HOCUS POCUS - Hip Hop? [English Subtitles]

Translation to english of the song "Hip Hop?" from the french rap band Hocus Pocus featuring The Procussion.

Sorry for the grammatics and vocabulary mistakes that can be in it, it's really hard for me to translate from french to english

----------LYRICS----------
I founded an old video of Grandmaster Flash
Look at this man with his crazy style
I was shocked, his style killed me
The same clothes as the cops in the Y.M.C.A.'s video
Based on tight leather, in fashion at this time
And the same boots as the one of Francis Lalanne
I know it's a classic but bury me
If that's our clothing origins
Although look at the way they wear in music videos
Our clothes are the same ridiculous
Hip Hop? Big diamonds on the ears
Bullshit! Bitches who forgot their dress
I'm not convince but, at least, it evolves
A bit more than perfecto and hairy head
I think than with our ridiculous styles
In 10 years we'll laugh when we see how we looked like

Hip Hop? Big diamonds on the ears
Hip Hop? Bitches who forgot their dress
Hip Hop? Basketball shoes and cap
Hip Hop, I think it's all inside of your brain
Hip Hop? XXL clothes
Hip Hop? I said XXL
Hip Hop? Dollars as the main goal
Hip hop, just a good feeling inside

I got a passion it's, not just a habit
It's B-boy mentality deeper than any cavity
Way beyond fashion or any kind of salary
A quick elixir mixed with a heavy dose of reality
It's too complicated for the minds outside the lines
Drawn when the volume of drums gets over nine
I'm a, part of a movement not meant for the clueless
Use this in your curriculum when teaching the students

It's not
Who's it, what's is who seems to be controlling it
It's the future of hip hop and how we are unfolding it
It's travelled down the road that every genre must walk down
Hip hop is on the legend it needs to be talked down
The renaissance to the untimely death
The revival of a culture or survival of a soldier
Brought by the common people of poverty and need
I'm a voice, it's a tool, god let the world see

You must be out of ya mind,
If you think the way you dress will serve to help the away you rhyme
Some people put their image first then self gets left behind
So when you search within the verse it's best that you be blind
Your remarkably designed your equal is hard to find
If your unsatisfied take it up with the divine
Cus we don't go the time and if you go to me
I'll say your better off just being who you supposed to be

Hip Hop? Big diamonds on the ears
Hip Hop? Bitches who forgot their dress
Hip Hop? Big egos and big chains
Hip Hop, I think it's all inside of your brain
Hip Hop? XXL clothes
Hip Hop? I said XXL
Hip Hop? Quick money and fast rides?
Hip Hop, just a good feeling inside

3 stripes jogging suit and old Stan Smith on your feet
3 times too big cap, and don't forget the fat laces
Man, you're Hip Hop but out of fashion since 20 years
Now with these clothes you look out
It evolves fast, too fast, I'm sorry
When I begin to love a way to dress it's out of fashion
Now it's Air Force 1 and Baggy pants
But, for sure, in the end of this song it'll be has-been
We'll wear tomorrow as they did in US yesterday
France is suppose to be the country of fashion and we are proud of it
Anyway it's not my culture
Since when are the big fur coat supposed to be linked to hip hop?
I prefer to look in my CD box instead of my wardrobe
I make music, not a fashion show

Hip Hop? Big diamonds on the ears
Hip Hop? Bitches who forgot their dress
Hip Hop? Basketball shoes and cap
Hip Hop, I think it's all inside of your brain
Hip Hop? XXL clothes
Hip Hop? I said XXL
Hip Hop? Dollars as the main goal
Hip hop, just a good feeling inside

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[szponzorallah]

thanks 4 the translation,good job!

which album contains this track?

[NightmareTheater]

The name of the Album is "73 Touches" (published in 2005).

[padza12]

how the fuck this only has 4 1/2 stars i dont know

[greasyhousehunter]

I'm living in Ottawa right now, and this is actually the first french hip hop song i have heard - - its d-o-o-o-p-e!

[pubite]

cant understand the english part xD

[epikkalypse]

modern day rappers should really listen to this song.

[BIGGJAY777]

I'm diggin' this. Good job translating. I appreciate all those who push the Hip Hop culture beyond boundaries.

[riteu]

hocus pocus rocks! i love this group!!

[jazzfusionbass]

@prozakjunkie i think it is 99% hocus pocus composition... Hocus pocus is a Hip-Hop Jazz band. :D

[poinnovate]

that intro sounds alot like brother ali..hmmm.. I think I like this.

[prozakjunkie]

Any idea what the tune is sampled from?

[Sheeddyy]

rofl when the shorts turn into long pants...hahaha

[CiseDj]

The guy at 2:09 reminds of talib kweli. Anyone else agree?

[supervhvh]

@greasyhousehunter hey dude if you liked this you might like "J'attend" by Hocus Pocus !

And I want u to know that some guys in Hocus Pocus Have an other band , an electro one , called Birdy Nam Nam , it's like the best dj's of the world !

They won few DMC DJ Championchip ....

Kind regards

From the Frenchie