Nichen – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: VEN1

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of French rap with VEN1's "Nichen," a captivating track from his debut album. Its unique style, compelling storytelling, and a blend of street-wise themes with catchy melodies make it an excellent entry point for learning French through music. You'll not only grasp contemporary French expressions but also appreciate the artistry and cultural nuances embedded in its lyrics and production.

[English]

I feel like I'm in GTA, I run every red light

I'm taking the road to the sun, praying we skip the toll booths

No one will be as lucky, as always, there's a crowd when it's time to go back home

I feel like I'm in GTA, I run every red light, taking the road to the sun, praying we skip the toll booths

No one will be as lucky, as always, there's a crowd when we return home

We're killing time at couscous and tagine restaurants

We travel fueled by jealousy that's addictive, addictive, it makes you naughty

Call me back later, I'm overbooked

Too many opportunities that I'm putting on hold

In her eyes, I see she wants her man

Four months of separation, I'm not alone in life

In the back, you've got roses doing loop-de-loops

We know who, who, who has the syndrome on XDEV

They pretend to be coming back from home after a session of V

I don't have time to impress women in BMWs

Relaxed in the excess

Betting, hitting on your cousin, no point, I'm late for the appointment

In the car, like an animal facing chickens, I'm hustling all week

Shopping on the weekend, we need the same vibe as The Weeknd

Screw them, who I ultimately screw over

Marine Le Pen as captain at the head, sweeping it all away

I'm doing it again, I'm looking for you, I'm surely not downstairs, downstairs, hitting a dead end at Chicago Bled

You know which one I'm in, yo

Volunteering for the baggage, originally we had nothing on our plates

Man, I won't eat the slop, I'll settle for a camel at home

Strategy in our genes, the old heads will never do things backwards to the young ones

Even though the young one smoked all his yellow plan

In the packages, there's your team scaling veins

A problem, we settle it, I don't show off publicly like you guys

Nothing left to talk about, we'll start selling sand

She repeats "Habibi" and leaves your dirty past behind

I don't pretend to be a scoundrel on the edges like mine, it's in my blood

We know who, who, who has the syndrome on XDEV

They pretend to be coming back from home after a session of V

I don't have time to impress women in BMWs

Relaxed in the excess

Betting, hitting on your cousin, no point, I'm late for the appointment

In the car, like an animal facing chickens, I'm hustling all week

Shopping on the weekend, we need the same vibe as The Weeknd

Screw them, who I ultimately screw over

Marine Le Pen as captain at the head, sweeping it all away

I'm doing it again, I'm looking for you, I'm surely not downstairs, downstairs, hitting a dead end at Chicago Bled

You know which one I'm in, yo

[French]

Je me crois dans GTA, je respecte aucun feu rouge

Je prends la route du soleil, je prie pour qu'on passe les péages

Personne n'aura la chance, comme d'hab il y a du monde quand l'heure revient au bled

Je me crois dans GTA, je respecte aucun feu rouge, prends la route du soleil, je prie pour qu'on passe les péages

Personne n'aura la chance, comme d'hab, il y a du monde qu'on le revient au bled

On chôme les ambiances dans les couscous et les Tagine

On fait le voyage en jalousie qui rend accro, accro, tu deviens coquine

Rappelle-moi plus tard, je suis overbooké

Trop d'opportunités que je mets en sourdine

Dans ses yeux je vois qu'il veut son flic

Quatre mois de scission, je suis pas seul de vie

A l'arrière, tu as les roses qui fait des loopings

On sait qui, qui, qui a le syndrome sur l'XDEV

Ils prétendent revenir du bled après une séance du V

J'ai pas que ça à faire d'impressionner des femmes en BMW

Détendu dans le surfaix

Parier, taper la cousine, aucun intérêt, j'arrive en retard au RDV

Dans l'engin, comme l'animal devant les chickens, je tartine la semaine

Shopping le weekend, faut la même scène que The Weeknd

Niquez-les qui au final je nique

La capitaine de Marine Le Pen à la tête, balayette

Je remets ça, je te cherche, je suis sûrement pas en bas, en bas, en but chez Chicago Bled

Tu sais je suis dans laquelle, wesh

Volontaire pour le bagage, à la base on a rien dans l'assiette

Mec, je mangerai pas la gamelle, je me contente d'une camelle au bled

Stratégie dans les gênes, l'ancien on la fera jamais à l'envers au jeune

Malgré que le jeune a fumé tout son plan jaune

Dans les colis, il y a ton équipe qui scale les veines

Un problème, on règle, je m'affiche pas en public comme les vôtres

Plus rien à bibi, on se mettra à vendre du sable

Elle répète "Habibi" et laisse ton passé sale

Je fais pas semblant d'être un salaud sur les bords comme les miens, j'ai ça dans le sang

On sait qui, qui, qui a le syndrome sur l'XDEV

Ils prétendent revenir du bled après une séance du V

J'ai pas que ça à faire d'impressionner des femmes en BMW

Détendu dans le surfaix

Parier, taper la cousine, aucun intérêt, j'arrive en retard au RDV

Dans l'engin, comme l'animal devant les chickens, je tartine la semaine

Shopping le weekend, faut la même scène que The Weeknd

Niquez-les qui au final je nique

La capitaine de Marine Le Pen à la tête, balayette

Je remets ça, je te cherche, je suis sûrement pas en bas, en bas, en but chez Chicago Bled

Tu sais je suis dans laquelle, wesh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
crois /kʁwa/ A1	verb - believe
respecte /ʁɛs.pɛkt/ A2	verb - respect
route /ʁut/ A2	noun - road
soleil /sɔ.lɛj/ A2	noun - sun
prie /pʁi/ B1	verb - pray
chance /ʃɑ̃s/ A2	noun - chance, luck
monde /mɔ̃d/ A2	noun - world, people
heure /œʁ/ A1	noun - hour, time
chôme /ʃom/ B2	verb - to idle, to laze around
ambiances /ɑ̃.bjɑ̃s/ B2	noun - atmospheres, vibes
couscous /kus.kus/ B1	noun - couscous (food)
Tagine /ta.ʒin/ B2	noun - tagine (a type of North African stew and its earthenware pot)
jalousie /ʒa.lu.zi/ B1	noun - jealousy
accro /a.kʁo/ B1	adjective - addicted, hooked
coquine /kɔ.kin/ B2	adjective - mischievous, playful, naughty
rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ A2	verb - remind, call back
overbooké /o.vɛʁ.bu.ke/ B2	adjective - overbooked, very busy
opportunités /ɔ.pɔʁ.ty.ni.te/ B1	noun - opportunities
sourdine /suʁ.din/ C1	noun - mute, silencing (figurative)
flic /flik/ B2	noun - cop, policeman (slang)
scission /si.sjɔ̃/ C2	noun - division, split
loopings /lu.piŋz/ B2	noun - loops, aerobatic maneuvers
syndrome /sɛ̃.dʁom/ B2	noun - syndrome
prétendent /pʁe.tɑ̃d/ B1	verb - claim, pretend
séance /se.ɑ̃s/ B2	noun - session, meeting, séance
impressionner /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ B1	verb - impress
détendu /de.tɑ̃.dy/ B1	adjective - relaxed, loose
surfaix /syʁ.fɛks/ C2	noun - saddle girth, surcingle
parier /pa.ʁje/ B1	verb - to bet, to wager
taper /ta.pe/ A2	verb - to hit, to type
intérêt /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ/ A2	noun - interest
retard /ʁə.taʁ/ A2	noun - delay, lateness
engin /ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/ B2	noun - engine, device, machine
animal /a.ni.mal/ A1	noun - animal
chickens /ˈtʃɪkɪnz/ A1	noun - chickens
tartine /taʁ.tin/ B2	verb - to spread (on bread), to smear
semaine /sə.mɛn/ A1	noun - week
shopping /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ A2	noun - shopping
weekend /wi.kɛnd/ A1	noun - weekend
scène /sɛn/ B1	noun - scene, stage
capitaine /ka.pi.tɛn/ B1	noun - captain
tête /tɛt/ A2	noun - head
balayette /ba.lɛ.jɛt/ C2	noun - small broom, sweep
remets /ʁə.mɛ/ B1	verb - put back, put again
cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ A1	verb - to look for, to search
sûrement /syʁ.mɑ̃/ A2	adverb - surely, certainly
bagage /ba.ɡaʒ/ B1	noun - luggage, baggage
base /baz/ A2	noun - base, foundation
assiette /a.sjɛt/ B1	noun - plate, position, situation
mangerai /mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁe/ A1	verb - will eat
gamelle /ɡa.mɛl/ C2	noun - mess tin, lunchbox, food (slang, often for dogs)
camelle /ka.mɛl/ C2	noun - camella (a type of small, indigenous goat or sheep in North Africa)
stratégie /stʁa.te.ʒi/ B1	noun - strategy
gênes /ʒɛn/ B2	noun - genes
ancien /ɑ̃.sjɛ̃/ A2	adjective - old, former
jeune /ʒœn/ A1	adjective - young
fumé /fy.me/ B2	verb - smoked, consumed (drugs, slang)
plan /plɑ̃/ A2	noun - plan, flat
jaune /ʒon/ A2	adjective - yellow
colis /kɔ.li/ B1	noun - parcels, packages
équipe /e.kip/ A2	noun - team
scale /skeɪl/ B2	verb - to scale, to climb
veines /vɛn/ B2	noun - veins
problème /pʁɔ.blɛm/ A2	noun - problem
règle /ʁɛɡl/ A2	verb - to regulate, to rule, to settle
affiche /a.fiʃ/ B1	verb - to display, to post, to advertise
public /py.blik/ A2	adjective - public
mettre /mɛtʁ/ A1	verb - to put, to place
vendre /vɑ̃dʁ/ B1	verb - to sell
sable /sabl/ B1	noun - sand
répète /ʁe.pɛt/ A2	verb - repeats
Habibi /ha.bi.bi/ C1	interjection - my love, my dear (Arabic term of endearment)
passé /pa.se/ A2	adjective - past
sale /sal/ A2	adjective - dirty
semblant /sɑ̃.blɑ̃/ B2	noun - semblance, appearance
bords /bɔʁ/ B1	noun - edges, sides
sang /sɑ̃/ B1	noun - blood

Key Grammar Structures

• Je me crois dans GTA, je respecte aucun feu rouge

  ➔ Use of the reflexive verb 'se croire' (to believe oneself), negation with 'aucun'

  ➔ "Je **me crois**" means 'I believe myself to be'. 'Aucun' means 'no' and is used before a masculine singular noun. It emphasizes the complete lack of respect for traffic laws.

• On chôme les ambiances dans les couscous et les Tagine

  ➔ Use of slang 'chômer' (to kill/destroy), noun phrases as objects.

  ➔ "**Chômer** les ambiances" is slang meaning to ruin or destroy the atmosphere. 'Couscous' and 'Tagine' are used as examples of places or situations where this happens.

• Quatre mois de scission, je suis pas seul de vie

  ➔ Use of 'de' to indicate a period of time, colloquial negation 'pas seul'

  ➔ "Quatre mois **de scission**" means 'four months of separation'. "Je suis **pas seul de vie**" is a colloquial way of saying 'I'm not alone in life'.

• Ils prétendent revenir du bled après une séance du V

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood ('prétendent'), slang 'bled' and 'V'

  ➔ "Ils **prétendent**" means 'They claim'. 'Bled' is slang for 'home country' or 'the homeland'. 'V' likely refers to a visit or a trip.