Non sono Marra [La pelle] [English translation]
Non sono Marra [La pelle] [English translation]
My destiny was written on my skin
Born as a servant, live as a warrior and die as a god
Hands pierced through, Saint Pio 1
I retreat like a dick when it’s cold
After all the traumas, I don’t descend
Today’s word is “resilient”
This Mahmood doesn’t resemble me at all
This Mahmood doesn’t ‘semble me ‘t all 2
Locked up at home until you die
Change your dealer
You know, rich people are boring because they’re bored
The model posts her unshaved armpit
Shi- 3
If you call me Marra, don’t ask me if
I can take another picture with you
I look like him, I’m not his son
Just try to give me a good look
There’s a full moon outside
This house is a prison
I go out to drink only to have
Another void in this black dawn
Yes, I’m the one with this mulatto face
But you don’t believe me if I tell you: “I’m stoned”
Tonight I’ll scream, scream all over Rome
But tomorrow I’ll ask, I'll ask for forgiveness from the Pope
Counting is useless, don’t say I last a year
“Mahmood won’t make it, he’s a current fad”
The thing I give you wasn’t gifted to me
I sing with a bit of flow, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
(Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta)
I have the drive of a stuntman
And then guess what I have in my pocket
I escaped from the kasbah 4
You’re dressed as a hashtag
Marra and Mahmood on the song
You tell me: “Nice, bro, but it has a different mood”
I read random comments
The haters never surrender like the Japanese
Lost on the Instagram of this hot girl
Not if I can make this life for a lifetime
I told her: “Relationships are a scam”
She replied: “Being human is a scam”
Shi-
If you call me Marra, don’t ask me if
I can take another picture with you
I look like him, I’m not his son
Just try to give me a good look
There’s a full moon outside
This house is a prison
I go out to drink only to have
Another void in this black dawn
Then here I am with this mulatto face
But believe me if I tell you: “I don’t give a fuck”
Tonight I’ll drive, I’ll drive 100 per hour
Tomorrow I’ll search, I’ll search for forgiveness again
It’s useless not recognizing that I’m the boss here
Marra is still on top, you tell me: “Welcome back”
The thing I give you I weighed at home first
I rap with a bit of flow, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
(Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta)
Oh, anyway, it’s shitty that they mix us up
Madonna
Help, it’s getting out of hand
Absurd
Things like crazy ladies telling me I kicked ass at Sanremo happen to me
Imagine, when they mistake me for you they also ask me for a smoke
Bastard, ahahah
1. An Italian priest who was known for exhibiting stigmata (the appearance of bodily wounds, scars and pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus) and has been venerated as a saint decades after his death2. This line seems to just be a bit of a skewed way of repeating the line above it, so I tried preserving that in English to the best of my ability.3. I think 'azz' is short for "cazzo," which can mean anything like "dick, shit, fuck, etc." in English, depending on context and I went with "shit" here because it can be easily shortened/censored (like the word in the original) while the reader is still able to know which word it's supposed to be.4. A type of city district typically walled, with many narrow and maze-like streets, found in North African cities
- Artist:Marracash
- Album:Persona (2019)