Lyrics & Translation
Yeah, hey, hey, hey
I'm so far away, the future's behind me
I have all the contacts, let's go take some dough
The gun is cold, it wants to speak in your ear
I hope I'm ready the day it all goes to shit
I've lost real friends, many angels have let me down
With the crew, gun in hand, in front of the party
I'll fall asleep at the morgue, wake up with a bullet in my head
I got duped like a calf, I don't know what my future's worth
Let us see our sons, tell us they're dads
Hating doesn't pay, apparently it does
I feel like things are off, I cut the gun with a saw
You're honoring the wrong flag, your banner lied to you
Pablo Escobar's getting himself killed, you're out there making a scene
Saint Martin, Dutch side, floating packs, cocaine
A cheat code for crypto, give me two Mona Lisas
They'll have to be smoked before things turn tragic
Diallo took 200 euros from me for a charm against bullets
I'm so far away, the future's behind you (me)
I see everything in purple, in PayPal
Half-Negro, half-Neanderthal
No blood, no revolution
Just dead ends on the agenda
Like in every execution
We ride the overloaded bikes, sending the Bédos to my guys
Only cash in the network, give me two Mona Lisas
They’ll have to be smoked before things turn tragic
Zizou told me "Bring them down, it'll earn us some bullets"
What we started, we’ll finish, ask Ibou
We light up your block (pah, pah) as long as the sky's with us
Talking, I’m not interested, I prefer to bring everyone to their knees (hey, hey)
Chat with my 12-gauge, maybe you'll catch his interest (pah, pah)
Hating doesn't pay, but I grew big
Honda, JSX, number 10, Maradona
We smoked hope, gotta knock on wood (pah, pah)
Fuck your abuse of power, here, bullets make the law
Saint Martin, Dutch side, floating packs, cocaine
A cheat code for crypto, give me two Mona Lisas
They’ll have to be smoked before things turn tragic
Diallo took 200 euros from me for a charm against bullets
I'm so far away, the future's behind you (me)
I see everything in purple, in PayPal
Half-Negro, half-Neanderthal
No blood, no revolution
Just dead ends on the agenda
Like in every execution
Floating pack, cocaine
Key Vocabulary
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contacts /kɔ̃takt/ B1 |
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canon /kɑ̃nɔ̃/ B2 |
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futur /fytyʁ/ B2 |
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amitié /ami.te/ B2 |
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pouvoir /pu.vwaʁ/ B2 |
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sang /sɑ̃/ A2 |
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révolution /ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/ B2 |
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drapeau /dʁapo/ B1 |
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cocaïna /kɔ.ka.in.a/ B2 |
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crypto /kʁyp.to/ B2 |
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Mona Lisa /ˈmo.na ˈli.za/ C2 |
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fumer /fy.me/ B1 |
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tourner /tuʁne/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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J'suis tellement loin, l'futur est derrière moi
➔ Adverb of degree ('tellement') modifying an adjective ('loin'); inversion for emphasis ('l'futur est derrière moi').
➔ "Tellement" intensifies the distance; the inverted sentence structure emphasizes the distance from the future.
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Allons leur prendre de l'oseille
➔ Imperative mood ("Allons") with indirect object pronoun ("leur"); partitive article ("de l'oseille") indicating an unspecified quantity.
➔ "Allons leur prendre" is an imperative command to take money (slang "oseille") from them.
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J'espère que je serai prêt le jour où ça va chier
➔ Subjunctive mood ("serai") after "espère que" expressing doubt or uncertainty about a future event; impersonal expression "ça va chier" (literally "it's going to shit")
➔ "Ça va chier" is a vulgar expression implying that something bad will happen. The speaker hopes to be ready when things go wrong.
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Tu honores le mauvais drapeau, ton étendard t'a menti
➔ Use of the present tense to express a general truth or ongoing action ("Tu honores"); past anterior tense ("t'a menti") to indicate an action completed before another point in the past.
➔ The phrase suggests that the person is misguided and following a false ideology or leader. The banner ("étendard") has deceived them.
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Faudra les fumer avant ou ça va tourner au drame
➔ Impersonal verb "faudra" (future of "falloir") expressing necessity; conditional sentence indicating a potential negative consequence.
➔ It implies that they must eliminate something (possibly drugs or rivals) before a dramatic, negative situation unfolds.
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Diallo m'a prit 200 eu' pour un grigri contre les balles
➔ Informal verb conjugation ("prit" instead of "pris"); use of "contre" to indicate protection against something.
➔ Diallo charged him 200 euros for a good luck charm ("grigri") to protect him from bullets. The use of "prit" instead of "pris" is a common feature of informal speech.
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Mi-négro, mi-Néandertal
➔ Use of "mi-" prefix (meaning "half") to combine two nouns, creating a compound identity or characteristic.
➔ The phrase creates a striking contrast, implying a mix of modern and primitive traits within the speaker.
