I hope you know that the lyrics of this song are not from Zebda. Actually, they are the lyrics of "le chant des partisans", which is the song of the French Resistance fighter. It has been written in 1943 in London and immediately became the hymn of the Resistance against the nazis. The mentionned "enemy" means the nazis and therefore, somehow the violence of the lyrics is justified. It is a song of fraternity, of fight against fascism, a call to resistance.
Today the song is still sung to call to fight against xenophobia, thanks to Zebda.
Our generation (20 to 30 years old) did not know the war but still the original song is really moving, so Zebda's song is great but not as much as "le chant des partisans"...
I hope you know that the lyrics of this song are not from Zebda. Actually, they are the lyrics of "le chant des partisans", which is the song of the French Resistance fighter. It has been written in 1943 in London and immediately became the hymn of the Resistance against the nazis. The mentionned "enemy" means the nazis and therefore, somehow the violence of the lyrics is justified. It is a song of fraternity, of fight against fascism, a call to resistance. Today the song is still sung to call to fight against xenophobia, thanks to Zebda. Our generation (20 to 30 years old) did not know the war but still the original song is really moving, so Zebda's song is great but not as much as "le chant des partisans"...