Petit Soldat [English translation]

[Little brother deserted the playgrounds] 1

(Keny Arkana):

Little soldier plays the hard one

No higher than three apples

Walk in the streets

Smoke hash and sales it

Would like to impress the world

Walk alone or in band

Does not have the audacity in his pocket

And intends to make it heard

Little soldier hides his heart and his tears in the void

Ban himself to be afraid in the best, or in the worst.

He grew up so fast that he blames the whole world

Little soldier goes to war and it's his dreams that he buries

Little soldier left school and punishments, teachers' orders

To feel reborn in the mess

Would like to do like the big ones

Little prince of the area does not care of anything

Except for the reputation he shapes

Little soldier wants money and clothes

Advance on the razor's edge

But the risks he likes that

He is so fond of fights

Like to top it off

His first jail, will have a taste of no return

Refrain:

Little soldier

(I dream of a world on a round planet where I could be who I am.

Leave the concrete that is dragging me to the bottom

there's only hate that follows me)

Little soldier

(I lost my dreams, before I had wings

Their system targets me)

Little soldier

(In it we get lost, so I'll do everything to make this soldier fart, because this world is harmful)

Little soldier listens only to rap

Neither his parents nor the judge

Anyway he does not care

And is well aware of his fall

He knows that this world is unfair

So let's ruin it with style

If you're not happy he insults you

While going brak in

Little soldier is impulsive

Forged to hard life

Took destiny to the throat

Laughing at her face

Hiding his pain under his cap

And smoke to forget

He knows that his parents are worried

But he promised himself to sack everything

Little soldier has pinches where his heart is makes hoarses

Feels so alone despite the crowd of his troop

Ready to die for his kinfolk

Yes without a doubt, yes not honest but loyal

So solidari whatever it costs

Little soldier does not like to lose to the instinct of the conquerors

Bad player, defeated, he will look for fight

Is confident of his team's grip

And from his street

Little soldier has zeal and cunning

Refrain

Little soldier does not know anymore

Little soldier looks sad

He lost so many feathers

To prove himself that he exists

Lost in a game where he can not untangle the wires

Little soldier is anxious and does not know what he wants anymore

Little soldier became big

And carelessness escapes

He discovers fear in front of the awareness of his actions

He changes silently

But remains prisoner of his role

To lower the arms is to surrender

That's what the eyes of others say

Little soldier feels dirty

Did things in the past

To prove to himself that he could do it

But that he regrets having done

We can't backtrack

He knows it's too late

And in his bed crying prayers

Between insomnia and nightmare

Little soldier can't no more

Smokes to escape the world

Between prison memories

And fights

In the whirlwind of his life

Forgot who he was

Little soldier craze

Little soldier would like to lay the sword

Refrain

Like many of our soldiers

The end of the story is the same

The past catches up with you when you want to get out of the shit

Double-edged choose the face of your sword to not skid

Stay very close to your dream

Peace to all our soldiers who left

Before hearing how much we loved them

Was it a dream or a nightmare under the mute eye of the moon

Because tonight it's too late

Little soldier will not rise again ..

• Artist:Keny Arkana
• Album:L'esquisse vol 2