Killer [English translation]

[Intro]

Hey, do you get what I mean or not?

They cause headaches, brother

Oh yeah, but hey, you know it...

[Verse 1]

She's breaking my brain, I'm pretty sure she's crazy

She doesn't trust Booba, she keeps going through my phone

It's true, I'm more successful since 'Nouvelle École'1 came out

I tell myself 'I'm gonna ditch her'2, but the thing is, she's good

So I close my eyes, I glide

Through clouds and smoke, alone in my rocket

She really knows how to make me melt

No one can do anything about it, not even the relation I have on the right3

She tells me I'm a bastard, that I'll end up alone

Always with the friends, trying to make me gold balls4

Hey big girl, what do you think? Nothing should ever be taken for granted

Instead of a rubber, I'd rather put on my khakis

To work to fulfill my needs, connections down to Gabon

She doesn't give a damn, I think about no one but me, I'm just a dirty bastard

I don't want you to freak out, I don't want you to leave

But she doesn't understand, I'm in the street, I'm making hip-hop

[Chorus]

You caught my eye, I got you on the side

Don't get near my heart, girl, you're gonna blow up

I'm a killer, girl, I'm a killer, killer, killer

There are no losers here

I'll be in Hauts-de-Seine5 at noon/midnight

I'm a killer, boy, I'm a killer, killer, killer

[Verse 2]

Let's go, I love challenges, I'm rarely mixed up

I dodge, I sway, a hundred enemies on my phalanxes

And all of this, I do it for us, to be able to pay for the nanny

Aimed at, a Glock in the mouth, they know I'm not playing around

Stop annoying me, I'm not hanging out around the towers anymore

I'm fighting, not partying, I couldn't care less about groupies

I have other goals, but you insist

You think I fuck anything that moves in Boulogne6, Pont de Sèvres7 or Pierrefitte8

Shut up for a while, go and cook me steak with fries

You're giving me a headache, I'm this close to bypassing you

I like feasts, not picnics

Lay your hand on my heart, feel the earth tremors

I've done somber things, bordering on vile

No one walks to the same beat, just ask Philip Drummond9

I'm a dirty Nigger, I never say the password to get in10

Even if it's only for thirty seconds, I want to be one of the important people of this world

[Chorus]

You caught my eye, I got you on the side

Don't get near my heart, girl, you're gonna blow up

I'm a killer, girl, I'm a killer, killer, killer

There are no losers here

I'll be in Hauts-de-Seine at noon/midnight

I'm a killer, boy, I'm a killer, killer, killer

[Bridge]

Killer, killer, killer

I'm a killer

[Verse 3]

Top of the game, I just want to fuck everything up

I took a BMW from the mother, an apartment and some dough, too

You're not the only thing in my life, I'm sorry, don't make me go crazy

I need to go fast, people blink their lights at me all along the road

While I was getting a blowjob, I thought about my future

I'm part of the elite, I fill up Bercy11, the Zenith12

But what am I gonna leave behind me, if I don't have kids?

Then I spit in the throat of this 150 Euro whore

Lipstick marks on my Gucci polo

Gangster and gentleman until I blow the last candle out13

I may have left my wife pass by

If I roll at 2 km/h, I may see a fat ass pass me by

[Chorus]

You caught my eye, I got you on the side

Don't get near my heart, girl, you're gonna blow up

I'm a killer, girl, I'm a killer, killer, killer

There are no losers here

I'll be in Hauts-de-Seine at noon/midnight

I'm a killer, boy, I'm a killer, killer, killer

[Outro]

Killer, killer, killer

I'm a killer

1. One of Booba's songs, meaning 'New School'.2. 'Her' is he's talking about the girl, 'it' if he's talking about a song. It's not really clear here.3. 'Collage' is France slang, so I'm not 100% sure about this.4. More French slang for 'roro'. It's either verlan for 'or' or a nautical term, both not seeming to make any sense here. Or something else I'm missing entirely.5. Hauts-de-Seine, France's 92th Department.6. Boulogne.7. Pont de Sèvres, Paris Metro station.8. Could refer to a bunch of places in France.9. Diff'rent Strokes character.10. Word play on 'négro' (black) and 'patte blanche' (lit.: white paw).11. Bercy Stadium.12. Zénith, a venue in Paris.13. Until he dies.

• Artist:Booba