Palace

I spend my evenings at the Cost, with my nostrils powdered

I collect girls

Beautiful ones like Rihanna

Single for life

I told Johanna that

But she brought me a tiny baby

Said it was mine

And that I had to take responsibility

Of course, I left her

Without looking back

But that night she called me, stomach full of pills

To calm her down, I went to see my banker

A masked guy came in, robbed me, then shouted

Look at me

Look at me, I am the France from below

Unemployment and crisis

Dude, I am the one fighting it

I live daily

What you do not know, what you do not understand

Just below your place

Look at me

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THOMAS KESSLER, SAID M'ROUMBABA

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SONG MEANING

🎬 Regarde-moi plays out like a short social-justice movie. Verse after verse, Soprano hands the microphone to three very different narrators: an immigrant son who studies hard only to be shut out of the job market, a young woman crushed by early motherhood and debt, and a spoiled golden-boy from Paris’ wealthiest district. Their stories seem miles apart, yet they collide in one dramatic bank hold-up, proving that poverty, despair, and privilege are not parallel lines—they intersect. With every "Regarde-moi" (“Look at me”), the song begs listeners to notice the invisible France living downstairs, fighting unemployment and discrimination while the upper floors look away.

Far from a lecture, the track feels like a cinematic roller-coaster: vivid storytelling, gut-punch rhymes, and a twist ending worthy of a thriller. Soprano’s message is clear: the social divide is not just statistics, it is flesh and blood, hope and heartbreak. When the chorus repeats, it is both a shout for dignity and an invitation to empathy—challenging us to really see the people society tries to keep out of sight.

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