Gunshot
Isiah Shaka Lyrics

Trop de gunshot che-lalalala … Ce soir pas d’embrouilles de douille, de slash, de ça lalalalala
There are too many gunshots around us, and tonight we don't want any trouble, no bullets, no fights.

Trop de bang, bain de sang, ça devient malalalade
The constant sound of gunshots is leading to too much bloodshed, and this is becoming sickening.

Tellement de gosses, de frères, de souljah au valhallalalaah
There are so many kids, brothers, and soldiers dying around us, it's like they're all going to the afterlife together.

Tellement de chose à accomplir avant de partir vers l’au-delà.
There are so many things to achieve before we depart for the afterlife.

Tant d’énergie gaspillée
So much energy is being wasted.

La force du peuple est l’unité
The strength of the people lies in unity.

Nous sommes en sursis, prisonniers
We are living under probation, like prisoners.

Que fais-tu pour te libérer ?
What are you doing to free yourself?

On est roots, loin d’Hollywood, natural juice, rude boys comme Toots
We are rooted, far from Hollywood, enjoying natural juices and have a rude attitude like Toots.

Ghetto youth, lion doubout’, c’est une guerre spirituelle donc je suis strickly conscious
We are ghetto youths, standing strong like a lion, fighting a spiritual war, and being strictly conscious about our actions.

La violence autour de nous, en nous, on se l’enseigne
We are taught violence around us, and it becomes a part of us.

Œil pour œil, dent pour dent, tous c’est la loi du talion quand on saigne
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, it's the law of retaliation when we are hurt.

Inculquée dès le plus jeune âge dans un shitstème
This is instilled in us from a young age within a system that's corrupt and hurtful.

Où le matériel domine, l’argent est source de problème
Where material things rule, and money creates issues.

Le système tue c’est pourquoi il nous fait faire idem
The system is killing us, that's why it makes us do the same.

Du mal envers les autres et surtout du mal envers soi-même
We are doing harm to others and to ourselves too.

Cercle vicieux dans lequel c’est la haine qui gangrène
It's a vicious cycle of hate that infects us.

Man dépose ton gun si tu veux briser tes chaines
If you want to break free, you have to put down your gun.

Tant de chose à accomplir avant de partir vers l’au-delà.
There are so many things to achieve before we depart for the afterlife.

On est des blacks et pas des blattes
We are black people and not cockroaches.

Pose-moi ton gun et ta matraque
Put down your gun and baton.

Viens donc on parle en face à face, sans couteau et sans menace yeh !
Let's talk face to face, without knives, and without threats.

J’ai dans la gorge des cris de rage rouges écarlates,
I have deep red screams of anger in my throat,

Du sang, qui gisent d’une balle perdue devant les classes
There's blood lying in front of our classrooms because of a lost bullet.

Et si tu veux que je te développe j’ai un tas de textes plein les babines
If you want me to elaborate, I have many texts overflowing in my mind.

J’ai même des mots d’hémoglobine « démocratie » ou bien « nazisme » ?
I even have words full of blood like democracy or Nazism?

Putain les frères réveillez-vous et arrêtez les bad combines
Damn it, brothers wake up and stop these bad behaviors.

De vous comporter comme des victimes !!
Stop acting like victims.

Do you overstand? We need more peace, and more love!!
Do you understand? We need more peace and love.