Seknet Marseille – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant sounds of Marseille with Soolking! This song is a perfect gateway to learning urban French and North African linguistic influences, offering a glimpse into the multicultural slang and rhythmic flow that define modern Francophone street culture.

[English]

Lyrics: Abderraouf Derradji/Kurro/Chaba Zohra/Vibiano

Composed by: Abderraouf Derradji/Kurro/Chaba Zohra/Vibiano

I'm going from Paris to Monaco, Bellingham's on the move, she wants to follow me, baby

Too much noise, too many girls, I'm cruising in the Viano

The artist life, baby, I make them all dance, migrants in France

I'll take from this and invest in that, Algeria and the hustle, and Rome, Zaragoza

Better stay low-key or you'll get sprayed

Marseille is for the cool girls, Marseille is for them

Marseille is for the cool girls, Marseille is for them

Look at that girl, she wants the credit card, yeah, and big Gucci bags

Marseille is for the cool girls, Marseille is for them

Merciless haters, I see them looking small

She loves the risk too much, she doesn't want me to slow down

In the RS6, she doesn't want me to slow down

Speeding up, I think she loves the risk too much

And when people get stopped, I've got the stuff in the briefcase

You'll take a hit to the calves, you know we're talented

Up in Guatemala, they'd love to overtake us, crazy things to bring us down

My girl is too fresh, she's like a cop, she sings my choruses, she sings the Guerrilla

Don't hang around here, it's too hot, I think they want to hurt me, my mother

Marseille is for the cool girls, Marseille is for them

Marseille is for the cool girls, Marseille is for them

Look at that girl, she wants the credit card, yeah, and big Gucci bags

Marseille is for the cool girls, Marseille is for them

Merciless haters, I see them looking small

She loves the risk too much, she doesn't want me to slow down

In the RS6, she doesn't want me to slow down

Speeding up, I think she loves the risk too much

On my head, serving on the boat, flying like a piston

Marseille is for the cool girls

[French]

作词 : Abderraouf Derradji/Kurro/Chaba Zohra/Vibiano

作曲 : Abderraouf Derradji/Kurro/Chaba Zohra/Vibiano

J'fais Paname Monaco, Bellingham Beri go, elle veut me suivre bnt ma

Trop de boucant, trop de go, j’nahess dans le viano

La vie d'artiste bnt ma, je les fait tous danser harraga fi franca

J'vais prendre dans si et l’investir dans ça, Dz et la cosa et Roma, Saragossa

Vaut mieux rester cosy ou tu te fait arroser

Seknet Marseille al maryoula, seknet Marseille

Seknet Marseille al maryoula, seknet Marseille

Chouf la gadji, elle veut la carte de credit yeah, et les gros sacs Gucci

Seknet Marseille al maryoula, seknet Marseille

Jaloux sans pitier je les vois en tout petit

Elle aime trop le risque elle veux pas qu'j'ralentisse

Dans le rs6, elle veux pas qu'j'ralentisse

Accélérer j'crois qu'elle aime trop le risque

Et la personne les cala, j'ai le keutru dans la mallette

Tu te mange une dans les molet, t’sais qu’on ai douée

En haut du Guatemala, il aimerais bien nous doubler, des truc de malade pour nous couler

Ma gadji est trop fraiche c'est une policia, elle chante mes refrain elle chante la Guerilla

Traîne plus dans le coin ici c’est trop griller, j'crois qu'il veulent me faire aie madré mia

Seknet Marseille al maryoula, seknet Marseille

Seknet Marseille al maryoula, seknet Marseille

Chouf la gadji, elle veut la carte de credit yeah, et les gros sacs Gucci

Seknet Marseille al maryoula, seknet Marseille

Jaloux sans pitier j'l’ai vois en tout petit

Elle aime trop le risque elle veux pas qu'j'ralentisse

Dans le rs6, elle veux pas qu'j'ralentisse

Accélérer j'crois qu'elle aime trop le risque

A rayi, serbi fi l'babor, tayara piston

Seknet Marseille al maryoula

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
boucan boucan C2	noun - Uproar, loud noise, racket.
harraga harraga C2	noun - Illegal migrant (North African term).
cosy cosy B2	adjective - Comfortable and cozy.
arroser arroser A2	verb - To spray / shoot at (slang).
pitier pitie B1	noun - Pity, compassion.
ralentir ralentir A2	verb - To slow down.
mallette mallette B1	noun - Briefcase, small suitcase.
doué doue B1	adjective - Gifted, talented.
couler couler A2	verb - To sink, to make someone fail.
fraiche fraiche A1	adjective - Fresh, cool, attractive (slang).
refrain refrain B1	noun - Chorus.
griller griller B1	verb - To grill or to be exposed/spotted (slang).
jaloux jaloux A2	adjective - Jealous.
accélérer accelerer A2	verb - To accelerate.
risque risque A2	noun - Risk, danger.

Key Grammar Structures

• Elle veut me suivre

  ➔ Pronoun placement (Object pronouns)

  ➔ In French, direct object pronouns like "me" are placed before the verb "suivre".

• J'ai le keutru dans la mallette

  ➔ Passé Composé (Indicative)

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "ai" + past participle expresses a completed action.

• Il aimerait bien nous doubler

  ➔ Conditionnel présent

  ➔ The verb "aimerait" implies a hypothetical or desired situation.

• Tu te manges une

  ➔ Pronominal verb (Reflexive/Emphatic usage)

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun "te" is used here for emphatic colloquial expression.

• Vaut mieux rester cosy

  ➔ Impersonal expression "Il vaut mieux"

  ➔ This structure is used to give advice or express that something is preferable.

• Elle veut pas qu'j'ralentisse

  ➔ Subjonctif présent after expressing desire/will

  ➔ After "vouloir que", the verb must be conjugated in the "subjonctif" mode.

• J'ai le keutru dans la mallette

  ➔ Definite article to indicate possession

  ➔ In French, we use "le" instead of "mon" when the possessor is clear from the context.

• Seknet Marseille

  ➔ Past tense verb (Dialectal/Arabic influence)

  ➔ The term "Seknet" is derived from Algerian Arabic, meaning "settled in" or "lived in".