Toka Lyrics in English by Sofiane
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Toka by Sofiane from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
De la lumière à l'ombre, on est en bas d'ton hall
From light to shadow, we're at the bottom of your hall
Un équipage sombre, des gants noirs : c'est ma clique
A dark crew, black gloves: that's my clique
Paris c'est Poudlard, Medellín c'est magique
Paris is Hogwarts, Medellín is magic
C'est pas moi qui danse, c'est mes djinns qui m'agitent
It's not me dancing, it's my djinns stirring me
J'te reconnaîtrai, j'te reconnais traître
I'll recognize you, I recognize you, traitor
Ça va, ça vient, ça repart dans une boîte
It comes, it goes, it leaves again in a box
Des matins le soleil se lève pour tout l'monde
Some mornings the sun rises for everyone
Des matins la BAC se lève que pour oit
Some mornings the BAC rises only for you
Si t'essayes de m'faire, tu t'réveilles assez tôt
If you try to get me, you'll wake up early enough
Acheter des balles et vider l'chargeur ça détend
Buying bullets and emptying the magazine is relaxing
J'suis pas devenu un loup pour finir en chien
I didn't become a wolf to end up a dog
Ouais vas-y l'ancien, mange tant qu't'as des dents
Yeah go ahead old man, eat while you still have teeth
Quand la vie nous balafre, c'est d'la haute couture
When life scars us, it's haute couture
On assume la suite sous 2 grammes de peuf'
We assume the rest under 2 grams of hash
Les carottes sont cuites, personne parle de meuf
The carrots are cooked, nobody talks about girls
Personne parle de fuite, trouve-moi des balles de 9
Nobody talks about fleeing, find me 9mm bullets
J'suis moitié Bakyl, j'suis moitié Calabre
I'm half Bakyl, I'm half Calabria
Deux dragons dans mon dos quand toi t'es pas là
Two dragons on my back when you're not there
La sauce emboîtée, pousse-toi j'ai l'doigté
The sauce is boxed, move aside I have the touch
Pousse moi d'la machin, j'te fais l'Guatemala
Push me from the thing, I'll do the Guatemala to you
J'ai déjà tout lâché dans les bras d'mon frère
I've already let everything go in my brother's arms
Crache pas l'nom des morts, sans remords tu crames
Don't spit out the names of the dead, without remorse you burn
Les regrets d'une vie, les larmes d'un homme
The regrets of a life, the tears of a man
Ne couleront jamais comme les pleurs d'une femme
Will never flow like a woman's cries
Fianso
Fianso
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Sache que j'ai besoin que d'une cuillère pour m'évader
Know that I only need a spoon to escape
On sortira d'là en coupant l'grillage
We'll get out of there by cutting the fence
Des braqueurs de fret, de centre de triage
Freight robbers, from a sorting center
Ça sent pas l'sapin, ça pue l'embrayage
It doesn't smell like pine, it stinks of the clutch
En c'moment c'est tendu, on sort pas d'nos villes
Right now it's tense, we don't leave our cities
T'as pas vu mon pif', me prends pas d'profil
You haven't seen my nose, don't take me from the side
Va niquer ta mère, ça fait 4 mots pile
Go f*ck your mother, that's exactly 4 words
Sortie 4 pots plats, go fast en batmobile
Exit 4 flat pots, go fast in a Batmobile
Kader est sorti, bre-som raquetteur
Kader is out, shady racketeer
On trahi pas la honda, gros, t'as craqué
You don't betray the Honda, bro, you've lost it
J'arrive dans ton club pour chanter une heure
I arrive in your club to sing for an hour
En partant j'récupère tout c'que t'as claqué
As I leave I take back everything you spent
Qu'elle descende son jean, qu'elle garde ses talons
Let her drop her jeans, let her keep her heels
Devant Fianso, tu verras qu'elle dit pas non
In front of Fianso, you'll see she doesn't say no
Marche arrière cassée, j'ai visé l'harki
Reverse gear broken, I aimed at the Harki
La balle qui est partie revient pas dans l'canon
The bullet that left doesn't return to the barrel
J'rap mon style de vie tant qu'il reste du flow
I rap my lifestyle as long as there's flow left
Grand frère, j'ai frappé, j'ai pris 28 plots
Big brother, I hit, I took 28 cones
J'suis dans la dream team, j'récupère ma prime
I'm in the dream team, I get my bonus
À l'heure de ton crime, j'ai pris ta Hublot
At the time of your crime, I took your Hublot
J'sais pas dire adieu, j'sais pas dire 'je t'aime'
I don't know how to say goodbye, I don't know how to say "I love you"
Le démon sorti, j'me retiens plus : courez !
The demon is out, I can't hold back anymore: run!
Les regrets me tuent, les souvenirs me prennent
Regrets kill me, memories take me
Dans la nuit j'appelle mon père quand j'suis bourré
At night I call my father when I'm drunk
Fianso
Fianso
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
L'équipe est toka (ish, ish)
The team is ready (ish, ish)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Alger, Paris, Bagdad (ouais)
Algiers, Paris, Baghdad (yeah)
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ouais
Yeah
Ouais
Yeah
Ouais
Yeah
Ouais
Yeah
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ish, ish
Ouais
Yeah
Ouais
Yeah
Ouais
Yeah
Ouais
Yeah
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balafre — scar
Balafre translates to "scar" and it's a more intense and evocative word than the common "cicatrice". It often implies a deep, disfiguring wound, or a mark left by a violent event.
In the song, Sofiane uses it metaphorically when he says, "Quand la vie nous balafre, c'est d'la haute couture" (When life scars us, it's haute couture). This powerful line suggests that the hardships and wounds inflicted by life are not just marks of pain, but rather unique, almost artistic, imprints that shape who they are, turning their struggles into something valuable and distinctive.
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