Smile Lyrics in English Youssoupha , Madame Monsieur

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Smile by Youssoupha from French to English.
Let the sound play
Where are the smiles at the foot of our towers?
It's for dreamers who have nights more beautiful than our days
Bantu lyricist
That's it, chorus
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
And in a little while, I don't have no more tears to cry
There are all these dreams that I carry around
Blédard is my accent
I haven't solved my problems
I did four hundred shots
I didn't keep the promises
Lost in my hobbies
And, when others progress
I feel like I'm missing
It all doesn't make sense
And it makes me dizzy
How to reign?
Among the spiders, I am an ant
But, always my dirty pride which resonates like an echo
I don't know if my heart hurts or my ego hurts
All unequal, all angry
It's for my aunt and all the thankless work
What she did to raise us
It's for the women who soothed my sighs
Those who met me in tears and made me smile again
Chorus
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
And in a little while
I don't have no more tears to cry
My torments escape some
Yet they talk to others
And the more happiness reaches out to me
The more paranoid I am
To our failed actions, to our traffic jams
To our tormented joys, to our twists and turns
And there are all these moments when I give up
Where I think of withdrawing
I think of the reproaches and those close to me
When my faults come back
If I love my son so much
It's not just for what it is
But also for what I have been since he came into the world
It's for my big brother in the din
For all his advice
For all these people who made me grow through concerts
It's for the sisters who didn't let me suffer
Who saw me when I was alone, and made me smile again
Chorus
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
You make me, you make me, you make me smile
And in a little while
I don't have no more tears to cry
I don't want to run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst times
I don't want to run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst times
I don't want to run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst times
I don't want to run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst times
smile
smile
And in a little while
I don't have no more tears to cry
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SONG MEANING

🎶 “Smile” turns personal reflections into a bright anthem of resilience. Youssoupha opens the track with gritty honesty, admitting to missed promises, bruised ego, and nights heavier than his days. Yet every verse keeps circling back to that buoyant hook from Madame Monsieur: “You make me smile.” The message? Even when life feels like a maze of worries, family, friends, mentors, and his own child become shining beacons that pull him out of the darkness. Their love wipes away his tears and reminds him that, among the “spiders” of society, even a “little ant” can reign by choosing optimism.

✨ At its heart, the song celebrates gratitude. Youssoupha salutes the aunt who worked thankless jobs, the women who calmed his sighs, the crowds at his concerts, and the mother who taught him to pray instead of flee. By threading French street realism with a soulful English chorus, “Smile” teaches that joy is not the absence of struggle but the result of shared strength. Play it whenever you need proof that one genuine smile can flip the script on the toughest day.

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