One Shot Lyrics in English by GIMS, Dry

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One, one, one, one

Chorus 1

One shot, round here they make music just to mess around

One shot, where you are from they shoot each other over convertibles

One shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give

One shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me

Chorus 2

One shot, round here they make music just to mess around

One shot, where you are from they shoot each other over convertibles

One shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give

One shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me

Verse 1

But forget it, just forget it

It is not even worth it any more, not even worth it any more

The music screwed us over, the music screwed us over

Originally we did all this just for fun

But people get worked up over it

Bullshit drama with no point to it

They need to understand that actually

Everyone stares you down

He cheated on you, she cheated on you

It hurts, I know, but it will fade

Round here it is the hood, there is not even a flag

They scrape you up by the shovelful, nobody is missing at roll call

And people are ready to do

Dishonest things, and then it all blows up

I feel used, taken over

And everyone stares me down

Chorus 3

One shot, round here they make music just to mess around

One shot, where you are from they shoot each other over convertibles

One shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give

One shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me

Verse 2

Yeah, we did everything for the trophies

We devoured rap without ever choking on it

Chased the win without ever touching it

Dodged the prison yard and its butchers

North, south, it is a crisis

Me, from east to west, I spit bars and my fans scream

I see the competition killing itself over lyrics

However much I throw the inspiration away, it comes back like a frisbee

I have known the struggle, known being broke

Held out my hand, people told me, all good

So we turn up stress free and take up all the space

Put kilometres on them while standing still

Yeah, Meugi is the Master, Dry is the Admiral

But who would have thought we would do so much damage?

No stress, on the mic we make the money

And in an era where rhymes attract all kinds of business

Chorus 4

One shot, round here they make music just to mess around

One shot, where you are from they shoot each other over convertibles

One shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give

One shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me

Verse 3

Damn supernova

I came, I saw, I innovate

They took me for the saviour

Of this movement

People wonder

They want to know how I pull it off

They wonder if I am into the white stuff

They wonder if I have got it in my blood

My thirst for glory

Made me do things that went against my faith

I am in total darkness

Lost in the pump, pump it up

And everyone stares me down

Chorus 5

One shot, round here they make music just to mess around

One shot, where you are from they shoot each other over convertibles

One shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give

One shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me

One shot, round here they make music just to mess around

One shot, where you are from they shoot each other over convertibles

One shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give

One shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me

One, one, one, one, one shot

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dévisagent — stare at / scrutinize

Dévisagent comes from the verb dévisager, which means to stare at someone, often with an intense or scrutinizing gaze. It's more than just looking; it implies a prolonged and sometimes unsettling observation.

In the song, GIMS uses this word to describe how people are constantly judging and observing him and others, highlighting the pressure and scrutiny that comes with fame and life in the public eye. He repeats the phrase "Tous les gens te dévisagent" (Everyone stares at you), emphasizing a feeling of being constantly watched and judged.

Two rappers at the top of French rap in 2013, complaining that getting there spoiled it. The line Gims keeps coming back to is "Tous les gens te dévisagent" (everyone stares you down), and the verse around it blames the music itself: "Le son nous a niqué, le son nous a niqué" (the music screwed us over, the music screwed us over), measured against what it used to be, "À la base on faisait tout ça pour s'amuser" (originally we did all this just for fun).

The hook is a challenge nobody has taken up. "One shot, des tonnes de sons, du surplus, je sais plus quoi donner" (one shot, tons of tracks, more than enough, I do not know what else to give), then "One shot, j'attends toujours celui qui viendra m'étonner" (one shot, I am still waiting for the one who will surprise me). Dry answers from the years before it worked: "J'ai connu la hess, connu la dèche" (I have known the struggle, known being broke). By the last verse Gims is listing what strangers now assume about him, "Se demandent si je tape dans la blanche" (they wonder if I am into the white stuff), and the song runs itself out on one repeated line, "Perdu dans le pump, pump it up" (lost in the pump, pump it up).

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