Michel Sardou
Cinq ans passés lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:48
Why u treating me so wrong
when all I try to be is so strong
don't want me to maintain
please stop messing with my brain my baby
[Bridge:]
ohohoh
yeahyeahyeah
let's get it on - to the early morn?
ohohoh
yeahyeahyeah
let's break it down - baby break it down
[Chorus:]
I gotta bad name
I got a bad reputation
being the bad man I am
for being the bad man that I am
doing bad thangs
doing bad things
hang around with my bad friends bad clan
hanging out with my bad friends, bad crew
doing bad stuff
me and u all the same
you and I are just the same
time to get rough
time to get tough
Quien lo hizo no lo se
Who did it, I don't know
No fui yo, pero al final
It wasn't me, but in the end
La historia me absolverá
The story will clear my name
Porque no estuve yo en el lugar
Because I wasn't there in that place
De todos lados me disparan
From every direction, they shoot at me
Los malos hábitos se acaparan
Bad habits take hold
A mis errores ellos me amarran
They bind me to my mistakes
No solo tengo cosas malas
I don't just have bad things
Soy humano igual que todos
I'm human just like everyone else
No soy perfecto igual que todos
I'm not perfect just like everyone else
Vulnerable como todos
Vulnerable like everyone
Quiero que me traten como a todos
I want to be treated like everyone else
Quien tiene la respuesta
Who has the answer
Por que no comprendo lo que hacemos
Because I don’t understand what we do
En el fondo yo soy bueno
Deep down I'm a good person
Quien lo hizo nunca sabremos
Who did it we will never know
[Translated]
Who did it?
I don't know
It wasn't me, but at the end
The history will absolve me
History will absolve me
Cuz I wasn't at the current place
From all sides I get blamed
And the bad habits can be monopolized
To my errors they attach me
Like if I only have bad things
I'm human, like everyone
Not perfect, like everyone
Vulnerable, like everyone
I just want to be treated like everyone
Who got the answer?
Cuz I don't get what we're doing
In the bottom, I'm good
At the bottom, I'm alright
And who did it, we'll never know
[Bridge:]
I'm feeling low so u know I got to go
I'm feeling down so you know I have to leave
I can't stay any more
I can't stay any longer
No longer will I mourn
No more will I grieve
I feel the rain and the pain creeping under my skin
U ain't my friend cause u haven't been where I've been
You ain't my friend, 'cause you haven't walked where I've walked
I've been places seen faces
unsolved cases
Kids on streets with no shoelaces
So how the hell u gonna go of by telling me
It's gonna be alright
So please let me go
Isam B let em now
Isam B let 'em know
[Chorus:]
Boo be calling me like what ever she wants
Boo be calling me like whatever she wants
as long as she don't call me home
mamma wouldn't like that
cuz that's a no no
so say my name is mo
and let's do this happy hour on a low
see my real name be Muhammad
but nobody really has to know
but anuff's said and let's do this right
in your crib by the TV-light
get u real high screaming my name
dreaming bout me while u're doing your man
dreaming about me while you're with your man
thinking that I might come back to u
but I lied to - played u cool
but I lied to you - played it cool
girl stop calling me - u better step
girl stop calling me - you'd better step off
see u did it - just to get a rep
see you did it - just to build a rep
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Key vocabulary
- al
- to the
- historia
- story
- absolverá
- absolve
- porque
- because
- estuve
- was
- el
- he
- lugar
- place
- malos
- bad
- hábitos
- habits
- acaparan
- monopolize
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About this song
Michel Sardou is a French singer-songwriter and actor associated with pop and chanson. He is known for his French chart-topping albums, frequent media controversy, and major hits such as “La maladie d’amour” and “La vieille.”