STATION – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Tiakola, Genezio, Nemzzz
• Album: FARA FARA GANG - BDLM EXTENSION

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a captivating linguistic journey with "STATION," a dynamic collaboration by French artists Tiakola and Genezio, featuring the UK's Nemzzz. This song offers a fantastic opportunity to delve into modern French rap and its melodic nuances, while also experiencing the exciting cross-cultural blend with British rap. Its infectious energy and relatable themes of hustle and reality make it a special track for language learners and music enthusiasts alike, providing a contemporary insight into the French urban music scene.

[English]

So, this shit crazy

I started things brick by brick, I cut everything off like Brexit, Brexit

Money makes me flexible (flexible)

Like Brown Foxy's voice (Foxy)

Like the Manchester #7

Iconic like Cassius Clay

Since I was little, I've been eager

To screw with the system's laws

Bang bang bang

Ghetto ghetto

Always in the ghetto ghetto

Twisting up the weed weed

To pay for studio hours

Like a bee, I looked for honey

I waged war like Rambo

I had a dream like Martin Luther,

There were no more poor people in Congo

I had the balls, the motivation

I wanted to get mom out of the hood

Santorini is my location

Ice ice ice ice I flex

They'll tell me congratulations,

I respond wesh wesh wesh wesh

We have the bitches, the plugs, the contacts

Not here to play games

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER B

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER D

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER B

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER D

M18, I'm straight from the ghetto.

Funds were tied, I felt unsettled.

She's so fine, came through in stilettos

She lowkey like Sleepy Hollow

Come round here, we know you're capping.

You tell me why you always lie.

Turn on man, if bro's on him,

I do not care if they think I'm sly.

How can I complain?

I'm getting this money, it multiplies.

Online flexing,

you still live with your mum, you're fried.

They're saying I made it,

really, I'm just tryna to survive.

Don't talk like that.

Don't talk like that 'cause you're not my guy.

Pink or black, I see my life in all colors

All colors

The ghetto, the wealth

I know all the pains

Strength and honor

Hit and sunk

Désiré Doué

Zepeck, Bné

Hit and sunk

Hit and sunk

Double profit

I had the balls, the motivation

I wanted to get mom out of the hood

Santorini is my location

Ice ice ice ice I flex

They'll tell me congratulations,

I respond wesh wesh wesh wesh

We have the bitches, and the big stacks

Don't come here playing games

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER B

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER D

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER B

I'm on the Eurostar,

I think about the RER D

RER B

RER D

RER B

RER D

Fara Fara Gang

Fara Fara

Gang

[French]

So, this shit crazy

J'ai commencé les choses brique par brique, je coupe tout comme le Brexit, Brexit

Monnaie me rend flexible (flexible)

Comme la voix de Brown Foxy (Foxy)

Comme le 7 de Manchester

Iconique comme Cassius Clay

Depuis ti-peu je suis volontaire

À niquer les lois du système

Bang bang bang

Ghetto ghetto

Toujours dans le ghetto ghetto

visser les guedro guedro

pour payer les heures de studio

Comme une abeille, j'ai cherché le miel

J'ai fait la guerre comme Rambo

J'ai fait un rêve comme Martin Luther,

Y'avait plus de pauvre au Congo

J'avais les couilles, la motivation

Je voulais sortir la daronne du bendo

Santorini c'est ma location

Ice ice ice ice je flex

Ils me diront congratulations,

J'réponds wesh wesh wesh wesh

On a les bitchs, les plugs les contacts

Pas là pour ouej ouej ouej

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER B

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER D

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER B

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER D

M18, I'm straight from the ghetto.

Funds were tied, I felt unsettled.

She's so fine, came through in stilettos

She lowkey like Sleepy Hollow

Come round here, we know you're capping.

You tell me why you always lie.

Turn on man, if bro's on him,

I do not care if they think I'm sly.

How can I complain?

I'm getting this money, it multiplies.

Online flexing,

you still live with your mum, you're fried.

They're saying I made it,

really, I'm just tryna to survive.

Don't talk like that.

Don't talk like that 'cause you're not my guy.

Rose ou noir ma vie je la vois de toutes les couleurs

toutes les couleurs

Le ghetto la richesse

moi je connais toutes les douleurs

Force et honneur

Touché-coulé

Désiré Doué

Zepeck, Bné

Touché-coulé

Touché-coulé

Benef double

J'avais les couilles, la motivation

Je voulais sortir la daronne du bendo

Santorini c'est ma location

Ice ice ice ice je flex

Ils me diront congratulations,

J'réponds wesh wesh wesh wesh

On a les bitchs, et les grosses kichta

Venez pas ouej ouej ouej

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER B

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER D

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER B

J'suis dans l'Eurostar,

je pense au RER D

RER B

RER D

RER B

RER D

Fara Fara Gang

Fara Fara

Gang

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
brique /bʁik/ A2	noun - brick
monnaie /mɔnɛ/ A2	noun - currency, money
flexible /flɛksibl/ B1	adjective - flexible
lois /lwa/ B1	noun - laws (plural of loi)
système /sistɛm/ B1	noun - system
ghetto /ɡeto/ B2	noun - ghetto
visser /vise/ C1	verb - to screw, to fasten verb - (slang) to deal (drugs)
guedro /ɡɛdʁo/ C1	noun - (slang) drugs, narcotics
rêve /ʁɛv/ A2	noun - dream
couilles /kuj/ C1	noun - (vulgar) testicles noun - (slang, figurative) courage, guts
motivation /mɔtivasjɔ̃/ B1	noun - motivation
daronne /daʁɔn/ C1	noun - (slang) mother, mom
bendo /bɛ̃do/ C1	noun - (slang) hood, ghetto, deprived neighborhood
flex /flɛks/ C1	verb - (slang) to show off, to boast, to display wealth/power
richesse /ʁiʃɛs/ B1	noun - wealth, richness
douleurs /dulœʁ/ B1	noun - pains, sorrows, suffering (plural of douleur)
Force /fɔʁs/ B1	noun - strength, force
honneur /ɔnœʁ/ B1	noun - honor
kichta /kiʃta/ C1	noun - (slang) a wad of cash, a thick bundle of banknotes
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ B1	verb - to survive

Key Grammar Structures

• J'ai commencé les choses brique par brique, je coupe tout comme le Brexit, Brexit

  ➔ Simile & Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ "brique par brique": This is an idiomatic expression meaning "little by little" or "step by step," emphasizing a gradual and foundational process. "comme le Brexit": This is a simile, using "comme" (like/as) to draw a comparison between cutting things ("coupe tout") and the sharp, decisive nature of Brexit.

• Monnaie me rend flexible (flexible)

  ➔ Verb "rendre" + Adjective (causative)

  ➔ "me rend flexible": The verb "rendre" (to make/render) followed by a direct object pronoun ("me" - me) and an adjective ("flexible") means "makes me flexible." This structure indicates that the subject (Monnaie - money) causes the direct object to become or be in a certain state.

• Depuis ti-peu je suis volontaire / À niquer les lois du système

  ➔ "Depuis" (duration) + Verb + Preposition + Infinitive

  ➔ "Depuis ti-peu": "Depuis" indicates a starting point in time, meaning "since." "Ti-peu" is a colloquialism for "tout petit" or "quand j'étais petit," meaning "since I was little." "volontaire à + infinitive": The phrase "être volontaire à" means "to be willing to" or "to volunteer to." Here, it's followed by an infinitive verb ("niquer" - a vulgar verb meaning to mess up/destroy).

• visser les guedro guedro / pour payer les heures de studio

  ➔ "Pour" + Infinitive (purpose)

  ➔ "pour payer": The preposition "pour" followed by an infinitive verb ("payer" - to pay) is used to express the purpose or aim of an action. It answers the question "why?" or "for what purpose?"

• J'ai fait un rêve comme Martin Luther, / Y'avait plus de pauvre au Congo

  ➔ Imperfect "il y avait" + Negative "plus de"

  ➔ "Y'avait": This is a colloquial contraction of "il y avait," the imperfect tense of "il y a" (there is/are). The imperfect describes a state or situation in the past, often in a descriptive or continuous sense. "plus de pauvre": The negative construction "plus de" (no more/not any more) indicates the absence or cessation of something.

• J'avais les couilles, la motivation / Je voulais sortir la daronne du bendo

  ➔ Imperfect Tense + Semi-auxiliary Verb + Infinitive

  ➔ "J'avais" and "Je voulais": Both verbs are in the imperfect tense, describing ongoing actions, states, or habits in the past. "voulais sortir": "Vouloir" (to want) is used as a semi-auxiliary verb, followed by an infinitive ("sortir" - to get out/take out), expressing a desire or intention.

• Ils me diront congratulations, / J'réponds wesh wesh wesh wesh

  ➔ Future Simple Tense + Colloquial Contraction

  ➔ "Ils me diront": This is the future simple tense of "dire" (to say/tell), indicating an action that will happen in the future. "J'réponds": This is a colloquial contraction of "Je réponds" (I answer), common in informal spoken French, where the "e" sound of "je" is often omitted.

• Rose ou noir ma vie je la vois de toutes les couleurs

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun + Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ "je la vois": "la" is a direct object pronoun referring to "ma vie" (my life), placed before the conjugated verb "vois" (see). "de toutes les couleurs": This is an idiomatic expression meaning "in every way," "from every perspective," or "with all its complexities and nuances."

• How can I complain? / I'm getting this money, it multiplies.

  ➔ Modal Verb "can" + Present Continuous

  ➔ "How can I complain?": "can" is a modal verb expressing ability or possibility, used here in a rhetorical question to imply no reason to complain. "I'm getting": This is the present continuous tense (be + verb-ing), describing an ongoing action or a temporary situation.

• They're saying I made it, / really, I'm just tryna to survive.

  ➔ Present Continuous + Colloquialisms

  ➔ "They're saying": This is the present continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action of people talking or stating something. "I made it": This is a common English colloquialism meaning "I succeeded." "I'm just tryna to survive": "tryna" is a colloquial contraction of "trying to," commonly used in informal speech and song lyrics.