Endettés – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Papi Lova

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Ils sont endettés.

They are in debt.

Ils ont tout mis à prix de papier. Je sais pas où je vais, st. Je me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

They've turned everything into cash. I don't know where I'm going. I'm busting my ass to get her there.

Ils sont endettés. Ils ont tout mis à prix de papier. Je sais pas où je vais, st.

They are in debt. They've turned everything into cash. I don't know where I'm going.

On me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

They're pressuring me to get her there.

Je voulais la vie de Tony.

I wanted Tony's life.

J'ai quitte dans le boli.

I have my gear in the fast car.

Louis Vuitton sac dans le coffre.

Louis Vuitton bag in the trunk.

Équipé dès que je sors.

Equipped as soon as I go out.

Martina ou est Bonnie.

Martina, where's Bonnie.

Des billets jaunes comme broly.

Yellow bills like Broly.

Je leur refaire un cap.

I'm getting them back on track.

Elle veut que je remplis que ça. Elle remplit Pipi L.

She wants me to fill only that. She fills Pipi L.

J'y vais qu'à minimum par semaine.

I only do the minimum per week.

Des traites, il y en a par centaines.

There are hundreds of deals.

Business il y a rien de personnel.

Business, there's nothing personal.

J'investis du pecket aussi. Ça récupère la coprisse.

I invest a bit of money too. It brings back the profit.

Je sais très bien qu'elle veut se caser.

I know very well she wants to settle down.

Elle a vu le papier couleur cassis.

She saw the blackcurrant-colored money.

Ils sont endettés.

They are in debt.

Ils ont tout mis à prix de papier. Je sais pas où je vais, st. On me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

They've turned everything into cash. I don't know where I'm going. They're pressuring me to get her there.

Ils sont endettés. Ils ont tout mis à prix de papier. Je sais pas où je vais, st.

They are in debt. They've turned everything into cash. I don't know where I'm going.

On me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

They're pressuring me to get her there.

Bien sûr, j'ai galéré à l'entrée.

Of course, I struggled at the beginning.

Là, je suis dedans.

Now, I'm in deep.

Il a mis la paye sur la table.

He put the money on the table.

Je joue pas le trafique.

I don't do trafficking.

Je suis calé dans la guini.

I'm settled in the Lambo.

Ouais, je suis dedans.

Yeah, I'm in deep.

Si je suis guitérisé, c'est pas pour la chanson.

If I'm armed, it's not for a song.

Ce soir, je prends 20 tickets.

Tonight, I'm taking 20 bundles.

La vie de ma mère.

On my mother's life.

En ce moment, je suis tendu.

Right now, I'm tense.

Je roule,

I'm rolling,

un ter, je ramène la hollandaise.

a blunt, I'm bringing the Dutch.

Paris,

Paris,

en ce moment, je suis tendu.

right now, I'm tense.

Je roule,

I'm rolling,

un ter.

a blunt.

Ratata mélodie.

Ratata melody.

Mélodie.

Melody.

Beluga.

Beluga.

Vroum vroum.

Vroom vroom.

Mélodie.

Melody.

Ratata mélodie.

Ratata melody.

Fff.

Fff.

Mélodie.

Melody.

Beluga.

Beluga.

Vroum vroum.

Vroom vroom.

C'est moi c'est no life.

It's me, it's no life.

Je suis toujours en finale.

I'm always in the final.

Je veux savoir ce que je fais dans la vie, elle veut connaître ma.

I want to know what I do in life, she wants to know my...

C'est sale comme Kiki de Bondy.

It's dirty like Kiki from Bondy.

eux ils font les bandits.

They play the bandits.

Nous on paye, on connaît pas les prises.

We pay, we don't know about getting caught.

Le commissaire on dira.

The commissioner, we'll say.

Ils sont endettés.

They are in debt.

Ils ont tout mis à prix de papier. Je sais pas où je vais, st. Me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

They've turned everything into cash. I don't know where I'm going. I'm busting my ass to get her there.

Ils sont endettés. Ils ont tout mis à prix de papier. Je sais pas où je vais.

They are in debt. They've turned everything into cash. I don't know where I'm going.

Me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

I'm busting my ass to get her there.

J'ai galéré à l'entrée.

I struggled at the beginning.

Là, je suis dedans.

Now, I'm in deep.

Il a mis la paye sur la table.

He put the money on the table.

Je joue pas le trafique.

I don't do trafficking.

Je suis calé dans la guini.

I'm settled in the Lambo.

Ouais, je suis dedans.

Yeah, I'm in deep.

Si je suis guitérisé, c'est pas pour la chanson.

If I'm armed, it's not for a song.

Ce soir, je prends 20 tickets.

Tonight, I'm taking 20 bundles.

La vie de ma mère.

On my mother's life.

En ce moment, je suis tendu.

Right now, I'm tense.

Je roule,

I'm rolling,

un ter, je ramène la hollandaise.

a blunt, I'm bringing the Dutch.

Paris,

Paris,

en ce moment, je suis tendu.

right now, I'm tense.

Je roule,

I'm rolling,

un ter.

a blunt.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
endetté /ɑ̃.dɛ.te/ C1	adjective - in debt; indebted
prix /pʁi/ A1	noun - price, cost; prize, award
papier /pa.pje/ A1	noun - paper; (slang) money, banknotes
casser /kɑ.se/ B1	verb - to break, to smash; (reflexive, 'se casser la tête') to rack one's brain
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
sac /sak/ A1	noun - bag, sack
coffre /kɔfʁ/ A2	noun - trunk (of a car), chest, strongbox
équiper /e.ki.pe/ B1	verb - to equip, to furnish
billet /bi.jɛ/ A2	noun - ticket; banknote
refaire /ʁə.fɛʁ/ B1	verb - to redo, to remake
traite /tʁɛt/ B2	noun - installment; bill of exchange, draft (finance)
investir /ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ/ B2	verb - to invest
caser /kɑ.ze/ B2	verb - to place, to put somewhere; (reflexive, 'se caser') to settle down (e.g., in a job, relationship)
galérer /ɡa.le.ʁe/ B2	verb - (colloquial) to struggle, to have a hard time, to have trouble with
paye /pɛj/ B1	noun - pay, salary, wage
trafic /tʁa.fik/ B2	noun - traffic (e.g., road traffic); illicit trade, trafficking
calé /ka.le/ B2	adjective - (colloquial) comfortable, settled, well-off; knowledgeable, expert
tendu /tɑ̃.dy/ B1	adjective - tense, stressed, strained; tight
bandit /bɑ̃.di/ B1	noun - bandit, criminal, outlaw
commissaire /kɔ.mi.sɛʁ/ B1	noun - commissioner; police superintendent/chief

Key Grammar Structures

• Ils sont endettés.

  ➔ Attributive Adjective / Present Indicative

  ➔ The adjective "endettés" (indebted) agrees in gender and number with the subject "Ils" (They) and describes their current state.

• Je sais pas où je vais, st.

  ➔ Informal negation without "ne" / Indirect question

  ➔ In spoken and informal French, the "ne" of the negation "ne... pas" is often omitted. "où je vais" (where I'm going) is an indirect question integrated into the main sentence.

• On me casse la tête pour l'emmener.

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun "on" / "pour" + infinitive

  ➔ "On" is used here as an indefinite pronoun to refer to people in general or an unspecified person. The structure "pour" + infinitive indicates the purpose of the action.

• Elle veut que je remplis que ça.

  ➔ Indicative instead of subjunctive (informal usage)

  ➔ Grammatically, after a verb like "vouloir" (to want) expressing will or desire, the subjunctive would be expected ("que je remplisse"). The use of the indicative "remplis" is a common characteristic of informal spoken French.

• Business il y a rien de personnel.

  ➔ Informal negation with "il y a" and omission of "ne"

  ➔ In colloquial French, "ne" is frequently omitted in negative constructions, especially with "il y a" (there is) and indefinite pronouns like "rien" (nothing). The grammatically correct sentence would be "il n'y a rien de personnel" (there is nothing personal).

• eux ils font les bandits.

  ➔ Subject dislocation / Subject doubling

  ➔ "Eux" is a stressed pronoun that reinforces or emphasizes the subject already expressed by "ils" (they). This is a very common structure in spoken French to emphasize the subject.

• Nous on paye, on connaît pas les prises.

  ➔ Subject dislocation + "on" replacing "nous" + informal negation

  ➔ "Nous" (we) is dislocated at the beginning of the sentence to emphasize the group. "on" (one, people) is commonly used instead of "nous" in informal French. Again, the "ne" of the negation is omitted.

• Ce soir, je prends 20 tickets.

  ➔ Present indicative with future meaning

  ➔ The present tense is often used to express a future action, especially when the time of the action is specified (here "Ce soir" - Tonight) and it is a planned or certain event.

• J'investis du pecket aussi.

  ➔ Partitive article "du" / Colloquial register

  ➔ The partitive article "du" is used to express an indefinite quantity of an uncountable substance or thing. "pecket" is a slang or colloquial term for money or funds.

• Je sais très bien qu'elle veut se caser.

  ➔ Pronominal (reflexive) verb / Adverb of intensity

  ➔ "se caser" is a reflexive pronominal verb meaning "to settle down" or "to get into a relationship". "très bien" (very well) is an adverb of intensity that modifies the verb "sais" (know), indicating the degree of certainty.