Né au Sénégal mes deux parents venaient du Tchad
Fils du Sahel j'avais l'énergie du roi Faad
Mais j'suis venu ici dans un foyer à Saint Denis
Avec mes frères et s?urs, on déménage pour Evry
Ma mère fait des ménages dans des centres hospitaliers.
Elle sait que le savoir sera mon seul allié
Elle rentre tard le soir, moi je joue au football
Accélération. Grand pont ensuite je shoote. Goal
Colonies d'vacances en Haute Savoie
On contrôlait les moniteurs sans avoir le BAFA
Puis trip en Egypte, Ecole Française du Caire
Pour parfaire mon flow et mon vocabulaire
Là j'ai appris l'humilité, la peur des cartouches
Pur style de sniper camouflage paw-mouche
J'ai vu des mecs partir à l'Ilot Chalon
Des manifs étudiantes des contre manifs des Jalons
Puis j'ai passé des journées dans des bibliothèques
Des nuits entières dans la rue face à la médiathèque
Pris le microphone dans le wagon 8 à la gare de Triage
En côtoyant des gens qu'étaient pas dans les rouages
À cette époque en plein Paris y'avait des skinheads
Tu venais du bled il ne fallait pas crier à l'aide
Mais être apte à garder le même cap
Peut-être parce qu'un jour un type m'a dit vas-y Lève-toi et rap
Y'a eu le temps du Globo, du Bobino, du Rex Club
Péniche Rubis pour le Rub-a-dub
De High Fight, Polino, Kwame n'Krunmah.
Youthman, Lord Zelko... Jah Jah pour Mushapata
Le luxe n'est pas Lexus mais les kilomètres de boxer
Ou comme les Musulmans Fumants c'est de taguer dans le RER
On prenait l'métro avec un regard d'esthète
Une casquette pour check un name plate à Tikaret
En mec honnête j'allais chercher des jobs au CIDJ
Mais tu l'sais déjà. On r'cherchait des DJ
500 ONE posse pour la France
Avec la même éthique garder le droit à la différence
On m'en voulait parce que j'avais ce qu'ils voulaient
Un style qui m'était propre et le verbe au plus-que-parfait
Me faire entrer dans un gang ? T'es ouf ou wak.
J'suis chétif comme Ghandi et ne kiffe que les kilowatts
Je marche profil bas, n'exhibe aucun bijou.
"Tu vaux bien plus qu'une marque" m'avait dit Mamadou.
Le cinéma de mafia me rendait méfiant
J'ai vu des jeunes mafieux et puis des capi déviants
Comme dans les écoles, j'porte encore le fut large
C'est de la weed quand j'deale des messages barges
Rap, Bac, Fac. Première entrée dans les bacs
Peut-être parce qu'un jour Jésus m'a dit vas-y Lève-toi et rap
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