Papa au foyer
Hippocampe Fou Lyrics

Papa
Addressing the singer's father

Qu'est-ce que tu as fais, là, hein? Pourquoi tu as fait ça?
Asking the father what he did and why he did it

C'est une bêtise ce que tu viens d'faire, une grosse bêtise. On met pas des miettes par terre, après, papa, il est obligé de passer le balai ou l'aspirateur, et, papa, il aime pas ça, hein
Telling the father that what he did was a mistake and that he shouldn't leave crumbs on the floor because then he has to clean them up and he doesn't like doing that

Papa"
Addressing the father again

Papa, papa au foyer
The artist is a father who is a stay-at-home parent

J'peux plus m'gratter les bourses
The singer can no longer take care of himself because he has to take care of his child

Faut qu'j'aille au supermarché, acheter des couches
The singer has to go to the supermarket to buy diapers

Chez moi, y'a plus d'bières mais du lait d'croissance par pack de douze
There is no more beer at home, only twelve-packs of growth milk

Des purées, des petits suisses, du talc et des mouches
The artist has to take care of the child's needs, including feeding, diapering, and cleaning up after them

Qui volent au dessus d'la poubelle, j'la descends plus souvent que je n'palpe le flouze
The artist has to take out the trash more often than they get paid

Je n'suis pas soigné, je n'paye pas le loyer
The singer is not well-groomed and doesn't pay the rent

J'espère quand même être un bon papa au foyer
Despite his challenges, the artist hopes to be a good stay-at-home parent

Mais j'me sens comme oppressé, guetté par les huissiers
The singer feels oppressed by the constant pressure and threat of creditors coming to collect money

J'ai plus l'temps, j'suis pressé, j'lis mes mails aux WC
The singer is so busy that they have to read their emails while on the toilet

J'dors entre un mur et ma femme, j'fais l'gars mature, incassable
The singer sleeps between a wall and his wife, trying to appear mature and strong

J'cache mes fractures à la cave, et mes factures dans un sac
The artist hides his injuries in the basement and his bills in a bag

J'ai pas d'voiture mais un Mac, j'fais des ratures sur la page
The artist doesn't have a car but has a computer, which he uses to write and edit drafts of his writing

Où s'écrit mon court voyage, la dramaturgie est passable
The singer is writing about his life, but the story he tells is not particularly interesting or well-crafted

J'fuis mes responsabilités: six étages à escalader
The singer avoids his responsibilities by going up six flights of stairs

Chargé comme une mule que l'on aurait génétiquement modifiée
The artist is carrying a lot of stuff, like a genetically-modified mule

Un bébé malade harnaché qui s'en bat la race des papiers
The artist is carrying a sick baby who doesn't care about paperwork

Qui s'emballe, déchire mes BD, à sept heure moins l'quart, réveillée
The baby gets excited and tears up the artist's comic books at a quarter to seven in the morning

J'voudrais faire la grasse matinée, qu'elle tartine mes Krisprolls
The singer wishes he could sleep in and have his partner make him toast

Qu'elle s'entraîne toute seule à rapper plus vite que les Kriss Kross
The artist wishes his partner would practice rap on her own and get better at it

J'n'ai pas la rage car, chaque matin, j'ai l'occas'
The singer doesn't feel angry because each morning he has the chance to be close to his child

De sentir sa main froide sur ma joue, c'est un câlin mémorable, je l'avoue
Feeling his child's cold hand on his face is a memorable hug for the singer

Transmettre et recevoir, l'aimer sans la décevoir
The singer aims to pass down love to his child without disappointing them

L'élever, la regarder s'envoler avec espoir
The artist raises his child and hopes to watch them grow up and succeed

Et, quand je l'entends rire, j'oublie mes préoccupations
Hearing his child laugh makes the artist forget his worries

Puisque, sans contrefaçon, je suis un daron
The singer affirms that he is a father without question

J'ai toujours pas trouvé la touche "snooze" sur ma fille
The singer can't figure out how to snooze his child when they wake up early

J'aimerais siroter des cocktails, posé sous une tonnelle
The artist would like to enjoy cocktails under a pergola

Me bourrer la gueule en Ardèche ou à Marrakech
The artist would like to get drunk in Ardèche or Marrakech

Mais j'dois faire la vaisselle, ranger tout le bordel
Instead, the artist has to wash dishes and clean up

Et, à dix-sept heure, récupérer ma fille à la crèche
The singer has to pick up his child from daycare at five o'clock

Hier encore, y'avait des crocodiles sous mon lit
The artist recalls being scared of imaginary crocodiles under his bed as a child

Ma maman me lisait des histoires pour m'endormir
The singer's mother used to read him bedtime stories

D'où viennent mes cheveux blancs? C'est un mystère
The singer is unsure why he has white hair

Il paraîtrait que, maintenant, je suis un fils-père
The singer is now a father, supposedly

L'année prochaine, je serai grand
The artist's child will grow up next year

Je ferai tout sans ma maman
The child will become independent and do everything without their mother's help

Je me peignerai tout seul
The child will comb their own hair

Je me baignerai tout seul
The child will bathe themselves

Je me moucherai tout seul
The child will blow their own nose

Je me coucherai tout seul
The child will put themselves to bed