Terrain – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Nono La Grinta
• Album: Terrain - Single

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

La quoi? La quoi? La quoi? La quoi? La Grint

What? What? What? What? La Grint

Si seulement tu savais

If only you knew

Si seulement tu savais, couper, détailler dans ma chambre

If only you knew, about cutting, detailing in my room

Toute ma jeunesse j'ai vendu la came

All my youth I sold drugs

J'me rappelle quand ils ricanaient, aujourd'hui ces mecs sont des fans

I remember when they used to scoff, today these guys are fans

La beuh violette des fois je l'effrite

Sometimes I crumble the purple weed

Pour oublier tous mes délits

To forget all my wrongdoings

Rien n'est plus comme avant

Nothing is like before

Dorénavant c'est nous les grands

From now on, we're the ones in charge

Concentré, j'fais rentrer l'argent

Focused, I make the money come in

Chaque week-ends on fait la fête, fête

Every weekend we party, party

Sans penser au lendemain

Without thinking about tomorrow

Nouveau contrat, nouveau chèque, chèque

New contract, new check, check

J'remets plus rien à demain

I don't put anything off until tomorrow anymore

Sur snap, son booty shake, shake

On Snap, her booty shakes, shakes

Elle voudrait qu'j'lui demande sa main

She'd like me to ask for her hand

Il te calqueront que si c'est bien

They'll only copy you if it's good

On prie pour atteindre le sommet

We pray to reach the top

Like Gucci, Fendi, elle veut les deux

Like Gucci, Fendi, she wants both

Faut du cash, money, everyday

Need cash, money, everyday

J'voulais finir comme Barcola, mais j'ai fini sur le terrain d'beuh

I wanted to end up like Barcola, but I ended up on the weed field

J'ai mélangé Coca-Cola, bourré de ouf dans le bat' 22

I mixed Coca-Cola, super drunk in building 22

On fait pas du bénévolat, on veut s'en sortir sans voler

We're not volunteering, we want to make it without stealing

Du cash et des marques de luxe

Cash and luxury brands

Elle tombe love quand je la fixe

She falls in love when I stare at her

Tous les soirs la daronne me fait la morale

Every night my mom lectures me

Dans pas longtemps je l'achète une couronne

Soon I'll buy her a crown

On s'était pourtant dit qu'on était gava

We said we were tough, though

En vrai des vrais toi t'étais là pour rien

But really, you were there for nothing

Je sais qu'ils veulent la recette

I know they want the recipe

Ops, ce soir on lui fait sa fête

Ops, tonight we'll deal with him

Des fois j'y pense, je regrette

Sometimes I think about it, I regret

Encore un blessé c'était le destin

Another one hurt, it was destiny

Canada Goose en hiver

Canada Goose in winter

Dans les rues de Paris ça craint

In the streets of Paris it's rough

Si faut les faire, on va les faire

If we have to do them, we'll do them

Compte pas cash me dis pas ça fait combien

Don't count cash, don't tell me how much it is

C'est trop tard, pourquoi tu reviens?

It's too late, why are you coming back?

J'revois plus mon re-frè d'un coup je revis

I don't see my brother anymore, suddenly I'm living again

Perdre et dépôts le goût est amer

Loss and setbacks, the taste is bitter

Like Gucci, Fendi, elle veut les deux

Like Gucci, Fendi, she wants both

Faut du cash, money, everyday

Need cash, money, everyday

J'voulais finir comme Barcola, mais j'ai fini sur le terrain d'beuh

I wanted to end up like Barcola, but I ended up on the weed field

J'ai mélangé Coca-Cola, bourré de ouf dans le bat' 22

I mixed Coca-Cola, super drunk in building 22

On fait pas du bénévolat, on veut s'en sortir sans voler

We're not volunteering, we want to make it without stealing

Du cash et des marques de luxe

Cash and luxury brands

Elle tombe love quand je la fixe

She falls in love when I stare at her

La quoi, la quoi, la quoi, la quoi

What, what, what, what

La quoi, la quoi, la quoi, la quoi

What, what, what, what

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
came /kam/ B2	noun - (slang) drugs, illicit merchandise
beuh /bø/ B2	noun - (slang) weed, cannabis
terrain /tɛ.ʁɛ̃/ A2	noun - ground, field, territory (often referring to an area for specific activities, e.g., drug dealing)
détailler /de.ta.je/ B1	verb - to cut into portions (especially for sale), to detail
effriter /e.fʁi.te/ B2	verb - to crumble, to break into small pieces (e.g., cannabis)
vendre /vɑ̃dʁ/ A1	verb - to sell
délits /de.li/ B2	noun - offenses, misdemeanors, crimes
argent /aʁ.ʒɑ̃/ A1	noun - money, silver
sommet /sɔ.mɛ/ B1	noun - summit, peak, top
luxe /lyks/ B1	noun - luxury
daronne /da.ʁɔn/ B2	noun - (slang) mother, mom
recette /ʁə.sɛt/ A2	noun - recipe, formula, proceeds, income
regretter /ʁə.ɡʁɛ.te/ B1	verb - to regret, to miss (a person or something)
bourré /bu.ʁe/ B2	adjective - (slang) drunk, stoned, full, stuffed
amer /a.mɛʁ/ B1	adjective - bitter (taste or figuratively, e.g., experience)
voler /vɔ.le/ A2	verb - to steal verb - to fly
chambre /ʃɑ̃bʁ/ A1	noun - room, bedroom
jeunesse /ʒœ.nɛs/ B1	noun - youth, young people
ricaner /ʁi.ka.ne/ B2	verb - to sneer, to giggle mockingly
concentré /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ B1	adjective - concentrated, focused

Key Grammar Structures

• Si seulement tu savais

  ➔ Conditional Mood: 'Si seulement' + Imperfect

  ➔ The phrase "Si seulement" followed by the Imperfect (savais) expresses a strong, often unfulfilled, wish or regret about a past or present situation. It translates to "if only".

• Toute ma jeunesse j'ai vendu la came

  ➔ Expression of Duration + Passé Composé + Informal Word Order

  ➔ The phrase "toute ma jeunesse" (all my youth) indicates a duration over which an action occurred, commonly used with the Passé Composé (j'ai vendu). The word order where the time phrase precedes the subject is common in informal spoken French.

• Rien n'est plus comme avant

  ➔ Negative Expression: 'Ne... plus'

  ➔ The negative structure "ne... plus" indicates that an action or state that existed previously no longer continues. Here, combined with "rien" (nothing), it means "nothing is as it was before anymore".

• Dorénavant c'est nous les grands

  ➔ Adverb of Time + Emphatic 'C'est' Construction

  ➔ The adverb "dorénavant" means "from now on" or "henceforth", marking a change in time. "C'est nous" is an informal but very common emphatic construction used to highlight the subject, instead of the more formal "Nous sommes".

• Sans penser au lendemain

  ➔ Preposition 'Sans' + Infinitive

  ➔ The preposition "sans" followed directly by an infinitive verb (penser) means "without doing something". Here, it indicates "without thinking about tomorrow".

• J'remets plus rien à demain

  ➔ Complex Negation: 'Ne... plus rien' + Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ This combines two negative elements: "ne... plus" (no longer) and "ne... rien" (nothing). Together, "ne... plus rien" means "nothing anymore" or "no longer anything". "Remettre à demain" is an idiom meaning "to postpone" or "to put off until tomorrow".

• J'voulais finir comme Barcola, mais j'ai fini sur le terrain d'beuh

  ➔ Imperfect (Past Intention) vs. Passé Composé (Past Outcome) + Contrast

  ➔ The Imperfect tense "j'voulais" (I wanted) expresses a past desire or intention that was not necessarily realized. The Passé Composé "j'ai fini" (I ended up) describes the actual, completed outcome, often contrasting with the original desire, as indicated by "mais" (but).

• On veut s'en sortir sans voler

  ➔ Pronominal Verb (Idiomatic) + 'Sans' + Infinitive

  ➔ "S'en sortir" is a pronominal verb that is an idiom meaning "to get out of a difficult situation", "to manage", or "to make it". The phrase "sans voler" (without stealing) specifies the condition or means of achieving this.

• On s'était pourtant dit qu'on était gava

  ➔ Plus-que-parfait (Past Perfect) + Pronominal Verb ('Se dire') + Concessive Adverb

  ➔ The Plus-que-parfait ("on s'était dit") describes an action completed before another past action, often implying a broken promise or understanding. "Se dire que" means "to tell oneself/each other that". "Pourtant" (yet, however) introduces a contrast or concession, indicating that despite what was said, the reality is different.