BUSINESSMAN – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: La Mano 1.9

Lyrics & Translation

Step into the gritty world of French drill rap with La Mano 1.9's 'BUSINESSMAN.' This powerful track offers a raw and unfiltered look at ambition and street-level entrepreneurship. Its compelling lyrics and energetic flow make it an excellent song to immerse yourself in the vocabulary and rhythm of contemporary French rap.

[English]

Grah, grah, eh-eh, brr, brr, eh-eh

L.A MANO, nothing to fear, you haters

You're going to faint (eh-eh)

I know some ruthless guys who can come to your place for three stacks

I connect M.U.S.T.O, (eh-eh) when I'm at the spot (gang, gang)

Since things are picking up, I only get calls on my phone

I only get calls on my phone

Yo, we're the real ones

Not like them, we don't wait for rap to escape the struggle

OPPS, we washed them

If it's not to like, why do you look?

We are Business Men

You're in debt, so you're struggling bad

We are Business Men

You're in debt, so you're struggling bad

We take back the gold, gloved, equipped, that's how we operate

You've been there since the beginning, my man, I remember

You'll get your share of the pie

R.A.T, we never lose, La M in the stash, I've made my mark

I was chaining up small jobs to end up rich

Or end up like the old-timer who's wasting away at the bar

Opps, I'm going to dirty my kicks again

Opi 13, stop puffing out your chest

I'm high, but I light another joint

I already told you I like when the plan is perfect

I only send them Cali, right?

Don't say you're my guy, bro, we don't know each other

It smells like trouble, watch out and let's go

I cash a bill, I'm off to Spain

I want to see her back, I'm not her best friend

And my baby doesn't like unreliable guys

Oops, I took them off but she put them back on

No matter the position, her booty shakes

Need Ramos's salary, and they want to know how much we collect

Crimes we commit, so sins we accumulate

The foamy yellow tied up in the mass

We know you're not involved, we know you haven't sold any kilos, man

On the street, there are cops watching us

I recount a bill in the matte grey car

Be fair, don't try to screw us over, the last one ended up in pieces

Sooner or later the student will surpass the master

You're fake, I felt it from ten miles away

You're going to faint

I know some ruthless guys who can come to your place for three stacks

I connect M.U.S.T.O, when I'm at the spot

Since things are picking up, I only get calls on my phone

Yo, we're the real ones

Not like them, we don't wait for rap to escape the struggle

OPPS, we washed them

If it's not to like, why do you look?

We are Business Men

You're in debt, so you're struggling bad

We are Business Men

You're in debt, so you're struggling bad

We are Business Men (we are Business Men)

So you're struggling bad (grah, so you're struggling bad)

We are Business Men (we are Business Men)

So you're struggling bad (grah, so you're struggling bad)

So you're struggling bad

Mom, what's my destiny

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[French]

Grah, grah, eh-eh, brr, brr, eh-eh

L.A M.A.N.O, rien à tté-gra, bande de haineux

Tu tombes dans les pommes (eh-eh)

J'connais des charos qui peuvent monter chez toi pour 3 billets pomme

J'branche M.U.S.T.O, (eh-eh) quand j'passe à la pomme (gang, gang)

Depuis qu'ça becte, j'reçois que des appels sur ma pomme

J'reçois que des appels sur ma pomme

Wesh, c'est nous les wesh

Pas comme eux, on attend pas l'rap pour quitter la hess

OPPS, on l'a wash

Si c'est pas pour like, pourquoi tu look?

On est des Business Man

Toi t'es endetté, donc tu nehess mal

On est des Business Man

Toi t'es endetté, donc tu nehess mal

Du roro on reprends, ganté, outillé, comme ça qu'on opère

T'es là d'puis l'début, négro j'm'en rappelle

T'auras ta part sur le camembert

R.A.T jamais on perds, La M dans la caillé, j'ai fait mes repères

J'enchainait les TP pour finir au beurre

Ou finir comme l'ancien qui s'encule au bar

Opps, j'viens encore salir ma paire

Opi 13 arrête de gonfler les pecs

J'suis def, mais j'rallume un pet

J't'ai déjà dit qu'j'aime quand le plan est impec'

J'leur envoie que d'la Cali n'est-ce pas?

Dis pas qu't'es mon gars, igo on s'connais pas

Ça pue la CR7, guette et on s'barre

J'encaisse un billet, j'me casse en Espagne

J'veux voir son dos, j'suis pas son meilleur ami

Et ma baby n'aime pas les remis

Oups, j'ai enlevé mais elle a remis

Peu importe la pos- son cavu remue

Faut l'salaire à Ramos, et ils veulent savoir combien on ramasse

Crimes on commet, donc pêchés on amasse

Le jaune mousseux attaché dans la masse

On sait qu't'est pas impliqué, on sait qu't'as vendu aucun kilo, mec

Sur le R y'a les feu-keu qui nous mates

J'recompte un billet dans l'auto gris mat

Sois réglo, viens pas nous la mettre, le dernier il a fini en miettes

Tôt ou tard l'élève dépassera le maître

T'es un faux j'l'avais senti à dix kilomètres

Tu tombes dans les pommes

J'connais des charos qui peuvent monter chez toi pour 3 billets pomme

J'branche M.U.S.T.O, quand j'passe à la pomme

Depuis qu'ça becte, j'reçois que des appels sur ma pomme

Wesh, c'est nous les wesh

Pas comme eux, on attend pas l'rap pour quitter la hess

OPPS, on l'a wash

Si c'est pas pour like, pourquoi tu look?

On est des Business Man

Toi t'es endetté, donc tu nehess mal

On est des Business Man

Toi t'es endetté, donc tu nehess mal

On est des Business Man (on est des Business Man)

Donc tu nehess mal (grah, donc tu nehess mal)

On est des Business Man (on est des Business Man)

Donc tu nehess mal (grah, donc tu nehess mal)

Donc tu nehess mal

Mom, what's my destiny

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
businessman /ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn/ B2	noun - a person engaged in business, especially one who is a manager or executive
appel /a.pɛl/ A2	noun - a call, especially a phone call
pomme /pɔm/ A1	noun - apple
endetté /ɑ̃.dɛ.te/ B1	adjective - in debt
hess /hɛs/ B2	noun - a state of difficulty or hardship
opérer /o.pe.ʁe/ B1	verb - to operate
salir /sa.lir/ B2	verb - to dirty or make unclean
ramasser /ʁa.ma.se/ B1	verb - to collect or gather
mieux /mjø/ A2	adverb - better
part /paʁ/ A1	noun - part or share
camembert /ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ/ B2	noun - a type of soft cheese
crimes /kʁim/ B2	noun - illegal acts
miettes /m.jɛt/ B2	noun - crumbs or small pieces

Key Grammar Structures

• T'es là d'puis l'début, négro j'm'en rappelle

  ➔ Contraction of 'tu es' (you are) and 'depuis le début' (since the beginning). Use of informal contractions like 'd'puis' and 'j'men' reflects spoken slang.

  ➔ 'T'es' = 'tu es'; contraction for informal speech.

• On est des Business Man

  ➔ Use of 'On est' (we are) instead of 'nous sommes' to convey informal or colloquial speech. 'Des' functions as the indefinite article 'a' or 'an' before a plural noun.

  ➔ 'On est' = 'nous sommes'; informal way to say 'we are'.

• Donc tu nehess mal

  ➔ Use of 'ne... pas' negation structure in French, with 'ne' often dropped in informal speech. 'Nehess' is slang for 'n'hésite' (not hesitate).

  ➔ 'Ne... pas' = 'not' in French negation; 'Nehess' is slang for 'n'hésite' meaning 'hesitate', but used colloquially as 'don't hesitate'.

• Mom, what's my destiny

  ➔ Use of interrogative sentence structure with 'what's' as a contraction of 'what is' to ask about destiny.

  ➔ 'What's' = 'what is', contracted form used in questions.