2010
Bams Lyrics

2010 j'ai 35 piges
In the year 2010, I am 35 years old.

J'ai cette étoile jaune dans mon dos qui squatte
I have a metaphorical yellow star on my back that follows me everywhere.

Leur flippe, qu'on passe tous qu'on s'intègre.
People are afraid of those who don't integrate, and we should all work towards integration.

Des nègres trop intègres
Some people think that black people who are too honest and moral are a problem.

Paname tourne au vice, nos fils novices connaissent moins les délices vice de jadis
Paris is full of vice, and young people today don't know the same pleasures of vice as before.

France FN le pen, aïe des temps modernes réserve le taf
The political party FN in France, led by Le Pen, poses a problem for modern times and employment.

Aux gars couleurs neige. Le nègre fronce les sourcils, des soucis
White men get preferential treatment, and black men are worried about this.

Sa vie est trop malsaine c'est louche
The black man's life feels unhealthy and suspicious to him.

Le skip, une prime il touche à chaque nègre qu'il shoot
The policeman earns a bonus for every black person he 'shoots' (arrests).

Faut-il qu'on reste la gueule ouverte comme des phoques quoi
Should we just stay silent and let them treat us however they want?

Qu'on nous fuck ? faut qu' la rage soit réciproque. fuck.
Should we just let them f*ck us? No, we need to feel the same rage back at them.

Qu'on en boxe quelques uns qu'ils fassent dans leur froque
Let's stand up to them and fight so they feel the pain we do.

M20, mon escadron traque les fachos, maîtrise la force de X Même l'esprit du King.
My squad M20 hunts down the fascists and is powerful like Malcolm X, even in the spirit of Martin Luther King.

2010 style troisième reich, le stress.
In 2010, there is a sense of stress similar to the Third Reich period in Germany.

En masse des bras tendus lepéniste
There are many supporters of Le Pen with their arms raised in Nazi salute.

Ce vent dénonce les vendus crâne tondu au temps du 3 K Babylone veut nous voir pendus
This wind reveals the traitors with shaved heads from the time of the KKK, and the Babylonian authorities want us dead.

Ils croient qu'on les a pas r' connus, nous prennent pour des cops, s' le disent.
They think we don't recognize them, but they mistake us for cops and talk about it.

Ça s'agite.
Things are getting tense and dramatic.

Il s'agit de soldats 'cainfres' : BAMS +2 fous, militants
My group of BAMS and two crazy, militant soldiers are here.

Armes aux poings, militaires quand Paname prendra des airs de Vietnam
We are prepared, armed, and ready for anything that happens when Paris turns into Vietnam-like chaos.

Qu'on nous blâme, on l' sait, mais notre taff on l' fait
We know we'll be criticized, but we're doing what needs to be done.

Les faits l' prouvent.
The facts show that our actions are necessary.

2010, les sarrasins victimes du préjudice
In 2010, Arabs are victims of prejudice.

2010 les basanés vivent les pires sévices
In 2010, people with brown skin are suffering the worst abuse.

Les 'négs babs' regrettent tous d'avoir laissé passer ces choses là
Black people wish they had spoken up and fought against this earlier.

Matte, ils courent tous dans les rues comme des rats.
Look, they chase us like rats through the streets.

Réfugiés fugitifs dans un camp comme Fugees
We are like refugees hiding in a camp like the Fugees.

Mon crew et BAMS planqués en quête d'une stratégie d' sortie
My group and BAMS are hiding, trying to find a plan for escape.

Une chaleur infernale ondule mon corps j' lève les stores
The heat is intense and my body is tense as I raise the blinds.

J' jette un oeil dehors, t'imagines pas le nouveau décor
As I look outside, the scene is almost unimaginable.

J'entends hurler!
I can hear screams and cries from outside.

Des frères qui s' font cavaler par des skips
I see black men being chased by policemen.

C'est 'chant-mé' c' qui peut arriver si tu quittes le repère
It's crazy what can happen if you leave your safe space.

Et qu'ils t' repèrent, ils t' piègent, le privilège d'être achevé
And if they catch you, they trap you and consider it a privilege to kill you.

Ça y est! c'est jugé pour les basanés bads années
It's over; people with brown skin are judged and treated unfairly.

Comme tu vois il n'y a plus de droit pour tout les sarrasins
As you can see, there are no more rights for people who are considered Arab.

Tous pourchassés, ils dévergondent une avalanche de blondins
Everyone is being chased, which causes a rise in violence against white people.

Des flics mystiques, les engins, plus de plaque c'est leur festin
The police are like mysterious machines, and they are now taking bribes.

Pour nous l'issue restreinte, s' glisser le moment opportun
Our options are limited, so we need to take the opportune moment to escape.

Les pires pépins, matte 'renoi', il y a trop d' 'Babtou'
The worst things are happening; white people are too many and black people are struggling.

Code rouge, du rouge partout, y a plus un seul nègre à Chateau rouge Barbès ! plus d' Tati ! Cerruti ! son nouveau logis
It's a state of emergency, and there are no more black people left in the area, including at the well-known stores Tati and Cerruti.

Château d'eau! plus de tissages, de mèches pour toutes ces ladies night
It's the same situation in Château d'eau with no more products for the ladies night.

On chiale! on accuse Bab d'avoir causé le fiasco
We cry and point fingers at each other, blaming someone named Bab for causing all this chaos.

Mais où étions-nous ? où étaient tous ces nègros ?
But where were we? Where were all the black people?

On expatrie, rapatrie ma mère sans que quiconque ne délibère
My mother is being moved around without any clear decision-making process.

Elle embarque dans le charter remarque le nombre de basanés qui suit derrière 2010, une autre décennie, la chasse est ouverte et ça grouille de 'jean-marie'
She boards a charter plane and notices how many people with brown skin are also boarding. It's a new decade, and the hunt is on with many supporters of the far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Lâchés, fâchés font la traite de boy-b.
Unprotected and angry, some people resort to selling drugs.

D' Paris aux frontières de toutes les villes, j' suis wanted.
I'm wanted by authorities in Paris and in other cities.

Seule dans ma vie face au pouvoir j'ai besoin d'aide.
I feel isolated and need help standing up to those in power.

S.O.S. pour tous mes frères déclassés effacés à la lettre Z
I send out an S.O.S. signal for all my brothers who have been underclass and erased from society.

Tu vois la vie en France en Occident c'est dead.
You can see that life for people like us in France and the Western world is dying.

D'un droit qu'il trouve légitime le nouveau régime nous condamne à vivre
Under a legal system that they feel is 'right,' the new regime condemns us to a certain way of life.

De centimes. Le FN nous brime, c'est toujours moi qui trime Et lui n'a qu'a sourire d'avoir si facilement Trouvé la rime.
We are left with barely anything, and yet the FN continues to oppress us while looking down on us with a smile.