XADV – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Mabé

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Somber piano

No, no, we

Fifteen women, I put them in the whip

You're already dead before I give the go

Who loves all that I offer, I count the stacks

May God guide us through the paths we cross

All the big XADVs

I take your life

I go back to my block with a cigarette and Caprisun

Your money bills, I add them up

Because it's crime that we commit under the sun

Don't believe them, they're damn phonies

Damn phonies

Damn phonies

So much cash I don't know where to hide it anymore

I pull my dick out, I spat on her back

Well yeah, my friend, you shouldn't tell me your plans

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

I bought my dirty gloves

My dirty balaclava

Since they can't help me

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

The mentality is: I only count on myself

The '9, the bros

And the ones who will have my babies

That's so Mabé, it's wild

So vicious, it's wild

That's so Mabé, it's wild

Hell or heaven

It's the XADV that will tell

God bless

F*ck that bliss

In a collab, I don't do pleasantries

We don't turn the page, we change the book

They think they're like us, but there's nothing alike

They think they're like us, but there's nothing alike

The bombs, the bags, the kilos, the grams

My profit is in it, but I have nothing to do with it

For me to move, there better be bullets

Today, no one can get us anymore

Today, no one can get us anymore

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

I bought my dirty gloves

My dirty balaclava

Since they can't help me

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

The mentality is: I only count on myself

The '9, the bros

And the ones who will have my babies

I can't lose my head

I can't lose my head

I can't lose my head

I can't lose my head

My word is firm, the barrel is sawed off

My velvet hand in a steel glove

My word is firm, the barrel is sawed off

My velvet hand in a steel glove

WWW ARLAN MAN

It's all phenomenal, bro, I'm killing it

In the green cash, I make the weed go around

When I smoke, I mess up my head

Ask Keusto from 3T if I've changed since the CLIO era

It's just that I became a CEO

Bills well folded, I'm not struggling as much

Mabé on the black, black puffer jacket

Baby, go hide the stash

It's rising, rising, rising, it's scary

41, Calatrava, Sky-Dweller

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

I bought my dirty gloves

My dirty balaclava

Since they can't help me

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

The mentality is: I only count on myself

The '9, the bros

And the ones who will have my babies

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

I bought my dirty gloves

My dirty balaclava

Since they can't help me

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

The mentality is: I only count on myself

The '9, the bros

And the ones who will have my babies

I can't lose my head

I can't lose my head

I can't lose my head

I can't lose my head

[French]

Sombre piano

Non non nous

15 bimbo je les mets dans le fiano

Tu es déjà mort avant que je donne le go

Qui kiffe tout ca ce qu'offre je compte les mape

Que Dieu nous guide dans les chemins qu'on traverse

Tous les gros XADV

Je t'enlève la vie

Je retourne dans ma cité clope et caprisun

Tes billets money je les additionne

Parce qu'on est crime que l'on commet sous le sun

Faut pas les croire c'est des putains de flocos

Putain de flocos

Putain de flocos

Tellement d'espèces que je sais plus où les cacher

Je retire ma queue sur son dos j'ai cracher

Bah ouais mon pote faut me pas dire ces projets

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

Ma cagoule sale

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'aider

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

Le neuf les reufs

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

C'est trop Mabé de ouf

Trop méchant de ouf

C'est trop Mabé de ouf

L'enfer ou bien le paradis

C'est le XADV qui va dire

God bless

F*ck he bliss

Au collobo je fais pas la bise

On ne tourne pas la page on change le livre

Ils croient qu'ils sont comme nous mais il y a rien à voir

Ils croient qu'ils sont comme nous mais il y a rien à voir

Les bombes la les sachets les kilos les grammes

Il y a mon bénef dedans mais j'ai rien à voir

Pour me faire déplacer faut qu'il y ait des balles

Aujourd'hui plus personne peut nous avoir

Aujourd'hui plus personne peut nous avoir

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

Ma cagoule sale

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'aider

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

Le neuf les reufs

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Je peux pas perdre la tête

La parole est ferme le canon est scié

Ma de velour dans un gants d'acier

La parole est ferme le canon est scié

Mon velour dans un gants d'acier

WWW ARLAN MAN

C'est tout fenomene refré ja rasse

Dans le green cash je fais tourner la zaza

Quand je fume je me bousille la faratas

Demande à keusto de 3T si j'ai changer depuis l'époque du CLIO

C'est juste que je suis devenu un CEO

Billets bien plié je mange moins de cailloux

Mabé sur la doudoune black black

BB va te cacher le pack pack

Ça monte monte monte ça fait peur

41 cala sky dweller

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

Ma cagoule sale

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'éder

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

Le neuf les reufs

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

Ma cagoule sale

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'éder

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

Le neuf les reufs

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Je peux pas perdre la tête

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bimbo /bɛ̃.bo/ B1	noun - (colloquial, often pejorative) An attractive but often unintelligent young woman.
kiffer /ki.fe/ B1	verb - (informal) To like, to love, to enjoy.
cité /si.te/ B1	noun - (in France) Housing estate, usually referring to a low-income, often high-rise, residential area. Often associated with urban youth culture and social issues.
crime /kʁim/ B1	noun - A serious offense against the law.
flocos /flo.ko/ C1	noun - (slang) Fakes, phonies, cowards, untrustworthy people. (Literally 'flakes' or 'snowflakes', but used to denote weak or insincere individuals in this context).
queue /kø/ C1	noun - (vulgar) Penis. noun - Tail (of an animal), line/queue (of people).
cracher /kʁa.ʃe/ B1	verb - To spit. (Figuratively: to spit out words, to reveal something). In the context 'cracher sur son dos', it refers to a direct, physical act.
cagoule /ka.gul/ B1	noun - Balaclava, ski mask (often associated with anonymity or criminal activity).
sale /sal/ B1	adjective - Dirty, unclean. adjective - (colloquial, figurative) Nasty, mean, tough, badass (often used to emphasize something negative or intense in a street context). 'Gants sales' or 'cagoule sale' can imply grittiness or involvement in illicit activities rather than just physical dirt.
mentalité /mɑ̃.ta.li.te/ B1	noun - Mentality, mindset, way of thinking.
reufs /ʁœf/ C1	noun - (slang, verlan) Brothers, homies, close friends. (Verlan of 'frères').
enfer /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/ B1	noun - Hell (place of eternal punishment).
paradis /pa.ʁa.di/ B1	noun - Paradise, heaven (place of eternal happiness).
bénef /be.nɛf/ B1	noun - (colloquial) Profit, benefit. (Abbreviation of 'bénéfice').
balles /bal/ B2	noun - Bullets. noun - (slang) Money (especially banknotes), grand (e.g., '1000 balles' for 1000 euros).
canon /ka.nɔ̃/ B1	noun - Barrel (of a firearm). noun - Cannon (historical artillery piece).
scié /sje/ B2	adjective - Sawed (off). (Referring to a sawed-off shotgun or other weapon).
zaza /za.za/ C1	noun - (slang) High-quality cannabis.
bousiller /bu.zi.je/ C1	verb - (informal, vulgar) To trash, to wreck, to destroy; to harm severely (e.g., one's health). 'Je me bousille la faratas' implies harming oneself.
cailloux /ka.ju/ C1	noun - (slang) Hard times, financial struggles, difficulties. 'Manger des cailloux' means to suffer from poverty or hardship. noun - Pebbles, stones.

Key Grammar Structures

• Tu es déjà mort avant que je donne le go

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'avant que'.

  ➔ 'Avant que' (before that) always requires the subjunctive mood in French for the following verb, even if the action is certain. Here, "donne" is the subjunctive form of 'donner' (to give).

• Que Dieu nous guide dans les chemins qu'on traverse

  ➔ Subjunctive mood for expressing a wish/prayer; Informal relative pronoun 'qu'on'.

  ➔ "Que Dieu nous "guide" uses the subjunctive to express a wish or a blessing. ""qu'on" traverse" is an informal contraction of 'que l'on traverse' (that one crosses), where 'que' is a relative pronoun referring to 'les chemins'.

• **Faut pas** les croire **c'est des** putains de flocos

  ➔ Impersonal expression 'il faut' (implied 'faut') with informal negation; colloquial 'c'est des'.

  ➔ ""Faut pas"" is an informal contraction of 'il ne faut pas' (one must not/you mustn't). ""c'est des"" is a common colloquialism for 'ce sont des' (they are/these are), often used in spoken French instead of the grammatically correct plural form.

• **Tellement d'espèces que** je sais **plus où** les cacher

  ➔ Correlative conjunction 'tellement... que' (so much/many... that); Negation 'ne... plus' (no longer/anymore) + indirect question with 'où'.

  ➔ ""Tellement d'espèces que"" expresses a consequence, meaning "so much cash that...". ""plus où"" combines the negation 'ne... plus' (the 'ne' is often omitted in informal speech) meaning "no longer know where" and introduces an indirect question.

• **Vu qu'ils peuvent pas** m'aider

  ➔ Causal conjunction 'Vu que' (given that/since); Informal negation.

  ➔ ""Vu que"" is a common informal conjunction meaning "given that" or "since", introducing a reason. ""pas"" is the informal omission of 'ne' in the negation 'ne... pas' (not).

• La mentalité **c'est je compte que** sur moi

  ➔ Restrictive negation 'ne... que' (only); Colloquial 'c'est je'.

  ➔ ""compte que"" is the informal form of 'ne compte que' (only counts). The structure ""c'est je"" is a very colloquial and grammatically unusual construction for 'c'est que je' or 'c'est comme ça que je', implying "the mentality is that I only count on myself".

• Je **peux pas** perdre la tête

  ➔ Modal verb 'pouvoir' (can); Informal negation.

  ➔ ""peux pas"" is an informal contraction of 'ne peux pas' (cannot). This is a common way to use negation in spoken French, omitting 'ne'. 'Perdre la tête' is an idiom meaning "to lose one's mind".

• **Demande** à keusto de 3T **si j'ai changer depuis** l'époque du CLIO

  ➔ Imperative mood; Indirect question with 'si'; Passé composé; Preposition 'depuis'.

  ➔ ""Demande"" is an imperative verb (command). ""si j'ai changer"" (grammatically it should be 'si j'ai changé') introduces an indirect question (whether I have changed). ""depuis"" means "since" and indicates a point in time from which an action has continued.

• **C'est juste que je suis devenu** un CEO

  ➔ Fixed expression 'C'est juste que' (It's just that...); Verb 'devenir' (to become) conjugated with 'être' in passé composé.

  ➔ ""C'est juste que"" is a common expression meaning "It's just that..." or "The thing is, that...". ""suis devenu"" is the passé composé (past tense) of the verb 'devenir' (to become), which is conjugated with the auxiliary verb 'être' (to be).