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'"La France"' is a 2001 song by the French hip hop band Sniper. It addresses perceived injustices committed against minorities by the French political system and the opinion that even though there is a large number of people of African and Arab origins in France, they are poorly represented in politics. The song's chorus displays the message in a rather strong way:

La France est une garce et on s'est fait trahir

Le systme, voil ce qui nous pousse les har

La haine, c'est ce qui rend nos propos vulgaires

On nique la France sous une tendance de musique populaire

On est d'accord et on se moque des rpressions

On se fout de la Rpublique et de la libert d'expression

Faudrait changer les lois et pouvoir voir

Bientt l'Elyse des arabes et des noirs au pouvoir

In English:

France is a bitch and we've been betrayed

The system is what makes us hate them

The hatred is what makes our words vulgar

We fuck France over with the pop music

We agree and we don't care about a repression

We don't give a damn about the Republic or the freedom of expression

The laws should be changed and we should see

Arabs and Blacks in power, soon at l'Elyse,

This song was among the ones that according to the French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy had 'violent, racist and abusive' lyrics,'L'Atlantique multiracial: discours, politiques, dnis' 2012 -- Page 98 "... et de la Licra (Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antismitisme). Les plaintes faisaient rfrence la chanson La France mais aussi Jeteur de pierre (2001), qui dcrit le conflit isralo-palestinien en prsentant l'Intifada comme une ..." particularly as it contains the line '"Pour mission exterminer les ministres et les fachos"' ("A mission to exterminate the ministers and fascists"), "Frre, je lance un appel, on est l pour tout niquer, leur laisser des traces et des squelles, avant de crever" and "Mon seul souhait, dsormais, est de nous voir les envahir" (Now, my only wish is to see us invading them).

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