Jambalaya [English translation]

[Rhyme 1]

1 to the 2, 3 to the 4

It goes 'pam pam' at the door

5 to the 6, 7 and 8

Look, the beast has woken up again

[Verse 1]

Look, I can do it

Look, I can do it

Suddenly, everything is different

They sleep in front of the arenas and ask for autographs

They just squeal out my name,

And all clap together,

Have fainting spells before we can even get started

They come from a redneck place,

Back there they love NASCAR just as much as the Ford Chevy

Where uncle Bob cooks up his little bags in a meth lab

Alone with a tape recorder, up there in a children's room

Growing up on Peter Tosh, Dylan and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Always summer, never winter, the sand as red as his skin

Chirping crickets are heard, mosquitos as big as your fist

Hey, yo, that's where I'm from

The city of the Mardi Gras, the country of every Drum Liner

Coo Coo like voodoo, and hot like Jambalaya, goddammit

[Bridge]

Hallelujah, Halle-Hallelujah

Finally, here it goes again

Hey! Hey! Hey!

A few people want to try it, attempt to copy him

But now it's finally time again

[Chorus]

(For) the original!

And he may, he may, he may

Do whatever he wants, do whatever he wants

He's so big, he can touch the sky

So cheers, it will never be the way it used to be again

[Rhyme 2]

8 to the 9, 9 to the 10

All the other ones are now invited to leave

[Verse 2]

First came the copy, than the copy of the copy

Indie-based beats

Played melancholy

Diary poetry, cheap-sounding melodies

They all want to be like my team, but sadly don't know how

Come with the Boom Boom Band behind you

The walls are shaking

Feel the bass dropping, the way the fans against the railing

Sweat themselves dry

Handshakes for hours on end, a little kiss for Mister Griffey

Came from Atlanta, Alabama to the Mississippi swamps

Yo, drunkenly shooting beer cans with a shotgun

I bit my way from the bottom to the top, like a crocodile jaw

Hey, yo, from the trailer park to the stage, think every year

Like an eternity, but look, we've finally made it here!

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

[Interlude]

But now the time has finally come again

[Chorus]