Mambo
D. Gómez Lyrics

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J'ai dans l’œsophage
Un anthropophage
Qui avait dans l'idée
De m'empoisonner
Il me disait petite tête
Ôte-toi de là que je m'y mette
Je me suis résigné
À le bouffer le premier

Sauvage ou pirate
On se tire dans les pattes
Et le moins malin
Peut crever de faim
Soldat ou artiste
On est tous des tristes
Sires et malheur à
Qui manque d'estomac

Dans ma garçonnière
Misère de misère
La femme du voisin
Se fait couler un bain
Quand la mienne se déhanche
J'ai le cœur qui flanche
Devoir les autres tudieu
La bouffer des yeux

Viendra le jour certes
Où la gueule ouverte
Comme ça début en noir
J'irai me faire voir
Je ferai des orphelines
Et par la racine
Je boufferai les orties
Et les pissenlits

Mambo miam miam
Mambo miam miam
Mambo miam miam
Mambo miam miam

Miam miam

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to D. Gómez feat. Cokco's "Mambo" are quite abstract and open to interpretation. The first verse talks about the artist's struggle with a voice in their head that urges them to do harm to themselves. The voice is referred to as an "anthropophage," which is a term for a person who eats human flesh. The artist feels as though they must "bouffer le premier," or eat it first, to prevent it from leading them down a destructive path.

The second verse touches on the theme of competition and how it can lead to negative outcomes. Whether one is a "sauvage" (savage) or a "pirate," there is a tendency to engage in conflict and harm one another. This can result in the less intelligent or less skilled individuals being left behind and "crever de faim," or dying of hunger. The third verse takes an introspective approach and reflects on the artist's personal life. They live in a "garçonnière," or a bachelor apartment, and while their neighbor's wife is in the bath, the artist is watching their own partner dance. This leads to feelings of envy and a desire to possess what others have.

Overall, the song seems to touch on themes of struggle, competition, envy, and self-harm. The use of the word "mambo" throughout seems to be an expression of the artist's desire to enjoy life and all its pleasures, despite the darkness that surrounds them.

Line by Line Meaning

J'ai dans l’œsophage
I have in my esophagus

Un anthropophage
An anthropophagus

Qui avait dans l'idée
Who had in mind

De m'empoisonner
To poison me

Il me disait petite tête
He called me little head

Ôte-toi de là que je m'y mette
Get out of there so I can start

Je me suis résigné
I resigned myself

À le bouffer le premier
To eat him first

Sauvage ou pirate
Savage or pirate

On se tire dans les pattes
We shoot each other in the legs

Et le moins malin
And the less clever