18 Carats – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Alonzo, RnBoi

Lyrics & Translation

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.

[French]

[musique]

[chant]

[musique]

[musique]

C'est du 18 car elle a les yeux

revolvers. J'ai le cœur irréparable,

[musique]

je nois ma peine dans un verre. On se

comprend pas. Je préfère [musique] gérer

mes affaires. [chant]

On se comprend pas. Quelqu'un d'autre

[musique]

hiver. Me dis pas où tu as mal. Ne vole

pas toutes mes forces. N'aspire pas mon

âme. [musique]

Je dois le faire comme un boss. Je dois

ramasser ce cach avant qu'un HS

m'arrose. Avant que mes sources

[musique] me lâchent. Avant que ce fan

those, je cherche une copilote qui n'a

pas peur de prendre la route, qui

[musique] n'attend pas que tourne la

roue car le monde est à nous. Me dis pas

où tu as mal, ne vole pas [musique]

toutes mes forces, n'inspire pas mon

âme. Je dois le faire comme un boss.

Si tu [musique] dis car, elle a les yeux

revolvers. J'ai le cœur irréparable.

[musique]

Je noir ma peine dans un verre. On se

comprend pas. Je préfère gérer [chant]

mes affaires. On se comprend [musique]

pas quelqu'un tout aura y faire.

J'ai [musique] mis mon cœur de côté.

J'ai mis mon de côté. Je pas pas de

faire tes pébé tout [musique][chant] ça

c'est peut

le temps d'un coup. Fais pas [musique]

ce regard je le connais il m'a la

vie déjà. Raconte pas ma vieux gens. ma

vie les yeux sur moi. [musique] Les yeux

sur moi. Moi j'ai les yeux sur son j'ai

les yeux sur son [chant] paradis.

On est tombé [musique] trois étages.

Trois étages. Mais c'est cétait le

projet [musique] c'était le projet ces

cor. Elle a les yeux revolvers. On s'est

cru inséparable [musique]

debout devant le maire. On a qu'une vie.

Je préfère gérer mes [chant] affaires.

On ne se [musique] comprend pas. Il

faudra s'y faire. C'est du 18 cars. Elle

a les yeux [musique] revolvers. J'ai le

cœur irréparable. Je nois ma peine dans

un verre. On se comprend [musique] pas.

Je préfère gérer mes affaires. On se

comprend pas. [musique] Quelqu'un

d'autre saura y faire si tu dis cara.

Elle a [musique] les yeux roles

cœur irréparable. Je noir ma [musique]

peine dans un verre. On se comprend pas.

Je préfère

[musique]

on se comprend pas. Quelqu'un tout saura

[musique][chant]

faire.

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).