Potentiel [English translation]

[Verse 1: Lefa]

2-18: I still don't understand rappers who claim to own guns

When the kids who listen to you go all the way, don't tell them, "It's not my fault"

Lies made up on the outline, truths deliberately hidden

Multi-faced, multi-speech, I'll have a hard time believing you when you call me "my brother"

Some say you missed your life if you don't have a Rolex before your forties

Shit, I'm gonna have to say to my dad, "Dad, you're just a loser in brackets"

I've seen people embellished with money and then ugly with greed

I've seen cannabis resin destroy the best, laziness paralyze them

I like to look at Man and analyze him, I like to make mistakes when I have prejudices

I like to travel light, tell the customs officer he won't find explosives in my suitcase

When the pain is real, tell the media that it's not worth writing about

To use it as an instrument is to lock the calls for help in a soundproof room

Stop creating controversy by taking the statements out of context

If I tell you you make me sick, will you make me blow a breathalyzer?

I have more and more difficulty trusting humans, it is rare that I adhere to causes

I listen to politicians and strangely enough I feel like I'm dealing with kids

[Chorus: Lefa]

Yeah, often alone

Immersed in the shadows like under a cloud covering the sky

My enemies want me wrapped in a shroud

I feel that my misery is turning into potential

Often alone

Immersed in the shadows like under a cloud covering the sky

My enemies want me wrapped in a shroud

I feel that my misery is turning into potential

[Verse 2: Orelsan]

I write to feel like I exist, I try to take what I deserve

I looked in the bottom of the bottles, in the smoke of the joints, I didn't find the truth

I try not to underestimate them, a broken clock gives twice the right time

I want to talk less, to listen more to my heart, I know that the family is perpetuating itself, the man dies

Kung fu, I don't give a shit about your Loubou'

Pair of sneakers full of shoe goo, from the time I was still torn before the twelve shots

I wander through the night like a blues, wireless headphones or Bluetooth

It's only to be able to ignore them and, when I say "them", I mean "all of you"

I saw the jealousy in the eyes, the search for attention in the hateful tweets

The more you tell me: "Don't do this, you'll crash", the more I hear Lefa say to me: "Do it"

I can't believe I'm living my dreams, I set my alarm clock every five minutes

I try to keep my feet on the ground, the bigger the man, the bigger the fall

Don't forget that everyone wants to sell you stuff, that TV is just for selling ads

That there are guys doing big studies where they learn how to take your money

Talking to say nothing, voting for the least worse: that's all I never wanted to do

Born again like the phoenix, born again like a zombie; defeat is how you handle it

[Chorus: Lefa]

Yeah, often alone

Immersed in the shadows like under a cloud covering the sky

My enemies want me wrapped in a shroud

I feel that my misery is turning into potential

Often alone

Immersed in the shadows like under a cloud covering the sky

My enemies want me wrapped in a shroud

I feel that my misery is turning into potential