Bande organisée – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Vernis Rouge

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Oui ma gâtée

Yes, my spoiled one

RS4 gris Nardo

Gray Nardo RS4

Bien sûr qu'ils m'ont ratée

Of course they missed me

Soleil dans la bulle, sur le Prado

Sun in the bubble, on the Prado

Nique ta mère sur la Canebière

Screw your mother on the Canebière

Nique tes morts sur le Vieux Port

Screw your dead on the Old Port

Mi amor c'est les quartiers Sud, c'est les quartiers Nord

My love is the southern neighborhoods, it's the northern neighborhoods

Nique ta mère sur la Canebière

Screw your mother on the Canebière

Nique tes morts sur le vieux port

Screw your dead on the Old Port

Mi amor c'est les quartiers Sud, c'est les quartiers Nord

My love is the southern neighborhoods, it's the northern neighborhoods

Et ça fait "zumba, caféw"

And it goes "zumba, caféw"

J'suis dans l'4-4 teinté

I'm in the tinted 4x4

Et ça fait "zumba, caféw"

And it goes "zumba, caféw"

Et j'suis dans l'4-4 teinté

And I'm in the tinted 4x4

Ah, ouais

Ah, yeah

Si je vous gêne, bah c'est la même

If I bother you, well it's the same

Et ça fait "zumba, caféw", caféw, carnaval

And it goes "zumba, caféw", caféw, carnival

J'suis dans l'4-4 teinté, pisté par la banal'

I'm in the tinted 4x4, tracked by the ordinary

Et ça fait "zumba, caféw", caféw, carnaval

And it goes "zumba, caféw", caféw, carnival

J'suis dans l'4-4 teinté, pisté par la banal'

I'm in the tinted 4x4, tracked by the ordinary

Et ça fait "zumba, caféw", caféw, carnaval

And it goes "zumba, caféw", caféw, carnival

J'suis dans l'4-4 teinté

I'm in the tinted 4x4

La bomba

The bomb

Le J c'est le S (le J, c'est le S) j'sors le RS

The J is the S (the J is the S) I pull out the RS

Le, le, le J c'est le S (le J, c'est le S) une liasse épaisse

The, the, the J is the S (the J is the S) a thick bundle

Le, le J c'est le S, Arlabelek, N.A.P.S

The, the J is the S, Arlabelek, N.A.P.S

J'suis dans l'game en claquettes, survêt'

I'm in the game in flip-flops, tracksuit

J'fuck les folles qui parlent de moi sur l'net

I screw the crazies who talk about me online

Ah, ah, poto, qué pasa?

Ah, ah, buddy, what's up?

Ah, ah, dans la cabeza

Ah, ah, in the head

Ah, ah, pour les mapesa

Ah, ah, for the mapesa

Ah, ah, grr, ratata

Ah, ah, grr, ratata

Ah, ah, poto, qué pasa?

Ah, ah, buddy, what's up?

Ah, ah, dans la cabeza

Ah, ah, in the head

Ah, ah, pour les mapesa

Ah, ah, for the mapesa

Ah, ah, grr, ratata

Ah, ah, grr, ratata

Nique ta mère sur la Canebière

Screw your mother on the Canebière

Nique tes morts sur le Vieux Port

Screw your dead on the Old Port

Mi amor c'est les quartiers Sud, c'est les quartiers Nord

My love is the southern neighborhoods, it's the northern neighborhoods

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gâtée /ɡɑ.te/ B1	adjective - spoiled
quartiers /kaʁ.tje/ A2	noun - districts
mère /mɛʁ/ A1	noun - mother
amour /a.muʁ/ A2	noun - love
café /ka.fe/ A1	noun - coffee
carnaval /kaʁ.na.val/ B1	noun - carnival
teinté /tɛ̃.te/ B2	adjective - tinted
game /ɡɛm/ B2	noun - game
folles /fɔl/ B2	noun - crazy people
poto /pɔ.to/ A2	noun - buddy
ratée /ʁa.te/ B1	adjective - missed
bomba /bɔ̃.ba/ B2	noun - bomb
claquettes /kla.kɛt/ B2	noun - slippers
Nardo /naʁ.do/ C1	noun - a specific model of car (RS4)
Vieux Port /vjø pɔʁ/ C1	noun - Old Port (a location in Marseille)

Key Grammar Structures

• Oui ma "gâtée"

  ➔ Use of adjectives as nouns. The adjective 'gâtée' (spoiled) is used as a noun to refer to a spoiled person.

  ➔ Instead of saying 'my spoiled girl,' the artist uses 'my spoiled one,' which is grammatically correct and emphasizes the person's status.

• Bien sûr qu'ils m'ont "ratée"

  ➔ Past participle agreement with the auxiliary 'avoir' when the direct object pronoun ('m'', me) precedes the verb.

  ➔ Because 'm'' (me) comes before the verb 'ont raté,' the past participle 'ratée' agrees in gender and number with 'm'', hence the feminine singular form.

• Nique ta mère sur la Canebière, Nique tes morts sur le Vieux Port

  ➔ Imperative mood for expressing strong commands or insults ('Nique' is from the verb 'niquer').

  ➔ 'Nique' is an informal and vulgar way to tell someone to 'fuck' something, indicating strong anger or disrespect. The use of 'ta' (your) and 'tes' (your, plural) indicates the target of the insult.

• Mi amor c'est les quartiers Sud, c'est les quartiers Nord

  ➔ Use of 'c'est' followed by a noun phrase to emphasize or define something. 'C'est' acts as an identifying expression.

  ➔ The structure 'C'est + [noun phrase]' highlights the importance of the South and North districts, positioning them as significant elements within the context of the song.

• Si je vous "gêne", bah c'est la même

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood ('gêne') after 'si' (if) to express a hypothetical situation.

  ➔ The subjunctive 'gêne' (from 'gêner', to bother) is used because the situation of the speaker bothering others is hypothetical. 'Bah c'est la même' means 'well, it's the same anyway,' implying indifference to whether they bother people or not.

• J'suis dans l'4-4 "teinté", pisté par la banal'

  ➔ Use of past participle as an adjective: 'teinté' (tinted) modifies '4-4' (car). Agreement in gender and number is implicit (masculine singular).

  ➔ 'Teinté' describes the 4x4 car, indicating it has tinted windows. 'Pisté par la banal'' implies being followed/tracked by the unmarked police car ('banalisée' in full).