Salside – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Booba
• Album: Nero Nemesis

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the complex world of French rap through Booba's "Salside." This track delves into themes of authenticity, resilience, and the artist's critical perspective on the music industry and his environment. "Salside" offers a powerful glimpse into Booba's lyrical prowess and his ability to create impactful, thought-provoking music.

[English]

Even through shisha smoke, I see clearly

I'm going for Niafous, Beurettes, Antoinette

Bring back our 200 girls, give me back my "Ouloulou"

I'm on the phone without wires, during curfew-loulou

Who fucked up his career by clashing with me?

Hassoul-ouloul, hassoul-ouloul, it's up to you to judge

At HQ I take off my mask-ouloul

Fuck your career, it's worthless

You saw me on TV, on my television

Dress me all in black, we end up mummified #Toutankhamon

After the show, the hottest ones end up in the truck

My superhero is Chaka Zulu, not Belmondo

You blow for a "Ouloulou", then you ditch the crew

We've never seen you, like the girl in Columbo

Fuck your grandma next to your mom with Mutombo's dick

Mutombo's dick, Muto-Mutombo, ouloulou, ouloulou

I was making money as if it rained from the sky

Before my angels are born

If I see life in blue, it's like a Los Angeles Crip

They had big butts, dirty Negros they gathered

13, happiness or misfortune, Kalash on La Canebière

North Star like Alonzo, on the street without a Ballon d'Or

I'm in Peru, black coffee, away from all Malongo

United for the dirt, so fake Negros get hurt

I speak loudly so France from above doesn’t look down

On my word, I don't leave without gold around my neck

You're worthless like a selfie of Laure Manaudou's pussy

Lost in a harem, wasted, but I stand firm

Five m’am, five Matusalems in a row

...

[French]

Même à travers fumée d'chicha, j'y vois net

J'y vais pour Niafous, Beurettes, Antoinette

Rendez-nous nos 200 filles, rendez-moi mon "Ouloulou"

J'suis au téléphone sans fil'zer, au couvre feu-loulou

Qui a niqué sa carrière bêtement en m'clashant?

Hassoul-ouloul, hassoul-ouloul, à vous d'juger

Au QG je retire cagoul-ouloule

Nique ta carrière elle est bidon

Tu m'as vu à la télévision sur ma télévision

Mets-moi tout en noir, on finit momie #Toutankhamon

Après le show les plus canons finissent dans le camion

Mon super-héros c'Chaka Zulu, c'pas Belmondo

Tu suces pour un "Ouloulou", tu quittes le bando

On t'a jamais vu, comme la go à Columbo

Nique ta grand-mère d'côté d'ta mère avec la bite à Mutombo

La bite'zer à Mutombo, Muto-Mutombo, ouloulou, ouloulou

J'faisais d'l'oseille comme s'il en pleut

Avant qu'mes anges ne naissent

Si je vois la vie en bleu c'est comme un Crips d'Los Angeles

Gros culs elles avaient, sales négros elles ameutèrent

13, bonheur ou malheur, kalashé sur La Canebière

Étoile du Nord comme Alonzo, sur l'terter sans Ballon d'Or

J'suis au Pérou, café noir, à l'écart d'tout Malongo

Unis pour le sale, que faux négros se blessent

Je parle fort pour pas qu'la France d'en haut se baisse

Sur la vie d'mon jnoun, j'pars pas sans l'or au cou

Tu vaux rien comme un selfie d'la chatte à Laure Manaudou

Perdu dans un harem, méchante cuite, je tiens debout

Cinq ma, cinq mathusalems de suite

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fumée /fy.me/ B1	noun - smoke
carrière /ka.ʁje/ B2	noun - career
télévision /te.le.vi.ʒɔ̃/ B1	noun - television
blessé /blɛ.se/ B2	adjective - wounded
mieux /mjø/ A2	adverb - better
violence /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/ B2	noun - violence
foule /fu.l/ B2	noun - crowd
rêve /ʁɛv/ B2	noun - dream
force /fɔʁs/ B1	noun - force, strength
arme /aʁ.mə/ B2	noun - weapon
mieux /mjø/ A2	adverb - better

Key Grammar Structures

• Même à travers fumée d'chicha, j'y vois net

  ➔ Adverbial Phrase of Manner with "à travers"

  ➔ "à travers" means "through" or "across". It indicates how he sees clearly - through the shisha smoke. Here, *Même à travers fumée d'chicha* modifies *j'y vois net*.

• Rendez-nous nos 200 filles, rendez-moi mon "Ouloulou"

  ➔ Imperative mood (Rendez-nous, rendez-moi)

  ➔ *Rendez-nous* and *rendez-moi* are in the imperative mood, expressing a command or request. *Rendez* is the second-person plural imperative form of the verb *rendre* (to give back, to return).

• Qui a niqué sa carrière bêtement en m'clashant?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with relative pronoun "qui" and gerund "en m'clashant"

  ➔ "Qui" is a relative pronoun used as the subject of the verb "a niqué". "En m'clashant" is a gerund, indicating how the action was performed, meaning "by clashing with me".

• Tu m'as vu à la télévision sur ma télévision

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating location: "sur ma télévision".

  ➔ "Sur ma télévision" specifies where he was seen on television. *Sur* indicates the surface on which something is located.

• Après le show les plus canons finissent dans le camion

  ➔ Superlative "les plus canons" and prepositional phrase "dans le camion".

  ➔ "Les plus canons" is a superlative adjective meaning "the hottest". "Dans le camion" is a prepositional phrase of place, indicating where they end up.

• Si je vois la vie en bleu c'est comme un Crips d'Los Angeles

  ➔ Conditional sentence with "Si" + present tense, then "c'est comme" for comparison.

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence. "Si je vois la vie en bleu" is the condition. "C'est comme un Crips d'Los Angeles" is the result, making a comparison. The implication is that seeing life in blue (possibly meaning being sad or depressed) is as common or inherent to him as being a Crips gang member is to someone from Los Angeles.

• Je parle fort pour pas qu'la France d'en haut se baisse

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "pour que/pour pas que".

  ➔ "Pour pas que" introduces a subordinate clause expressing purpose (in a negative way). The verb "se baisse" is in the subjunctive mood because it follows "pour pas que". The expression *France d'en haut* designates the higher class of french society.