Soulman [English translation]

I don't have the look of Spike Lee

I don't have the genius of Da Vinci

I don't have my feet on the ground

The patience of my banker (woman)

I don't have those things.

I don't have Ghandi's wisdom

Nor the sureness of Mohamed Ali

I don't have a gangster's soul

The goodness of Abbé Pierre

Nor the "drum roll of" Guevara

(chorus)

I'm just a soulman

Listen this, baby.

I'm not a superman

Not at all.

Just me, my delerious (acts)

I've got nothing else to offer

But I know that it's already that.

I don't have the body like in magazines

I don't have Charlie Chaplin's humor

I don't have the innate knowlegde

The know-how of bocuse

No, I don't have those things.

I don't have Neil Armstrong's luck

I'm not built like king Kong

Having more strings on my fiddle

The zeal of Rosa Parks

Nor Mandela's courage.

(chorus x2)

I would have liked to be like them ;

Be extraordinary.

I've tried well

I did my best

But no matter what I do

In the end:

(chorus x2)

No, no, no, no

only me,

my delirious (acts).

But I know that it's already that !