Element
V.O.D. Lyrics
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Nan nan nan nan
Nan nan nan nan
Nan nan yah yah
Yah yah yah yah yah
Autour de moi je vois
Des éléments partout
Mais faut qu'j'encaisse les coups
Fucked up, alors j'reste dans ma bulle
J'fais semblant de m'ouvrir au monde
Dans ma tête, millions de calculs
Donc j'suis attentif à chaque seconde
Autour de moi je vois
Des éléments partout
On m'parle, j'entends des voix
Mais faut qu'j'encaisse les coups
Fucked up, alors j'reste dans ma bulle
J'fais semblant de m'ouvrir au monde
Dans ma tête, millions de calculs
Donc j'suis attentif à chaque seconde
Tout est parti
J'reviendrai pas sur le passé
Toutes les fois où tu m'trouvais bizarre, efface-les
Mais j'peux pas oublier, bien sûr qu'c'est resté gravé
Moi j'en ai rien à foutre, t'as qu'a faire en sorte d'les cacher
Je bosse sur le deuxième, j'ai encore trop d'émotions
Pourtant avec Geminus, j'pensais apaiser mes tensions
Mais aujourd'hui, j'veux m'concentrer sur c'qui m'entoure
Une chronique où personne pourra faire le sourd
Donc seul, j'oublie tout
Y a plus qu'l'heure, qui me touche
Plus de notions, j'trouve ça louche
Observe les éléments à la souche
Certaines places sont réservées
À moi d'les attribuer
Mais j'ai la rétine brûlée
Donc est-ce que ça va marcher?
Autour de moi je vois
Des éléments partout
On m'parle, j'entends des voix
Mais faut qu'j'encaisse les coups
Fucked up, alors j'reste dans ma bulle
J'fais semblant de m'ouvrir au monde
Dans ma tête, millions de calculs
Donc j'suis attentif à chaque seconde
Autour de moi je vois
Des éléments partout
On m'parle, j'entends des voix
Mais faut qu'j'encaisse les coups
Fucked up, alors j'reste dans ma bulle
J'fais semblant de m'ouvrir au monde
Dans ma tête, millions de calculs
Donc j'suis attentif à chaque seconde
J'suis attentif à chaque seconde
Donc je surveille quand sonne le gong
Un seul soupçon, tout mon corps gronde
Machine de billets, j'compte mon nombre de comptes
Tu m'vois ici, tu t'y attendais pas
Flotte dans piscine de ma villa
J'veux réussir, donc je bosse pour ça
J'suis Jaden Smith dans The Get Down
Tu m'as demandé mon ressenti
J't'ai pas rep, BIG R.A.F
Pourquoi tu veux savoir tout ceci?
Y a pas d'ref, BIG R.A.S
Je plonge, je nage
La tête, dans l'mal
Deux-trois regards
J'suis déjà high
Donc seul, j'oublie tout
Y a plus qu'l'heure, qui me touche
Plus de notions, j'trouve ça louche
Observe les éléments à la souche
Certaines places sont réservées
À moi d'les attribuer
Mais j'ai la rétine brûlée
Donc est-ce que ça va marcher?
The song "Element" by V.O.D. is a reflective piece on the rapper's experiences and observations of the world around him. The opening lines, "Nan nan nan nan / Nan nan nan nan / Nan nan nan nan / Nan nan yah yah / Yah yah yah yah yah," serve as a sort of chant that creates a hypnotic effect, drawing the listener into V.O.D.'s world. Throughout the song, V.O.D. notes the presence of "elements" all around him, both physical and metaphorical. He often feels overwhelmed by the world and the voices around him, but he stays focused on his own goals and calculations.
The chorus, "Autour de moi je vois / Des éléments partout / On m'parle, j'entends des voix / Mais faut qu'j'encaisse les coups / Fucked up, alors j'reste dans ma bulle / J'fais semblant de m'ouvrir au monde / Dans ma tête, millions de calculs / Donc j'suis attentif à chaque seconde," speaks to V.O.D.'s struggle to balance his own thoughts and goals with the demands and influences of the world around him. He must constantly calculate and adapt, staying true to himself while also dealing with the challenges and obstacles that come his way.
The lyrics also touch on the theme of personal growth and change. V.O.D. notes that he cannot forget the past and the people who have doubted him, but he also recognizes that he has grown and changed since then. He wants to focus on the present and the future, observing the elements around him and deciding how to make them work to his advantage. Ultimately, the song is a meditation on the challenges and opportunities of life, and the need to stay focused and adaptable in the face of it all.
Line by Line Meaning
Nan nan nan nan
Repetitive beat filling the space
Autour de moi je vois
I see around me
Des éléments partout
Elements everywhere
On m'parle, j'entends des voix
People talk to me, I hear voices
Mais faut qu'j'encaisse les coups
But I have to take the hits
Fucked up, alors j'reste dans ma bulle
Fucked up, so I stay in my bubble
J'fais semblant de m'ouvrir au monde
I pretend to open up to the world
Dans ma tête, millions de calculs
In my head, millions of calculations
Donc j'suis attentif à chaque seconde
So, I am attentive every second
Tout est parti
Everything is gone
J'reviendrai pas sur le passé
I won't return to the past
Toutes les fois où tu m'trouvais bizarre, efface-les
All the times you found me weird, erase them
Mais j'peux pas oublier, bien sûr qu'c'est resté gravé
But I can't forget, of course, it's engraved
Moi j'en ai rien à foutre, t'as qu'a faire en sorte d'les cacher
I don't give a shit, you have to make sure to hide them
Je bosse sur le deuxième, j'ai encore trop d'émotions
I'm working on the second one, I still have too many emotions
Pourtant avec Geminus, j'pensais apaiser mes tensions
However, with Geminus, I thought I could ease my tensions
Mais aujourd'hui, j'veux m'concentrer sur c'qui m'entoure
But today, I want to focus on what surrounds me
Une chronique où personne pourra faire le sourd
A chronicle where no one can pretend to be deaf
Donc seul, j'oublie tout
So, alone, I forget everything
Y a plus qu'l'heure, qui me touche
Nothing but the time affects me
Plus de notions, j'trouve ça louche
No more ideas, I find it suspicious
Observe les éléments à la souche
Observe the elements at the root
Certaines places sont réservées
Certain places are reserved
À moi d'les attribuer
It's up to me to assign them
Mais j'ai la rétine brûlée
But my retina is burned
Donc est-ce que ça va marcher?
So, will it work?
J'suis attentif à chaque seconde
I am attentive every second
Donc je surveille quand sonne le gong
So, I watch when the gong rings
Un seul soupçon, tout mon corps gronde
One single suspicion, my whole body rumbles
Machine de billets, j'compte mon nombre de comptes
Money machine, I count my number of accounts
Tu m'vois ici, tu t'y attendais pas
You see me here, you didn't expect it
Flotte dans piscine de ma villa
Floating in my villa's pool
J'veux réussir, donc je bosse pour ça
I want to succeed, so I work for it
J'suis Jaden Smith dans The Get Down
I am Jaden Smith in The Get Down
Tu m'as demandé mon ressenti
You asked me how I feel
J't'ai pas rep, BIG R.A.F
I didn't reply, BIG R.A.F
Pourquoi tu veux savoir tout ceci?
Why do you want to know all this?
Y a pas d'ref, BIG R.A.S
There's no reference, BIG R.A.S
Je plonge, je nage
I dive, I swim
La tête, dans l'mal
The head, in the bad
Deux-trois regards
Two or three glances
J'suis déjà high
I'm already high
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@johnnyvval4719
Rise
You wanna be on top you'd better stay on top
Fight the wake keep your distance
Loss of everything beat your face in
Nine to five keep your distance
You, you keep away from me
You keep away from their ingenuity
Never gonna get what you want
Unless you stay dedicated
You ain't never gonna be the gleam
That keeps us all together
Strength from within
Regulate and Isolate
Break yourself make mistakes
Rearrange and learn from what you've done
Reinstate, Copulate loss of fate be yourself
To you want tell yourself you'll be what you want to be
Sometimes the violence gets to me
Makes me so sick I can't even see
I will prevail
Good times followed by the hard times
And the good shall return and this I do swear
Though my eyes I have seen your o.k.
Through suffocation, dedication I will rise
Through the heartbreak through the sorrow
Let it pass by till tomorrow
Yes the city breathes still you run
Harm yourself from yourself
Still we crawl on this wall
Faces pale afraid to fall
As we plunder as we plummet
We learn a lesson that lasts forever
No more compromise
@thealchemist7819
Lyrics
And to the brink I will rise
Rise
You wanna be on top you'd better stay on top
Fight the wake keep your distance
Loss of everything beat your face in
Nine to five keep your distance
You, you keep away from me
You keep away from their ingenuity
Never gonna get what you want
Unless you stay dedicated
You ain't never gonna be the gleam
That keeps us all together
Strength from within
Regulate and Isolate
Break yourself make mistakes
Rearrange and learn from what you've done
Reinstate, Copulate loss of fate be yourself
To you want tell yourself you'll be what you want to be
Sometimes the violence gets to me
Makes me so sick I can't even see
I will prevail
Good times followed by the hard times
And the good shall return and this I do swear
Though my eyes I have seen your o.k.
Through suffocation, dedication I will rise
Through the heartbreak through the sorrow
Let it pass by till tomorrow
Yes the city breathes still you run
Harm yourself from yourself
Still we crawl on this wall
Faces pale afraid to fall
As we plunder as we plummet
We learn a lesson that lasts forever
No more compromise
@Dt0x75
True Story: I walked into, I think it was Record World, in the mall where I lived... At the time there was no internet to look up bands... Living in southern NY, I was into the HC scene in the mid 90's... I walk in the store playing it by eye... I see this album, never heard of VOD before in my life... I said "Vision of Disorder, gotta be heavy"... buy the CD... unwrap it outside the store, drop the CD into my Disc-man... and I heard this!!!!!! Here I am 20+ years later!
@jackrockwell6698
Dt0x75 Back in 1997, I saw them and E Town Concrete open for Life Of Agony at the Stone Pony. It was pretty badass.
@DarthLetalis
Great story man 👍 seriously there was nothing better than going to the CD store and just looking for those hidden gems. I spent every paycheck from 16-19 doing this. Good times.
@strangewayfaringstranger
Lol I thought there was gonna be something more substantial to this story.
@limitlesscollector1466
Same story.😁
@rustyknees
Best song ever, in all of the history of best songs ever!!
@omfgh4x
I'll give you that this track is like in the top 5 for VoD but no, it is no where near the best. Stop being delusional. You need the fucking twelve steps my dude.
@rustyknees
Haha okay, Twelve Steps is totally amazing and the whole Imprint album kicks ass! VOD for life!! Best band in the World!! XX
@DrJuice1
You're either on drugs or you've listened to an incredibly small amount of music
@torigrrrl18
Agreed!!!! RISEEEEEE