
MC Solaar
Les temps changent lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:19
Yeah, mh
Yeah, mh
Yeah, mh
Yeah, mh
Au temps des jupes-culottes, j'étais cool à l'école
Back in the days of culottes, I was cool at school
Mangeais à la cantine, y avait pas de vache folle
Eating at the cafeteria, there was no mad cow disease
À la télé, j'étais fana d'Hayato, dans la rue, c'était l'aiguiseur de couteaux
On TV, I was a fan of Hayato, in the street, it was the knife sharpener
Le must à l'époque était le pattes d'éph'
The must-have back then was bell-bottoms
Folon, Gilles Villeneuve et Michel Polnareff
Folon, Gilles Villeneuve, and Michel Polnareff
Créateur d'avant-garde avant Gaultier
Avant-garde creator before Gaultier
Je choquais, mes blue-jeans avaient quatre ourlets
I shocked them, my blue jeans had four hems
Tu peux me nommer rappeur nostalgique, neo-romantique aux actions bucoliques
You can call me a nostalgic rapper, neo-romantic with bucolic actions
Avant pour les gosses les grands étaient des mythes
Once, for the kids, adults were just legends
Regarde, maintenant, c'est les parents qui flippent
Look now, it's the parents who are freaking out
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
(Les temps changent) (Back in the day, when I was a teenager)
(Times are changing) (Back in the day, when I was a teenager)
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
(Les temps changent, les temps changent)
(Times are changing, times are changing)
J'vais à la fac de la façon la plus lente, mais j'aurais dû sécher pour éviter l'amiante
I'm going to college in the slowest way, but I should've skipped to avoid asbestos
J'ai des potes de toute sorte, paix à Somvang (yeah)
I have friends of every kind, peace to Somvang (yeah)
On s'voit après les cours et j'progresse au ping-pong
We meet after school and I'm improving at ping-pong
Dans les soirées rap, j'attaque freestyle au mic (go-go-go-go)
At rap parties, I jump on the mic and freestyle (go-go-go-go)
Mountain bike l'obstacle avec une paire de Nike (go-go-go-go)
Mountain bike the obstacle with a pair of Nikes (go-go-go-go)
J'avais dans ma classe des fanatiques d'Inès (yes), au café PMU c'était plus Pierrette Brès
I had in my class some fanatics of Inès (yes), at the PMU café it was more Pierrette Brès
J'te parle du temps, du salut dans la rue, de la simplicité mais ça n'existe plus
I’m talking to you about the weather, about greetings on the street, about simplicity but that doesn’t exist anymore
Sans blague, les gens s'affichent comme des tags, on drague même avec un phone portable
No joke, people are showing off like tags, we even flirt with a mobile phone
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
(Les temps changent) (yo)
(Times are changing) (yo)
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
(Les temps changent, les temps changent)
(Times are changing, times are changing)
C'est un peu comme Perec que je me souviens, de l'académie des neuf et des temples Egyptiens
It's a bit like Perec that I remember, from the Academy of Nine and the Egyptian temples
Je n'ai pas vu Le Caire depuis la mort de Sadate, si tu comptes en années, tu comprendras que ça date
I haven't seen Cairo since Sadat's death, if you count in years, you'll understand that it's been a while
J'voulais être pick-pocket chez les kangourous, des potes, T. Bone steaks pour le barbecue
I wanted to be a pickpocket among kangaroos, buddies, T. Bone steaks for the barbecue
Mais le monde est complexe, j'ai le Tipp-Ex, comme tout le monde je reste perplexe
But the world is complex, I've got my Tipp-Ex, like everyone else I'm left perplexed
Je me rappelle encore de mon petit Quartier Nord
I still remember my little North Side
Nous faisons des tas d'efforts, pour nos corps, par le sport, c'est fini
We're making all kinds of efforts, for our bodies, through sport, it's over
Y a plus d'athlètes sur les pistes, on assiste à des compèt' de 8-6
No more athletes on the tracks, we're witnessing competitions of 8-6
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
(Yeah) (Les temps changent)
(Yeah) (Times are changing)
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
Rappeur nostalgique aux accents buccoliques
Nostalgic rapper with bucolic tones
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
Times are changing (times are changing, times are changing)
(Les temps changent, mais c'est cool)
The times are changing, but it's cool
Les temps changent (les temps changent, les temps changent)
The times are changing (the times are changing, the times are changing)
Les temps changent (back in the days when I was a teenager)
The times are changing (back in the days when I was a teenager)
Les temps changent (back in the days)
The times are changing (back in the days)
Les temps changent, mec (les temps changent)
The times are changing, man (the times are changing)
À l'époque c'était différent, maintenant c'est différent
Back then it was different, now it's different
Back in the days
Back in the days
Dans le passé, when I was younger (les temps changent) (quand j'étais plus jeune)
In the past, when I was younger (the times are changing) (when I was younger)
With my newspapers (les temps changent) (avec mes journaux)
With my newspapers (the times are changing) (with my newspapers)
With Mrs. Power (les temps changent, mais c'est bon) (avec Madame Power)
With Mrs. Power (the times are changing, but it's good) (with Mrs. Power)
Back in the days (yo, yo, yo, yo)
Back in the days (yo, yo, yo, yo)
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Key vocabulary
- années
- yearsA1
- après
- afterA1
- avant
- beforeA1
- blague
- jokeA1
- café
- coffeeA1
- classe
- classA1
- cours
- courseA1
- depuis
- sinceA1
- dû
- owedA1
- encore
- againA1
About this song
MC Solaar is a French rapper working in jazz-rap and acid-jazz. He is known for his smooth, jazz-influenced flow and for breaking through internationally after appearing on Guru’s Jazzmatazz.