Smile Lyrics in English Youssoupha , Madame Monsieur

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Smile by Youssoupha from French to English.
Let the track spin
Where are the smiles at the foot of our towers?
This is for dreamers whose nights are prettier 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's all these dreams I carry around
My accent's blédard
I haven't fixed my problems
I've thrown four hundred punches
I didn't keep the promises
Lost in my pastimes
And, when the others move forward
I feel like I'm absent
All this makes no sense
And it makes me dizzy
How to rule?
Among the spiders, I'm an ant
But my damn pride still echoes like an echo
I don't know if my heart hurts or my ego does
All unequal, all pissed
This is for my aunt and all the thankless work
She did to raise us
This is for the women who eased my sighs
The ones who found me in tears and put the smile back on my face
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 people
Yet they speak to others
And, the more happiness reaches out to me
The more paranoid I get
To our missed chances, to our traffic jams
To our troubled joys, to our twists of fate
And there's all those moments when I tune out
When I think about stepping back
I think about the blame and about my loved ones
When my flaws surface again
If I love my son so much
It's not only for what he is
But also for what I've been since he came into the world
It's for my big brother in the deen
For all his advice
For all those people who made me grow through the concerts
It's for the sisters who didn't let me suffer
Who saw me when I was alone and gave me back my smile
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 wanna run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst moments
I don't wanna run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst moments
I don't wanna run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst moments
I don't wanna run away, mom
We keep smiling and we pray
Even in the worst moments
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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