Maman [English translation]

I'm not going to write you the same song that they already wrote

Tell you that you are the sweetest and the most beautiful one

That would be lying

I know, it's hard to hear

But they say truth comes out of children's mouths

You weren't the cuddly mother (no)

You are not my bestfriend

I often wanted to get away, to escape from the house

I had my eyes riveted on the exit

Very strict mother, military atmosphere, shouldn't mess around (no)

Lightening, quasi-nuclear relationship, don't be surprised (yeah)

It would be less complicated if I hadn't inherited (for sure)

Of your bad temper and your fucking pride

But you taught me how to grow up without whims

To sort out my friends

Encouraged me to not drop playing drums

And then you were there when I was having a bad trip

A dust from Algeria

That made me stronger, I'm not afraid of anyone else

No one will ever give me as much hell than when I came home with a bad grade

Oh yeah who wants to challenge my mother ?

Who can challenge my mother ?

Oh yeah if someone ever aim for our heads

The first one to go off to war popopop

Which mother, which mother encourages her sons to rap? (which?)

From floor to floor, you cleaned while dancing to Diam's (big up)

Oh yeah it's hard to see her son has grown up (that's right)

I don't need you anymore, I get by in life (never ever)

Nothing can stop you, not even all these illnesses (I know)

I know we love each other even if we don't know how to say it

Why are you still worried ?

Tell me why are you still worried ?

Why are you still worried ?

I'm all grown up mom

I'm all grown up mom

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And me too mom

Me too mom

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And me too mom

Me too mom

Sorry dad this text is not for you

But for the only one who gave me life

I believed for a long time that she was invincible

I admit I see her a lot less these days

She don't wanna see me grow up, I read it in her eyes (I know it)

But I know she's proud

When she says my son "do what you want"

It is important not to do it

Because of her, crossing road stress me out

I'm afraid to take the slightest misstep

Because of her, I doubt everything

I even feel guilty about drinking soda

Just like she does, I keep everything to myself

And I isolate myself when I feel blue

Because of her, I am a fan of Cabrel

I know all Bénabar's albums

I'll sing your lullabies to my kids

When I'll bake a cake, I'll give them the spoon at the end

I will teach them your technique to put the sheet in the duvet

The one that ends with a hug

The notes on the fridge before you go

Courage my son for math

Stubborn and reserved in the family

It's easier to say I love you on post-it notes

Your perfume mixed with the smell of cigarettes

Every first of January you tell me "my son I will quit, promised"

Look, the years go by

You, you hardly have aged a bit

Mom pack your suitcase

Tomorrow I'll take you to see the pyramids

Even if we move on and times change

I am her spitting image

And when I hear her talk about her childhood

I feel spoiled rotten

I love her, you know I owe her everything

But we keep it between us

You'll never see two like her

One is already a lot, mom

Why are you still worried ?

Tell me why are you still worried ?

Why are you still worried ?

I'm all grown up mom

I'm all grown up mom

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And me too mom

Me too mom

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And when she yells, I have to understand "I love you"

I must understand "I love you"

And me too mom

Me too mom

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

Yours, mine, the same moms

When I sneeze she thinks I have cancer, mom

She's in the front row at all my concerts, mom

She said "if I go one day, how how will you do then ?", mom

And shave your beard a little, you look like your father

¡Vamos hijos!