Ninna Nanna Lyrics in English Ghali

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ninna Nanna by Ghali from Italian to English.

Nuba, nuba, nuba, I see jnoun

It's my bubble turning into an igloo

It's a black eye turning blue

It's the middle finger staying up

Uoh-uoh-uh, babe

I came out of the muck

From a stable to a star

I'm buying mom a villa

Then I'll think about Africa

Son of a janitor

With dad in a cell

It's not for money, swear, wallah

I'm out, Brexit

I float like a backflip

I'm no politician, I'm not after approval

F*ck what you think

Third eye, Tensing

Around like the gypsies

Tourist among the price tags

The end justifies the means

I've got style even on public transport

Guys in pieces, everyone in pieces

We go home on a tow truck

Mine isn't rap, it's a raptus

In Milan you hear me from the bus

I'm on the roofs, 9attous

I come from nothing, cactus

I'm losing the course

Plus my compass is broken

But thank God I've got a house

And a friend who takes me there

You don't know how I feel when

You ask me for a photo and don't even say hi

Rambo, Django

I see diamonds in this mud

Good, it tastes like mango

I wanted to play basketball

I'm puffing Casper

Hope the Ghostbusters don't pass by

I miss Blockbuster so much

Lullaby, lullaby

Uoh-oh-oh, who do I give this flow to?

Uoh-oh-oh, with dreams inside the baby bottle

Rollin', rollin', rollin', Rolling Stone

Lullaby, lullaby

Uoh-oh-oh, who do I give this flow to?

Uoh-oh-oh, with dreams inside the baby bottle

Rollin', rollin', rollin', Rolling Stone

Public enemy, Jacques Mesrine

I don't listen to your record, you jabber

Under the table, in privé I've got the capers

I smoke trees, eyes Japanese

This is the shrimp moonwalk

If they don't bring happiness, give them to me

Even the UFOs, bro, look for the dough

With circles in the grain, scarecrow

I smoke your budget

I f*ck this scene, spread this sh*t

Bro, it's a blitz in the houses

Milan Cartage

Mom, your son's a man

Catch my heart with a bagher

F*ck guns, long live lightsabers

On the Ganges delta

Zombies waltz

Everybody wants to know you if you make it

But when it's over, tell me what happened?

I don't even know if I wanted this

My God, Michael, I'm so Jackson

I wanted to play basketball

I'm puffing Casper

I hope the Ghostbusters don't pass by

I miss Blockbuster so much

Lullaby, lullaby

Uoh-oh-oh, who do I give this flow to?

Uoh-oh-oh, with dreams inside the baby bottle

Rollin', rollin', rollin', Rolling Stone

Lullaby, lullaby

Uoh-oh-oh, who do I give this flow to?

Uoh-oh-oh, with dreams inside the baby bottle

Rollin', rollin', rollin', Rolling Stone

Uh-oh-oh

Lullaby

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Ghali Amdouni, Paolo Alberto Monachetti

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SONG MEANING

“Ninna Nanna” may sound like a sweet lullaby, yet Ghali turns the bedtime song idea on its head. Over a hypnotic trap beat he fires off dream-like images—from “an igloo bubble” to “moonwalking shrimp”—that mirror the dizzy rush of fame. The chorus rocks back and forth like a cradle, but the verses are wide awake, packed with pop-culture nods, playful wordplay and streetwise swagger. That contrast captures the feeling of drifting between sleep and reality, between childhood fantasies and the hard, flashing lights of success.

At its core the song is Ghali’s self-portrait. The Milan-born son of Tunisian parents remembers coming “from a stall to a star,” a kid of modest means whose father was in jail and mother worked as a cleaner. Now he buys her a villa and dreams even bigger, yet he still feels lost—“I’m losing the route and my compass is broken.” “Ninna Nanna” celebrates the improbable ascent while warning that celebrity can be as fragile as a baby’s dream. It is a lullaby for grown-ups, rocking the listener with booming bass while whispering: keep your eyes open, even when the world tells you to drift off.

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