C'est La Vie – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Richie Campbell, Plutonio
• Album: Elephant In The Room

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Richie Campbell and Plutonio! This song is a perfect gateway to learning Portuguese and French through music, offering catchy, repetitive phrases and a relaxed tempo that makes it easy to follow the flow of urban slang and common expressions of life philosophy.

[English]

When a woman rejects a man with vision

And ends up accepting a man with a TV

And ends up watching the vision on the TV, you see?

Rolex on my wrist and it don't tick-tock

That's why I don't make no sound

Born rich, God's behind me

Move out of the way when you see Bridgetown

Can't rest, life's quick, I need

More dollars and English pounds

Chop off your ears and tongue

None of these boys can sing this one

Bad like us, these boys aren't as bad as us

C'est La Vie, none of them are, they just wanna be

Bad like us, I don't know why they're mad at me

C'est La Vie, dawg

Oh, oh

A new outfit brought from Amsterdam

Two talents together for the same mission

Three for the trident, four for the vision

The crew, I count them on the five fingers of my hand

6k on my new TV

Ideals, without signed legal contracts

Immortals, I leave my legacy in musical notes

Between us and them, just commas

New car with tinted windows

From one end of the peninsula to the other

The cops can't even see the license plate

Bad like us, these boys aren't as bad as us

C'est La Vie, none of them are, they just wanna be

Bad like us, I don't know why they're mad at me

C'est La Vie dawg, c'est La

Anytime a man steps up, the girl says uh-huh

Drops to her knees and begs to ride

In the Benz, I have to say no-uh

Nowadays girls want me, but back in the day they never did no-uh

Now 30k or Bridgetown goes say no-uh

So if you want to be mad, go ahead and be mad, uh-nuh?

Admit it, the new girl is ridiculous

Ridiculous, tattoos on her gallbladder

And it's legitimate for me to say it's a premonition

Like my brother Richie, it's manumission

The last of an endangered species, oh-oh

In a hotel with a view, look how beautiful life is, huh

Without using a stylist, haute couture in my writing

Bridgetown strike, which we ordered

Against the monarchy, tell me who sent you?

Thinking about a vacation in Kathmandu

God in control

Bad like us, these boys aren't as bad as us

C'est La Vie, none of them are, they just wanna be

Bad like us, I don't know why they're mad at me

C'est La Vie dawg, c'est La

Bad like us

C'est La Vie

Bad like us

None of them are, they just wanna be

Hey, Dudu, why are they mad at me?

Bad like us

C'est La Vie

Bad like us

[French]

Quando uma mulher nega um homem que tem visão

E acaba aceitando o homem que tem televisão

Acaba assistindo à visão na televisão, viste né?

Rolex pon me wrist and it don't tac tic

That's why I don't make no sound

Born rich God deh behind me

Move outta the way when you see Bridgetown

Can't rest, life quick, I need

More dollars and english pounds

Chop of your ears and tongue

None a dem boy can't sing this one

Bad like we, dem boy deh no bad like we

C'est La Vie, none of them are they just wanna be

Bad like we, I don't know why them mad at me

C'est La Vie dawg

Oh, oh

Um conjunto novo trouxe de Amesterdão

Dois talentos juntos pela mema missão

Três pelo tridente, quatro pela visão

Tropas, conto pelos cinco dedos da mão

6k na minha nova televisão

Ideais, sem contratos assinados e legais

Imortais, deixo o testamento em notas musicais

Entre nós e eles, vírgulas

Carro novo com película

Ponta a ponta da península

Bofia nem vê matrícula

Bad like we, dem boy deh no bad like we

C'est La Vie, none of them are they just wanna be

Bad like we, I don't know why them mad at me

C'est La Vie dawg, c'est La

Anytime man that a step gyal a say uh-huh

Drop pon them knees and a beg fi ride

Inna the benz me haffi say nuh-uh

Nowadays gyal want me but back in the day never did nuh-uh

Now 30k or Bridgetown gwaan say nuh-uh

So who want vex gwan vex uh-nuh?

Admite lá, dama nova ela é ridícula

Ridícula, tatuagem na vesícula

E é legítimo eu dizer que é premonição

Como o mano Richie, é manumissão

Últimos de uma espécie em extinção, oh-oh

Num hotel com vista, olha como a vida é bonita, huh

Sem usar estilista, alta costura na minha escrita

Tirante Bridgetown, que a gente encomendou

Contra a monarquia, diz-me quem te mandou?

A pensar numas férias em Katmandu

Deus no comando

Bad like we, dem boy deh no bad like we

C'est La Vie, none of them are they just wanna be

Bad like we, I don't know why them mad at me

C'est La Vie dawg, c'est La

Bad like we

C'est La Vie

Bad like we

None of them are they just wanna be

Hey, Dudu, why they mad at me?

Bad like we

C'est La Vie

Bad like we

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vision vi-zi-on B1	noun - the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom
visão vi-zão A2	noun - sight or a supernatural apparition
televisão te-le-vi-zão A1	noun - a system for transmitting visual images and sound
missão mi-ssão B1	noun - an important assignment given to a person or group
tridente tri-den-te B2	noun - a three-pronged spear
contratos con-tra-tos A2	noun - written or spoken agreements
imortais i-mor-tais B2	adjective - living forever; never dying
testamento tes-ta-men-to B2	noun - a legal document disposing of one's property after death
ridícula ri-dí-cu-la B1	adjective - deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd
legítimo le-gí-ti-mo B2	adjective - conforming to the law or rules
premonição pre-mo-ni-ção C1	noun - a strong feeling that something is about to happen
extinção ex-tin-ção B2	noun - the state or process of a species or thing dying out
bonita bo-ni-ta A1	adjective - pleasing or delightful to the senses
monarquia mo-nar-qui-a B2	noun - a form of government with a monarch at the head
férias fé-rias A1	noun - a period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation