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Flaminio Maphia — Resurrezione (2001)
Tony e Dino
(Italian original)
Translation by Antonio Ventresco, with Joe SciorraChorus: Let me decide
They were two, like so many others, born on the outskirts of town
my road is so difficult
Let me decide
if you divide destiny.
where life is hard and you hate the police
where there's so much criminality
where the people live with difficulty My name is Dino and I live day by day
together with Tony, a good pair
it goes how it goes, if there's no work
rob what's left if we want to eat. I'm Tony, one of the many
bastards, vagabonds, idlers, and absconders
I live by dirty work and foreverlasting
my life's already burnt
and I don't know if I'll reach adulthood Tony and Dino, close friends
I risk with him attacks from blades and guns
I live to rob all that comes
because my fixed thoughts are to live life to its fullest. Chorus: Let me decide
my road is so difficult
Let me decide
if you divide destiny. Ten years have passed and nothing's changed
the illeagle life I've choosen
I've become a big shot
the police respect me and don't bother me
bribes are enough for me to get over
infamous like "La Banda della Uno Bianca(1)
smart like "La Banda della Maglianna"(2)
the whole week I say alluded the customs man
I'm hiding out with some contraband
thieving and trafficking so I can expand
selling coke to some fool
meanwhile I'm blinging a ring
I was thinking about being in paradise
but I realized I was drenched in filth
and while my last tear fell
I understand that I had lost my soul. Chorus: Let me decide
my road is so difficult
Let me decide
if you divide destiny. Ten years passed and Tony became Antonio
I'd been to prison and cam close to being sent to themadhouse
my life had changed in one night
when I saw the Rock Steady Crew together with Africa Bambaataa
I'm a breaker dancer, my art is b-boying
that dance busts with samurai moves
I left my old friends fpr for hip hop
and now I live just by suffering and sacrifice
I pass hours medicating the blues
I left the street and its shitty corners
passion pushes me even if I'm devestated
and invent deanvulè and new footwork
I dance to live, I risk a fast
no one has ever made money break dancing
but at night when my last tear falls
you don't know how happy my soul is. Chorus:
Let me decide
my road is so difficult
Let me decide
if you divide destiny.NOTES
(1) La Banda della Uno Bianca or the White Fiat Uno Gang, was a group of rouge police that terrorized the region of Emilia-Romagna from 1987-1994, killing 23 people without motive, including gas attendants, gypsies, immigrants, bank employees, witnesses, and others. More information. BACK
(2) La Banda della Maglianna or the Magliana Street Gang was a vicious criminal organisation that terrorized Rome during the 1970s. The gang, known for carrying out politically motivated crimes, was associated with the right-wing masonic lodge P2. More information. BACK
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