Il secondo secondo me [English translation]

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

the second album is always the hardest (-est, est, est, come on)

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

The second album is always the hardest

Italians - honest people, italians with an heart of gold1

Italy is a republic based on labour2

of saints, of poets, of mafiosi navigators,

but everyone would want Montessori3 back on their hands

English professors that don't learn another language

Brits will never have to change currency

Brits will always drive on the wrong side

this is why those who go to London, come back changed a bit.

Black people play basketball well

they have rhythm in their blood and a big dick

White people on green tables4, you can see them left only in their underwear

every white male envies the big dick

They say Arabs write backwards

Mohamed has said that I write backwards

so every right thing reveals its opposite

and if you don't agree, I'm sorry for you.

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

the second album is always the hardest (-est, est, est, come on)

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

The second album is always the hardest

The the the Red Shirts5 re-sewn the country back together

Black Shirts brought it to war

Green Shirts6 wiped their ass with it7

Stylist from the Boot8 are the most appreciated ones

When He was here, trains were always in time9

When He was here, they deported us in time

When He was here, we weren't

'cause if we were, we'd have got riddled with shots.

So vote me and you'll see I'll get you a job

vote me and you'll see you won't get hurt

vote me and you'll see that from tomorrow on I'll love you

Son, here once it was all campaign10

Want to be a singer? You'll need recommendation!

Want to be council member? You'll need recommendation!

Want to advance professionally? You'll need recommendation!

On the edge of a ravine I'll need a push!11

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

the second album is always the hardest (-est, est, est, come on)

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

The second album is always the hardest

Billionaire football players that pursue a ball

Billionaire musicians that pursue success

Billionaire industrialists that pursue pussy

with Superenalotto12 I'll have my boom13: I have to!

I'm not married, let's say I cohabitate

I'm not unemployed, let's say I'm studying

I'm not a thug, let's say I make do

We say14 we talk we talk we talk we talk we talk a lot of bullshit!

Don't watch Devil Man, it makes you violent!

Don't read Spiderman, it makes you violent!

Don't listen to Metal, man, it makes you violent!

Let alone staying one day at the parliament...

Politicians no no no they're not the same as they used to be anymore

Women no no no they're not the same as they used to be anymore

I no no no I'm not the same as I used to be anymore

only rhetorics are still the same!

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

the second album is always the hardest (-est, est, est, come on)

The second album is always the hardest

in the career of an artist

The second album is always the hardest.

1. these two are italian stereotypes on themselves and famous sayings2. First sentence on the first article of Italian constitution3. famous Italian physician and educator that appeared also on the 1000lit. banknote. He probably means Italian lire, the previous italian currency, since many want to go back to it and abandon Euro4. casinò or poker tables5. Lefties, as opposed to Camicie Nere/Black Shirts, which are fascists6. Lega Nord supporters. It's a right-wing party7. Lega Nord supporters dislike Italy as a concept and would want the Nord to seceed from the Centre and South Italy, deemed filthy and corrupted. In the '90s they claimed they'd clean their butt using the Italian Flag as a form of disrespect to the whole country8. Italy, called like that because of its shape9. it's a common sentence said by fascist nostalgics to somehow prove that Italy was, according to them, better and worked under fascism. "He" is of course Mussolini. Note that "He" with the capital H refers to the referencial tone old timers and nostalgics use when talking about Mussolini. They barely dare pronouncing his name, as if they were talking about God.10. wordplay on "campagna" meaning both electoral campaign, both countryside/farmland. "Son, here once it was all fields/farmland/etc" is a cliché sentence said by fathers when describing a place that got urbanised11. "spinta" means both "recommendation" both "push"12. Italian lottery game13. can't translate it. To have a huge success, in this case to win the lottery14. "Diciamo" means both "let's say" both "we talk"

• Artist:Caparezza
• Album:Verità supposte