Du ferme – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: La Fouine
• Album: Mes repères

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the French rap scene with La Fouine's classic "Du ferme." This song offers a unique blend of reflection and rhythm, showcasing La Fouine's innovative approach to rap by incorporating singing. Through its narrative, "Du ferme" explores the impact of choices and consequences, providing a window into French urban culture and storytelling.

[English]

Cocaine in the jeans

Samir meets some clients at Porte Dauphine

Miss goes crazy with her close friends

A tourniquet, a syringe and "bam" and "bam"

But she put in more juice than in a blood orange

She ended the night in drama with her girlfriends

It's six in the morning when the cops go "ring"

He was selling drugs but he's on trial for a crime

He got 20 years, years, years

Sam got locked up, up, up

He got 20 years, years, years

Sam got locked up, up, up

He got 20 years, years, years

Sam got locked up, up, up

He got 20 years, years, years

Sam got locked up, up, up

He was coming home from work, the routine

And since there were works on the line, line

His boss let him leave early

Redouane jumped on the first metro

He bought a bouquet of flowers

For the one he loves

He pushed the front door

Finds his wife getting nailed

You know the rest, rest, rest

Blood on the sheets, "click" "click"

You know the rest, rest, rest

"Click, click, click"

He got 20 years, years, years

Redouane got locked up, up, up

He got 20 years, years, years

Redouane got locked up, up, up

He got 20 years, years, years

Redouane got locked up, up, up

He got 20 years, years, years

Redouane got locked up, up, up

He was coming out of high school clean, clean

Going to join his team, team, team

The weed, the girls

The homework and the cents

No money in the pockets to change the scenery

Some buddies call him, planning a burglary

Moussa decides to join them to play at the console

He thinks he can play and not hang around in front of the hall

But what he didn't know, know, know

Is that in the upstairs room, room, room

They had tied up the rents

Understand that he falls from high, high, high

He got 15 years, years, years

Moussa got locked up, up, up

He got 15 years, years, years

Moussa got locked up, up, up

He got 15 years, years, years

Moussa got locked up, up, up

He got 15 years, years, years

Moussa got locked up, up, up

...

[French]

Co-cocaïne dans le jean

Samir rejoint quelques clients à Porte Dauphine

Mademoiselle devient folle avec ses amis intimes

Un garrot, une seringue et "bim" et "bim"

Mais elle a mis plus de jus que dans une orange sanguine

Elle a fini en drame cette soirée entre copines

Il est six heures du mat' quand les keufs font "dring"

Il vendait de la dope mais il comparaît pour crime

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Sam a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Sam a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Sam a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Sam a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il rentrait du taffe la routine-tine

Et comme il y avait des travaux sur la ligne, ligne

Son patron l'a laissé repartir plus tôt

Redouane sauta dans le premier métro

Il acheta un bouquet de fleurs

Pour l'élue de son cœur

Il poussa la porte d'entrée

Trouve sa femme entrain de se faire fourrer

Vous connaissez la suite, suite, suite

Du sang sur les draps, des "click" des "click"

Vous connaissez la suite, suite, suite

Des "click, click, click"

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Redouane a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Redouane a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Redouane a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

Redouane a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il sortait du lycée clean, clean

S'en va rejoindre sa team, team, team

Le bedo, les copines-pines-pines

Les devoirs et les centimes-times-times

Pas de thunes dans les poches pour changer de paysage

Des potos l'appellent, font un cambriolage

Moussa décide de les rejoindre pour per-ta à la console

Il se dit qu'il pourra jouer et ne plus traîner devant le hall

Mais ce qu'il ne savait pas, pas, pas

C'est que dans la chambre du haut, haut, haut

Ils avaient ligoté les rents-pa-pa-pa

Comprenez qu'il tombe de haut, haut, haut

Il a pris 15 piges, piges, piges

Moussa a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 15 piges, piges, piges

Moussa a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 15 piges, piges, piges

Moussa a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Il a pris 15 piges, piges, piges

Moussa a pris du ferme, ferme, ferme

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cocaïne /koka.in/ B2	noun - a powerful stimulant drug
drame /dʁam/ B1	noun - a serious situation or event
crime /kʁim/ B2	noun - an act against the law
pige /piʒ/ B1	noun - a year in prison (slang)
ferme /fɛʁm/ B1	noun - farm or prison (slang)
travaux /tʁa.vo/ B1	noun - work or construction
métro /mɛ.tʁo/ A2	noun - subway or underground train
fleurs /flœʁ/ A2	noun - flowers
sang /sɑ̃/ A2	noun - blood
draps /dʁɑ/ A2	noun - sheets
team /tiːm/ A2	noun - a group of people working together
cœur /kœʁ/ A2	noun - heart
routine /ʁu.tin/ B1	noun - a regular way of doing things
cambriolage /kɑ̃.bʁi.ɔ.laʒ/ B2	noun - burglary

Key Grammar Structures

• Il a pris 20 piges, piges, piges

  ➔ Past tense (passé composé)

  ➔ The phrase uses the past tense to indicate that something has already happened, as in "he took 20 years".

• Il rentrait du taffe la routine-tine

  ➔ Imperfect tense (imparfait)

  ➔ The imperfect tense is used to describe ongoing actions in the past, as in "he was coming back from work".

• Vous connaissez la suite, suite, suite

  ➔ Present tense (présent)

  ➔ The present tense is used to express actions that are currently happening or general truths, as in "you know the rest".

• Il vendait de la dope mais il comparaît pour crime

  ➔ Past continuous (imparfait) and present tense (présent)

  ➔ The past continuous describes an ongoing action in the past, while the present tense indicates a current situation, as in "he was selling drugs but is being tried for a crime".

• Il acheta un bouquet de fleurs

  ➔ Simple past (passé simple)

  ➔ The simple past is used to describe actions that were completed in the past, as in "he bought a bouquet of flowers".

• Il sortait du lycée clean, clean

  ➔ Imperfect tense (imparfait)

  ➔ The imperfect tense is used to describe a habitual action in the past, as in "he was coming out of high school clean".

• Des potos l'appellent, font un cambriolage

  ➔ Present tense (présent)

  ➔ The present tense is used to express actions that are currently happening, as in "friends are calling him, doing a burglary".