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.M.A.N.O, nothing to explain, bunch of haters

You're fainting (eh-eh)

I know some thugs who can come to your place for 3 bucks

I connect M.U.S.T.O, (eh-eh) when I show up with the dough (gang, gang)

Since it started buzzing, I keep getting calls about my money

Just calls about my dough

Yo, it's us, the real ones

Unlike them, we don't wait for rap to get out of hardship

Oops, we washed it

If it's not for a like, why you look?

We are Business Men

You in debt, so you struggle badly

We are Business Men

You in debt, so you struggle badly

We take back the Roro, gloved up, ready, that’s how we operate

You've been here from the start, I remember, negro

You'll get your share on the cheese

R.A.T, we never lose, La M in the cake, I made my marks

I used to do TP to end up with butter

Or end up like the old guy screwing at the bar

Oops, I came to dirty my pair again

Opi 13, stop flexing your pecs

I'm deaf, but I light up a blunt

I already told you I like when the plan is perfect

I only send them Cali, right?

Don’t say you’re my guy, igo, we don’t know each other

It reeks of CR7, watch out and we’re out

I take a bill, book a flight to Spain

I wanna see her back, I’m not her best friend

And my girl doesn’t like remixes

Oops, I took it off but she put it back

No matter the position, her V still moves

Ramos’s salary is needed, and they wanna know how much we make

We commit crimes, so we gather sins

The bubbly yellow in the mix

We know you weren’t involved, we know you didn’t sell a kilo, man

On the R there are the fire-keys watching us

I count a bill in the matte grey car

Be honest, don’t come at us with it, the last one ended in pieces

Sooner or later, the student will surpass the master

You’re a fake, I sensed it from ten miles away

You’re fainting

I know some thugs who can come to your place for 3 bucks

I connect M.U.S.T.O, when I show up with the dough

Since it started buzzing, I keep getting calls about my money

Yo, it's us, the real ones

Unlike them, we don't wait for rap to get out of hardship

Oops, we washed it

If it’s not for a like, why you look?

We are Business Men

You’re in debt, so you struggle badly

We are Business Men

You’re in debt, so you struggle badly

We are Business Men (we are Business Men)

So you struggle badly (grah, so you struggle badly)

We are Business Men (we are Business Men)

So you struggle badly (grah, so you struggle badly)

So you struggle badly

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.