BOSS – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Lacrim, Rick Ross

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of international street rap with 'BOSS.' This track is a perfect opportunity to learn urban French slang and the vocabulary of ambition and success, all while experiencing a unique sonic bridge between Paris and Miami.

[English]

Composed by: Chahid

He-hey, he-hey Chahid

Ricky Ravioli (han)

Big money, nigga, big bank (yeah)

You hear me?

MMG, Maybach Music (let's do it like this)

You wanna know what I'm doing? (huh, yeah)

Count money so I let 'em watch (han)

Spent a million on another watch

Leather pants with the metal top (huh)

Me and Stalley peeling off the lot

Assault rifle with the forty shots (brr)

Bottom bitch better give me top

Nigga split, go and get a mop

I rep MMG, that's when I send shots (huh, Maybach Music)

Running mills while I'm on the run

Blitz a nigga like a nigga Trump

Bitch, me and you bitches done

Yeah, ****boy get a bigger gun

Catch a case you better go to trial

Never rat, you better hold it down

Real estate at my expense

Blood money that I gotta rinse, Rick Ross (Maybach Music)

To us, you're just prey, we'll fuck up your grandmother and leave her crucified

Even if they bring me proof, no, I'll never believe them

They say they're everywhere but I never see them

It's true I love women, last night I brought three home, hey

Only sons of bitches hate me, bro, only the real ones appreciate me (blah)

I spend winter in Dubai (Dubai) but I'd never get kicked out of my hood (never, no)

No, I don't know what you're talking about (no), stop drinking, you're just a kid (blah)

I'm a big shot, I'm a boss, you're small time, I'll smoke you like a cigarette

We only knew high-grade drugs, and to eat, we only knew how to hustle

I was in the sights of the anti-crime squad but they could never take me down

But I know how to handle the beast, like the Kala, my dick is the size of a wrap

Defense, for us, it's the lawyers; I'm Algerian, I play the attack, hey

Come start a war, you little son of a bitch, we'll have a laugh, your pockets are as empty as my Grey Goose at the end of the night

Don't look for Lacrim, man, it might ruin your night, go find your bum of a father in the nightclubs

Zero gold singles but a thousand albums, in your place, we'd already be in the dirt

Tarantino, they're dead in the movie, five thousand euros is a man's life

To us, you're just prey, we'll fuck up your grandmother and leave her crucified

Even if they bring me proof, no, I'll never believe them

They say they're everywhere but I never see them

It's true I love women, last night I brought three home, hey

Only sons of bitches hate me, bro, only the real ones appreciate me (blah)

I spend winter in Dubai (Dubai) but I'd never get kicked out of my hood (never, no)

No, I don't know what you're talking about (no), stop drinking, you're just a kid (blah)

I'm a big shot, I'm a boss, you're small time, I'll smoke you like a cigarette

Only sons of bitches hate me, bro, only the real ones appreciate me

I spend winter in Dubai (Dubai) but I'd never get kicked out of my hood

No, I don't know what you're talking about (no), stop drinking, you're just a kid (blah)

I'm a big shot, I'm a boss, you're small time, I'll smoke you like a cigarette (blah, blah, blah)

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[French]

作曲 : Chahid

He-hey, he-hey Chahid

Ricky Ravioli (han)

Big money, nigga, big bank (yeah)

You hear me?

MMG, Maybach Music (let's do it like this)

You wanna know what I'm doing? (huh, yeah)

Count money so I let 'em watch (han)

Spent a million on another watch

Leather pants with the metal top (huh)

Me and Stalley peeling off the lot

Assault rifle with the forty shots (brr)

Bottom bitch better give me top

Nigga split, go and get a mop

I rep MMG, that's when I send shots (huh, Maybach Music)

Running mills while I'm on the run

Blitz a nigga like a nigga Trump

Bitch, me and you bitches done

Yeah, ****boy get a bigger gun

Catch a case you better go to trial

Never rat, you better hold it down

Real estate at my expense

Blood money that I gotta rinse, Rick Ross (Maybach Music)

Pour nous, tu n'es qu'une proie, on va t'niquer ta grand-mère et t'laisser en croix

Même si ils me ramènent les preuves, nan, jamais je les croie

Ils disent qu'ils vont partout mais, moi, jamais je n'les vois

C'est vrai qu'j'aime les femmes, hier soir, j'en ai ramené trois, hey

Y a qu'les fils de p' qui m'détestent, bro, y a qu'les bons qui m'apprécient (blah)

J'passe l'hiver à Dubaï (Dubaï) mais jamais je m'f'rais j'té d'ma té-ci (jamais, nan)

Non, j'sais pas c'qu'tu racontes (nan), arrête de boire, t'es mon petit (blah)

J'suis un gros, j'suis un boss, t'es du détail, j'te fume comme un petit

On a connu qu'la frappe, pour manger, on a connu qu'la gratte

J'étais dans le viseur d'la BAC mais jamais ils n'ont pu m'abattre

Mais je sais manier la bête, comme la Kala', mon zgeg fait la taille d'un wrap

Défense, chez nous, c'est les avocats, j'suis un DZ, je joue en attaqu, hey

Viens faire la guerre, p'tit fils de pute, on va s'marrer, t'as les poches vides comme ma Greygoose en fin d'soirée

Cherche pas Lacrim, gros, ça peut gâcher ta soirée, va chercher ton père le schlag dans les cabarets

Zéro single d'or mais mille albums, à ta place, on serait d'jà dans l'dîn

Tarantino, ils sont morts dans l'film, cinq mille euros, c'est la vie d'un homme

Pour nous, tu n'es qu'une proie, on va t'niquer ta grand-mère et t'laisser en croix

Même si ils me ramènent les preuves, nan, jamais je les croie

Ils disent qu'ils vont partout mais, moi, jamais je n'les vois

C'est vrai qu'j'aime les femmes, hier soir, j'en ai ramené trois, hey

Y a qu'les fils de p' qui m'détestent, bro, y a qu'les bons qui m'apprécient (blah)

J'passe l'hiver à Dubaï (Dubaï) mais jamais je m'f'rais j'té d'ma té-ci (jamais, nan)

Non, j'sais pas c'qu'tu racontes (nan), arrête de boire, t'es mon petit (blah)

J'suis un gros, j'suis un boss, t'es du détail, j'te fume comme un petit

Y a qu'les fils de p' qui m'détestent, bro, y a qu'les bons qui m'apprécient

J'passe l'hiver à Dubaï (Dubaï) mais jamais je m'f'rais j'té d'ma té-ci

Non, j'sais pas c'qu'tu racontes (nan), arrête de boire, t'es mon petit (blah)

J'suis un gros, j'suis un boss, t'es du détail, j'te fume comme un petit (blah, blah, blah)

Key Grammar Structures

• Pour nous, tu n'es qu'une proie

  ➔ Restrictive ne...que construction

  ➔ "ne...que" is used to express 'only'. Here it means 'you are nothing but prey'.

• Même si ils me ramènent les preuves, nan, jamais je les croie

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'Même si'

  ➔ "croie" is the subjunctive form of "croire". It emphasizes the hypothetical nature of the condition.

• jamais je n'les vois

  ➔ Negative adverb 'jamais' with elision

  ➔ The "ne" is omitted in informal rap, and "les" is contracted to "'les".

• J'passe l'hiver à Dubaï

  ➔ Informal contraction (J'passe = Je passe)

  ➔ Dropping the 'e' in "Je" is common in spoken French and rap to maintain flow.

• j'te fume comme un petit

  ➔ Colloquial pronominal usage and simile

  ➔ "te" is the object pronoun for 'you', used here to insult/dismiss someone.

• si ils me ramènent

  ➔ If-clause (Conditionnel/Indicatif)

  ➔ "si" + present indicative is used to denote a possible future condition.

• J'étais dans le viseur

  ➔ Imparfait tense for past ongoing state

  ➔ "étais" is the imparfait, describing being under surveillance for a duration.

• j'suis un DZ, je joue en attaqu

  ➔ Slang abbreviation and anglicized noun

  ➔ "DZ" is slang for Algerian, and "attaqu" is an informal truncation of 'attaque'.