Fast Life Lyrics in English by Booba, Ryan Leslie

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Fast Life by Booba from French to English.

(Yeah) Izi

(Fast Life) T'vois j'veux dire ou pas?

(Fast Life) You see what I mean or not?

Cent moins ocho dans le building

Ninety-two in the building

Héroïne, crack dans mon compte en banque, je pèse quelques kilos

Heroin, crack in my bank account, I weigh a few kilos

J'aime les gros derrières, c'est la faute à J.Lo

I like big butts, it's J.Lo's fault

Traîne avec mes gangsters, de Paname à Rio

Hang out with my gangsters, from Paris to Rio

Fier, j'sais pas quand me taire, poing levé aux JO

Proud, I don't know when to shut up, fist raised at the Olympics

J'fume que du bon bédo, jusqu'au mégot

I only smoke good weed, down to the butt

Ne porte que de vrais métaux, je suis un vrai négro

Only wear real metals, I'm a real n*gro

J'écrivais mes textes dans le métro

I wrote my lyrics in the subway

Les giros à mes fesses dans le rétro

The police lights behind me in the rearview mirror

9.2. viens per-cho, ghetto millionaire izi, M.I.Yayo

9.2. come get high, ghetto millionaire izi, M.I.Yayo

1, 2, 3 pour le seille-o, tournée mondiale comme Ryan et Ne-Yo

1, 2, 3 for the money, world tour like Ryan and Ne-Yo

Sorti de la street avec brio

Came out of the street with brilliance

Mélodie des briques, j'suis un griot

Melody of the bricks, I'm a griot

'Criminel' titre de ma bio'

"Criminal" title of my bio

Trouve-moi sur un yacht, me et ma biatch

Find me on a yacht, me and my b*tch

When your back's against the wall (geah, dos au mur)

When your back's against the wall (geah, back to the wall)

Do you give up or keep going? (Cent moins ocho)

Do you give up or keep going? (Ninety-two)

If you never try it all (si t'essayes pas)

If you never try it all (if you don't try)

Then you end up never knowing (t'vois j'veux dire ou pas?)

Then you end up never knowing (you see what I mean or not?)

La concurrence est dans le journal, mourante à l'hôpital

The competition is in the newspaper, dying in the hospital

As comme Frank Lucas, j'prends la place aux Ritales

Ace like Frank Lucas, I take the place of the Italians

Double poney dans le futal

A lot of cash in my pants

Mieux vaut m'avoir en photo que dans le vu-ca

Better to have me in a photo than in the crosshairs

Aussi méchant est-il, pourquoi?

As mean as he is, why?

Maître Yoda, celle-ci est pour toi, geah

Master Yoda, this one's for you, geah

Hustler jusqu'à, que Marine Le Pen porte la burqa

Hustler until Marine Le Pen wears a burqa

À quoi sert d'avoir vécu sans avoir vaincu?

What's the point of having lived without having conquered?

Sorti de calèche, j'suis balèze comme ma sécu' (comme ma sécu')

Came out of the carriage, I'm strong like my security (like my security)

J'erre dans les rues de Boulbi

I wander in the streets of Boulbi

Chante l'été, fais du biff', j'suis cigale et fourmi (fourmi)

Sing in the summer, make money, I'm cicada and ant (ant)

Derrière lunettes Vuitton Louis (Louis)

Behind Louis Vuitton glasses (Louis)

J'ai tout vu rien ne m'éblouit ('blouit)

I've seen everything, nothing dazzles me (dazzles)

Mais qui sont-ils vraiment, vous êtes qui?

But who are they really, who are you?

B.2.O, Ryan Leslie, I.Z.I

When your back's against the wall (geah, Fast Life)

Do you give up or keep going?

If you never try it all (t'vois j'veux dire ou pas?)

If you never try it all (you see what I mean or not?)

Then you end up never knowing (Fast Life)

Hustling slow, trying to get the dough

That's the way it go when you're living the fast life

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I said we hustling slow, trying to get the dough

That's the way it go when you're living the fast life

Yeah, yeah, yeah (okay)

Aéroport de Miami, paré au top, c'est Lunatic fils

Miami airport, ready at the top, it's Lunatic son

Ma team ne compte plus ses victimes

My team no longer counts its victims

Mes ennemis tombent comme des quilles, bowling

My enemies fall like pins, bowling

Un million cash, Vegas, all in, ballin', gros bolides

A million cash, Vegas, all in, ballin', big cars

B'sahtou, partout j'rentre en jogging

B'sahtou, everywhere I enter in a tracksuit

Fast life (Fast Life) j'fais le taff (j'fais le taff)

Fast life (Fast Life) I do the work (I do the work)

J'roule avec des pirates, faites gaffe

I roll with pirates, watch out

When your back's against the wall (dos au mur)

When your back's against the wall (back to the wall)

Do you give up or keep going? (J'peux plus reculer)

Do you give up or keep going? (I can't go back anymore)

If you never try it all (yeah, si t'essayes pas)

If you never try it all (yeah, if you don't try)

Then you end up never knowing

Fast life

Fast life, fast cars

Everywhere we go, they know who we are (ils savent qui on est)

Everywhere we go, they know who we are (they know who we are)

Good bitch, hood stars

Good b*tch, hood stars

Took up 5.0. on the boulevard (si, si)

Took up 5.0. on the boulevard (yes, yes)

Fast life, fast cars

Everywhere we go, they know who we are

Good bitch, hood stars

Good b*tch, hood stars

Took up 5.0. on the boulevard (Harlem, cent moins ocho)

Took up 5.0. on the boulevard (Harlem, ninety-two)

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Elie Yaffa, Ryan Leslie

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griot — griot

A griot is a West African storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. They are keepers of oral tradition and history.

In "Fast Life," Booba refers to himself as a "griot" when he says, "Mélodie des briques, j'suis un griot" (Melody of the bricks, I'm a griot). This is a powerful metaphor where he positions himself as a modern-day storyteller, chronicling the realities and experiences of the streets, much like a traditional griot preserves the history and culture of their community through song and narrative. It's an interesting and culturally rich word that elevates his role beyond just a rapper.

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