I’m telling you, we’re really in the middle of the worst season of the year, especially because we have to bang summer music everywhere, all the time. Fortunately, this year, we were lucky enough to have Clic clic pan pan from Yanns, Suavemente from Soolking, but above all Petete from Gambi to accompany us on our days of sweating under 40°C. A masterpiece that clearly deserves attention on the lyrics full of meaning. Also available to give French lessons to your teenagers, contact me on com.
1. An enthusiasm that makes you lose the faculties of language
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“Pew, grr. Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew. Skrt, rah. Rah, rah, rah, rah” : Gambi begins his supercharged song with this series of onomatopoeias which convey the stress but also the singer’s own excitement. He is so invested in this music and in his career that he struggles to find the words to express himself.
2. A text that is proudly anchored in the reality of the city
Originally from the Parisian suburbs, Gambi is keen to remember where he comes from. It is in this context that he says “I’m a raclo who comes from 3F”, indicating that he is proud to belong to the city. Throughout the song, the onomatopoeia, also mentioned above, also recall everyday life on the street. But Gambi does not forget to integrate the reality of tees. With the “paw-paw”, “pew-pew” and the sentence “There’s CR everywhere in the block”the singer does not omit the violence and the tensions which sometimes reign in these spaces.
3. A main character in the grip of strong addictions
Throughout the song, Gambi opens up about his unhealthy relationship with alcohol and weed. We can especially see it when he says “I’m smoking, I’m farted, I’m in a bar, I’m farted”, “Normal state, in a state of intoxication” and “With the vo’-vo’, I see it less ugly”. This gives us the impression that the artist frequently needs to be drunk or drugged so as not to have to face reality. This can also be seen when Gambi forbids himself to use certain substances: when he says “In our nostrils, we don’t put stuff”he seems to seek to escape the seriousness of his addiction through refutation and avoidance.
4. A taste for danger
Alcohol addiction, especially “vo’-vo'”, of our singer seems to have repercussions on his capacity to distinguish the situations of danger, because instead of panicking about it, he seems happy to be confronted with it. So when he says “I’m khabat, I don’t feel the speed anymore, I made the gearbox feel”Gambi shows us that he is no longer aware of the risks of his behavior and that it is therefore high time he consults an addictologist.
5. A man who knows how to recognize the efforts of others
Despite his addictions, Gambi wants to be a powerful moral support for those close to him. Throughout his music, we therefore see him repeatedly encouraging the one who seems to be his partner at the moment. From the beginning of the song, the singer congratulates her saying “Baby, she gives it good. Baby, she does it right”, surely evoking his talents for coloring. And even when she finds herself in difficulty, Gambi is there to support her, as can be seen in the sentence “Baby doesn’t speak too much Latin, I applaud until morning”. Our singer is therefore a person who has at heart to see his entourage succeed, we can only congratulate him.
6. A relationship not assumed
Contrary to what he said at the beginning of his song, Gambi ends up showing that he is not as invested in his romantic relationship as we thought. Because despite its “my darling, my darling, my darling, my darling” which indicate that he considers his partner as his own and that he has affection for her, he also affirms “Hcheum, there’s nothing official, you won’t get the LV or the Chanel. I trust myself, not you, so I do belek à la mañana”. This reversal of the situation shows that the singer is not ready to assume his relationship in front of his relatives, certainly because he does not wish to pass for a duck with his relatives.
7. Violence and humiliation to gain respect
Gambi’s environment can be very toxic, especially since he gained fame, the singer seeks respect from his peers. To do this, he uses the threat throughout his music (“The little ones are going to get your car to the box”), bullying (“Weapon refu’ and crazy about the trigger”, “It fucks the bib”) but also humiliation. Thus, he does not hesitate to ask publicly “Why did my brother change his jacket? »to announce “In the neighborhood, the jealous, we see them” and mock the haters singing “They only trade on FUT”, comparing them to young children who waste all their money on Fifa mode. Through these processes, Gambi seeks to be feared in order to be respected and admired by all.
8. Money as the prime mover
Finally Gambi ends his song by expressing his passion for the money he wishes to acquire en masse. We can especially see it when he says “Only the big amounts give me the bar”, “Coal, moula, it’s going fast”or even when he speaks of the “price of the tape”. Accumulating a lot of zeros therefore seems to be his ultimate dream, the end goal of his life, which would explain why he needs alcohol and drugs to overcome this pressure to succeed.
9. Closing
This text testifies to the heavy but overexcited daily life of Gambi who must juggle between his addictions and his desire to succeed, without paying attention to the haters who seek to harm him, nor deny his own. In all this whirlwind of stress and excitement, the singer has no time for a relationship, which is why despite his attachment to the one he meets, he prefers to focus on his career. An honorable choice although a bit of a shame.