L'amour [English translation]

[Intro: Daddy Kery]

Love, from its path, forever crossed me out

The day that …

[Verse 1: Daddy Kery]

The day, I die I want people to remember

That I never dreamt of a life such as the one I lead

Hate, I wasn’t born with it and I assert that

For his associates, Kery James the melancholic

This immense pain in my heart, sister, I don’t know why

I think I suffer a life that doesn’t satisfy me

May God watch my steps as I’ve come a long way

A throbbing pain that only He may witness

Clutches me, I aspire to a better life

Inhale, exhale, around me only feel rancor

I loved a friend, from friendship he betrayed me

I loved a woman, she lied to me so I banished her

Understand my pain, I love women in all their splendor

I don’t like seeing them weep, I’m a Black man in all its greatness

Sanctioned from destiny, I’m affected, hardened

Love has surely put my file in deferment

Every man for himself, God for all, so you’re all set

The rules have been set, sadly they persist

Many events shatter our convictions

“Trust no one” becomes our position

Love too often flirts with hatred

And when it promptly ceases, many decease

[Chorus: Daddy Kery, Rohff]

Love crossed us out

Love crossed us out

Love crossed us out

From its path, but we’ve dreamt of loving

(I think we’re born to despond

Condemned to row, bleed out)

And our dreams go up in smoke

A horrific pain entrances us

You know we’re trying to live?

(I think it’s fate that wanted things this way)

It’s love that crossed us out

[Verse 2: Demon One]

I feel that love crossed us out from its path, from its course

Choosing to ignore us from its fate, and that forever

Being conscious, mastering the events

From childhood feelings had no place in my ranks

Hard to forget the deep sorrows

When your destiny suddenly changes paths

When your brothers become adversaries

What do you want to do?

What can you do, brother?

If sometimes you choose, too often you submit

And then life’s returns

Make it so that your pain grows

As you grow up, everything muddles

Quarrels with cops

Consequence of a lack of bank

As far as I’m concerned, cushy

I live on hustling and cold beers

I make do with what they sow

While avoiding dry seasons

It’s because, without regrets

You can attach to very few things

Apart from God, your family, your mates

Few are the people you can count on

Some indeed would let you die for money

Better maybe, to laugh than to cry about it

I inverted this rhyme, for those who wanna contradict me

I made my life a dream and my dream a reality

I get to speak out with help from the M-I-C

The love for my path disappointed me so

I got its message: after it, I run no more

[Chorus: Daddy Kery, Demon One, Rohff]

Love crossed us out

From its path, but we’ve dreamt of loving

{From childhood feelings had no place in my ranks}

And our dreams go up in smoke

A horrific pain entrances us

You know we’re trying to live?

(I think it’s fate that wanted things this way)

It’s love that crossed us out

[Verse 3: Rohff]

Love turned me down since the day I was born

From the bled to France, my childhood is a string of mischance

I’ve realized that my experience feeds my hope

My brief passing through this world ought to strike history

Every second is counted, I have no right to cave in

I have no choice, my destiny is just confronting

Understand why I’m not sentimental

Why I don’t feel like smiling nor speaking nicely

My stare is cold, bruised, iced by letdowns

Resembles contempt because I don’t master its action

Blinded by the fog of malediction

I feel the need to fill this desert of affection

The state of the landscape attains my character

My life’s summary, in flashes, rubs off on my face

I’m enraged, furious to defeat the invincible

I’ve got to access the inaccessible, what the system has for target

Understandable, when happiness has only brushed past you

My mom cried too much, 'cause in the ranks I got deluded

I was raised by tears, screams, punches, scenes

Got back on my feet 'cause my soul had been hardened

A real grown up who can withstand is a wall

Misery’s blade can’t pierce my armor

Nor the charms of a woman, an actress of vice

Complicit in haram, I need to repent

Or else I’ll scorch in flames

[Chorus: Daddy Kery, (Rohff) ]

Love crossed us out

From its path, but we’ve dreamt of loving

(I think we’re born to despond

Condemned to row, bleed)

And our dreams go up in smoke

A horrific pain entrances us

You know we’re trying to survive?

(I think it’s fate that wanted things this way)

It’s love that crossed us out

(… that wanted things so)

But we wanted to love

(… that wanted things so)

And our dreams go up in smoke

(Under pressure, I lose it

Watch out, my nerves are frayed)

A horrific pain entrances us

{When brothers become adversaries}

You know we’re trying to live?

(Your path is traced)

It’s love that crossed us out

(I think it’s fate that wanted things this way)

It’s love that crossed us out