Lyrics & Translation
Dive into the raw energy of French Drill with La Mano 1.9's "R.A.T #2." This track is an excellent, authentic listen for those looking to explore contemporary French rap slang and street dialect. Its aggressive, fast-paced flow and no-filter lyrics provide a vivid snapshot of ambition and hustle from the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Listening to this song will help you pick up key vocabulary related to money, street life, and defiance in modern French youth culture, all set to an explosive trap beat.
Key Vocabulary
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oseille /ɔzaj/ B1 |
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levé /ləve/ A2 |
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matins /matɛ̃/ A1 |
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opps /ɔps/ B2 |
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pichés /piʃe/ C1 |
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moteur /mɔtœr/ A2 |
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état /eta/ A1 |
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joint /ʒwɛ̃/ B1 |
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Cali /kali/ B2 |
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testé /tɛste/ A2 |
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contrecoup /kɔ̃tʁəku/ C1 |
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Platine /platɪn/ B1 |
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Diamant /dɪaˈmɑ̃/ A2 |
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ennemi /ɑnmi/ A1 |
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allume /aˈlyme/ A2 |
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calumet /kalymɛ/ B2 |
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Lambo /læmboʊ/ B1 |
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cavu /kavu/ C1 |
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barbare /baʁbar/ B1 |
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rafale /ʁafal/ C1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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C'est pour l'oseille que je me suis levé tôt.
➔ Reflexive verb in passé composé with être.
➔ The verb 'se lever' becomes 'je me suis levé', showing the use of a reflexive pronoun with the auxiliary 'être'.
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Faut que les opps soient pichés tous les matins.
➔ Subjunctive mood after 'faut que'.
➔ The verb 'soient' is in the subjunctive because 'il faut que' expresses necessity.
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Pas de pause, toujours en marche.
➔ Nominal phrase used as a sentence.
➔ The phrase omits the verb 'être', a common style in spoken or poetic French.
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Comment allez-vous, enchanté madame.
➔ Formal interrogative with inversion.
➔ 'Allez-vous' shows subject-verb inversion, typical of formal speech.
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L'ennemi j'allume comme allume un feu.
➔ Simile using 'comme'.
➔ The phrase compares two actions using 'comme', a common French way to express resemblance.
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Beaucoup de beuh dans mon calumet.
➔ Quantifier 'beaucoup de' + noun.
➔ 'Beaucoup de' always takes 'de' before a noun, regardless of its gender or number.
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Avec un gros cavu.
➔ Preposition 'avec' + noun phrase.
➔ The preposition 'avec' introduces accompaniment or possession.
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Combien qui veulent ma vie.
➔ Interrogative word used as relative pronoun in slang.
➔ While normally 'combien de' introduces quantity, here it functions elliptically to mean 'how many people who'.
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Elle m’la fait toujours mes bacs.
➔ Informal pronoun contraction and colloquial structure.
➔ 'M’la' merges 'me la', typical in speech; it reflects rapid spoken French where pronouns blend.
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