Tonton du Bled [English translation]

Heavy 504 estate car , come on nephews , get in

Just wait a minute while I'm putting the big blue trunk on the rooftop

As numerous as a soccer team , the car is at ground level

We're the last tenants leaving

Filling up with diesel oil & lemonade , not to give out

Bilel , go piss while I'm shopping a little

Direction : the harbour , two days seated

All the way to Marseille with a quite rickety car

Then 24 hours in the boat , I know it's not easy

But I'm going to have a freaking good time on the Guido place

In Bejaia city , from the top of my mountain

Before going back home , I take a little turn in Oran

Since I cleant out the whole Tati shop in Paris ,

I'm going to make the whole village happy , even the kids

Some clothes & jewelry for the newly weds

& Toys in a mess for the babies

{ Chorus }

I wanted to stay in the ghetto , but my father said me - No no no

In this instance , let me take all my friends - No no no

So in one week , I'm going back to Vitry - No no no

I'll go end my life over there - Yeah yeah yeah

I'm on the Boulemat beach with my cousin & his tomtom

Holding a glass of Selecto in my hand , Coca's imitation

A drop of olive oil on my body , on my arms

With my friend , listening to Zahouania

We talk about nothing & everything , from Nike air trainers to Visa ,

From the desert's crossing to Yema's good couscous

Then my cousin says me "Karim do you deal drugs ?"

It tasted so good that I gave him up the shoe polish I had left

With a bunch of old hats , we're discussing

Mahmoud can't prevent himself from telling them that I'm into music

One of them says me "I've never seen you on TV"

& Another asks me "Is it true that you know Michael Jackson ?"

They talk too fast , & they speak some out of date slang

I know what they could do for a fistful of dinars , as*hole

The sun sets & eveybody goes back home

It's the dinner time , beer time & for some others , chicha time

I spent a good month in what they call the third-world

& If I had enough money , I would leave taking everyone with me

But I can't close my eyes over what's going on , really

I dedicate this track to the people we miss , children & mothers

Then I ran away to my ghetto

Happy to see my friends & my girlfriend

For two weeks , all that I ate was chorba

I'll go end my life there , insha Allah .