On vivait y'a pas si longtemps
Comme des Indiens
Dans des cases que nos parents
Ont construit de leurs mains
Et si les robinets d'eau n'étaient pas trop loin
Tu pouvais dire que rien n'était à portée de main
Même sous un toit tu dormais à la belle étoile
T'avais froid même avec une couverture sociale
Si t'avais pas de chaussettes qui te servaient de gants
Tu pouvais toujours danser et chanter des slogans
On vivait y'a pas si longtemps
Dans des baraques en bois
Je crois bien que c'était pas
Ma cabane au Canada
C'était un camp et l'eau la mairie la faisait gratis
Pour les toilettes on allait derrière un champ de maïs
En échange on avait intérêt à être aimable
Sinon la maison finit en petit tas de sable
Et celui qui n'était pas content à l'époque
Aussi sec et sans pitié on lui coupait les allocs
[Refrain] :
Y'avait du soleil et du soleil
Y'en avait dans ma chemise
Y'en avait à l'époque du soleil à la toque
Et la vie n'était pas grise
On vivait y'a pas si longtemps dans des cabanes en fer
Et si c'était pas le paradis, c'était pas l'enfer
On en a passé des hivers lorsqu'un beau matin
Une maladie nous a déchiré l'intestin
On s'asseyait plus et puis y'avait pas de chaise
De toute façon à table on était plus de seize
Ou peut-être dix-sept, on était rachitique car
On dormait tous au fond de tout petits placards
[Refrain]
Un jour y sont arrivés en criant "n'ayez pas peur"
On a vu la grue qu'a tout démoli en un quart d'heure
Là-bas vous aurez un jardin
Et y'aura une salle de bain
Ils avaient construit la cité
Ce paradis qu'on devait habiter
Mais à peine arrivé, nous on a refait les couleurs
Ça n'a pas plu aux blaireaux, ça n'a pas plu et dans l'heure
On a vu se pointer quelques valeurs
C'étaient vingt et un flics et un éducateur
Qui nous on dit "c'est pas votre maison"
Pas votre maison non non non
Pas votre maison
Mais nous on avait déjà tombé la cloison
[Refrain] x2
Y'avait du soleil
Et du soleil x6
Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status of immigrants and minorities in France, and the inhabitants of the French banlieues, or suburbs. Zebda earned widespread recognition, as well as several awards, for its 1998 single "Tomber la chemise" ("Take Off Your Shirt"). In 2001, the band spearheaded an independent political party that won over 12% of the first-round vote in Toulouse's municipal elections. The group disbanded in 2003.
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I was about 6 years old when I listened for the first time "Blowing in the wind" hummed by my mom while she was accompanying me to school, the version was the Italian one, but I liked the rhythm right away.