Tomber La Chemise

• Por: Zebda
• Álbum: Barclay

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Tous les enfants de ma cité et même d'ailleurs

All the kids from my city and even elsewhere

Et tout ce que la colère a fait de meilleur

And all the best that anger has created

Des faces de stalagmites et des jolies filles

Faces like stalagmites and pretty girls

Des têtes d'acné, en un mot la famille

Heads covered in acne, in a word, the family

(Sont là)

(Are here)

Tous les enfants de mon quartier et même d'ailleurs

All the kids from my neighborhood and even elsewhere

Et tout ce que le béton a fait de meilleur

And all the best that concrete has created

Des qui voulaient pas payer l'entrée trente balles (trop cher)

Some who didn't want to pay thirty francs to get in (too expensive)

Ont envahi la scène, ont envahi la salle

Invaded the stage, invaded the hall

Et y'a là des bandits qu'ont des têtes de cailloux (têtes de cailloux)

And there are thugs there with faces like rocks (faces like rocks)

Ceux qu'ont du sentiment autant que les voyous

Those who have as much feeling as the hooligans

Attendent qu'on allume un méchant boucan

Are waiting for us to light a wicked fire

Et que surgissent de la scène des volcans

And for volcanoes to erupt from the stage

(Tombez-la) On a tombé, on a tombé la chemise

(Take it off!) We took it off, we took off our shirts

(Tombez-la) Oui moi j'ai tombé, j'ai tombé la chemise

(Take it off!) Yes, I took it off, I took off my shirt

(Tombez-la) Oui moi j'ai tombé, j'ai tombé la chemise

(Take it off!) Yes, I took it off, I took off my shirt

(Tombez-la) Oui moi j'ai tombé, j'ai tombé la chemise

(Take it off!) Yes, I took it off, I took off my shirt

Tous les enfants de ma cité et même d'ailleurs

All the kids from my city and even elsewhere

Et tout ce que la colère a fait de meilleur

And all the best that anger has created

Des pas beaux, des faces rondes comme des quilles

Some ugly, some round faces like skittles

Des têtes rouges, en un mot la famille

Red faces, in a word, the family

(Sont là)

(Are here)

Tous les enfants de mon quartier et même d'ailleurs

All the kids from my neighborhood and even elsewhere

Et tout ce que le béton a fait de meilleur

And all the best that concrete has created

Des qui voulaient profiter de la pagaille (aïe, aïe, aïe)

Some who wanted to take advantage of the chaos (ouch, ouch, ouch)

D'autres qui avaient pas slammé depuis un bail

Others who hadn't slammed in ages

Tout à coup le trac a fait coucou dans la loge

Suddenly stage fright said hello in the dressing room

Oh maman, qu'elle tourne vite cette horloge

Oh mom, how fast this clock is turning

Allez les gars, vous avez promis le soleil

Come on guys, you promised the sunshine

On peut vous dire ce soir qu'on a pas sommeil

We can tell you tonight that we're not sleepy

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take it off, take off our shirts

Tous les petits gavroches et les têtes abîmées

All the little street urchins and the battered heads

Et les faces de pioches autant que les minets (minets)

And faces like picks as much as the young guys (young guys)

Ont mis le feu en sautant à l'envers

Set fire by jumping upside down

La tête en bas c'était pas des paroles en l'air

Upside down, it wasn't just empty words

(Oh là)

(Oh there)

On les entend qui crient "allez, pas de manières" (pas de manières)

We can hear them shouting "come on, no manners" (no manners)

Surtout pas de caprices, on en a rien à faire

Especially no whims, we don't care about that

Puis on est pas venu là dans un monastère

And we didn't come here to a monastery

Ni casser la voix mais pour péter les artères

Nor to crack our voices but to burst our arteries

Et c'est ainsi chez nous et c'est pareil ailleurs

And that's how it is with us and it's the same elsewhere

Tout ce que ce vilain monde a fait de meilleur

All the best that this nasty world has created

Se trouvait là juste pour le plaisir

Was there just for the pleasure

Ce jour là je peux dire qu'on s'est fait plaisir

That day I can say that we enjoyed ourselves

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, on va tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, we're going to take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, on va tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, we're going to take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va tomber, nous on a tombé la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, we took off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, on tombe, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, we take it off, take off our shirts

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Hé tombez-lé, tombez, tombez, tombez la chemise

Hey take it off, take it off, take it off, take off your shirt

Hé tombez-lé, tombez-lé, tombez, tombez, tombez-la

Hey take it off, take it off, take it off, take it off, take it off

Hé tombez-lé, tombez-lé, tombez, tombez la chemise

Hey take it off, take it off, take it off, take off your shirt

Hé tombez-lé, tombez, tombez, tombez, tombez-la

Hey take it off, take it off, take it off, take it off, take it off

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

(Tombez-la) On va la tomber, tomber la chemise

(Take it off!) We're going to take it off, take off our shirts

Tombez-la

Take it off!

Tomber la chemise (tombez-la)

Take off your shirt (take it off!)

Tombez-la

Take it off!

Tomber la chemise (tombez-la)

Take off your shirt (take it off!)

Tombez-la

Take it off!

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Vocabulario en esta canción:

Vocabulario	Significados
enfant /ɑ̃.fɑ̃/ A1	noun - child
cité /si.te/ A2	noun - housing estate, (historical) city-state
colère /kɔ.lɛʁ/ B1	noun - anger
meilleur /mɛ.jœʁ/ A2	adjective - better, best
famille /fa.mij/ A1	noun - family
quartier /kaʁ.tje/ A2	noun - neighborhood
béton /be.tɔ̃/ B1	noun - concrete
bandi /bɑ̃.di/ B2	noun - bandit
tête /tɛt/ A1	noun - head
caillou /ka.ju/ B1	noun - pebble, stone
sentiment /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃/ B1	noun - feeling, sentiment
voyou /vwa.ju/ B2	noun - thug, hoodlum
volcan /vɔl.kɑ̃/ B1	noun - volcano
chemise /ʃə.miz/ A2	noun - shirt
soleil /sɔ.lɛj/ A1	noun - sun
sommeil /sɔ.mɛj/ A2	noun - sleep
feu /fø/ A1	noun - fire
plaisir /ple.ziʁ/ A2	noun - pleasure

Gramática:

• On a tombé la chemise

  ➔ Past tense of the verb 'tomber' (to fall), combined with the object 'la chemise' (the shirt), forming a colloquial expression meaning 'to shed inhibitions' or 'to get wild'.

  ➔ 'On a tombé' uses the passé composé tense, which indicates an action completed in the past, combined with a colloquial idiom.

• Tombez-la

  ➔ Imperative form of 'tomber la', commanding someone to 'fall' or 'let go', used colloquially as an encouragement to 'let loose' or 'get wild'.

  ➔ 'Tombez-la' is an imperative command encouraging someone to 'let go' or 'fall', used figuratively to promote wildness or freedom.

• Allez les gars

  ➔ Imperative phrase combining 'Allez' (go) and 'les gars' (the guys), used as an informal rallying call or encouragement among friends.

  ➔ 'Allez les gars' is an informal rallying cry, combining a verb of encouragement 'Allez' and a noun 'les gars' (the guys), aimed at motivating a group.

• Il faut finir par un peu de folie

  ➔ Expression using 'il faut' (it is necessary) + infinitive 'finir' (to finish) + 'par' (by) + noun phrase, indicating necessity to conclude with some madness.

  ➔ 'Il faut finir par' expresses the idea that something should end with a particular quality or element, here 'un peu de folie' (a little madness).

• On peut vous dire ce soir qu'on n'a pas sommeil

  ➔ Use of 'on peut' (we can) + infinitive 'dire' (to tell) + indirect object pronoun 'vous' (you) + temporal adverb 'ce soir' (tonight), expressing possibility or ability to say something.

  ➔ 'On peut dire' uses the modal 'peut' to express possibility or capability, combined with 'vous dire' to indicate conveying a message to 'you' tonight.