Lahess – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: KDK, Landy

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and authentic sound of "Lahess" by KDK and Landy, a powerful French drill track that offers a glimpse into contemporary street narratives. Learning the lyrics and their slang can deepen your understanding of modern French urban language and the cultural nuances embedded in the drill genre.

[English]

I no longer want the struggle, the jail, the weed

All that needs to stop

We don't do charity, close your shutters, we're going to rob you

Down here, we need to be wild

Tonight, it's wild

It's the 3rd time you're like this

P-p-p-p-p-pardon, and Sterling

It goes fast like Sterling

I'm underrated, I score goals, I'm like Erling

I'm underrated, your money taught us the underrated street school

Bro, I buy in a Berlingo, it's not just on the side

Not on the side

Tonight, high on a joint

I'm a high girl

The drops I quickly took, my trapped heartbeats

The block is empty

L-l-l-l-l-l-like L.A.N.D.Y

I'm always in the Y

How many times have I ended up handcuffed in the 308 Break

Looking for bricks, small hold-ups bring us a crew's retaliation

We talk solid, work crews on a mission, we produce the product that hits your head

My share, I went to get it, I have the sickness of doing it myself

They talk a lot about millions of euros and hookahs, but to set up a lot of things, I told you there's a share of debt

We go in solid and I have teams on a mission, we produce the product that hits your head

We go in solid and I have teams on a mission, we produce the product that hits your head

I still have troubles but what we did...

Rising up in the Y, damn, it doesn't make me upset

Crazy

In the end, it won't be so bad

If I stop giving them the time, I'll flow

Always the same ones barking

I went crazy/got high, but I'm ruining my health

The 4matic, I step on the gas

Like L.A.N.D.Y, I'm always in the Y

How many times have I ended up handcuffed in the 308 Break

Looking for bricks, small hold-ups bring us a crew's retaliation

We go in solid, work crews on a mission, we produce the product that hits your head

Tonight, it's hot and swaying

Tomorrow, I'll be freely rolling

Like L.A.N.D.Y, I'm always in the Y

How many times have I ended up handcuffed in the 308 Break

[French]

Je plus re-re-veux le h-h-hebs la hess, la cess

Tout ça faut que ça cesse

On fait pas de bénévolat, ferme tes volets on va te voler

En bas, faut qu'on soit en folie

Ce soir chaud en folie

3ème fois que tu l'es

P-p-p-p-pardonne et Sterling

Ça va vite comme Sterling

J'suis sous-côté, j'mets des buts, je suis comme Erling

J'suis sous-côté, tes croûnes nous ont appris l'école du bas sous-côté

Gros j'achète en Berlingo, il n'est pas sur le côté

Pas sur le côté

Ce soir chaud en Roulée

Je suis une fille levée

Les goûtes des j'ai vite, mes battements enfermés

La cité est vide

K-k-k-k-k-k-k-comme L A N D Y

Je suis toujours en Y

Combien de fois j'ai fini menotté dans le 308 Break

A la recherche de briques, les petites braquent nous viens à un retour de click

On parle en solide, des chantes équipes en mission, on produit le produit qui te baffe la tête

Moi ma part, je suis parti la chercher, j'ai la maladie de me faire moi-même

Ça parle beaucoup de millions d'euros chichas mais pour un mettre plein de trucs je t'ai dit une pare en dette

On part en solide et j'ai des équipes en mission, on produit le produit qui te baffe la tête

On part en solide et j'ai des équipes en mission, on produit le produit qui te baffe la tête

J'ai encore des troubles mais moi ce qu'on a fait

Soulever en Y, putain ça me fait pas le tête

Fou

Au final ça sera pas plus mal

Si j'arrête de leur donner l'heure moi j'découle

Toujours les mêmes qui aboient

J'ai pété la teck mais je nique ma santé

Le 4matic, je mets la gouache

Comme L A N D Y, je suis toujours en Y

Combien de fois j'ai fini menotté dans le 308 Break

À la recherche de briques, les petites braquent nous viens en retour de click

On part en solide, des chantes, équipe en mission, on produit le produit qui te baffe la tête

Ce soir chaud en roulis

Demain je suis enroulé libre

Comme L A N D Y, je suis toujours en Y

Combien de fois j'ai fini menotté dans le 308 Break

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hess /ɛs/ C1	noun - misery, poverty, hard life (slang)
cesser /sɛse/ B1	verb - to stop, to cease
voler /vɔle/ A2	verb - to steal verb - to fly
folie /fɔli/ B1	noun - madness, insanity; (informal) frenzy, wild excitement
sous-côté /su kɔte/ B2	adjective - underrated, undervalued
croûne /kʁun/ C1	noun - (slang) old banger (car), piece of junk
battement /batmɑ̃/ B1	noun - beat (e.g., heartbeat, rhythm), flap
enfermer /ɑ̃fɛʁme/ B1	verb - to lock up, to confine, to shut in
menotté /mənɔte/ B2	adjective - handcuffed
brique /bʁik/ B1	noun - brick (material) noun - (slang) a lot of money, a wad of cash; (slang) a block/brick of drugs (e.g., cocaine)
braquer /bʁake/ B2	verb - to point (a weapon at), to hold up, to rob
clique /klik/ B2	noun - clique, gang, exclusive group
solide /sɔlid/ A2	adjective - solid, strong, robust; (informal) reliable, serious
produit /pʁɔdɥi/ A1	noun - product, commodity noun - (informal, euphemism) drugs
baffer /bafe/ B2	verb - to slap, to smack
maladie /maladi/ B1	noun - illness, disease; (figurative) obsession, addiction
dette /dɛt/ B1	noun - debt
trouble /tʁubl/ B2	noun - disorder, disturbance, trouble, unrest
péter /pete/ C1	verb - (informal) to break, to burst, to fart verb - (slang) to go crazy, to lose one's mind; to break (records); to crash (a system)
niquer /nike/ C2	verb - (vulgar slang) to screw up, to ruin, to trash; to f*** (sexually, or as an expletive)

Key Grammar Structures

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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').

• 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.

• 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."

• 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."

• 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.