Bâtiment

• By: Kofs, Sinik
• Album: Mon école : Vol. 1

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

À mes premiers lovés, j'ai acheté un gros tarpé

With my first cash, I bought a big blunt

Ça va barder, j'ai tiré j'ai fini embarqué

Things are gonna get wild, I shot and ended up busted

Tu es au parquet, regardez

You're in court, look

Ils font les putes devant le milles

They act like bitches in front of the crew

Ils balaient les couilles qu'on est grandi ensemble

They don't give a damn about us growing up together

Sabbi pour toi c'est fini

Sabbi, for you it's over

Ils font les Youva, je compte bien tous les bourra

They act like thugs, I'm gonna beat them all up

Tu fais la moula, j'ai pris le flow d'une douka

You make money, I got the flow of a machine gun

Je guette une peine de jugement, je suis dingue

I'm waiting for a sentence, I'm crazy

Je répète, tu me guettes t'encules

I repeat, you stare at me, fuck you

Chez nous, le revers, c'est une rafale au feu vert

Where we're from, the consequence is a spray of bullets at the green light

Les balles viennent de moi, le conducteur c'est un chav au yeux verts

The bullets come from me, the driver's a thug with green eyes

Tu as des vis verts, mon frère, je te vois comme un clochar en B. Vère

You've got those green eyes, my brother, I see you like a bum in rehab

Pour écouter Cnik, j'ai pas attendu Ryan B. Fever

To listen to Sinik, I didn't wait for Ryan B. Fever

J'ai mis ta ville, chawi et Cabill

I've put your city, Chaoui and Kabyle on the map

Je représente ma reste comme zerouali Bernard tapis

I represent my hood like Zerouali Bernard Tapis

Il y a le guépi, je deviens très rapide

There's police surveillance, I become very fast

D'avant que la bac s'applique

Before the anti-crime brigade gets involved

Je suis sur clique, je suis sur TF1, je me suis dans équipe

I'm on the scene, I'm on TF1, I'm on the team

Je viens de Paris

I'm from Paris

Je viens de Marseille

I'm from Marseille

C'est pour ceux qui font des classe et qu'on incarcère

This is for those who make moves and get incarcerated

La rue sa part vite, l'ambiance est malsaine

Street life fades fast, the atmosphere is unhealthy

Je révisais des plaques de schmith mais pas mes partielles

I was studying cop car plates but not my partial exams

Les les quatre sens sont passés

My senses were gone

Je suis rentré en B dange, je suis ressorti sans la sé

I entered the dangerous building, I came out without the sentence

Faire justice par un hacker

To seek justice through a hacker

Et je repars au quartier parce que j'ai pas balancé

And I'm going back to the neighborhood because I didn't snitch

J'ai pris le taureau par les sentiments

I took the bull by the feelings

J'ai appris la conta dans un bâtiment

I learned accounting in a building

J'ai prié Dieu pour tout le continent

I prayed to God for the entire continent

qu'il nous éloigne des bâtards et du châtiment

May He keep us away from the bastards and punishment

Mon destin leur fait peur, même la mairie m'en veut

My destiny scares them, even city hall is after me

Le seul trêve à quatre feuilles dans une prairie en feu

The only four-leaf clover in a burning prairie

Une seule faute et c'est le nufère

One mistake and it's hell

Grand et louche nique sa mère a ses news

Big and shady, screw his mother and his news

Je suis vert, blanc et rouge

I am green, white, and red

Je représente la misère comme un peuple sans peur

I represent misery like a fearless people

Comme des bêtes un peu froides, sans bruyère et sans beure

Like somewhat cold beasts, without heather or comfort

Ne crois pas que cette vie de chanteur me plaisait

Don't think this singer's life pleased me

Je dis je t'aime mais c'est faux, je voulais juste baiser

I say "I love you" but it's false, I just wanted to get laid

On arrive, on s'installe

We arrive, we settle in

Un jour j'écouterai mon instinct, je couperai mon insta

One day I'll listen to my instinct, I'll delete my Instagram

Des fois je pense à ma mère son destin au paradis

Sometimes I think of my mother, her destiny in paradise

Tu me demandes si je vais bien, je dis oui, je batine

You ask me if I'm okay, I say yes, I'm lying

Mais ainsi sont tous morts, la plupart maigris

But all of them died this way, most of them wasted away

Je représente le neuf un comme la lucarne a évry

I represent the 91 like the top corner in Evry

Que serait cette musique sans Niquesi, sans kof

What would this music be without Niquesi, without Kofs?

Que les rappeurs baissent leur mère, j'en mets des milliers dans le coffre

Rappers can suck it, I put thousands in the trunk

Je viens de Paris

I'm from Paris

Je viens de Marseille

I'm from Marseille

C'est pour ceux qui font des classe et qu'on incarcère

This is for those who make moves and get incarcerated

La rue ça part vite, l'ambiance est malsaine

Street life fades fast, the atmosphere is unhealthy

Je révisais les plaques de chmith mais pas mes partielles

I was studying cop car plates but not my partial exams

Le quatre sens sont passés

My senses were gone

Je suis rentré en B danger, je suis ressorti sans la sé

I entered the dangerous building, I came out without the sentence

Faire justice par la haine

To seek justice through hate

Et je repars au quartier parce que j'ai pas balancé

And I'm going back to the neighborhood because I didn't snitch

J'ai pris le taureau par les sentiments

I took the bull by the feelings

J'ai appris la conta dans un bâtiment

I learned accounting in a building

J'ai prié Dieu pour tout le continent

I prayed to God for the entire continent

qu'il nous éloigne des bâtards et du châtiment

May He keep us away from the bastards and punishment

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
bâtiment /bɑ.ti.mɑ̃/ B1	noun - building
rue /ʁy/ A1	noun - street, road
justice /ʒys.tis/ A2	noun - justice
quartier /kaʁ.tje/ A2	noun - neighborhood, district
sentiment /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃/ B1	noun - feeling, sentiment
destin /dɛs.tɛ̃/ B1	noun - destiny, fate
misère /mi.zɛʁ/ B1	noun - misery, poverty
peuple /pœpl/ B1	noun - people, nation
ambiance /ɑ̃.bjɑ̃s/ B1	noun - atmosphere, mood, vibe
malsaine /mal.sɛn/ B2	adjective - unhealthy, harmful, morbid
incarcérer /ɛ̃.kaʁ.se.ʁe/ B2	verb - to imprison, to incarcerate
guetter /ɡe.te/ B1	verb - to watch out for, to stalk, to lie in wait for
balancer /ba.lɑ̃.se/ A2	verb - to swing, to sway verb - to snitch, to denounce, to expose (informal)
châtiment /ʃɑ.ti.mɑ̃/ C1	noun - punishment, chastisement
peine /pɛn/ A2	noun - pain, sorrow, difficulty noun - punishment, sentence (legal)
clochar /klo.ʃaʁ/ B2	noun - tramp, homeless person, hobo (slang)
rafale /ʁa.fal/ B2	noun - gust (of wind), burst (of gunfire)
taureau /to.ʁo/ A2	noun - bull
conta /kɔ̃.ta/ B2	noun - accounting (informal, short for comptabilité)
prier /pʁi.je/ A2	verb - to pray

Grammar:

• À mes premiers lovés, j'ai acheté un gros tarpé

  ➔ Passé Composé, use of 'à' for temporal context, informal vocabulary.

  ➔ The line uses the *passé composé* ("j'ai acheté" - "I bought") to describe a completed action in the past. The preposition ""à"" combined with ""mes premiers lovés"" (my first earnings) indicates the specific time frame or occasion when the action occurred, functioning as "when I had my first earnings". ""Lovés"" and ""tarpé"" are slang terms for money and a joint, respectively.

• Ça va barder, j'ai tiré j'ai fini embarqué

  ➔ Futur Proche, sequence of Passé Composé, 'finir' + participe passé.

  ➔ ""Ça va barder"" uses the *futur proche* (aller + infinitive) to express an immediate future action or consequence, often with a sense of impending trouble. The second part shows a sequence of past actions using the *passé composé* ("j'ai tiré" - "I shot"). ""J'ai fini embarqué"" employs the structure "finir + participe passé" (or "finir par + infinitif") to indicate the outcome or conclusion of an action, meaning "I ended up arrested/taken away."

• Ils balaient les couilles qu'on est grandi ensemble

  ➔ Vulgar idiom, informal verb conjugation error (common in spoken French).

  ➔ ""Ils balaient les couilles"" is a very vulgar and informal idiom meaning "they don't care at all" or "they completely disregard." The phrase ""qu'on est grandi"" is grammatically incorrect in standard French; it should be ""qu'on **a** grandi"" (using *avoir* as the auxiliary verb for *grandir* when meaning "to grow up"). This illustrates a common informal speech pattern where *être* might incorrectly replace *avoir* with certain verbs.

• D'avant que la bac s'applique

  ➔ Informal temporal conjunction 'd'avant que' + Subjunctive mood.

  ➔ ""D'avant que"" is an informal or regional variant of ""avant que"" (before), which always requires the *subjonctif* mood in the following clause to express anticipation or a condition not yet met. Here, ""s'applique"" is the present subjunctive of the verb *s'appliquer* (to apply oneself, to act effectively), referring to the police (BAC) taking action. This construction is advanced, reflecting authentic spoken French.

• C'est pour ceux qui font des classe et qu'on incarcère

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'qui', indefinite pronoun 'on' used in a general or passive sense.

  ➔ ""C'est pour ceux qui..."" introduces a relative clause using ""qui"" as the subject pronoun for ""ceux"" (those), specifying who the song is for. The second part, ""et qu'on incarcère,"" uses ""on"" (meaning "one," "people in general," or here, implying "they" as in "the authorities") with a passive sense, meaning "and who are incarcerated." The initial ""que"" before ""on"" is a common elision of "et que."

• Je révisais des plaques de schmith mais pas mes partielles

  ➔ Imparfait for habitual past actions, contrastive conjunction 'mais', informal vocabulary.

  ➔ The verb ""révisais"" is in the *imparfait* tense, indicating a repeated or habitual action in the past: the speaker used to regularly check ""plaques de schmith"" (slang for police car license plates). The conjunction ""mais"" (but) highlights a contrast with ""pas mes partielles"" (not my partial exams), showing where the speaker's focus truly lay.

• Je suis rentré en B dange, je suis ressorti sans la sé

  ➔ Passé Composé with 'être' for verbs of movement, informal elliptical expressions.

  ➔ Both ""je suis rentré"" and ""je suis ressorti"" use the *passé composé* with the auxiliary verb *être*, which is standard for verbs of movement like *rentrer* (to enter/go back in) and *ressortir* (to come out/go out again). ""En B dange"" and ""sans la sé"" are highly informal and elliptical, likely referring to a specific prison section or gang context ("B. Danger") and ""la sé"" possibly meaning "la sentence" (the sentence) or "le casier" (criminal record), implying he got out without a criminal record.

• J'ai pris le taureau par les sentiments

  ➔ Modified idiom / Figurative language.

  ➔ This line plays on the well-known French idiom ""prendre le taureau par les cornes"" (to take the bull by the horns), which means to tackle a problem head-on and courageously. By replacing ""les cornes"" (the horns) with ""les sentiments"" (feelings/emotions), the speaker twists the idiom to suggest a different approach—perhaps dealing with a difficult situation using emotional intelligence or by confronting emotional challenges directly. This demonstrates a sophisticated use of language.

• qu'il nous éloigne des bâtards et du châtiment

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (after an implicit wish/prayer), pronominal verb 's'éloigner de'.

  ➔ This phrase, following "J'ai prié Dieu pour tout le continent," uses the *subjonctif* mood (""éloigne"" from *éloigner*) because it expresses a wish, a desire, or a prayer. The ""que"" introduces a subordinate clause of purpose or desire. The verb ""s'éloigner de"" is a pronominal verb meaning "to move away from" or "to keep away from," used here to express a plea for protection.

• Que serait cette musique sans Niquesi, sans kof

  ➔ Conditional tense, hypothetical statement.

  ➔ ""Que serait"" uses the *conditionnel présent* (conditional tense) to express a hypothetical situation or a rhetorical question. It asks what the music would be like ""without Niquesi, without Kofs,"" implying that their presence is crucial or indispensable to its identity. This structure is common for discussing possibilities or dependencies.