we hate france & france hates us

rachid

Because we hate,
because we're mad,
because we've had it up to here
Look around you
This place is shit,
it's a dump.
We have nothing here.
There's nothing for us.

sylla

Les keufs, man,
the cops.
They're Sarkozy's
and Sarkozy must go,
he has to shut his mouth,
say sorry or
just fuck off.
He shows no respect.
He calls us animals,
he says he'll clean the cités
with a power hose.
He's made it worse, man.
Every car that goes up,
that's one more message
for him

karim

They harass you,
they hassle you,
they insult you
the whole time,
ID checks now,
scooter checks next.
They call you nigger names
I got caught the other week
smoking on the train.
OK, you shouldn't
smoke on the train.
But we get to Aulnay station,
there are six cops
waiting for us,
three cars.
They did the whole
body search,
they had me
with my hands
on the roof of the car.
One said:
'Go back home, Arab.
Screw your race'.

djaoued

On the radio
they said
the last time
they used that law
was in the Algerian war.
Is that stupid
or what?
Ninety percent
of the people
who live here
are Arabs.
What does that tell them?
Fifty years later, you're still different?
We're not allowed outside,
and everyone else is.

ali

It's so easy
You need a beer bottle,
a bit of petrol
or white spirit,
a strip of rag
and a lighter.
Cars are better,
though,
when the tank goes.
One of you smashes
a window,
the other lobs
the bottle

all

We're sinking in shit,
and France is standing on our heads.


frases tiradas de artigo do guardian publicado em 9/11/2005