Lève Les Bras
Cauet Lyrics

Vous le dites, hein, moi j′suis prêt à faire votre disque,
Cauet is willing to produce someone's album

Hein, moi, c'est quand vous voulez.
Cauet is ready to start producing the album at any time

Ah nan nan nan mais vas-y
Cauet is urging the person to go ahead with whatever they were planning

Installe-toi, installe-toi, c′est bon, installe-toi.
Cauet is asking the person to settle into the studio and make themselves comfortable

Attends, heu, deux z'gondes là, c'est quoi c′t′ odeur?
Cauet smells a strange odor and asks about it

Moi j' sais pas, moi, j′ sens rien, allez, on y va.
Cauet is dismissing the odor and asking to proceed with recording

Attends là y'a un animal mort là où quoi?
Cauet jokingly suggests that there is a dead animal in the studio

Ça sent le fauve là dans le studio, là!
Cauet continues the joke by claiming that there is a wild animal present in the studio

Mais quand même, t′es venu en jogging, ou quoi,
Cauet asks if the person came to the studio in athletic wear

T'aurais pu prendre le bus quand même, nan?
Cauet suggests that the person could have at least taken a bus to the studio

Ben, justement c′ que j' vais rapper, ça parle un peu de ça.
Cauet explains that the theme of the song includes the issue of body odor

Ça parle de problèmes d'odeur de corporel à soi-même.
Cauet further explains that the song deals with the problem of one's own body odor

Je vais te montrer comment on fait du rap,
Cauet is going to teach someone how to make a rap song

T′as juste à bouger les mains, un peu comme le pape,
Cauet mentions the physical hand movements used in the rap

Tu chantes des mots, qui riment dans un dico,
Cauet instructs to use rhyming words from a dictionary

Tu mets d′ la 'zic dessus et ça donne ta démo,
Cauet explains how adding music to the rap creates a demo

C′ matin, j' suis claqué, bloqué, dans mon clic-clac
Cauet is tired and having difficulty getting out of bed

J′suis dans la glue, c'est super bof, j′ me mets des claques
Cauet is feeling low and punishing himself by slapping himself

Mais à force de m' claquer, je chante des cloques
Cauet is using the physical pain to inspire his lyrics

Et quand j'les perces, ça fait "flop flop"
Cauet is describing popping the blisters which makes a sound

D′un coup ça fait des "flips" tout au fond de mon "slop"
Cauet is playing with rhyming words to create a nonsensical phrase

Si j′ veux garder mon slip, 'faut qu′ j' trouve une flaque de flotte
Cauet jokes that he needs to jump in water to keep from soiling his underwear

Pas la peine que j′ flippe, j'ai du tact, ça fera pas d′flop
Cauet is confident that he won't make a mistake

Après au fond d' mon sac ça fera "flop flop".
Cauet continues the play on words with "flop flop"

Qu'est-ce que ça sent? {x4}
Cauet asks what the strange odor is in the studio

- Et là, tu sens, là?
Cauet asks if the person can smell it too

- Ben non, j′ sens pas!
The person replies that they cannot smell anything

- Alors, écoutes ça!
Cauet plays music or something else to produce a smell

{Refrain:}
Refers to the repeated chorus of the song

Lève les bras, et mets du Narta
The chorus advises to raise arms and apply deodorant

Ça pue, ça fouette, et ça s′en va pas,
The chorus describes the unpleasant smell and its persistence

Ça vient des auréoles que j'ai sous les bras! {x2}
The cause of the smell is revealed to be underarm sweat

Mais moi, j′ m'en fous et je rappe jusqu′au bout
Cauet doesn't care about the smell and will continue with the song

Je donne tout ce que j'ai même si je transpires beaucoup
Cauet will give his all, even if he sweats a lot

Et oui, quand je rappe, je brûle des calories,
Cauet jokes about the exercise he's getting from rapping

Je transpire comme une bête de midi à minuit,
Cauet sweats excessively throughout the day

Je sens la semelle des pieds à la tête,
Cauet smells bad from head to toe

J′ai du maroilles sur la toison et du coup je sens l' fennec
Cauet has a strong odor resembling a type of cheese and African fox

J'ai les arpions qui fouettent, j′ai l′haleine d'un mouton
Cauet's feet smell and his breath is bad like a sheep

Et le caleçon qui sent pas bon, bon, bon.
Cauet's underwear doesn't smell good

Vas-y, j′ me tape une intro. Tant pis si c'est un bide
Cauet is starting a new section of the song even if it doesn't go well

Baby, moi j′ déballes tout c' que j′ai dans l' bide
Cauet will reveal everything on his mind

Bali, balo, ballé c'est les ballots,
Cauet uses nonsense phrases to rhyme

Tu voles à Babel en boulottant du Babybel sur une moto débile,
Cauet continues with the nonsensical lyrics

Tu t′ crois "Bebel" mais bon, si t′es débile,
Cauet makes a sarcastic comment using a nickname of a French actor

Tu vas buller sur "boule et bill",
Cauet jokes about someone taking a break with a comic book

C'est pas vraiment d′ la balle mais, bon, ça fout les boules
Cauet acknowledges the lyrics are not great but it's still intimidating

C'est moins "bath" que "Babel" mais bien mieux que "Kaboul"
Cauet jokes that the lyrics are not as great as other places but still better than Kabul

Les boules...
Cauet ends the verse with the phrase "les boules" which means disappointment

{Au Refrain, x2}
Refers to the repeated chorus of the song

{Parlé:}
Refers to a spoken part of the song

Quand je regarde tous ceux qui passent autour,
Cauet notices that people are avoiding him

Dès qu′ils z'arrivent vers moi, y fonts tous demi-tour,
Cauet jokes that people turn back when they get close to him

C′est là que j' me dis que j' devrais faire un effort,
Cauet realizes he should try to smell better

Me mett′ du déo pour que ça sente moins fort.
Cauet intends to use deodorant to alleviate the smell

Alors p′t être qu'un jour j′ vais rencontrer l'amour,
Cauet hopes that improving his smell will help him find love

Si j′ me dépêche, j' vais même passer chez Carrefour
Cauet jokes that he will be so successful that he can shop at the supermarket

Dès lors, plus besoin d′ rapper pour rencontrer des filles,
Cauet won't need to rap to impress girls anymore

Demain, j'aurai les dessous d' bras qui sentent la vanille.
Cauet will smell much better tomorrow

{Au Refrain, x2}
Refers to the repeated chorus of the song