When i grow up...

J'ai eu la chance de voir Scroobius Pip accompagné de son Dan le Sac il y a quelques semaines, et non contente d'avoir découvert face à moi un artiste débordant d'énergie crachant ses textes acerbes avec un sens du rythme impayable, je découvre petit à petit quelques unes de ses collaborations avec d'autres artistes électro assez enthousiasmantes. De ce morceau, non seulement je retiens la musique lourde et bien ficelée, mais je suis surtout marquée par les paroles de Scroobius Pip encore une fois, et constate avec plaisir que comme le fait Palahniuk, il arrive à transmettre ce que j'ai dans la tête avec infiniment plus d'élégance que je ne saurais le faire moi-même.

Je vous présente "Astronaut" en collaboration avec les anglais électro de YILA : de tout ce pamphlet contre le conformisme qu'on essaie d'inculquer aux gosses dès la petite enfance à grand coups de programmes d'orientation de notre sacro-sainte Education Nationale, je retiendrai ce que je ressentais déjà dès l'adolescence et qui n'a pas changé alors que j'ai désormais trente ans, et malgré les préventions multiples des plus vieux qui aimaient me répéter que j'allais changer d'avis une fois plus mûre (ce qui s'avère cependant être le cas pour certaines choses que je considère accessoires) :

When I grow up, I just want to roll
From one experience to the next without having a goal
When I grow up, I want to evolve
Into a person not defined just by their job or their role

Quand je serai grande, je voudrais simplement vagabonder d'une expérience à l'autre sans but
Quand je serai grande, je voudrais devenir une personne qui ne soit pas définie juste par son travail ou son statut

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

See the friends I made and I were different from the rest
Though in the school playground is where the xxxx starts to show
The other kids would play He-Man, and GI Joe
But why they aspired to be GI Joe I just didnt know
It was kinda clear right then there were strangers within us
We're more like you be Charles Mingus, I'll be sticky fingers
I was a schoolboy standing in a schoolboy stance
Gimmie some space to grow so I can try to advance

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

Now just becuase I did not become an astronaut
That does not mean I have failed, oh no no not at all
It simply means the ambitions of the kids at school
Can be restricted and a little one-dimensional
We are encouraged to pick a job in which we see success
Instead of thinking about what we really need for happiness
And so our goal becomes our job title and anything less
Is deemed a failure and for me this is quite hard to digest

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Anything other than that is an afterthought

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
With a lot of good friends and a family to support
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
With no friends, other than the TV I bought

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Married to the girl throughout my teens I have sought
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Selling drugs on the side and not getting caught

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Living out my life in a familiar haunt
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Drained of all my life, looking tired and gaunt

When I grow up, I just want to roll
From one experience to the next without having a goal
When I grow up, I want to evolve
Into a person not defined just by their job or their role
When I grow up, I just want to roll
From one experience to the next without having a goal
When I grow up, I want to evolve
Into a person not defined just by their job or their role

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

Humeur : créative, allez! au boulot!
Bande son : Scroobius Pip dans ses diverses collaborations