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[musique] 00:00
[chant] 00:03
[musique] 00:06
[musique] 00:13
C'est du 18 car elle a les yeux 00:16
revolvers. J'ai le cœur irréparable, 00:19
[musique] 00:21
je nois ma peine dans un verre. On se 00:22
comprend pas. Je préfère [musique] gérer 00:25
mes affaires. [chant] 00:27
On se comprend pas. Quelqu'un d'autre 00:29
[musique] 00:31
hiver. Me dis pas où tu as mal. Ne vole 00:33
pas toutes mes forces. N'aspire pas mon 00:36
âme. [musique] 00:39
Je dois le faire comme un boss. Je dois 00:40
ramasser ce cach avant qu'un HS 00:42
m'arrose. Avant que mes sources 00:45
[musique] me lâchent. Avant que ce fan 00:47
those, je cherche une copilote qui n'a 00:50
pas peur de prendre la route, qui 00:53
[musique] n'attend pas que tourne la 00:55
roue car le monde est à nous. Me dis pas 00:57
où tu as mal, ne vole pas [musique] 01:00
toutes mes forces, n'inspire pas mon 01:03
âme. Je dois le faire comme un boss. 01:05
Si tu [musique] dis car, elle a les yeux 01:09
revolvers. J'ai le cœur irréparable. 01:11
[musique] 01:14
Je noir ma peine dans un verre. On se 01:15
comprend pas. Je préfère gérer [chant] 01:17
mes affaires. On se comprend [musique] 01:20
pas quelqu'un tout aura y faire. 01:22
J'ai [musique] mis mon cœur de côté. 01:28
J'ai mis mon de côté. Je pas pas de 01:30
faire tes pébé tout [musique][chant] ça 01:33
c'est peut 01:35
le temps d'un coup. Fais pas [musique] 01:39
ce regard je le connais il m'a la 01:41
vie déjà. Raconte pas ma vieux gens. ma 01:44
vie les yeux sur moi. [musique] Les yeux 01:47
sur moi. Moi j'ai les yeux sur son j'ai 01:49
les yeux sur son [chant] paradis. 01:51
On est tombé [musique] trois étages. 01:54
Trois étages. Mais c'est cétait le 01:56
projet [musique] c'était le projet ces 01:59
cor. Elle a les yeux revolvers. On s'est 02:02
cru inséparable [musique] 02:05
debout devant le maire. On a qu'une vie. 02:07
Je préfère gérer mes [chant] affaires. 02:10
On ne se [musique] comprend pas. Il 02:14
faudra s'y faire. C'est du 18 cars. Elle 02:16
a les yeux [musique] revolvers. J'ai le 02:20
cœur irréparable. Je nois ma peine dans 02:23
un verre. On se comprend [musique] pas. 02:26
Je préfère gérer mes affaires. On se 02:28
comprend pas. [musique] Quelqu'un 02:32
d'autre saura y faire si tu dis cara. 02:33
Elle a [musique] les yeux roles 02:38
cœur irréparable. Je noir ma [musique] 02:40
peine dans un verre. On se comprend pas. 02:43
Je préfère 02:45
[musique] 02:47
on se comprend pas. Quelqu'un tout saura 02:49
[musique][chant] 02:52
faire. 02:53

18 Carats – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Dive into '18 Carats' to explore the vibrant and fast-paced vocabulary of contemporary French rap. This track is a perfect entry point for learners interested in modern urban slang, stylistic delivery, and the cultural lexicon of French music icons like Alonzo.

[English]
[music]
[vocals]
[music]
[music]
It's 18 carats, she has revolver
eyes. My heart is beyond repair,
[music]
I drown my pain in a glass. We don't
understand each other. I'd rather [music] handle
my own business. [vocals]
We don't understand each other. Someone else
[music]
will figure it out. Don't tell me where it hurts. Don't
steal all my strength. Don't breathe in my
soul. [music]
I have to do this like a boss. I have to
collect this cash before a cop
sprays me. Before my sources
[music] let me down. Before this fan
follows, I'm looking for a co-pilot who isn't
afraid to hit the road, who
[music] doesn't wait for the wheel
to turn because the world is ours. Don't tell me
where it hurts, don't steal [music]
all my strength, don't breathe in my
soul. I have to do this like a boss.
If you [music] say 18 carats, she has revolver
eyes. My heart is beyond repair.
[music]
I drown my pain in a glass. We don't
understand each other. I'd rather handle [vocals]
my business. We don't understand [music]
each other, someone else will know how to do it.
I've [music] put my heart aside.
I've put my heart aside. I'm not here to
play games with you, all [music][vocals] this
is just a moment.
It's just for a moment. Don't give me [music]
that look, I know it, it's already
had its fill of me. Don't tell my life story, my
life, eyes on me. [music] Eyes
on me. Me, I've got my eyes on her, I've
got my eyes on her [vocals] paradise.
We fell [music] three floors.
Three floors. But it was the
plan [music] it was the plan, it was
these hearts. She has revolver eyes. We thought
we were inseparable [music]
standing before the mayor. We only have one life.
I'd rather handle my [vocals] business.
We don't [music] understand each other. We'll
just have to get used to it. It's 18 carats. She
has revolver [music] eyes. My heart is
beyond repair. I drown my pain in
a glass. We don't understand [music] each other.
I'd rather handle my business. We don't
understand each other. [music] Someone
else will know how to do it if you say 18 carats.
She has [music] revolver
eyes. My heart is beyond
repair. I drown my [music] pain in a glass. We don't understand each other.
I'd rather
[music]
we don't understand each other. Someone else will
[music][vocals]
know how to do it.
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Key Vocabulary

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Je nois ma peine dans un verre.

    ➔ Present tense for expressing habitual actions or current state.

    ➔ The verb "nois" (from noyer) is in the present tense, showing the singer's current method of coping.

  • Je dois le faire comme un boss.

    ➔ Modal verb "devoir" + infinitive for obligation or necessity.

    ➔ Using "dois" implies a personal necessity or strong requirement.

  • Avant qu'un HS m'arrose.

    ➔ Subjunctive mood after the temporal conjunction "avant que".

    ➔ The verb "arrose" is in the subjunctive because it follows "avant que".

  • Je cherche une copilote qui n'a pas peur.

    ➔ Relative pronoun "qui" as the subject of the subordinate clause.

    ➔ The relative clause "qui n'a pas peur" provides more information about the "copilote".

  • J'ai mis mon cœur de côté.

    ➔ Passé composé with "avoir" to describe a past, finished action.

    ➔ The action of putting the heart aside is completed in the past.

  • Raconte pas ma vie, les yeux sur moi.

    ➔ Imperative (negative) for command or instruction.

    "Raconte pas" is a colloquial version of "Ne raconte pas", an imperative form.

  • On s'est cru inséparable.

    ➔ Reflexive verb in Passé Composé expressing a mutual state.

    ➔ The pronoun "s'" (se) denotes that the action was shared between the subjects ("On").

  • Il faudra s'y faire.

    ➔ Futur simple for predicting a future necessity.

    "Il faudra" comes from the verb "falloir" (must/to have to).