Lahess – Bilingual Lyrics French/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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hess /ɛs/ C1 |
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cesser /sɛse/ B1 |
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voler /vɔle/ A2 |
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folie /fɔli/ B1 |
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sous-côté /su kɔte/ B2 |
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croûne /kʁun/ C1 |
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battement /batmɑ̃/ B1 |
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enfermer /ɑ̃fɛʁme/ B1 |
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menotté /mənɔte/ B2 |
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brique /bʁik/ B1 |
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braquer /bʁake/ B2 |
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clique /klik/ B2 |
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solide /sɔlid/ A2 |
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produit /pʁɔdɥi/ A1 |
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baffer /bafe/ B2 |
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maladie /maladi/ B1 |
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dette /dɛt/ B1 |
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trouble /tʁubl/ B2 |
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péter /pete/ C1 |
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niquer /nike/ C2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Je plus re-re-veux le h-h-hebs la hess, la cess
➔ Informal negation (ne... plus becomes plus)
➔ In very informal spoken French, the 'ne' part of a negation is often dropped. So, "Je ne veux plus" becomes "Je "plus" veux". This is highly colloquial.
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Tout ça faut que ça cesse
➔ Impersonal expression (il faut que + Subjunctive)
➔ "Faut que" is a common informal shortening of "Il faut que," meaning "it is necessary that" or "it must be that." It is always followed by the subjunctive mood, as seen with "cesse" (from cesser).
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On fait pas de bénévolat, ferme tes volets on va te voler
➔ Informal negation (ne... pas becomes pas), Futur Proche (aller + infinitive)
➔ Similar to "plus" in informal speech, "pas" is often used without "ne" (e.g., "on fait "pas" de bénévolat"). The *futur proche* ("on "va te voler"") is used for actions in the immediate future or planned actions, formed with *aller* + infinitive.
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3ème fois que tu l'es
➔ Pronoun l' (referring to an adjective or concept)
➔ The pronoun "l'" (or le/la/les) can replace an adjective or a concept previously mentioned, especially after verbs like "être." Here, "l'es" stands for "l'"être," implying a state or condition that the person is in.
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J'suis sous-côté, j'mets des buts, je suis comme Erling
➔ Common contractions (Je suis -> J'suis), Comparative comme
➔ In informal spoken French, "je suis" is frequently contracted to ""j'suis"". "Comme" is a common comparative conjunction meaning "like" or "as," used here to draw a parallel to Erling Haaland.
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tes croûnes nous ont appris l'école du bas sous-côté
➔ Indirect object pronoun nous, Past participle agreement with avoir (no agreement with direct object after the verb)
➔ "Nous" here is an indirect object pronoun meaning "to "us"". With the auxiliary verb *avoir*, the past participle ("appris") usually only agrees with the direct object when the direct object is placed *before* the verb. Here, "l'école du bas" is the direct object and it's after the verb, so there's no agreement.
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Moi ma part, je suis parti la chercher, j'ai la maladie de me faire moi-même
➔ Disjunctive pronoun moi, Reflexive verb (se faire + infinitive), Past participle agreement with être
➔ "Moi" is a disjunctive (stressed) pronoun used for emphasis or after prepositions. "Se "faire"" followed by an infinitive can mean "to do something to oneself" as in "me faire "moi-même"" (to make myself/be self-made). "parti" agrees with the subject "je" because it uses *être* as an auxiliary verb.
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On part en solide et j'ai des équipes en mission, on produit le produit qui te baffe la tête
➔ Relative pronoun qui
➔ "Qui" is a relative pronoun that introduces a relative clause and functions as the subject of that clause. Here, it refers to "le produit" and is the subject of the verb "baffe" ("baffe la tête" is a colloquial expression meaning 'blows your mind' or 'hits hard').
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J'ai encore des troubles mais moi ce qu'on a fait
➔ Indefinite relative pronoun ce que, Disjunctive pronoun moi
➔ "Ce "que"" (or "ce qu'" before a vowel sound) means "what" or "that which." It refers to an unspecified thing or idea. "Moi" is a disjunctive pronoun, used here for emphasis, adding a personal touch to the statement.
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Soulever en Y, putain ça me fait pas le tête
➔ Informal negation (ne... pas becomes pas), Idiomatic expression (ça ne me fait pas la tête)
➔ In informal French, the 'ne' is often dropped, leaving just ""pas"". "Ça ne me fait pas la tête" (colloquially "ça me fait "pas" la tête") is an idiomatic expression meaning "it doesn't bother me," or "it doesn't go to my head."
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Combien de fois j'ai fini menotté dans le 308 Break
➔ Quantifier combien de + noun, Passé Composé with avoir, Past participle used as an adjective
➔ "Combien de" is used to ask about quantity, meaning "how many" or "how much." "J'ai fini" is in the Passé Composé. "Menotté" is the past participle of *menotter* (to handcuff) used here as an adjective to describe the state of the subject, meaning "handcuffed."
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A la recherche de briques, les petites braquent nous viens à un retour de click
➔ Prepositional phrase à la recherche de (in search of), Colloquial verb braquer
➔ "À la recherche de" is a common prepositional phrase meaning "in search of" or "looking for." "Braquer" is a colloquial verb with multiple meanings, often meaning 'to rob' or 'to point a weapon at someone' in this context of street life. The phrase "nous viens à un retour de click" is very colloquial, implying a cycle or consequence.