Ils Dansent Lyrics in English MC Solaar

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ils Dansent by MC Solaar from French to English.

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I think the girl came from Connecticut

You could say life kept giving her uppercuts

Serious in the diner, leaning at the motel

She wears an apron that makes her super pretty

When customers show up, they order meatballs

Their eyes fixed on the baseball game

Nobody looks at her, yet she's a beauty

An ordinary woman who's been underrated

But whenever she can, she dances in the back room

Nobody can see she's got mega style

Whenever she can, she dances in the back room

Nobody can see this prima ballerina

Who dances

You'll think I'm a screenwriter

There's breaking, there's dancing, we're in the street

Crews form, there's guys, girls

There's hop-rock and there's challenges

And then there's this guy in weightlessness

Half condor and half breaker

A performer, I swear, I insist

He's a one-legged dancer

Nobody asks what he's doing there

Here we don't care about Vuvuzelas

With a crutch, he turns into a gymnast

He owns the space, he's so classy

When he dances

He dances

She dances

They dance

Let them dance

They dance, whatever the trend

For them it's natural, it sounds obvious

They dance, whatever the distance

Trance is a dialogue that creates correspondence

They dance for their independence

No matter the governance, whatever the presidency

They dance to a song of resistance

The rain dance to bring back abundance

He dances

She dances

They dance

Let them dance

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SONG MEANING

“Ils Dansent” paints a cinematic scene where ordinary people become extraordinary the moment music hits their veins. MC Solaar first introduces a shy waitress from Connecticut, overlooked by customers as she serves meatballs under fluorescent diner lights. Yet in the privacy of the back room she explodes into graceful moves, revealing a hidden mega-style no one expects. The focus then shifts to a one-legged breaker who, with crutches as extensions of his art, flips street-corner battles on their head. By spotlighting these unlikely stars, the song reminds us that talent and beauty often live behind everyday masks.

The chorus widens the lens: he dances, she dances, they dance—no matter the trend, distance or political climate. Dance becomes a language of freedom, resistance and communal joy that transcends borders and circumstances. Whether summoning rain, challenging authority or simply claiming space to exist, every spin and shuffle is an act of independence. In short, “Ils Dansent” is a vibrant love letter to the unstoppable human instinct to move, connect and celebrate life through rhythm.

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