Lyrics and translation Akira The Don feat. Jordan B. Peterson - You're Oppressed

You're Oppressed

Okay, so here's a problem
There's a big problem here
The problem is it's true

You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
God only knows why
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
(God only knows why)

Maybe you're too short or you're not as beautiful as you could be
Or your grandparent was a serf
Likely, 'cause almost everybody's great grandparent was
And you know, you're not as smart as you could be
And you have a sick relative, and you have your own physical problem
Frankly, you're a mess
Frankly, you're a mess
And you're oppressed in every possible way
Including your ancestry and your biology
The entire sum of human history
Has conspired to produce victimized you
With all your individual pathological problems
It's like yes
True!

You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
God only knows why
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
(God only knows why)

Okay, but the problem is, that it is true
And so if you take the oppressed
You have to fractionate them and fractionate them
Fractionate them, and fractionate them and it's like, "You're a woman"
"Yeah okay, well, I'm a black woman"
"Well, I'm a black woman who has two children"
"Well, I'm a black woman who has two children
And one of them isn't very healthy"
And then, "Well I'm a, I'm a Hispanic woman
And I have a genius son who doesn't have any money
So that he can't go to university. My husband is an alcoholic brute."
It's like, well yeah that sucks too and so
Let's fix all your oppression, let's fix all your oppression
Let's fix all your, fix all your, fix all your oppression
And we will take every single thing into account
And then we'll fix yours too
We'll take every single thing into account
No you won't, no you won't, no you won't
Because you can't, you can't, it is technically impossible

You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
God only knows why
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
(God only knows why)

First of all, you can't even list all the ways that you're oppressed
Second, how are you gonna weight them?
Third, who's gonna decide?
That's the bloody thing
Who's gonna decide?
Who's gonna decide?
That's the thing
You have to fractionate the oppressed all the way down
To the level of the individual
Well, that's what the West figured out
It's not an accident that the axiomatic Western individual is someone
Who was unfairly crossed and tortured
It's like yes, right, exactly!

You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
God only knows why
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
(God only knows why)

So what do you do about that?
Well, I thought about that for a long time, too
It's like, well you don't get together in the damn mob
All that does is allow you to be as horrible
As you can possibly imagine
And suffer from none of the consequences
That's a bad idea, so how about we don't do that
Well, there's a deep idea in the West, too
It's like pick up your damn suffering, and bare it!
Try to be a good person, so you don't make it worse!
Well that's a truth, you know?

Tu Es Opprimée

Ok, alors voilà le problème
Il y a un gros problème ici
Le problème, c'est que c'est vrai

Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Dieu seul sait pourquoi
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
(Dieu seul sait pourquoi)

Peut-être que tu es trop petite ou que tu n'es pas aussi belle que tu pourrais l'être
Ou que ton grand-parent était un serf
Probablement, parce que presque tous les arrière-grands-parents l'étaient
Et tu sais, tu n'es pas aussi intelligente que tu pourrais l'être
Et tu as un parent malade, et tu as tes propres problèmes physiques
Franchement, tu es un vrai chantier
Franchement, tu es un vrai chantier
Et tu es opprimée de toutes les manières possibles
Y compris par ton ascendance et ta biologie
Toute l'histoire de l'humanité
A conspiré pour te victimiser
Avec tous tes problèmes pathologiques individuels
C'est comme si oui
C'est vrai !

Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Dieu seul sait pourquoi
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
(Dieu seul sait pourquoi)

Ok, mais le problème c'est que c'est vrai
Et donc si tu prends les opprimés
Tu dois les fractionner et les fractionner encore
Les fractionner, et les fractionner et c'est comme, "Tu es une femme"
"Ouais ok, eh bien, je suis une femme noire"
"Eh bien, je suis une femme noire qui a deux enfants"
"Eh bien, je suis une femme noire qui a deux enfants
Et l'un d'eux n'est pas en très bonne santé"
Et puis, "Eh bien je suis une, je suis une femme hispanique
Et j'ai un fils surdoué qui n'a pas d'argent
Pour qu'il puisse aller à l'université. Mon mari est un alcoolique brutal."
C'est comme, ouais ça craint aussi et donc
Réglons toute ton oppression, réglons toute ton oppression
Réglons toute ton, toute ton, toute ton oppression
Et nous prendrons chaque chose en compte
Et puis on réglera la tienne aussi
On prendra chaque chose en compte
Non vous ne le ferez pas, non vous ne le ferez pas, non vous ne le ferez pas
Parce que vous ne pouvez pas, vous ne pouvez pas, c'est techniquement impossible

Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Dieu seul sait pourquoi
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
(Dieu seul sait pourquoi)

Tout d'abord, tu ne peux même pas énumérer toutes les façons dont tu es opprimée
Deuxièmement, comment vas-tu les pondérer ?
Troisièmement, qui va décider ?
C'est bien ça le problème
Qui va décider ?
Qui va décider ?
C'est ça le truc
Tu dois fractionner les opprimés jusqu'au bout
Jusqu'au niveau de l'individu
Eh bien, c'est ce que l'Occident a compris
Ce n'est pas un hasard si l'individu occidental axiomatique est quelqu'un
Qui a été injustement persécuté et torturé
C'est comme si oui, c'est ça, exactement !

Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Dieu seul sait pourquoi
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
Tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée, tu es opprimée
(Dieu seul sait pourquoi)

Alors qu'est-ce que tu fais pour ça ?
Eh bien, j'y ai réfléchi longtemps aussi
C'est comme, eh bien tu ne te joins pas à la foule
Tout ce que ça fait, c'est te permettre d'être aussi horrible
Que tu peux l'imaginer
Et de ne subir aucune des conséquences
C'est une mauvaise idée, alors pourquoi ne pas faire autrement
Eh bien, il y a une idée profonde en Occident aussi
C'est comme prends ta souffrance, et porte-la !
Essaie d'être quelqu'un de bien, pour ne pas empirer les choses !
C'est la vérité, tu sais ?