Mon Everest – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Soprano, Marina Kaye
• Album: L'Everest

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the powerful message of "Mon Everest" by Soprano and Marina Kaye, a song that blends hip-hop and pop to deliver an uplifting narrative about determination and self-belief. Discover how their unique collaboration creates an anthem for anyone striving to reach their personal 'Everest'.

[English]

I've climbed, I've climbed, I've climbed without letting go of my principles and values

I'll never forget where I come from, I know what it's like to be a person of color

I know what it is to work twice as hard to measure up

If I sing about cosmopolitanism, it's because I've seen all kinds of colors

They told me, they told me "little one, wake up, you're dreaming too much"

Little one, you have an appetite that's way too big, reality's bland and flavorless

Forget your teenage dreams, like everyone else follow the herd

But the stubborn part of me was full of determination in my backpack

None of their discouragements made me fall to my knees

No doctor in the world could treat my fever

Anything's possible when you know who you are

Anything's possible when you own who you are

Today, look at me contemplating my sacrifices at the top of my Everest

I spend my life climbing, hiding

And fighting for what I want

And I don't want my mind stuck

Just my pain, my hunger, and my cries

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I gotta fight, fight

Fight, fight for who I am

And I will

I've sung, I've sung, I've sung about love and peace for years

I'm this melancholic who heals himself when his troubles start to rhyme

A positive rapper to give hope to disillusioned youth

At a time when they threaten us with an AK 49.3 to make us bend

My family, my family, my family, everything's good because they are my engines

My VIP circle is my family, for them I shone before the spotlights

I love you Comoria, I love you Massilia (Hallelujah)

My image, my speech, my journey, my fight, all of it is to honor them

Cancer stole a brother from me, only my kids can dry my tears

Always standing, singing that love is the best gun against terror

I unload it when I sing, whether in a community center or at the Restos du Cœur

I'm back stronger than ever, send me more smiles than flowers

I spend my life climbing, hiding

And fighting for what I want

And I don't want my mind stuck

Just my pain, my hunger, and my cries

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I gotta fight, fight

Fight, fight for who I am

And I will

This time I know I fight for who I am

I know, I know, I know, I know

This time I know I fight for who I am

I know, I know, I know, I know

This time I know I fight for who I am

I know, I know, I know, I know

For who I am

...

I spend my life climbing, hiding

And fighting for what I want

And I don't want my mind stuck

Just my pain, my hunger, and my cries

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I gotta fight, fight

Fight, fight for who I am

And I will

...

Anything's possible when you know who you are

Anything's possible when you own who you are

Anything's possible when you know who you are

Anything's possible when you own who you are

Marina, Soprano

...

[French]

J'ai grimpé, j'ai grimpé, j'ai grimpé sans lâcher mes principes et mes valeurs

Jamais j'oublierais d'où je viens, je sais ce que c'est d'être un homme de couleur

Je sais ce que c'est de taffer deux fois plus pour pouvoir être à la hauteur

Si je chante la cosmopolitanie c'est parce que j'en ai vu de toutes les couleurs

On m'a dit, on m'a dit "petit, réveille-toi t'es un peu trop rêveur"

Petit, tu as un trop gros appétit, la réalité est fade et sans saveur

Oublie tes rêves d'ados, comme tout le monde suis le troupeau

Mais le têtu que j'étais avait de la détermination plein le sac-à-dos

Aucune de leurs dissuasions m'a mis le genou à terre

Aucun médecin au monde ne pouvait soigner ma fièvre

Tout est possible quand tu sais qui tu es

Tout est possible quand t'assumes qui tu es

Aujourd'hui, regarde-moi contempler mes sacrifices au sommet de mon Everest

I spend my life climbing, hiding

And fighting for what I want

And I don't want my mind stuck

Just my pain, my hunger and my cries

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I gotta fight, fight

Fight, fight for who I am

And I will

J'ai chanté, j'ai chanté, j'ai chanté l'amour et la paix pendant des années

Je suis ce mélancolique qui se soigne quand ses m-a-u-x se mettent à rimer

Un rappeur positif pour donner de l'espoir à cette jeunesse désabusée

À l'heure où on nous braque avec un AK 49.3 pour nous faire plier

Ma famille, ma famille, ma famille tout roule pour moi car ce sont mes moteurs

Mon carré VIP c'est mon cercle familial, pour eux j'brillais avant les projecteurs

I love you Comoria, I love you Massilia (Alléluia)

Mon image, mon discours, mon parcours, mon combat, tout ça c'est pour pouvoir leur faire honneur

Le cancer m'a volé un frère il n'y a que mes gosses pour éponger mes pleurs

Toujours debout à chanter que l'amour est le meilleur fusil contre la terreur

Je le décharge quand je chante, dans une MJC ou dans les Restos du Cœur

J'suis de retour plus humain que jamais, envoyez-moi des sourires plus que des fleurs

I spend my life climbing, hiding

And fighting for what I want

And I don't want my mind stuck

Just my pain, my hunger and my cries

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I gotta fight, fight

Fight, fight for who I am

And I will

This time I know I fight for who I am

I know, I know, I know, I know

This time I know I fight for who I am

I know, I know, I know, I know

This time I know I fight for who I am

I know, I know, I know, I know

For who I am

I spend my life climbing, hiding

And fighting for what I want

And I don't want my mind stuck

Just my pain, my hunger and my cries

I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I gotta fight, fight

Fight, fight for who I am

And I will

Tout est possible quand tu sais qui tu es

Tout est possible quand t'assumes qui tu es

Tout est possible quand tu sais qui tu es

Tout est possible quand t'assumes qui tu es

Marina, Soprano

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
grimper /ɡʁɛ̃.pe/ A2	verb - to climb
valeur /va.lœʁ/ B1	noun - value
couleur /ku.lœʁ/ A1	noun - color
rêveur /ʁɛ.vœʁ/ B2	adjective - dreamer
appétit /a.pe.ti/ B2	noun - appetite
rêve /ʁɛv/ A2	noun - dream verb - dream
têtu /te.ty/ B2	adjective - stubborn
détermination /de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ C1	noun - determination
médecin /med.sɛ̃/ A2	noun - doctor
fièvre /fjɛvʁ/ B1	noun - fever
sommet /sɔ.mɛ/ B1	noun - summit, peak
Everest /e.ve.ʁɛst/ B1	noun - Everest
amour /a.muʁ/ A1	noun - love
paix /pɛ/ A2	noun - peace
espoir /ɛs.pwaʁ/ B1	noun - hope
famille /fa.mij/ A1	noun - family
honneur /ɔ.nœʁ/ B2	noun - honor
frère /fʁɛʁ/ A1	noun - brother
terreur /tɛ.ʁœʁ/ B2	noun - terror