Seul [English translation]

[Refrain]

Alone, as if I was ugly and mean

As if I bothered people

Until I'm elevated to the rank of legend

I celebrate my victories quietly without popping champagne

Like a presupposition, I'm ahead of my generation

In order not to rush them, I used to go easy on them but not anymore

And to give them time for their wounds to heal

I’ll tour the capital like I'm touring a prison yard

[Single Couplet]

The years go by like months, I can attest to that

The marks of time are visible on your face, as on your hands

Entire albums have been recorded in the underground

Searching for gold in a world where, without money, you’re nothing

They won't even look at you, they won’t talk to you

Not even to give you directions; man, it’s totally paranoid

To the one who said that all roads lead to Rome

If the end justifies the means, they don't always have the same aroma

So, young lady, put your dress back on, you’re not ready

For the perversion of Man, but if blood-red is the color of

The soles of your high-heels, don’t be surprised

If the wolf has long teeth and lurks in the shadows

It's all part of the animosity, the capacity

To be present without doing anything about the worst atrocities

Blinded by the luminosity

No, not our ideas but our on-screen brands have already been nominated too many times

Yeah, jump off the bridge

You’re looking for love in 2018, there's just a handful of honest women

You’re looking for a job in 2018, damn, you need connections

And there are guys who've got the connections but dude, you've got to know them

Me, I don’t wait for it to fall from the heaven, bro, I grind

It’s not dangerous out there but I’m at war, go talk about a truce somewhere else

A lot of people are schizophrenic, bipolar

When you make it, menial work becomes a thing of the past

Yeah, I’m just a man, I contradict myself so many times

Lost in between my principles and my addictions

I said I was ending it, but I came back to do music

Fuck, this sloppiness gives me the bumps

This sloppiness got me drunk like an alcoholic

In my drunkenness, I no doubt lost a few associates

Every night, the pillow flattened out under the weight of my reflections

They have replaced Greek with gastro chic restaurants

You can’t make me take everything for a joke, I’m not stupid

If you can, it’s either you don’t have a heart or you’re not afraid to fail

There are a lot of things that get on my nerves

But, relax, it doesn’t mean that I’m going to open fire on Paris

They would insult me through caricatures, my name is Abdel Karim

But, in an intellectual tyranny I’d be taken for a madman

When I speak my mind, they’ll tell me: “Do you know where you can settle it

Over there, you've gone over the edge, forget about your carrier plans”

(Refrain)

Alone, as if I was ugly and mean

As, as if I bothered people

As I wait to be elevated to the rank of legend

I celebrate my victories quietly without popping champagne

Like a presupposition, I'm ahead of my generation

So I wouldn’t rush them, I used to go easy on them

And to give them time for their wounds to heal

I’ll tour the capital like I'm touring a prison yard