Marseille Lyrics in English by Alonzo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Marseille by Alonzo from French to English.
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Bienvenue au 1.3.0.1.5, quartiers nord zinc'
Welcome to 1.3.0.1.5, North Zinc District
Lieu peu fréquentable pour les fans de reportage j'crois
Not a great place for documentary fans, I think
Criminel à l'âge de titeuf
Criminal at Titeuf's age
Future mère à l'âge de dora, et déjà ça provoque les keufs
Future mother at Dora's age, and already provoking the cops
Tu vois, rien de cinématographique
You see, nothing cinematic about it
Beaucoup croient au saint coran, malgré l'ambiance électrique
Many believe in the Holy Quran, despite the electric atmosphere
Clic clic, c'est le chant du coq marseillais
Click click, it's the crow of the Marseilles rooster
Levés au casse bélier, ça sent la mort, ça sent la veillée
Up with the battering ram, it smells of death, it smells of the vigil
Dehors on trafique c'qu'on a dans les mains
Outside we deal what we have in our hands
Plasmas tombés du camion, gsxr 1000, armani, vilbrequin
Plasma fallen off the truck, GSXR 1000, Armani, crankshaft
Nique sa mère charlemagne, guetteur à temps plein
Fuck Charlemagne, full-time lookout
Qui distribue les khalis à part le gérant du terrain
Who distributes the cash besides the land manager
Tous capuchés, tous calibrés, tous recherchés, dans la malle
All hooded, all armed, all wanted, in the trunk
Y'a de quoi rembourser la dette de l'afrique en lamelles
There's enough to pay off Africa's debt in strips
La plage adoucit pas ceux qui nagent dans la merde, elle les endurcit
The beach doesn't soften those who swim In the shit, it hardens them
Les femmes de voyous te diront qu'ici nos vies c'est
Thugs' wives will tell you that here our lives are
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Ici c'est tension, rançon, stupéfiants dans l'caleçon
Here it's tension, ransom, drugs in the underwear
Corruption, gta dernière saison
Corruption, GTA last season
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Quartiers populaires, chambres mortuaires, marseille c'est la guerre
Working-class neighborhoods, mortuary chambers, Marseille is war
C'est le halla, c'est le halla, sa mère
It's hell, it's hell, damn it
Et même sa grand-mère, bavures policières
And even her grandmother, police brutality
Au pays du fromage, dans l'rap on fait notre trou #gruyère
In the land of cheese, in rap we make our mark #gruyère
Pas pour la petite fiat 500, couleur purple, 500
Not for the little purple Fiat 500, 500
Tout s'achète sauf le gros cul de la douanière
Everything can be bought except the customs officer's big ass
Arrangement à l'amiable quand le système frappe par derrière, où t'as vu ça
Amicable settlement when the system hits from behind, where have you seen that
Même en raison à quoi bon faire valoir nos droits
Even for a reason, what's the point of asserting our rights
Les grosses têtes respectent que les grosses têtes
Big heads only respect big heads
La coke parle et blah, mitraillette
The Coke talks and blah, machine gun
Le zin', s3 noir, vitres fumées
The zin', black S3, tinted windows
La bonne époque est loin, qui sommes-nous billaye j'en sais rien
The good old days are long gone, who are we, Billaye, I don't know
Crapules à l'affiche, à porto ou à la juve
Scoundrels on the bill, in Porto or at Juve
Soit t'es pris entre ou soit tu les troues ces putains d'filets
Either you're caught in the middle or you tear through these damn nets
Viens faire un tour par où l'diable s'comporte comme les hommes
Come take a tour where the devil behaves like men
Vodka-red posé sur le bingo, la serveuse est blonde
Vodka-red on the bingo, the waitress is blonde
Le soleil se lève pas à la même heure pour tout l'monde
The sun doesn't rise at the same time for everyone
Y'a le côté carte postale et le côté tiers-monde, nos vies c'est
There's the postcard side and the third world side, our lives are
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Ici c'est tension, rançon, stupéfiants dans l'caleçon
Here it's tension, ransom, drugs in the underwear
Corruption, gta dernière saison
Corruption, GTA last season
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Quartiers populaires, chambres mortuaires, marseille c'est la guerre
Working-class neighborhoods, mortuary chambers, Marseille is war
C'est le halla, c'est le halla, sa mère
It's hell, it's hell, damn it
Petits c'était les sacs de billes, aujourd'hui les sacs de billets
When we were little it was bags of marbles, now it's bags of cash
On mange avec nos gros yeux
We eat with our big eyes
On meurt jeune
We die young
Tous les soirs je demande 60 lendemains au bon dieu
Every night I ask God for 60 more tomorrows
Seul mon passé m'appartient, je ressuscite chaque matin
Only my past belongs to me, I'm resurrected every morning
Quartier dangereux
Dangerous neighborhood
Cartilage endommagé, carénage endommagé
Damaged hull, damaged fairing
La foi c'est précieux
Faith is precious
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Ici c'est tension, rançon, stupéfiants dans l'caleçon
Here it's tension, ransom, drugs in the underwear
Corruption, gta dernière saison
Corruption, GTA last season
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Quartiers populaires, chambres mortuaires, marseille c'est la guerre
Working-class neighborhoods, mortuary chambers, Marseille is war
C'est le halla, c'est le halla, sa mère
It's hell, it's hell, damn it
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
Nos vies c'est halla, halla
Our lives are hella, halla
Halla, halla
Halla, halla
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halla — chaos / mess
Halla is a slang term derived from Arabic, meaning "chaos" or "mess". It's a powerful and evocative word that captures the gritty reality depicted in the song.
Alonzo uses halla repeatedly to describe the difficult and often violent conditions of life in Marseille's northern neighborhoods. It's not just a common word; it's a cultural marker that reflects the unique blend of influences in the city and the harshness of the environment he's describing.
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