La Dot – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Aya Nakamura
• Album: NAKAMURA

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

On s'est rencontrés, j’savais pas lover

We met, I didn't know love

J'avais tous les mecs sur le bas côté (côté)

I had all the guys on the side (side)

Fais belek, tu vas câbler

Be careful, you're gonna lose it

J'me suis rendue, prends-moi, cadeau

I surrendered, take me, I'm yours

Dans les recoins de ma te-tê

In the corners of my head

y’a comme un truc qui m'a fait

There's something that made me

"Suis-le, faut pas s'leurrer"

"Follow him, don't fool yourself"

c'est ma conscience qui m'l'a dit

That's my conscience telling me

Okay j'suis la cible,

Okay, I'm the target,

j'prends tout le packaging,

I'm taking all the packaging,

j’fais okay (okay)

I'm like okay (okay)

Très têtue de base,

Very stubborn by nature,

t’as adouci le bail

You softened the deal

Comment faire,

How to do it,

j'deviens tête en l’air

I'm becoming scatterbrained

J'ai plus l'contrôle,

I'm losing control,

très têtue de base

Very stubborn by nature

Comment faire,

How to do it,

j'deviens tête en l’air

I'm becoming scatterbrained

Tu m'voulais, tu m'as eue

You wanted me, you got me

Il a fallu me prouver ton amour

You had to prove your love to me

Tu m'voulais, tu m'as eue

You wanted me, you got me

Il a fallu me prouver ton amour, ouais

You had to prove your love to me, yeah

Ah oui, ah oui la dot (oh ouais)

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry (oh yeah)

Bébé veut un gosse (un gosse)

Baby wants a kid (a kid)

J'ai fini wanted

I ended up wanted

Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

I want the dream life

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Bébé veut un gosse (hey)

Baby wants a kid (hey)

J'ai fini wanted

I ended up wanted

Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

I want the dream life

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Ah oui, ah oui (un gosse)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (a kid)

Ah oui, ah oui, ah oui

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah oui, ah oui

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Ah oui, ah oui (oh)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (oh)

Ah oui, ah oui la dot

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry

Bébé veut un gosse

Baby wants a kid

Depuis ta venue, j'ai changé

Since you came, I've changed

À la Bonnie & Clyde, t'es validé (oh ouais)

Bonnie & Clyde style, you're approved (oh yeah)

T'as tapé dans le mille de mon cœur

You hit the bullseye of my heart

(tapé dans le mille)

(hit the bullseye)

J'veux finir la vida avec toi (ouais yeah)

I want to end my life with you (yeah yeah)

Suis-moi, tu verras, ça d'viendra illégal

Follow me, you'll see, it'll become illegal

Toi et moi en pagaille

You and me in chaos

Aie confiance, j'suis là pour toi

Trust me, I'm here for you

Tu m'voulais, tu m'as eue (tu m'voulais, tu m'as eue)

You wanted me, you got me (you wanted me, you got me)

Il a fallu me prouver ton amour

You had to prove your love to me

Tu m'voulais, tu m'as eue

You wanted me, you got me

Il a fallu me prouver ton amour, ouais

You had to prove your love to me, yeah

Ah oui, ah oui la dot (oh ouais)

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry (oh yeah)

Bébé veut un gosse (hey)

Baby wants a kid (hey)

J'ai fini wanted

I ended up wanted

Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

I want the dream life

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Bébé veut un gosse (hey)

Baby wants a kid (hey)

J'ai fini wanted

I ended up wanted

Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

I want the dream life

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Ah oui, ah oui (un gosse)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (a kid)

Ah oui, ah oui, ah oui

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah oui, ah oui

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Ah oui, ah oui (oh)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (oh)

Ah oui, ah oui la dot

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry

Bébé veut un gosse

Baby wants a kid

On fait le combo, j'ai trouvé la recette

We make the combo, I found the recipe

Mariage, enfants, j'crois qu'c'est le concept

Marriage, kids, I think that's the concept

Adieu tes ex, tes ex empestent

Goodbye to your exes, your exes stink

Sinon j'm'en charge de ton tas de bitches

Otherwise I'll take care of your bunch of bitches

On fait le combo, j'ai trouvé la recette

We make the combo, I found the recipe

Mariage, enfants, j'crois qu'c'est le concept

Marriage, kids, I think that's the concept

Adieu tes ex, tes ex empestent

Goodbye to your exes, your exes stink

Sinon j'm'en charge de ton tas de bitches

Otherwise I'll take care of your bunch of bitches

Ah oui, ah oui la dot (oh ouais)

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry (oh yeah)

Bébé veut un gosse (un gosse)

Baby wants a kid (a kid)

J'ai fini wanted

I ended up wanted

Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

I want the dream life

Ah oui, ah oui la dot (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry (the dowry)

Bébé veut un gosse (hey)

Baby wants a kid (hey)

J'ai fini wanted

I ended up wanted

Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

I want the dream life

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Ah oui, ah oui (un gosse)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (a kid)

Ah oui, ah oui, ah oui

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah oui, ah oui

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Ah oui, ah oui (la dot)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (the dowry)

Ah oui, ah oui (oh)

Oh yeah, oh yeah (oh)

Ah oui, ah oui la dot

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry

Bébé veut un gosse

Baby wants a kid

Ah oui, ah oui la dot

Oh yeah, oh yeah, the dowry

Bébé veut un gosse

Baby wants a kid

Hey

Hey

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lover /ˈlʌvər/ A2	noun - a person who is in love with someone
cadeau /ka.do/ A1	noun - gift, present
conscience /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/ B2	noun - conscience
cible /sibl/ B1	noun - target
têtu /te.ty/ B1	adjective - stubborn
bail /baɪ/ B2	noun - thing, situation, deal
amour /a.muʁ/ A1	noun - love
dot /dɔ/ B2	noun - dowry
bébé /be.be/ A1	noun - baby
gosse /ɡɔs/ A2	noun - kid, child
rêve /ʁɛv/ A2	noun - dream
venue /və.ny/ B1	noun - arrival
coeur /kœʁ/ A1	noun - heart
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
mariage /ma.ʁjaʒ/ A2	noun - marriage
enfant /ɑ̃.fɑ̃/ A1	noun - child

Key Grammar Structures

• j'savais pas lover

  ➔ Imperfect tense with 'savais' (savoir) + 'pas' for negation

  ➔ 'savais' is the imperfect form of 'savoir' used here to indicate a past state or ongoing situation

• J'ai fini wanted

  ➔ Present tense with 'j'ai' (avoir) + past participle of 'finir' + noun 'wanted' as a borrowed term

  ➔ The phrase uses the recent past tense ('j'ai' + past participle of 'finir') to indicate a completed action

• On s'est rencontrés

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun 'se' in the passé composé with 's'est rencontrés' (agreement with plural)

  ➔ 'Se' is a reflexive pronoun indicating that the subject performs the action on itself, used here with auxiliary 'être' in passé composé

• Tu m'voulais

  ➔ Imperfect tense of 'vouloir' (to want) with direct object pronoun 'm'' (me)

  ➔ 'Voulais' is the imperfect tense form indicating a past desire or intention, with 'm'' representing 'me' as the direct object

• T'as tapé dans le mille

  ➔ Past tense 't'as' (tu as) + 'tapé' (past participle) + 'dans le mille' (idiomatic expression meaning 'hit the mark')

  ➔ The phrase uses the passé composé ('t'as' + 'tapé') to describe having hit the target, with an idiomatic expression 'dans le mille'

• Adieu tes ex, tes ex empestent

  ➔ Imperative 'Adieu' + possessive pronouns 'tes' (your) + plural noun 'ex' + verb 'empestent' (present tense of 'empester')

  ➔ 'Adieu' is an imperative expression meaning 'goodbye', followed by possessive and plural nouns, with 'empestent' in present tense describing a current state

• Moi j'veux la vie de rêve

  ➔ Subject pronoun 'moi' + 'j'veux' (contraction of 'je veux') + definite article 'la' + noun phrase 'vie de rêve'

  ➔ 'J'veux' is the contraction of 'je veux', expressing 'I want', and combined with 'la vie de rêve' conveying desire for the ideal life