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Stromae

avf

Release date: 16th August 2013

From √ (Racine carrée)
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About This Track

'avf' is a collaboration with OrelSan and Gims from Stromae's 2013 album '√ (Racine carrée)', its title a pointed abbreviation of the French dismissal "Allez vous faire". The track opens with handclaps and a chorus that withholds its final word, the ellipsis doing the work. Stromae frames the song as a broadside against political rhetoric and media manipulation, listing politicians from Holland, Belgium and France as equally demagogic. OrelSan delivers verses about the anxiety of modern life, the pressure to become a young professional whilst feeling trapped in traffic and psychiatric precarity. Gims contributes the pre-chorus, a declaration of speaking plainly in the face of what their lives are worth. The final verse shifts register entirely, Stromae noting he has a football match to attend, the mundane cutting through the invective. The production and writing credits list all three artists. The song closes the standard edition of 'Racine carrée', a parting gesture of exasperation dressed as a pop track.

"avf" is a track by Stromae, from the album √ (Racine carrée), released 16th August 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

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Stromae

Stromae

Lyrics

avf

[Paroles de "avf" ft. OrelSan & Gims]

[Intro: Stromae]

*claquements de mains*

Allez vous faire

[Couplet 1: Stromae]

Toujours les mêmes discours, toujours les mêmes airs

Hollande, Belgique, France, austère

Gauches ou libéraux, avant-centres ou centristes

Ça m'est égal, tous aussi démago' que des artistes

[Pré-refrain: Gims]

Je n'dis pas c'que j'pense mais j'pense c'que je dis

Quand je vois c'que j'vois et c'que valent nos vies

Pas si surprenant qu'on soit malpoli

Donc vas-y, follow ma folie, m'a follow, follow me now

[Refrain: Stromae]

Allez vous faire

Allez vous faire

[Couplet 2: OrelSan & Gims]

Censé devenir un jeune cadre dynamique

J'ai toujours été qu'un jeune stressé qui panique

C'est marqué sur nos actes de naissance en italique

On a tous un pied dans l'hôpital psychiatrique

La nuit dans la bouteille, la journée dans les bouchons

Depuis quand j'suis dans les pompes de Monsieur Tout-le-monde ?

La ville dans les oreilles, la fumée dans les poumons

Des moutons, des moutons, des moutons, des moutons...

Pardonnez mon p'tit langage (Oups), là, j'ai bu du dix ans d'âge (Uh)

Les médias font trop d'chantage, vous m'avez pris pour un esclave ? (Ah)

Debout, c'est l'heure du taff (Oh), faut bien limiter la casse

De-demande à RaelSan (Huh), on va tous finir en cage

[Refrain: Stromae]

Allez vous faire

Allez vous faire

[Couplet 3: Stromae & Gims]

Riches et malheureux, mais heureusement qu'on a l'euro

C'est cool, nan ? Mais si coûteux que l'argent est à couper au couteau

Et ça taffe pour dépenser d'arrache-pied et ça, pour qu'ça marche

Cracher, cracher du cash et se saigner jusqu'à être balafré

C'est pour les mecs avec qui j'ai grandi pendant des années sans pour autant qu'ils me renient par rapport au succès

Tu sais bien, la vie, c'est paro, pas la peine d'en faire un fromage, demande aux tits-pe qui baraudent dans les tiers-quarJ'ai rien de ssé-ca, je me casse, on se capte un de ces quatre

Allez vous faire foutre, j'ai un match de foot

[Refrain: Stromae]

Allez vous faire

Allez vous faire

[Couplet 4: OrelSan]

Montez sur scène, allez tous vous faire huer

Marchez dans les rues, allez tous vous faire juger

Passez sur le billard, allez tous vous faire tuner

Signez sur des contrats, allez tous vous faire plumer

J'allume la télé pour cracher sur des connards que j'déteste

J'ai 300 chaines, pense à la quantité d'insultes que j'déverse

On dit qu'j'fais preuve de gentillesse, j'fais vraiment preuve de faiblesse

Faudrait leur faire payer leurs dettes avant qu'je meure de vieillesse

[Pré-refrain: Gims]

Je n'dis pas c'que j'pense mais j'pense c'que je dis

Quand je vois c'que j'vois et c'que valent nos vies

Pas si surprenant qu'on soit malpoli

Donc vas-y, follow ma folie, m'a follow, follow me now

[Refrain: Stromae]

Allez vous faire

Allez vous faire

[Pont: Stromae]

Allez-vous fermer les yeux

Longtemps, et puis rester hors-jeu ?

Un peu démago' ou envieux

C'est vrai qu'on est un petit peu des deux

Allez-vous fermer les yeux

Longtemps, et puis rester hors-jeu ?

Un peu démago' ou envieux

C'est vrai qu'on est un petit peu des deux

[Refrain: Stromae]

Allez vous faire

Allez vous faire

Track details

From √ (Racine carrée)

2013
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avf
  • —Papaoutai (Remix)
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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    GIMS, OrelSan, Stromae
    Producer
    DJ Atom, Stromae
    Additional Production
    DJ Atom
    Mastering Engineer
    Pieter De Wagter
    Mixing Engineer
    Lionel Capouillez
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