Tout n'est pas si facile [English translation]

[Intro: Stetsasonic sample]

"It ain't nothing like"

"It ain't nothing like"

"It ain't nothing like"

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

[Chorus: Kool Shen, Joey Starr & "Stetsasonic sample"]

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

[Verse 1: Kool Shen]

1983, already more than 10 years ago

Hip hop was taking its first steps in France

There were no rules, no laws

And certainly no contracts

No problems between you and me

Everything was clear, from the goal to the way

Everything should be done, naïve, inexperienced but so proud

To evolve in a parallel system

Where the basic values were in a jumble

Peace, unity, love and having fun

Hip hop never needed guns

Or gangs, toys or crews

But rather the faith of those defending

Its memory and ethics, the essential values

The ones that still make a spark when I reminisce

Over those early days in the vacant lots of La Chappelle

At the time, our heroes were named Aktuel

Lucien, Dee Nasty, T-Col and Meo

Big up! Big up for staying so long at the top

Of the bill, as tiptop as the flow of my words

We had to work hard for hours and hours

Days and days and even year

For hip hop to hang on

Not everything was so easy for the Suprême

[Chorus: Kool Shen, Joey Starr & "Stetsasonic sample"]

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

[Verse 2: Joey Starr & (Kool Shen)]

Everything's only hanging by a thread so we gotta be smart

'Cause friendship and sincerity

Are two things that can blow at any moment

That's the dark side of human nature

Yeah! I got an example, it beat me up good

Even better, it opened my eyes to this sensitive topic

I thought the struggle rallied us under the same flag

I thought the struggle made us brothers

Yesterday, that was the case not too long ago, wasn't it?

(Yes, 3, 4 years ago at the most, then there was a misunderstanding)

That is to say that's the way our story evolved

And oh, how unity–even of thoughts–is such an illusion!

Oh! It's all right, put away the tissues

It's okay, we're still here to live it up

Decreased manpower is a mere hurdle

That barely slowed us down, but remember that

[Chorus: Kool Shen, Joey Starr & "Stetsasonic sample"]

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

[Verse 3: Kool Shen]

We grew together, we built together

I remember the talks we used to have together

And our dreams, do you remember our dreams?

When we were in the trainyards, when we felt the fever rising

Fuck! All of that was so long ago

I spent my adolescence defacing trains

I don't regret anything

We've found happiness so many times we could die tomorrow

With no regrets, no remorse

Our only mistake was dreaming a little too big

And forgetting the important role time can play

In people's behaviors, even though

We all came from the same neighborhood

We all had the same ghetto culture

Yeah! It really was ideal, in fact

We had everything to succeed, but, but

Not everything’s so easy

Destinies diverge, friendships are fragile

For us, life was never a long, quiet river

And still to this day, not everything’s so easy

[Chorus: Kool Shen, Joey Starr & "Stetsasonic sample"]

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread

"It ain't nothing like hip hop music"

Not everything’s so easy, everything's only hanging by a thread