A banger from the french student protests.


J’ai 2 passions

Couplet 1 :
J’ai deux passions,
La fanfare la révolution
Vive les blocages, les sabotages
Les ZAD et les manifs sauvages

Couplet 2 :
J’ai deux passions
La fanfare la révolution
se soutenir construire le rêve,
que la terre entière se soulève!

Couplet 3 :
J’ai deux passions
La culture et l’agriculture
Et pour ça faut garder la terre
La thalasso, faut pas la faire

Couplet 4 :
J’ai deux passions
Le tuba et le saxo
Pour tous ces riches, pas d’thalasso
Et pour nous aut’ les rigadeaux


I Have Two Passions

Verse 1
I have two passions,
Brass bands and revolution!
Long live the blockades, the sabotage,
The ZADs and the wildcat demonstrations!

Verse 2
I have two passions,
Brass bands and revolution!
Supporting each other, building the dream,
Let the whole world rise up!

Verse 3
I have two passions,
Culture and agriculture!
And for that, we must hold on to the land,
That thalassotherapy resort must never be built!

Verse 4
I have two passions,
The tuba and the saxophone!
No seaside spas for all those rich folks,
And for the rest of us, the cockles!


Probably :

  • ZAD = zones à défendre, temporary autonomous zones
  • the thalassotherapy resort/cockles thing must be from some previous anti-tourist development protest that has taken on a symbolic meaning. Rigadaux is term from Brittany for edible shellfish you pick up on the seashore. Basically, fuck the rich, save the land.