Billy Ze Kick were a French rock and reggae band from Rennes formed in 1990… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Ze Kick were a French rock and reggae band from Rennes formed in 1990 composed of young musicians. To the non French-speaking world, information about them is difficult to come by. Formed as Billy Ze Kick Et Les Gamins En Folie, they split in 1994 after only one album. The singer Nathalie Cousin continued with a solo album under the abbreviation BZK. They reunited again in 2000, releasing a new album on the next year, and remaining active as of the end of 2006. The name of the band is probably taken from the title of a book by Jean Vautrin, later adapted in to a film on 1985).

The music itself usually involves the repeating of an incredibly catchy refrain with melodic rap on top, with influences on electronic rock and reggae. The lyrics of the songs tend to be about drug use. The band's biggest hit Mangez Moi (Eat Me) is about psychedelic mushrooms. OCB was another of the band's hits, and it is about the rolling papers made by that brand. The endgame videoclip in the game MDK is their song Non Non Rien N'a Changé (No No Nothing Has Changed) from the album Paniac.

Le Marchand De Bonbons
Billy Ze Kick Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Ecoutez cette histoire
Elle se passe autour de la cité
Où il y a un endroit
On l'appelle la cité spector

Refrain :
Le marchand de bonbons
Qui existe dans l'imagination

N'en parlez surtout pas
Un doute un seul et il surgira

A la cité spector
On prétend qu'il y a des assassinats
Rumeurs de bas-quartiers ou
Désirs de meurtres frustrés
En tous cas moi je n'y croyais pas
Un doute un seul il a suffit
Et je l'ai rencontré

Refrain

Comme un appat, là il avait déposé
Quelques caramels au café
AAAH HUM AAAH
Je n'ai pu résister
C'était au jour de la Saint-Jean

La maison a soudain pris feu
Nous étions tous deux
Au milieu des flammes
J'étais si heureuse, si heureuse

Dans les bras (x6)

Refrain

Dans les bras (x3)

Refrain

(Merci à mau pour cettes paroles)

Overall Meaning

The song "Le Marchand De Bonbons" by Billy Ze Kick tells a story that takes place in a city known as "cité spector". The city is rumored to have had several deaths and murders, but the singer of the story did not believe it until he came across the candy seller. The refrain warns against talking about the candy seller as just one doubt can bring him to life.

The candy seller is described as having lured the singer with some candy on the day of Saint-Jean. They ended up in a house that suddenly caught fire, and they were both in the middle of the flames. The singer felt happy at that moment, being in the candy seller's arms.

The lyrics of the song evoke a sense of mystery, danger, and intrigue. The candy seller seems to represent something dangerous and alluring, causing the singer to act against their better judgment. The song hints at the idea that one should be wary of following their desires blindly, or they may end up in a situation that they cannot control.

Line by Line Meaning

Ecoutez cette histoire
Listen to this story

Elle se passe autour de la cité
It takes place around the city

Où il y a un endroit
Where there is a place

On l'appelle la cité spector
It's called the Spector City

Refrain :
Chorus:

Le marchand de bonbons
The candy merchant

Qui existe dans l'imagination
Who exists in the imagination

N'en parlez surtout pas
Don't talk about it

Un doute un seul et il surgira
One doubt is enough and it will emerge

A la cité spector
In Spector City

On prétend qu'il y a des assassinats
It is said that there are assassinations