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HH from the Italian Diaspora

Almamegretta — Animamigrante (1993)

The Good and the Bad (Italian original)

There is too much noise, too much of a mess, let Raiss tell you like it is
And I want to tell you to keep in mind, who's good and who's bad...
So open your eyes and your brain and keep in mind who's good and who's bad
In such a climate of hunting criminals, I don't want to create a universal court
This is only a personal opinion, only an individual judgment
So look at the facts in a rational way without paying mind to electoral propaganda
I want to tell you to keep in mind who's good and who's bad

No, I can't stand who can't understand where are the good and the bad
There are those who keeps documents and 100,000 lire, and then those who don't even have a 1,000 lire in their pocket
I was born and grew up in a neighborhood where you either rob or sell drugs or shoot up
Without a lira sitting in front of the television that tells you you're not a man unless you have a big car
My school was in the middle of the street among the crooks and the police
And so what do you expect if I sell cocaine, if I also want to eat in the morning and the night

I also want to be like the children of the rich, with money in their pockets and good clothes
So when you read in the newspapers that the cops killed another four criminals
Think carefully, keep in mind who's good and who's bad

I can't stand it
Don't talk to me about morality
Don't talk to me about honesty and criminality
I grew up without any opportunity
What I do, I do to eat
In this world there are those who steal legally
and who exploit other's poverty
So how come these people are good and I'm considered bad?

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