
MC Solaar
Today Is a Good Day lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:14
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Eh, eh, hey
Eh, eh, hey
Today is a good day (good day)
Today is a good day (good day)
Eh, eh, eh, eh
Eh, eh, eh, eh
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Je me lève le matin et puis j'ai le sourire
I wake up in the morning and I have a smile
Arrive à l'ANPE et je me mets à rire
I get to the job center and I start laughing
Derrière le bureau la fille fume un joint
Behind the desk, the girl is smoking a joint
Elle me dit "Qu'est-ce que tu veux faire?", je lui dis "Musicien"
She asks me, 'What do you want to do?', I say 'Musician'
Comme je veux lui plaire, je prends un formulaire
Since I want to impress her, I grab a form
Lui parle de la pluie, du beau temps et de ma future carrière
He talks about the rain, the nice weather and my future career
Puis je lui fais un clin d'oeil et lui dis "à demain"
Then I wink at him and say 'see you tomorrow'
Elle me dit "je te raccompagne" j'ai dit "non j'prends le train"
She says 'I'll walk you home' and I said 'no, I’ll take the train'
Et de retour chez moi, c'est la télé que je mate
And back at home, it's the TV that I watch
Je mets les clip et puis je danse comme un automate
I put on the clips and then I dance like a robot
Faut que j'perce, car ma mère veut me renvoyer
I have to make it, because my mom wants to kick me out
Comme j'paie pas l'loyer, elle veut que j'aille au foyer
Since I don't pay rent, she wants me to go to a shelter
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything is fine
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything's fine
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Ma mère a pas confiance, je dépends de ses finances
My mother doesn't trust, I depend on her finances
Comme elle voit pas que j'avance, elle me dit "C'est ça la France"
As she doesn't see that I'm moving forward, she tells me 'That's France for you'
Elle dit "tu pionces trop, tu dépenses trop"
She says 'You sleep too much, you spend too much'
Je dis que quand je fais rien je bosse, elle dit "tu bosses trop"
I say that when I do nothing I'm working, she says 'You work too much'
Alors je pars dans la ville et je longe les pavillons
So I head into the city and walk alongside the pavilions
Avec papier et crayon en cas d'inspiration
With paper and pencil in case inspiration strikes
Et comme les poètes, je cours derrière les papillons
And like the poets, I run after the butterflies
Et j'arrive près des blocs à court de respiration
And I arrive near the blocks, short of breath
Et là les mecs disent "Wesh mec tu veux d'la beuh?"
And there the guys say, 'Yo man, you want some weed?'
Moi j'dis "Quand y en a pour un et ben y en a pour deux"
I say, 'When there's enough for one, then there's enough for two'
Et là il sort une plaque et me mets les menottes
And then he pulls out a badge and puts me in handcuffs
Me laisse seul en cellule, j'crois qu'il me boycotte
Leaves me alone in a cell, I think he's boycotting me
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything's alright
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything's alright
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Maman bientôt je serai dans le Top 50
Mom soon I'll be in the Top 50
Mais ma maman s'en fout comme de l'an 40
But my mom couldn't care less like it's 1940
Le seul groupe qu'elle adore s'appelle UB40
The only band she loves is called UB40
Et quand elle m'voit en bas elle me dit "Michka rentre"
And when she sees me downstairs she says 'Michka come home'
Elle a pas écouté l'CD que mon pote a gravé
She hasn't listened to the CD that my friend burned
Son père connaît Drucker, c'est succès assuré
Her dad knows Drucker, it's guaranteed success
J'vais faire l'école des fans au théâtre de l'Empire
I'm going to do a star academy at the Empire theater
Et si on a de l'audience, eh bien j'achète un empire
And if we have an audience, well I'll buy an empire
Je me lève le matin et puis j'ai le sourire
I get up in the morning and then I have a smile
Arrive à l'ANPE et me met à rire
Arrive at the job center and burst out laughing
Elle me dit "Qu'est-ce que tu veux faire?", je réponds "Physicien"
She asks me, 'What do you want to do?', I reply, 'Physicist'
J'viens d'rêver d'être musicien, et ça ne rime à rien
I just dreamed of being a musician, and it doesn’t add up
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything is fine
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything is fine
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Cause today (na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Ce matin, tout va bien (ça va pas, ouh-ouh-ouh)
This morning, everything is fine (it's not, oh-oh-oh)
Cause today (cause today, cause today)
Cause today (cause today, cause today)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
Ce matin, tout va bien
This morning, everything is alright
Cause today (tout va bien)
Cause today (everything is alright)
Today is a good day
Today is a good day
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Key vocabulary
- maman
- momA1
- près
- nearA1
- alors
- thenA1
- beau
- beautifulA1
- cours
- courseA1
- danse
- danceA1
- demain
- tomorrowA1
- là
- thereA1
- mecs
- guysA1
- mère
- motherA1
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.