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Ce n'est pas
Disclosure Lyrics

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Ata
Nounou a bé a bi sébél lon Mbaï
Ndjébaa, yon bi bissé a bi nèbè lè la
Sébél won bi binèbè lè bi sébél lon Mbaï
Hana wè nou bi sé-nè ba nlébè lon nsan
Nsébla wéss won bi bi bénguè Mbaï yéss la
Basso lè béss ni ri nèbè lè lon yéss, yossona

Téré, Sira bi nèbè lè ri bénguè kè
Nwèt wéss a bi bi nèbè lè ri bénguè Mbaï la
Sogol a bi né lè ri sébél Mbaï yéss
Ndjébaa yon bi bi pamna bé ri nèbè lè la

Son nou nou ba bi bénguè bé lè di nèbè lon yéss
Son nou nou a bi Djop na bé lè di pamna la

Ce n'est pas pounou mbé
Ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah
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Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas
Ce n'est pas, ce n'est pas pounou mbé
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Nounou a bé a bi sébél lon Mbaï
(Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah)
Ndjébaa, yon bi bissé a bi nèbè lè la
(Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah)
Sébél won bi binèbè lè bi sébél lon Mbaï
(Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah)
Hana wè nou bi sé-nè ba nlébè lon nsan
(Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah)
Nsébla wéss won bi bi bénguè Mbaï yéss la

Ce n'est pas pounou mbé
Ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah
Ce n'est pas pounou mbé
Ce n'est pas
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Overall Meaning

The song "Ce n'est pas" by Disclosure & Blick Bassy features lyrics in a language called Eton, which is spoken in Cameroon. The song is based on traditional Eton music, which is known for its complex polyrhythms and use of percussion instruments. The lyrics of the song, translated from Eton to French, then to English, speak about the differences between people and the importance of embracing diversity. The opening lines of the song, "it's not the same to be from here or from there," underscore this theme.

Throughout the song, repetitive phrases like "ce n'est pas pounou mbé" are used to emphasize the message that differences exist and should be celebrated. The song's lyrics also include references to specific aspects of Eton culture, such as the "sébél" dance, which is a traditional dance performed during festivals and other celebrations. The use of traditional Eton music and language provides a unique perspective on the importance of diversity and cultural heritage.

Overall, "Ce n'est pas" is a celebration of the beauty and uniqueness of different cultures, as well as a reminder that our differences are what make us special.

Line by Line Meaning

Ata
Introduction

Nounou a bé a bi sébél lon Mbaï
Nounou is sitting on Mbaï's chair

Ndjébaa, yon bi bissé a bi nèbè lè la
Ndjébaa is singing a song

Sébél won bi binèbè lè bi sébél lon Mbaï
Sébél is playing music with Mbaï

Hana wè nou bi sé-nè ba nlébè lon nsan
We are happy dancing to the music

Nsébla wéss won bi bi bénguè Mbaï yéss la
The sound of Mbaï's music is pleasing

Basso lè béss ni ri nèbè lè lon yéss, yossona
Basso is singing in harmony with the music

Téré, Sira bi nèbè lè ri bénguè kè
Téré and Sira are listening to the good music

Nwèt wéss a bi bi nèbè lè ri bénguè Mbaï la
The percussion is adding to the beauty of Mbaï's music

Sogol a bi né lè ri sébél Mbaï yéss
The melody is blending well with Mbaï's music

Ndjébaa yon bi bi pamna bé ri nèbè lè la
Ndjébaa's voice is filling the air with the music

Son nou nou ba bi bénguè bé lè di nèbè lon yéss
We feel the rhythm in our souls

Son nou nou a bi Djop na bé lè di pamna la
We dance and move to the beat

Ce n'est pas pounou mbé
This is not ordinary music

Ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah
This is extraordinary music

Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas
This is not just any kind of music

Ce n'est pas, ce n'est pas pounou mbé
This music is special

(Ce n'est pas pounou mbé, ce n'est pas pounou mbé ah)
It's not just any music, it's extraordinary music

Ce n'est pas
Conclusion

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Olama Blick Bassy, Guy Lawrence, Howard Lawrence

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Comments from YouTube:

@bt55

4y↑127

I thought Mali Mali was good, and it is, but this is my album favorite. House heads will lose their minds when this comes on at a show 👌🏾

@djlondonbridges4036

4y↑4

facts!! i though Mali Mali was the greatest shit until i heard Ce n'est pas. i cant stop listening to this song!!!

@dereksolomon4137

4y↑2

I'm losing my mind just now.

@suton4833

4y↑2

any similar recommendations? would be thankful

@fidelfunez

4y↑1

Added it to my collection lol! Cannot wait

@dubezmusic1797

4y↑1

So true, I’ve been rinsing this for 2 weeks straight 😂👌🏾🙌🏾

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@scotthouston7852

4y↑46

Best track of the album hands down. This needs to be a single!!!

@lateshiachilds3640

3y↑2

One of the best

@fibnb1532

3y↑4

Cameroon in the house. World music for world peace.

@lateshiachilds3640

3y↑7

I love this whole CD, this is the first Disclosure album I ever owned physically

@petdur

4y↑11

disclosure featuring one of the best singer in Cameroon !!!

@galbenyehoshua5132

3y↑2

Hands down one of the best Disclosure records ever

@shashavengesayi6055

4y↑7

His voice is really soothing. I'm feeling this

@erburu

4y↑6

Best track on ENERGY. Love the vocals

@gabemusicofficial5448

4y↑77

This is what true house music sounds like people 🔥 disclosure are geniuses

@geniusonearthgoodfortune2569

3y↑2

This comment deserves a 🌵

@josearchilla4052

4y↑36

Laying in grass field with this song that's something about to do!

@sergecrux2812

4y↑4

With a joint 👌

@viralshorts8735

4y↑4

Haha did it yesterday and then see this comments xd

@rremongwe

4y↑3

Saw all the comments and thought "No, it can't possibly be better than Mali Mali"...but it is. This is an understated BANGER!

@thm1992

4y↑29

Sou do Brasil e amo muito o Disclosure ❤

@vynomusic658

4y↑6

Também cara. Um dos meus DJs favoritos de House Music. Esse álbum deles tá maravilhoso. Mostraram que ainda podem fazer músicas pop sem perder o estilo.

@dantemudjin

4y↑1

Eu também. Bom demais ver os "Brasas" aqui

@STYLISHONE2002

3y↑4

Kcrw’s Garth Trinidad brought Me here!

Merci

@bashful_michael

4y↑3

This album is so good! This track is such a vibe.

@diablox1465

4y↑5

Beatiful surprise

@scarlethbulapaez791

4y↑5

My goodness this beat is just on point! Love it! Great Job Disclosure as usual 😍 never disappointing us

@genesisfox5412

2y↑2

I wish I knew what the lyrics meant but ngl it do be a vibe.

@truestory3018

4y↑3

What a beautiful day today 💜

@PamelaSimplicioPanpan

2y↑3

Amuuu viajo parada toda vez que escuto vcs 💃🕺💃🕺👯‍♂️

@jzaaaa4372

3y↑2

Dude this is so gooodddd

@karinag7413

4y↑12

Welp, i can say ive definitely help contribute to at least minimum 50 plays of this song back to back. It's such a trance like feeling 😍

If anyone can make it in a 10 hour loop, I promise to be a big contributor to the views 😂

@winnipeger456

4y↑2

gem of a track this one

@Amorrecords

4y↑11

OMFG, White Noise is back!

@ivanvilleda5863

4y↑2

This is the SONG! 🙌
I can't wait to dance it! wow!

@vladamo3706

A moment of silence for those listening to this song without bass

@ramsislahmadi6464

2y↑1

How did this amazing piece of music got few views is beyond me

@dervoum7754

4y↑1

Masterpiece

@jorgito095

4y↑3

Nunca nos falla con sus majestuosa obra...!!
Cómo se pronuncia

@stephaniediallo2754

Waou le futuriste Happy to listen to all this beautiful music

@8921melissa

3y↑1

Cuando vi todo ese concierto, después no pude superarlo!!!

@icrn4679

Pure perfection!

@l3ftpocket

Rocking out to this one... this is so good.

@javierdanieltosta621

Your pass before 1 Million
👇

@daizybugs219

3y↑1

thank you for supplying us with all this sexy ass music. we house music lovers appreciate u !!

@NickVennlig

4y↑21

For the non-French speakers:
Pronounce it: "Say nay pah" = ce n'est pas :)

@greengreen5421

Ohhh 😮

@josie6291

4y↑3

nah man ce isnt 'say' its 'seh', it doesnt have an acute accent on the e

@SimonSnow

4y↑1

for the French speakers, please translate more lyrics! Is it nonsense? Is it some kind of dialect? Google translate is not helpful for the lyrics I found!!!

@NickVennlig

4y↑7

@@SimonSnow A lot of French speakers like me wouldn't be able to translate either. Most of the lyrics might be in a local dialect native of Cameroon (I'm guessing), because that's where Blick Bassy is from. The only French I recognize is "Ce n'est pas..

@lune5289

@@SimonSnow beside ce n'est pas =this is not, nothing french in the song

@milansys3732

Love this song, best from whole album ❤️😍

@sapanacharya1365

This song is so damn fire

@alexandrereis7355

4y↑2

Portugal alguém ??? 💪🏻

@DanielMarquezQ

4y↑2

Necesito disfrutarme esta canción en una fiesta a la orilla de la playa, uf

@YLSugarman

luv it!!!!

@JayTechZM

This album will be ridiculous 🔥

@blueoak_

hell yeah new album!!

@LuQi83

Rhaaaa lovely !!!

@jocelynmabelarteagabenitez2655

4y↑1

✨✨✨✨✨✨😍😍😍😍 Pura buena vibra

@viralshorts8735

4y↑1

Ce n’est pas pounou mbé!

@jowill76

4y↑2

Damn i love this shit !!!!! Goin for a run 👌😁

@bellamutia9587

damn. muy disfrutar esta musica

@lindamotlatle7692

4y↑8

Holy mother marry and joseph! I can't keep up with the snare. WTF

@josedelarosa4486

muy buena rola!!!

@mpc6605

Wow!!!

@luisdominguez9805

Te amo mucho 🔥✨

@sofiamaldonado5020

💖😍

@mark-olivierbolduc7701

Mmm wow ❤️🥰😍

@jkgatuguta

Woah! 🔥🙌🏽

@abrahamvargas3538

4y↑4

Hey! Saludos ❤️🤙🏻

@TheSoulfuldav

4y↑1

WoW, i love it 😍😍😍 where this clip was filmed ?

@badaouiahmed2538

4y↑1

Check circles- disclosure live you ll find that this video has been recorded in Croatia

@TheSoulfuldav

Badaoui Ahmed Thank you Ahmed 🙏🏼

@bethrutterr

4y↑2

Anybody know Cameroonian French here? I really want to know what the lyrics are in English! I know the title is "it is not" but that's all I can get.

Definitely one of my favourites off the album too!

@jpeg7940

they said the lyrics dont really make sense and its not in one coherent language.

@bethrutterr

@@jpeg7940 how bizarre!

@etoilesoleil8643

@@jpeg7940 the lyrics are in Bassa (one of the Cameroonian languages)

@HronisArva

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@KimahEye

4y↑1

Ok woah everyone seems to like it. Guess I'm the only one who's not a fan of this track. Everyone kept saying it was fire so I waited... ... But I mean, if people like it good for them.

@ikramnazar5753

Greaattttt!!

@simonita1861

🙌🏼

@rebeccaferguson7734

O. weeee eeeeee!

@vaibhavsharma9060

LET'S GOOOOOO <3 <3 <3

@user-cs6hi1ys2n

빠져든다..

@christellendebi7806

❤❤❤

@TheLajandro

4y↑5

E N E R G Y

@_karteam

4y↑1

🇲🇽

@jackiimarin6302

4y↑1

😍😍🤙🤙

@geniusonearthgoodfortune2569

🌵

@yessicajuarez17

4y↑6

🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽❤️

@Susan-wp7sm

🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

@benjaminjuarez2851

💚

@bradfordlulz5122

Lord

@mariapaulasotodominguez4966

Ya cásense conmigoooooooooooo

@ismaelsantoyo4106

Marry me

@JR28.

Was there a version with Kelis or am I mistaking it for another song?

@azerix7953

yoo ala

@hachedphares8850

Does anyone have the lyrics ??

@androidxp2625

Quem aqui ouviu essa música no Story da DONA MOCINHA Curtia aí?

@vladanamedenica6701

Translation please :)

@AmericanBoy1118

4y↑3

To my lovely French speakers, would you translate for us, s'il vous plaît?

@AlexP-_-

4y↑8

I’m French and I don’t understand anything too😅
They’re many countries where France had colonies which kept french words in their language. I thing this is the case here because I just undertand « Ce n’est pas » (« This is not ») but the rest of the lyrics seems African to me

@Chrisrom4172

4y↑3

The only expression in french is « ce n’est pas », which means « it’s not »

@AmericanBoy1118

4y↑4

Mercí beaucoup my fellow peoples 😊

@williamhobbs3522

4y↑1

Its most likely to be Creole. Maybe Haitian but it's really hard to tell. Only part I can translate is. ce n’est pas pounou mbé - 'It's not pronounced mbe' and that's a guess lol.

@etoilesoleil8643

3y↑2

@@williamhobbs3522 Blick Bassy is from Cameroon and the language is Bassa (bantou language)

@kitty-rf9zu

4y↑2

Can someone tell me what ce n’est pas means??

@johnadam6286

it is not traduction from french

@fry20

"It's not"

@ashleylane2325

46w

🫶

@chinumusic4876

Hear me play this song in the neon house mix on my channel!

@foronixyt

4y↑1

Des français 🇫🇷 ?

@ikramnazar5753

Translate please

@g0tst1ngs

The only French part is ce n’est pas which means: it is not

@Hg-qk3te

This what real life minecraft looks like

@hades5157

@vaca493

4y↑1

I expected more from this album. :/

@jonathanluders1564

4y↑7

What did you expect?

I'm digging the whole vibe from this album. I even like it more than caracal :)

@UnicornRainbow

4y↑3

what do you mean ? this album will be fire, bigmood

@sihlenkosi

W4FFLE It isn’t better than Settle.

@vaca493

4y↑2

@W4FFLE bro, for real?
Settle and Caracal are much better

@arresteddevelopment2158

4y↑1

Umm no

@SoulfulHouseMafia

Wtf it's not even in English. Lame. And worst of all it's in French! 🤣

@joseffnic3560

4y↑2

hahahhahaha no.
it's not all in french, only the title is

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