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Contrat de conscience


Je suis tenu par les liens d'un contrat de conscience.

AKHENATON

Qu'entre le pharaon

En cette fin de 20ième siècle, Quel est le meilleur parangon ?

Une masse hypocrite aux masques cubiques

Ou une poignée, au discours immobile comme une cariatide

A l'heure où le monde devient réactionnaire

Qu'ils croient dur comme fer à la mort de tous les révolutionnaires ?

Chill, assoiffé de victoire, revient

Alors que les critiques musicaux me donnaient à 20 contre 1.

Beaucoup de gens en ont assez de l'association :

Rap - racisme - banlieue en équation

Mais bordel, qu'est-ce qui a changé ? Dramatique !

Les faces cubiques ont cédé à la mode journalistique.

Ils pensent qu'il n'est pas très judicieux de traiter

Des cités, car le feu est éteint à Euromarché.

Menaçants, ils me donnent le choix de ma vie.

Voilà ma réponse : Je poursuis

Les trous du cul de bronchés qui collent à mes basques

Espèrent des sujets bâteaux, des paroles plus flasques.

Jamais, dans mon dictionnaire il n'y a pas renier

Et peu importe d'où je viens mais plutôt où je vais.

Voilà, prendre quelque fois position évite une lutte

Différencie tout mon art des musiques de pute.

On me prie d'être plus ouvert ? O.K., ça va

Donne moi ton avis. Tiens ! Garde le pour toi !

Car tu insultes la misère et la souffrance

J'ai écrit ces mots car j'ai un contrat de conscience.

Je suis tenu par les liens d'un contrat de conscience !

Contrat de conscience !

SHURIK'N

Les temps changent, mais pas les gens ni leur esprit

Aucun changement n'est constaté entre hier et aujourd'hui.

Parfois je me demande à quoi tout cela sert,

Les meetings, les manifs qui finissent en mini-guerres.

Puis je me dit que cela en vaut la peine

Quand des images me reviennent alors je me rappelle

Je marchais tranquillement, les mains dans les poches

Arrive une femme au loin, un sac à droite, une sacoche à gauche.

Par politesse, je m'écarte et la laisse passer

Je sens sa peur quand elle change son sac de côté.

Ce genre de réaction a droit à mon aversion

Pour ces gens que je mets dans le même escadron

Que ces idiots critiquant leurs voisins maghrébins

Qui réservent leur place pour Agadir au mois de juin

Qui resteront sur les plages jusqu'au soir

A faire le tournedos et cela dans l'espoir

De prendre quelques couleurs sombres, y'a plus de charme.

Mais tant va la cruche au soleil qu'à la fin elle crame !

De retour en France, on vante son bronzage

Et on vote la flamme pendant les électorales.

L'overlord s'élève, s'indigne et frappe du poing.

Pour ces crétins, n'espérez surtout pas une poignée de main

Car le flot de mes colères coule en abondance.

Je devais le dire, j'avais un contrat de conscience.

Je suis tenu par les liens d'un contrat de conscience !

Contrat de conscience !

Khéops

En Allemagne comme dans les années 30

Les nazis s'organisent et attaquent en bande

Avec le soutien de la population

Donnent libre cours à la violence, à l'exclusion.

Personne ne dit rien, où sont les mémoires

De millions d'hommes et femmes balafrés par l'histoire.

Mais je te prie de croire si c'était demain

J'en aurais tué mille et serais mort l'arme au poing

Et ceux qui crient " Patrie ! Sécurité !"

Dénoncer les résistants et se chiaient de lutter

Comme a dit Shurik'n, en pensant à leur émules

Tout dans les urnes, rien dans les burnes.

Que ceux qui ont eu du courage remontent dans mon estime

Le reste que mes mots les abîment !

Je me devais de le faire pour éviter cela en France

J'ai écrit ces mots car j'ai un contrat de conscience.

J'allais prendre le T.G.V.

Voiture 11, première, tous mes billets étaient poinçonnés.

J'arrive au wagon, j'y dépose mes bagages.

Le controleur, d'un air inquiet, me dévisage.

Il m'interpelle et me demande mes titres de transport

J'esquisse un sourire, et tranquillement, je les lui sort

En lui signalant que le train n'a pas encore démarré

Il me dit " Je sais, mais je préfère vérifier. ".

Vériffier quoi ? PD ! Qu'y a-t'il de si bizarre ?

Quelqun comme moi ne peut voyager en 1ère classe ?

Peut-être, c'est vrai, je n'ai pas le profil social.

Toi, tu en as un pour finir sur les rails !

Vous voyez, je le disais, rien n'a changé.

Mais il est vrai qu'il n'est pas aisé de raisonner un enfoiré.

Nous étions 20 dans ce wagon, mais je suis noir, pas de chance

Je devais le dire, j'avais un contrat de conscience.

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Biografia

IAM is a French hip hop band from Marseille, created in 1989, and composed of Akhenaton (Philippe Fragione) Shurik'n (Geoffroy Mussard) Freeman (Malek Brahimi) Kheops (Eric Mazel) Imhotep (Pascal Perez) and Kephren (Francois Mendy). 'IAM' has several meanings, including 'Invasion Arrivee de Mars' ('Invasion from Mars'). 'Mars' is frequently used as a metaphor for Marseille in IAM's songs.

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