Dans la cité [English translation]

In the ghetto, with faces that can freak you out

I’m in the ghetto with people who've just been acquitted

We go for a ride, we go for a ride in town

Not a very docile individual

I’m on the passenger seat leaning against the window

She wants to know the make of the automobile, yeah

In the ghetto with a man having a breakdown

Dreaming about the Champs-Elysée

Because the middle class has left us behind, yeah

In the ghetto there are certain people you have to avoid

There’s little Mounir driving without a license

Everyone tries to make it as in their own way, yeah

I’m aware that I’m edgy like the street kids

When you're down, you get the impression that they're looking down on you

On the social springboard there’s no spring left

As some go down, others break out

In the ghetto, with faces that can freak you out

I’m in the ghetto with people who've just been acquitted

We go for a ride, we go for a ride in town

Not a very docile individual

I’m on the passenger seat leaning against the window

She wants to know the make of the automobile, yeah

They talk nonsense in the ghetto so you've now stopped filming

Because there are squatters and there are confined families

And being completely drunk, you’re inches close to death

In the ghetto there’s always a woman who gets cat-called

There's always a bloke high on weed

A messed-up rapper waiting for a breakthrough, yeah

I went through hell to be able bring you gold

The motor makes an alligator noise

Between you and I, there’s no connection

I supervise them, I support them on the Mirador

In the ghetto, with faces that can freak you out

I’m in the ghetto with people who've just been acquitted

We go for a ride, we go for a ride in town

Not a very docile individual

I’m on the passenger seat leaning against the window

She wants to know the make of the automobile, yeah