POCO/TROPPO Lyrics in English Geolier
Prumesse is the Neapolitan dialect word for "promise." While seemingly simple, it carries significant weight in the context of this song and the culture it represents.
Geolier emphasizes that "na prumesse val troppo chiù e' tutt' l'oro" (a promise is worth much more than all the gold). This highlights the profound importance of one's word and loyalty in the street life depicted in the lyrics, making it a powerful and culturally resonant choice.
"POCO/TROPPO" ("Little/Too Much") is Geolier's portrait of street life in the poorer parts of Naples, rapped in Neapolitan dialect. The title captures the song's central tension: down here, you either have too little or too much, and never anything steady in between.
The verses move through the small, hard rules of that world: robberies planned around a bank's routine, a diamond that's worth less than it looks, a street sweeper turned lookout, a mother's fear of raising kids in "a jungle." Money, guns and jail time show up constantly, but the song keeps circling back to something less material: a promise kept, or broken.
The hook makes that explicit: "a promise is worth much more than all the gold I'd want for myself." For Geolier, loyalty is the one currency that still means something when everything else is scarce or excessive. The closing lines ask who will actually sink or swim alongside him, since down here everyone ultimately looks out for their own.
