Simplement Lyrics in English by Stony
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Simplement by Stony from French to English.
Chorus
Chorus
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
Verse 1
Verse 1
No i'm not number 1 cuz i'm in my own category
No i'm not number 1 cuz i'm in my own category
The perfect blend of evident and allegory
The perfect blend of evident and allegory
The perfect supplement to this triumphant story
The perfect supplement to this triumphant story
Of black renaissance and its ascent to glory
Of black rebirth and its ascent to glory
Academics like to call it double-consciousness
Academics like to call it double-consciousness
I call it melanin-induced confidence
I call it melanin-induced confidence
I call it representing every continent
I call it representing every continent
And making sure those asleep are now cognizant
And making sure those asleep are now cognizant
Not really a rapper but limits don't occur to me
Not really a rapper but limits don't occur to me
Graduated 1st—ripshop university
Graduated 1st—ripshop university
They're tryna figure out which box to put me in
They're tryingna figure out which box to put me in
I told them pick any one and i'll make it bend
I told them pick any one and i'll make it bend
Whether in the ghetto or at the symphony
Whether in the ghetto or at the symphony
I carry my naps like wives carry tiffany
I carry my naps like wives carry tiffany
They call it inappropriate i call it history
They call it inappropriate i call it history
Making black as legit as becky's sanctity
Making black as legit as becky's sanctity
This for my peoples' that twerk but still read
This for my peoples' that twerk but still read
This for my posse that's bright but smoke weed
This for my posse that's bright but smoke weed
This for them eyes too limited to see
This for them eyes too limited to see
That black is just as michelle as cardi b
That black is just as michelle as cardi b
That black is just as lupita as it is me
That black is just as lupita as it is me
That black never gets in with the keys
That black never gets in with the keys
That before we can grow we must receive
That before we can grow we must receive
All the forms we're blessed to conceive
All the forms we're blessed to conceive
Chorus
Chorus
It's hip hopera
It's hip hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
Verse 2
Verse 2
Let your tongue form the smooth sounds of ebonics
Let your tongue form the smooth sounds of ebonics
And when they ask why, tell 'em that your culture's chronic
And when they ask why, tell 'em that your culture's chronic
Sicker than the flu but even better yet iconic
Sicker than the flu but even better yet iconic
Unlike the people tryna copy it—how ironic
Unlike the people tryna copy it—how ironic
If ethnic ain't professional enough for the corporate
If ethnic ain't professional enough for the corporate
Don't assimilate, instead readjust the orbit
Don't assimilate, instead readjust the orbit
Put your fro in the center of it and absorb it
Put your fro in the center of it and absorb it
And come wash day, throw that ish in the toilet
And come wash day, throw that ish in the toilet
And yes just as real eyes realize
And yes just as real eyes realized
Recognize that negro eyes, negroize
Recognize that negro eyes, negroize
Put respectability politics aside
Put respectability politics aside
And replace it with a strong stride of black pride
And replace it with a strong stride of black pride
As your ears consume this opera mixed with rap
As your ears consume this opera mixed with rap
Note where the world is lacking and then fill the gap
Note where the world is lacking and then fill the gap
Now grab your neighbors hand and join in as we make a pact
Now grab your neighbors hand and join in as we make a pact
To never let our wish to fit in compromise our black
To never let our wish to fit in compromising our black
Bridge
Bridge
I know my history is excellence personified
I know my history is excellence personified
And if i do embrace it then that greatness will be multiplied
And if i do embrace it then that greatness will be multiplied
I promise to reach out to my brethren who forego the mission
I promise to reach out to my brethren who forego the mission
If it's cuz they're scared of darkness, give it a new definition
If it's cuz they're afraid of darkness, give it a new definition
I know black was made to represent all that's bad and evil
I know black was made to represent all that's bad and evil
Only cuz power this profound had to be illegal
Only cuz power this profound had to be illegal
Attempts to subdue my spirit are an act of violence
Attempts to subdue my spirit are an act of violence
I'll speak loud for every long century my voice was silenced
I'll speak loud for every long century my voice was silenced
Chorus
Chorus
It's hip hopera
It's hip hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
Chorus
Chorus
It's hip hopera
It's hip hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
It's hip-hopera
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