Balader – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Soolking, Niska
• Album: Sans Visa

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Ah (tou-tou-tou-touh)

Ah (tut-tut-tut-tut)

Bébé, j'fais des sous, j'rentre tard, c'est léger, j'suis pas trop fêtard

Baby, I make money, come home late, it's light, I don't party much

J'suis léwé, j'roule sur la costa (ah), ma te-tê sur tous les posters (paw)

I'm laid-back, cruising down the coast (ah), my head on all the posters (paw)

J'ai visé tout là-haut, écouté jusqu'à Macao

I aimed way up high, listening all the way to Macau

Tu critiques mais t'es KO (paw)

You criticize but you're KO (paw)

Là, c'est Soolking et Charo des charos (boumi')

Here, it's Soolking and Charo from the projects (boumi')

Ouh oui, elle veut que j'bois dans son verre (c'est la merde)

Oh yes, she wants me to drink from her glass (it's a mess)

Ouh oui, elle veut l'faire dans l'Range Rover (dans la tchop)

Oh yes, she wants to do it in the Range Rover (in the ride)

Ouh oui, elle veut que j'bois dans son verre (oh my God, brr, rah)

Oh yes, she wants me to drink from her glass (oh my God, brr, rah)

Ouh oui, elle veut l'faire dans l'Range Rover (gang, gang, gang, ouh)

Oh yes, she wants to do it in the Range Rover (gang, gang, gang, ooh)

J'vais m'balader (sale) mais c'est plus comme avant

I'm going for a stroll (bad) but it's not like before

J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie (ma life), même si j'fais l'tour du monde (oh oui)

I'll sing about the neighborhood all my life (my life), even if I travel around the world (oh yes)

J'vais m'balader (gang) mais c'est plus comme avant

I'm going for a stroll (gang) but it's not like before

J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie (ouais), même si j'fais l'tour du monde

I'll sing about the neighborhood all my life (yeah), even if I travel around the world

Encaisser des kichtas, on est bons qu'à ça, Alger, Bériz, Kinshasa

Cash in the stacks, that's all we're good at, Algiers, Bériz, Kinshasa

Mais pourquoi le binks ne me quitte pas? (Mais pourquoi?) J'ai sorti le bail qui les fait danser

But why won't the binks leave me? (But why?) I dropped the track that makes them dance

Elle aime trop ma musique, elle aime que ça, Alger, Bériz, Kinshasa

She loves my music too much, she only cares about that, Algiers, Bériz, Kinshasa

Mais pourquoi le binks ne me quitte pas? J'ai sorti le bail qui les fait danser

But why won't the binks leave me? I dropped the track that makes them dance

C'est trop d'la D (oui), c'est plus la même qu'avant (han-han)

It's too much D (yes), it's not like before (han-han)

Chacal, crois pas qu'on t'a zappé (nan), on va t'chercher dans toute la France

Jackal, don’t think we forgot about you (nah), we'll find you all over France

J'fais bouger les tisses-mé (ah-ah, oh oui), j'fais partir le tos-ma (ah-ah)

I'm making the streets move (ah-ah, oh yes), making the Tos-ma leave (ah-ah)

La zone, elle est minée (ah-ah), faut vesqui les menottes (ah-ah)

The zone is mined (ah-ah), gotta watch the cuffs (ah-ah)

Charlie, Delta, au quartier latin, Jogo Jota ou Kiki Lotin

Charlie, Delta, at the Latin Quarter, Jogo Jota or Kiki Lotin

Méchant, méchant, on a gâté le coin

Mean, mean, we’ve messed up the place

Un peu plus longtemps, on est culotté (bou-bou-bou-bouh)

A little longer, we’re brave (bou-bou-bou-bouh)

Ouh oui, elle veut que j'bois dans son verre (c'est la merde)

Oh yes, she wants me to drink from her glass (it's a mess)

Ouh oui, elle veut l'faire dans l'Range Rover (dans la tchop)

Oh yes, she wants to do it in the Range Rover (in the ride)

Ouh oui, elle veut que j'bois dans son verre (oh my God, brr, rah)

Oh yes, she wants me to drink from her glass (oh my God, brr, rah)

Ouh oui, elle veut l'faire dans l'Range Rover (gang, gang, gang, ouh)

Oh yes, she wants to do it in the Range Rover (gang, gang, gang, ooh)

J'vais m'balader (seul) mais c'est plus comme avant

I'm going for a stroll (alone) but it's not like before

J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie (ma life), même si j'fais l'tour du monde (oh oui)

I'll sing about the neighborhood all my life (my life), even if I travel around the world (oh yes)

J'vais m'balader (gang) mais c'est plus comme avant

I'm going for a stroll (gang) but it's not like before

J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie (ouais), même si j'fais l'tour du monde

I'll sing about the neighborhood all my life (yeah), even if I travel around the world

Encaisser des kichtas, on est bons qu'à ça, Alger, Bériz, Kinshasa

Cash in the stacks, that's all we're good at, Algiers, Bériz, Kinshasa

Mais pourquoi le binks ne me quitte pas? (Mais pourquoi?) J'ai sorti le bail qui les fait danser

But why won't the binks leave me? (But why?) I dropped the track that makes them dance

Elle aime trop ma musique, elle aime que ça, Alger, Bériz, Kinshasa

She loves my music too much, she only cares about that, Algiers, Bériz, Kinshasa

Mais pourquoi le binks ne me quitte pas? J'ai sorti le bail qui les fait danser

But why won't the binks leave me? I dropped the track that makes them dance

J'vais m'balader mais c'est plus comme avant

I'm going for a stroll but it's not like before

J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie, même si j'fais l'tour du monde (paw)

I'll sing about the neighborhood all my life, even if I travel around the world (paw)

J'vais m'balader mais c'est plus comme avant

I'm going for a stroll but it's not like before

J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie même si j'fais l'tour du monde

I'll sing about the neighborhood all my life even if I travel around the world

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sous /su/ A1	noun - money, cash
visé /vi.ze/ B1	verb - aimed at, targeted
critique /kʁi.tik/ B2	verb - to criticize
légèreté /le.ʒe.ʁe.te/ C1	noun - lightness, frivolity
pouvoir /pu.vwaʁ/ B1	verb/noun - to be able to / power, ability
verre /vɛʁ/ A2	noun - glass
tourné /tuʁ.ne/ B2	verb - turned, circulated
quartier /kaʁ.tje/ A2	noun - neighborhood, district
danser /dɑ̃sɛʁ/ A2	verb - to dance
motif /mɔ.tif/ B1	noun - reason, motive
zone /zɔn/ A1	noun - area, zone
minimum /mi.ni.mɔm/ B2	noun/adjective - least, minimum
économiser /e.kɔ.ni.ze/ B2	verb - to save, economize
bouger /bu.ʒe/ A2	verb - to move, budge
danger /dɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ A2	noun - danger

Key Grammar Structures

• J'vais m'balader

  ➔ Use of the near future tense with 'aller' + infinitive to indicate a planned or immediate future action.

  ➔ 'J'vais' is a contraction of 'je vais' meaning 'I am going to', used to denote intention or imminent action.

• J'chanterai l'quartier toute ma vie

  ➔ Use of the simple future tense with 'chanterai' to express a definitive promise or intention.

  ➔ 'Chanterai' is the future tense of 'chanter', meaning 'will sing'.

• encaisser des kichtas

  ➔ Use of the verb 'encaisser' in the infinitive to mean 'to cash in' or 'to take' money, with plural noun 'kichtas' (slang for money).

  ➔ 'Encaisser' means 'to cash in' or 'to accept' and is used colloquially for receiving money or profits.

• fais bouger les tisses-mé

  ➔ Use of the imperative 'fais' + verb to give a command or encouragement; colloquial expression meaning 'make people dance'.

  ➔ 'Fais' is the imperative form of 'faire' (to do/make), used to give commands or encouragement.

• elle aime trop ma musique

  ➔ Use of the present tense with 'aime' + adverb 'trop' to emphasize strong liking or affection.

  ➔ 'Aime' is the third person singular present tense of 'aimer' (to like/love). 'Trop' is an adverb meaning 'too much' or 'excessively', emphasizing strong liking.