If there is one French song that I know by hearth, then it is Aicha : a French song from Algerian-French music writer Cheb Khaled. This French song has been very popular, it has been a French hit in Malaysia as well, and my teacher those days was smart enough to incorporate it in his teachings. From him I learned that you need to incorporate anything your students love in order to let them learn the most 
The other reason why I love this French song is because it is inspired by the hardships felt by the young French-Algerian population in French Algeria. Although I don’t get my nose beaten up because I am not wearing a veal, the mental oppression not being allowed to say what you really feel is not good for anybody’s state of mind.
If you wonder why with one leg I am in Malaysia and with the other I want to get out of Malaysia so badly, it is because I would like to have peace of mind: you feel more accepted as a foreigner living in France than as a non Malay Malaysian in Malaysia 
