Benda Bilili! Page #4

The city of de Bedfort.

BeIfort!

JULY 5th 2009

EUROCKEENNES FESTIVAL,

BELFORT, FRANCE

After the concert,

you'II go meet the girIs!

They'II aII come and say,

''I Iove you.''

But be carefuI,

it's not Iike the Congo here.

If they get cIingy, you say,

''Honey, I'm off to Germany.''

Staff Benda BiIiIi.

Very, very strong!

We're going to be on fire today!

It's hot out.

l'm an orphan, alone in the world

My parents died

a long time ago

My daddy told me never to steal

He'd say, ''Listen to me

and you'll live a long life''

Kids don't listen anymore

They join gangs,

the Kuluna

Our advice goes out the window

it's so hard

There's nothing to eat at home

so they join the Kuluna

Delinquents, gangsters, the Kuluna

What's the solution? The Kuluna

What's this Kuluna business, Roger?

Tell us about it

Before he died, my daddy said,

''lf you want to live a long life,

avoid problems

''And respect the world's principles''

l'm just a kid,

l have a long way ahead of me

l listened to my old man

And l'm still alive

Young man,

your parents are there to help you

Being in a gang is short-term

You're playing with your life,

little brother

Very, very strong!

We're visiting Iots of countries.

After Germany,

we're off to Denmark.

We won a trophy.

Tomorrow they've giving us a trophy

because we won.

And then we're taking a pIane

to another country.

To OsIo which is even farther.

I couIdn't caII you before

but everything is fine.

It's very coId.

AII the musicians say hi.

She hung up.

No more credit!

l used to sleep on cardboard

l used to sleep on cardboard

You have to be strong, right?

The work mentaIity.

Work is serious business.

We're serious, sure,

but we're freezing our asses.

- It's freezing!

- It's tough.

They don't fooI around here.

If you mess up,

you turn into an ice cube.

They were wrong,

those who didn't beIieve in us.

Staff was our project.

And today that project

is coming to Iife.

It's becoming a reaIity.

Hey, my friend, never forget

Today you have a plate

but you used to eat on the ground

Hey, my friend, never forget

Today from a plate,

tomorrow, on the ground

My friend, don't forget

Don't forget

the wind can blow the other way

Never forget

Hey, President. This is

the Argentinean Ambassador's wife.

- Argentinean?

- The Ambassador's wife.

PIeased to meet you.

- She speaks French.

- PIeased to meet you.

You speak French?

Thank you.

- I forgot.

- You forgot your French?

SeveraI years?

Where's the Ambassador?

- Ambassador.

- That's me.

Yes, she toId us that.

Thank you.

HeIIo, ExceIIence.

ExceIIence.

- Argentina.

- You're very kind.

Staff, straight ahead

Benda Bilili

What do you need to pull through

Your rotten life?

Staff, straight ahead

Benda Bilili

How do you pull through

Your rotten life?

Carried by Staffs love,

we will never die

ln Staffs hands, we get ahead

ln Staffs hands, we get ahead

Our leaders don't care about us

We stay strong no matter what

Our leaders don't care about us

We only count on each other

Staff Benda Bilili!

You have to understand

ln order to pull through

your rotten life

This whisky is strong!

Drink up.

Come on, a IittIe for Papa Ricky.

- Is there any weed around?

- Yeah, I Iike that better.

We'II get in troubIe.

Smoking weed is serious here.

You can't get caught.

I heard they have

marijuana detectors.

- Those things on the ceiIing?

- No, those are just...

If the smoke gets too thick,

they throw water everywhere.

Everything's wet

and you have to Ieave the hoteI.

- ImmediateIy.

- You Ieave your room right away.

You have to watch out.

Of aII of us,

the one who was most affected

by our success is Roger.

It reaIIy stirred him up.

You shouId see the kid

in his neighbourhood.

He's become a music master

in his neighbourhood.

- He bought a TV.

- A TV and everything!

- A couch.

- A mattress. He organised his Iife.

At 18,

Roger has become a man.

He'II have a house,

he's straightening himseIf out.

I guarantee you,

this kid wiII do great things.

Papa Ricky knows

that his chiId has grown up.

He knows I'm making progress.

He knows his chiId has a future

in Staff Benda BiIiIi.

He often says,

''We're going to die soon.

''We're getting oId,

you have to take over the orchestra.''

We've suffered together.

Ricky knows I come from far away.

I want him to know

that he can count on me.

TransIation:
Ana Zappa

SubtitIes TITRA FILM Paris

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