The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
1993, Paris-Brooklyn
La puissance du son
What
It's the good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
Il était vraisemblable que tous les faux semblants
De la farce humanitaire aboutiraient au néant
C'est une boule à facettes comme dans les discothèques
Ca reflète à la lumière et sans elle, ffft! Du vent
J'aime les images fortes car je suis comme toi
Le poids des mots et le choc des photos
Ay yo, it's time to get up
Time to change the world, 'cause I'm fed up
We're gonna expose the wrong that's been going on
There's people dying in the streets still
In every city, lots of kids they be ill
I live in Brooklyn, got boys all over been
Around the world and you know that I know
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
L'homme qui prend le microphone se nomme Solaar
Maître de la rime urbaine accompagné des comparses et de Gangstarr
A Paris en France comme dans la Rome antique
Imite le maître, malgré le mythe comme Spartacus (limitait le mec)
Qui millimètre après millimètre check l'intellect à des kilomètres
It's your turn, Guru
Crazy madness, it's all I see out my window
It doesn't matter who's the president, yo
I hate to tell ya, but slavery is still in effect
Haven't you checked, us black folks create for ya I make a bet, if you
Don't let the truth out huh
Evil will rule without a doubt and it's
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
Solaar
C'est le monde des affaires, OPA sur la misère
Le réel me nargue, tralalalalère
L'air de rien je doute de l'existance des Dieux
De l'existance du mieux dans un lieu plus pieux
Alors je prends de l'avance, en prenant du recul
Car prendre du recul c'est prendre de l'élan
I come in peace, but sucka's always trying to front, so
I gotta let 'em know, gotta let 'em know
This ain't no game, punk, 'cause you could wind up dead
With bullets to the head from the posse's lead
I'm like your mentor, and this is for your benefit
So hear the noise, 'cause the rude boys ain't havin' it
It's
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
En prophète de la fête, je suis contre ceux qui fêtent
La défaite de la fête, alors faites attention
Cette recette intercepte les adeptes trouble-fête
Et le son, domine la situation
Le bien et le mal, situation critique
Problème politique, éthique et techniques, OK man, tout s'explique
Yeah, my man MC Solaar in the house
I'm known as the Guru, you know that
I got the whole posse: Jimmy James, Mikey Moos-Moos, Louche, Blackjack
The Mack, The Ramses, Soon-E MC, Menelik, Bambi Cruz, Planet Mars
Strike, Kéry James, Boom Bass, Zdar, Démocrates D
And their whole entire crew
You know what I'm sayin'? Taking no shorts in 1993
Peace, it's the good and the bad, and I'm out
La puissance du son
What
It's the good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
Il était vraisemblable que tous les faux semblants
De la farce humanitaire aboutiraient au néant
C'est une boule à facettes comme dans les discothèques
Ca reflète à la lumière et sans elle, ffft! Du vent
J'aime les images fortes car je suis comme toi
Le poids des mots et le choc des photos
Ay yo, it's time to get up
Time to change the world, 'cause I'm fed up
We're gonna expose the wrong that's been going on
There's people dying in the streets still
In every city, lots of kids they be ill
I live in Brooklyn, got boys all over been
Around the world and you know that I know
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
L'homme qui prend le microphone se nomme Solaar
Maître de la rime urbaine accompagné des comparses et de Gangstarr
A Paris en France comme dans la Rome antique
Imite le maître, malgré le mythe comme Spartacus (limitait le mec)
Qui millimètre après millimètre check l'intellect à des kilomètres
It's your turn, Guru
Crazy madness, it's all I see out my window
It doesn't matter who's the president, yo
I hate to tell ya, but slavery is still in effect
Haven't you checked, us black folks create for ya I make a bet, if you
Don't let the truth out huh
Evil will rule without a doubt and it's
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
Solaar
C'est le monde des affaires, OPA sur la misère
Le réel me nargue, tralalalalère
L'air de rien je doute de l'existance des Dieux
De l'existance du mieux dans un lieu plus pieux
Alors je prends de l'avance, en prenant du recul
Car prendre du recul c'est prendre de l'élan
I come in peace, but sucka's always trying to front, so
I gotta let 'em know, gotta let 'em know
This ain't no game, punk, 'cause you could wind up dead
With bullets to the head from the posse's lead
I'm like your mentor, and this is for your benefit
So hear the noise, 'cause the rude boys ain't havin' it
It's
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
The good, the bad
Le bien, le mal
En prophète de la fête, je suis contre ceux qui fêtent
La défaite de la fête, alors faites attention
Cette recette intercepte les adeptes trouble-fête
Et le son, domine la situation
Le bien et le mal, situation critique
Problème politique, éthique et techniques, OK man, tout s'explique
Yeah, my man MC Solaar in the house
I'm known as the Guru, you know that
I got the whole posse: Jimmy James, Mikey Moos-Moos, Louche, Blackjack
The Mack, The Ramses, Soon-E MC, Menelik, Bambi Cruz, Planet Mars
Strike, Kéry James, Boom Bass, Zdar, Démocrates D
And their whole entire crew
You know what I'm sayin'? Taking no shorts in 1993
Peace, it's the good and the bad, and I'm out
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Le Bien, Le Mal Lyrics as written by Christophe Roger Viguier Keith Elam
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