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My name is G.G. (= Giorgio Gaber)

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I was born and I live in Milan.

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I do NOT feel Italian

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But luckily or not, I happen to be one.[br]

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I am sorry Mr. President,[br]It’s not my fault

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But I am not quite sure what this fatherland of ours is about.

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I might be wrong of course and [br]Maybe our country is indeed a good idea

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But I am afraid it will just turn into some sort of bad poem.

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I am sorry Mr President,[br]

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but I just don’t feel the need of a National Anthem[br]and to be honest I am a little ashamed of it.[br]

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As for our soccer players,[br]I don’t feel like judging them[br]

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whenever they fail to sing the anthem…[br]Either they’re simply not familiar with it[br]

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Or they just have some shame…[br]

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I do not feel Italian[br]But luckily or not, I happen to be one.

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I’m sorry Mr. President,[br]if I might now sound disrespectful[br][br]

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when I state that I do not feel like I belong.[br]

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And with the exception of Garibaldi[br]And of a few glorious heroes,[br]

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I do not see much [br]To be proud of.[br]

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I am sorry Mr President,[br]But I cannot help but recalling the fanaticism[br]

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Of the “blackshirts” during the Fascism.[br]

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That same Fascism which once gave birth to our so called democracy.[br]

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And frankly it takes some guts to complement it…

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I do not feel Italian[br]But luckily or not, I happen to be one.[br]

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[br]Our beautiful country[br]is full of poetry[br]and has so many demands[br][br]

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But after all it’s nothing but the periphery[br]of the Western culture.

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I’m sorry Mr President,[br]But I believe our nation

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which you now represent[br]

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is in pieces.

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In people's eyes[br]it’s so evident[br]that everything is manipulated[br]while nothing actually works.[br]

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Maybe we Italians[br]have too much of an old tradition[br]of being way too passionate

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About discussing over every single thing.

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Even in our Parliament[br]the atmosphere is incandescent

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they fight over everything [br]and nothing ever changes.

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I do not feel Italian[br]But luckily or not, I happen to be one.

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I’m sorry Mr President,[br]but you must agree with me:

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between us we must aknowledge our own limits

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At the end of the day, beyond the defeatism[br]We are who we are[br]

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And we do have a past[br]Which is worth to be remembered .[br]

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I am sorry Mr President,[br]But maybe we Italians[br]

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at the eyes of the other countries represents nothing more but spaghetti and mandolins.[br]

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And here I get pissed and get[br]proud and show in their face[br]

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What Renaissance was all about.

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I do not feel Italian[br]But luckily or unluckily, I happen to be one.[br]

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Our beautiful country[br]might be unwise and confused

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But after all if I were born somewhere else[br]

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Could have been even worse.[br]

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I am sorry Mr President,[br]I already said too much, but I believe[br]

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There is one last important point to add:

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Compared to other countries[br]We do not believe in ourselves [br]

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maybe that's just because we realized[br]That the world is nothing but a small theatre.[br]

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I am sorry Mr President,[br]

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I know you’re not happy when you hear people calling out "Italy, Italy" only at soccer games.[br]

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But both for not dying[br]Or just for fun[br]

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We did create the European Union[br]Now it's time to finally create... Italy.[br][br]

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I do not feel Italian[br]But luckily or not, I happen to be one.[br]

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...Luckily I am.