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Le temps va nous donner raison. Time will prove us right. 00:06
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 00:07
Hmm, hmm. Hmm, hmm. 00:09
Obligé de fumer la nuit. Have to smoke at night. 00:15
Comment je vais arrêter la weed? How will I quit weed? 00:16
Socialiser ça m'ennuie. Socializing bores me. 00:18
Écouter les gens ça m'ennuie. Listening to people bores me. 00:20
La folie dans mon corps. Madness in my body 00:22
Veut me créer des ennuis. Wants to cause me trouble. 00:25
Je dois nettoyer mon cœur avant de nettoyer mon corps. I need to clean my heart before I clean my body. 00:27
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 00:30
Il y a personne qui m'a coaché. Nobody coached me. 00:31
Bad bitch dans la pochette. Bad chick in my pocket. 00:34
Bébé aide-moi à l'overflow. Baby, help me with the overflow. 00:36
Yeah, hmm. Yeah, hmm. 00:38
Et peu importe les projets. And no matter the plans. 00:40
La daronne doit être logique. My mom has to think logical. 00:42
Je suis dans le vibe bien moche. I'm in an ugly vibe. 00:44
On peut même pas être des boursiers. We can't even get scholarships. 00:46
Avant tout il n'y a même pas l'amitié. Before anything, there's not even friendship. 00:48
Tu sais, je peux t'aimer beaucoup en même temps oublier la pitié. You know, I can love you a lot and still forget pity. 00:50
Avant, je me plaignais beaucoup, j'ai grandi, je me suis habitué. Before, I complained a lot, I grew up, I got used to it. 00:53
Mon cachet il devient beaucoup, maintenant c'est trop facile de niquer. My fee keeps rising, now it's too easy to mess things up. 00:56
Hmm, hmm. Hmm, hmm. 01:00
Majeur en l'air. Middle finger up. 01:02
Majeur en l'air. Middle finger up. 01:06
Majeur en l'air. Middle finger up. 01:07
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 01:10
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 01:12
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 01:14
Hmm. Hmm. 01:15
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 01:19
Le temps va nous donner raison. Time will prove us right. 01:21
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 01:24
Majeur en l'air. Middle finger up. 01:26
Hmm. Hmm. 01:29
Je suis parti de zéro. I started from zero. 01:31
Je peux pas repartir à zéro. I can't go back to zero. 01:33
Pour mes ex, je suis une merde. To my exes, I'm trash. 01:35
Et pour mes fans, je suis un héros. But to my fans, I'm a hero. 01:37
Fini de faire le fou. No more acting crazy. 01:39
Assieds-toi sur ton lit et pense. Sit on your bed and think. 01:41
Les rageux veulent t'éteindre. The haters want to shut you down. 01:43
Écoute les paroles et danse. Listen to the lyrics and dance. 01:45
Je suis pas mouillé même quand il pleue. I'm not wet even when it rains. 01:47
Beaucoup trop d'avance sur le temps. Way too far ahead of time. 01:49
Il veut manger à toutes les tables, donc il dit que lui n'a pas de camp. He wants to eat at every table, so he says he doesn't have a side. 01:51
Maman, j'arrive à la maison. Mom, I'm coming home. 01:54
Besoin de réciter un psaume. Need to recite a psalm. 01:56
Les vendus veulent ma vie. Sellouts want my life. 01:58
Comme si j'appartenais au sol. As if I belonged to the ground. 02:00
On est né seul, tu veux copier. We were born alone, you want to copy. 02:02
Je me sentais trahi et oublié. I felt betrayed and forgotten. 02:05
Le verbe avoir s'accompagne de billets. The verb "to have" comes with cash. 02:07
Le game donne une chemise que j'ai pliée. The game gives a shirt I've folded. 02:09
Majeur en l'air pour les concurrents. Middle finger up to my rivals. 02:11
Tu es pas bonne, donc je suis pas endurant. You're not good, so I don't have endurance. 02:13
Je suis le carburant dans ton ambulance. I'm the fuel in your ambulance. 02:15
Pour faire le Jeff, il faut être intelligent. To play Jeff, you gotta be smart. 02:17
On peut même pas être des boursiers, avant tout il n'y a même pas l'amitié. We can't even get scholarships, before anything, there's not even friendship. 02:19
Tu sais, je peux t'aimer beaucoup en même temps oublier la pitié. You know, I can love you a lot and still forget pity. 02:22
Avant, je me plaignais beaucoup, j'ai grandi, je me suis habitué. Before, I complained a lot, I grew up, I got used to it. 02:25
Mon cachet il devient beaucoup, maintenant c'est trop facile de niquer. My fee keeps rising, now it's too easy to mess things up. 02:28
Majeur en l'air. Middle finger up. 02:32
Majeur en l'air. Middle finger up. 02:36
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 02:40
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 02:42
À qui je dois l'honneur? Who deserves the honor? 02:44
(Outro with vocal ad-libs) (Outro with vocal ad-libs) 02:47

Majeur En L'air – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Lyrics & Translation

Discover "Majeur En L'air" by Joke, a foundational track in modern French rap that offers a raw, energetic, and defiant lyrical experience. Through its impactful verses and trap-infused beat, learners can grasp colloquial expressions of self-assertion and social commentary, making it a powerful gateway to understanding contemporary French urban language and culture.

[English] Time will prove us right.
Yeah, yeah.
Hmm, hmm.
Have to smoke at night.
How will I quit weed?
Socializing bores me.
Listening to people bores me.
Madness in my body
Wants to cause me trouble.
I need to clean my heart before I clean my body.
Yeah, yeah.
Nobody coached me.
Bad chick in my pocket.
Baby, help me with the overflow.
Yeah, hmm.
And no matter the plans.
My mom has to think logical.
I'm in an ugly vibe.
We can't even get scholarships.
Before anything, there's not even friendship.
You know, I can love you a lot and still forget pity.
Before, I complained a lot, I grew up, I got used to it.
My fee keeps rising, now it's too easy to mess things up.
Hmm, hmm.
Middle finger up.
Middle finger up.
Middle finger up.
Who deserves the honor?
Who deserves the honor?
Who deserves the honor?
Hmm.
Who deserves the honor?
Time will prove us right.
Yeah, yeah.
Middle finger up.
Hmm.
I started from zero.
I can't go back to zero.
To my exes, I'm trash.
But to my fans, I'm a hero.
No more acting crazy.
Sit on your bed and think.
The haters want to shut you down.
Listen to the lyrics and dance.
I'm not wet even when it rains.
Way too far ahead of time.
He wants to eat at every table, so he says he doesn't have a side.
Mom, I'm coming home.
Need to recite a psalm.
Sellouts want my life.
As if I belonged to the ground.
We were born alone, you want to copy.
I felt betrayed and forgotten.
The verb "to have" comes with cash.
The game gives a shirt I've folded.
Middle finger up to my rivals.
You're not good, so I don't have endurance.
I'm the fuel in your ambulance.
To play Jeff, you gotta be smart.
We can't even get scholarships, before anything, there's not even friendship.
You know, I can love you a lot and still forget pity.
Before, I complained a lot, I grew up, I got used to it.
My fee keeps rising, now it's too easy to mess things up.
Middle finger up.
Middle finger up.
Who deserves the honor?
Who deserves the honor?
Who deserves the honor?
(Outro with vocal ad-libs)

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

fumer

/fy.me/

A2
  • verb
  • - to smoke (a cigarette, weed, etc.)

ennui

/ɑ̃.nɥi/

B1
  • noun
  • - boredom, a feeling of dullness

folie

/fɔ.li/

B1
  • noun
  • - madness, insanity

corps

/kɔʁ/

A1
  • noun
  • - body

cœur

/kœʁ/

A1
  • noun
  • - heart

logique

/lɔ.ʒik/

B2
  • adjective
  • - logical, reasonable

vibe

/vi:b/

C1
  • noun
  • - vibe, atmosphere, feeling

boursier

/buʁ.sje/

B2
  • noun
  • - scholarship holder, student receiving a grant

amitié

/a.mi.te/

B1
  • noun
  • - friendship

niquer

/ni.ke/

C1
  • verb
  • - to fuck (vulgar), to screw over

majeur

/ma.ʒœʁ/

B1
  • adjective
  • - major, adult, of legal age
  • noun
  • - major (in music), a main tone

honneur

/ɔ.nœʁ/

B2
  • noun
  • - honor, esteem

zéro

/ze.ʁo/

A2
  • noun
  • - zero

héros

/e.ʁo/

B1
  • noun
  • - hero

rageur

/ʁa.ʒœʁ/

B2
  • noun
  • - hater, angry person (slang)

ambulance

/ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃s/

B1
  • noun
  • - ambulance

intelligent

/ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒɑ̃/

B1
  • adjective
  • - intelligent, smart

carburant

/kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃/

B2
  • noun
  • - fuel

psaume

/pso.m/

C1
  • noun
  • - psalm (a sacred song or hymn)

trahir

/tʁa.iʁ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to betray

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