XADV – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Mabé

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Sombre piano

Somber piano

Non non nous

No, no, we

15 bimbo je les mets dans le fiano

Fifteen women, I put them in the whip

Tu es déjà mort avant que je donne le go

You're already dead before I give the go

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

Who loves all that I offer, I count the stacks

Que Dieu nous guide dans les chemins qu'on traverse

May God guide us through the paths we cross

Tous les gros XADV

All the big XADVs

Je t'enlève la vie

I take your life

Je retourne dans ma cité clope et caprisun

I go back to my block with a cigarette and Caprisun

Tes billets money je les additionne

Your money bills, I add them up

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

Because it's crime that we commit under the sun

Faut pas les croire c'est des putains de flocos

Don't believe them, they're damn phonies

Putain de flocos

Damn phonies

Putain de flocos

Damn phonies

Tellement d'espèces que je sais plus où les cacher

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

Je retire ma queue sur son dos j'ai cracher

I pull my dick out, I spat on her back

Bah ouais mon pote faut me pas dire ces projets

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

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

I bought my dirty gloves

Ma cagoule sale

My dirty balaclava

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'aider

Since they can't help me

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

The mentality is: I only count on myself

Le neuf les reufs

The '9, the bros

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

And the ones who will have my babies

C'est trop Mabé de ouf

That's so Mabé, it's wild

Trop méchant de ouf

So vicious, it's wild

C'est trop Mabé de ouf

That's so Mabé, it's wild

L'enfer ou bien le paradis

Hell or heaven

C'est le XADV qui va dire

It's the XADV that will tell

God bless

God bless

F*ck he bliss

F*ck that bliss

Au collobo je fais pas la bise

In a collab, I don't do pleasantries

On ne tourne pas la page on change le livre

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

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

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

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

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

Les bombes la les sachets les kilos les grammes

The bombs, the bags, the kilos, the grams

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

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

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

For me to move, there better be bullets

Aujourd'hui plus personne peut nous avoir

Today, no one can get us anymore

Aujourd'hui plus personne peut nous avoir

Today, no one can get us anymore

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

I bought my dirty gloves

Ma cagoule sale

My dirty balaclava

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'aider

Since they can't help me

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

The mentality is: I only count on myself

Le neuf les reufs

The '9, the bros

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

And the ones who will have my babies

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

La parole est ferme le canon est scié

My word is firm, the barrel is sawed off

Ma de velour dans un gants d'acier

My velvet hand in a steel glove

La parole est ferme le canon est scié

My word is firm, the barrel is sawed off

Mon velour dans un gants d'acier

My velvet hand in a steel glove

WWW ARLAN MAN

WWW ARLAN MAN

C'est tout fenomene refré ja rasse

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

Dans le green cash je fais tourner la zaza

In the green cash, I make the weed go around

Quand je fume je me bousille la faratas

When I smoke, I mess up my head

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

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

C'est juste que je suis devenu un CEO

It's just that I became a CEO

Billets bien plié je mange moins de cailloux

Bills well folded, I'm not struggling as much

Mabé sur la doudoune black black

Mabé on the black, black puffer jacket

BB va te cacher le pack pack

Baby, go hide the stash

Ça monte monte monte ça fait peur

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

41 cala sky dweller

41, Calatrava, Sky-Dweller

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

I bought my dirty gloves

Ma cagoule sale

My dirty balaclava

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'éder

Since they can't help me

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

The mentality is: I only count on myself

Le neuf les reufs

The '9, the bros

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

And the ones who will have my babies

Mabé Ronoisville de France sur le XADV

Mabé Ronoisville from France on the XADV

J'ai acheté mes gants sales

I bought my dirty gloves

Ma cagoule sale

My dirty balaclava

Vu qu'ils peuvent pas m'éder

Since they can't help me

Tu veux voir les backstages suis moi

You want to see behind the scenes? Follow me

La mentalité c'est je compte que sur moi

The mentality is: I only count on myself

Le neuf les reufs

The '9, the bros

Et celles qui me feront des bébés

And the ones who will have my babies

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

Je peux pas perdre la tête

I can't lose my head

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).