Merci [English translation]

I was a teenager caught in the unknown

Walking through the city, surveying the streets

A loser the crowd, a claustrophobic child,

I had the want to change the world

I wrote things sometimes unnecessary

That the people around me thought strange

My voice on vinyl going through the air

Which enabled me to view the other world

The first stage was Normandy

I could hear people screaming Claude MC

There was hope in that other story

There were smiles in the audience to the back

After the concerts, there was no barrier

No guardrails, no career plan

We got to know each other through long stories

For all this happiness I thank you

I know that much later in my memories

I will have something other than long sighs

I will have joy and bright colors

And the feeling of always being drunk.

It's by your touch that I move

By your presence I'm evaluated

It is also for you that I write those sentences

Of introspection just after ecstasy

I hope for my part, I made you well,

Even a hug, even next to nothing

Just a note of music stimuli

A real speech, no imitation

Because it is time to say that we are you

That meeting you fills us with joy

That is why I don't think too much before I speak

In order to tell you this: thank you.

• Artist:MC Solaar
• Album:Chapitre 7