Soulman [English translation]

I don't have Spike Lee's looks

I don't have De Vinci's genius

I don't have my feet on the ground

I don't have the patience of my banker

I don't have those things.

I don't have Ghandi's wisdom

Nor the Mohammad Ali's confidence

I don't have a gangster's spirit

The goodness of Abbé Pierre

Nor the Guevara's aura

(chorus)

I'm only a soulman

Listen here, baby.

I'm not a superman

Far from it

Just me, my delusions

I don't have anything else to offer

But I already knew that was true

I don't have a body like in magazines

I don't have the humor of Charlie Chaplain

I don't have the innate knowlegde

The know-how of Bocuse

No, I don't have those things.

I don't have Neil Armstrong's luck

I'm not built like King Kong

Having more strings on my fiddle

The Rosa Park's fervor

Nor Mandela's courage.

(chorus x2)

I would have liked to be like them

To be extraordinary.

I tried hard

I did my best

But no matter what I do

In the end

(chorus x2)

No, no, no, no

Only me,

My delusions

But I already knew that was true

• Artist:Ben l’Oncle Soul
• Album:Ben l'Oncle Soul (2010)