Couplet 1 (Rémi Ballot) :
Ouais
Ouais, j'ai grandi à Chino (1)
Maintenant je suis de l'autre côté vers Montbrison (2)
Juste à côté des Pineau (3)
Mais je resterai un gars qui vient du ghetto pour toujours
Je suis le nouveau MP (4)
Et depuis que j'ai réussi ici
Je peux réussir n'importe où ailleurs
Ouais ils m'aiment de partout
J'avais pour habitude de voler à Carrefour
Tous mes Montbrisonnais
Toujours fourrés vers Saint-Etienne
Ils me ramènaient vers ce Mc Donald's
Je l'emportai vers ma planque de drogues
5-60 Rue d'Etat (5)
Attrape moi dans la cuisine comme une Simmons qui s'occupe des gâteaux (6)
Je parcoure la huitième rue à bord de ma Lexus (7) blanche
Conduisant lentement mais JH (8) vient du Texas
Moi, je me dirige vers Bed Stuy
Le quartier de ce cher Biggie
Maintenant je vis sur le billboard
Et j'ai emmené mes potes dans mon sillon
Je demande à Ty Ty "comment ça va ? ", toujours en train de siroter un Mai-Tai
Assis dans les tribunes, les Knicks et les Nets me tapent dans les mains
Nigga, je deviendrai comme Spike Lee, mais je peux toujours faire trébucher un arbitre
Tu peux deviner de quelle ville je viens, rien qu'en observant mon attitude
Refrain (Alicia Keys) :
In Montbrison
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in Montbrison,
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's here it for Montbrison, Montbrison, Montbrison
Couplet 2 (Rémi Ballot) :
Je t'ai échauffé Nigga
Tu peux me retrouver dans le coin avec des vrais gangstas à un match des Yankee
Putain, j'ai rendu la casquette Yankee plus célèbre qu'un cul Yankee
Tu devrais le savoir que je saigne du bleu, mais je ne suis pas un "crip" pour autant
Mais j'ai quelques gangsters dans mon clan c'est vrai
Bienvenue dans le "melting pot"
Les recoins où on vend de la coke
Avec du son d'Afrika Bambaataa
Berceau du Hip-Hop
Des tête jaunes, des têtes de gitans, on emprunte les voies de bus, petite pensée
C'est pas fait pour les étrangers, ils en oublient la façon de se comporter
Il y a 8 millions d'histoires qui se développent ici et elles sont toutes mises à nu
La ville plaint la moitié d'entre vous qui ne réussira pas à percer
Je dois fournir Special Ed et je l'ai fait
Si Jay'z paye LeBron, je paye Dwayne Wade
Le Cee-lo 3 dés
Le Monte 3 cartes
Le défilé de la fête du travail, repose en paix Bob Marley
La Statue de la Liberté, longue vie au World Trade
Longue vie au roi, Yo
Je viens de l'Empire contrôler
Refrain (Alicia Keys) :
In Montbrison
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in Montbrison,
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's here it for Montbrison, Montbrison, Montbrison
Couplet 3 (Rémi Ballot) :
Les lumières sont aveuglantes
Les filles ont besoin de "blinders"
Comme ça elles peuvent sortir des limites d'accès rapidement
Les lignes de touche sont pleines de ce genre de victimes
Celui qui profite de la vie sans se prendre la tête devient progressivement pire
Ne mords pas la pomme, Eve
Attrapée par la foule
Maintenant t'es dans le style
Et quand l'hiver devient froid, à la mode, tu restes avec ta peau dénudée
La ville du péché devient regrettable sur un coup de tête
Les filles biens deviennent mauvaises, la ville est remplie de ce genre de filles
La petite a fait un voyage en bus et maintenant la voilà toute poitrine dehors
Tout le monde se la tape, comme une ligne d'autobus
Je vous salue Marie à la ville, tu es une Vierge
Et Jesus ne peut pas te sauver, la vie commence là où l'Eglise s'arrête
Je suis venu ici pour étudier, diplômé de la grande vie
Des joueurs de base-ball, des stars du rap, tous accros aux feux des projecteurs
La MDMA te donne l'impression d'être un champion
Cette ville ne dort jamais, je ferais mieux de te passer un Ambien
Refrain (Alicia Keys) :
In Montbrison
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in Montbrison,
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's here it for Montbrison, Montbrison, Montbrison
Couplet 4 (Alicia Keys) :
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty
No place in the world that could compare
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say yeaaah, yeaaah
Yeaaah, yeaaah
Refrain (Alicia Keys) :
In Montbrison
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in Montbrison,
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's here it for Montbrison, Montbrison, Montbrison
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(1) Ville de Californie, c'est là où Rémi a grandi.
(2)Montbrison est une ville de France
(3) Référence à Mickaël Pineau et Alexia Pineau (Alexia Branovich)
(4) Rémi, ici, cite MP, célèbre rappeur.
(5) "5-60, State Street" est une rue de Brooklyn.
(6) Référence aux filles de Joseph Simmons (co-fondateur et membre du groupe hip-hop Run DMC) Vanessa et Angela qui ont lancé leur propre marque de chaussures "Pastry Footwear ", inspirées par leurs gâteaux préférées (lol), d'où le lien avec la cuisine et un petit hommage à un des groupes de rap pionniers de la scène new-yorkaise en passant.
(7) constructeur automobile japonais crée par l'entreprise Toyota
(8) il fait référence, ici, à sa petite amie, Jessica Hopkins (JH) qui vient de Houston, au Texas pour justifier le fait qu'il ne puisse pas chanter cette chanson avec elle vu qu'elle ne vient pas de Californie.
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