AGAINST THE CLOCK

By Rilès

On WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

Released on May 17, 2019

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[Chorus]

Man I don't know what is so wrong with me

My time’s always running will I ever stop it

Nah I don't know what's the 3ein on me

Me against the clock I really try my hardest


Nah I don’t know what is so wrong with me

My time's always running will I ever stop it

Nah I don't know what's the 3ein on me

Me against the clock I really try my hardest


[Verse 1]

And I don't know what the fuck's so wrong

Wasn't ready for the downfall on my own

Should've never talked about it in my songs

You’re solo when you’re so low, so everything slows down

I'm here and there no I never stay

In the stud, I should’ve been today

Why the fuck got the cam in my hand?

I do your job cuz you cannot do shit

And it's like;

“Wow” everywhere I go

“Don't make them videos

You waste your force, use it for your flow

Your music and your shows”

But listen bro, I cannot trust yo

Yo lazy motherfuck, I needed help

No pesos, you made it clear my problems ain't yours


[Chorus]

Nah I don’t know what is so wrong with me

My time's always running will I ever stop it

Nah I don't know what's the 3ein on me

Me against the clock I really try my hardest


[Bridge]

Lost and Found then

Many traps on my way

I've been escaping the desert

Not my faith


[Verse 2]

No, I don't care bro

‘Bout all the money, fame and clothes

It's not the point, of what I live for

Where's the joy, was it my choice?

Will I do what I'm I supposed to?

It ain't just words

Pendulum still runs for my soul


[Chorus]

Man I don't know what is so wrong with me

My time's always running will I ever stop it

Nah I don't know what's the 3ein on me

Me against the clock I really try my hardest

Nah I don't know what is so wrong with me

My time's always running will I ever stop it

Nah I don't know what's the 3ein on me

Me against the clock I really try my hardest

“I’ve been escaping the desert”
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Those lyrics are also found in Utopia, another Rilès songs in which he sings “I’ve been escaping the desert, I won’t ever find the sun.”

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Ces paroles sont également retrouvés dans Utopia, une autre chanson de Rilès où il chante “J'ai fuit le dessert, je ne fais jamais trouvé le sable”
(I’ve been escaping the desert, I won’t ever find the sand.)

“In the stud, I should’ve been today Why the fuck got the cam in my hand?”
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In the music video, there are multiple Rilès in each corner. A fan noticed that each one of them is wearing the clothes of one of Rilès’s music video. (Marijuana, Pesetas, Brothers)

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Dans le clip, il y a plusieurs Rilès à chaque côté de la chambre. Un fan a remarqué que chacun d'entre eux porte des vêtement que Rilès portait dans ses vidéos précédentes. (Marijuana, Pesetas, Brothers)

“My time’s always running will I ever stop it”
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Dans cette phrase, Rilès parle encore d'un de ses thèmes récurrents : son impuissance à stopper le temps malgré qu'il essaye encore et toujours.
De plus, le “will I ever stop it” exprime de façon claire que cela le fatigue d'essayer sans cesse sans jamais y arriver.

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In this sentence, Riles still talks about one of his recurring themes: his powerlessness to stop time despite trying again and again.
Moreover, the “will I ever stop it” expresses clearly that he’s tired of trying constantly without ever getting there.

“Man I don’t know what is so wrong with me”
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At this point in the video, the car Rilès was driving crashed and he’s in a hospital, fighting between life and death. Another reference. This one not from his song but of an accident he had in 2017. The bruises on his face in the music video are also the same.

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À ce moment dans la vidéo, la voiture que Rilès conduisait s'est écrasée et il est l'hôpital entrain de se battre entre la vie et la mort. Une autre référence. Celle la non pas d'une chanson mais plutôt d'un accident qu'il a eu en 2017. Les blessures sur son visage dans le clip sont les mêmes que celle de l'accident

“The 3ein”
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The “3ein”, translated as “the eye”, is an arabic expression, commonly used to express “bad luck”. When someone has the “3ein” on you, it basically means that he wishes bad upon you.
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Le “3ein”, traduit “l'oeil”, est une expression arabe, très utilisée qui signifie la “malchance.” Quand quelqu'un a le “3ein” sur vous, c'est qu'il vous souhaite de la malchance.

“No, I don’t care bro ‘Bout all the money, fame and clothes It’s not the point, of what I live for”
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Small connection to “I do it” when Rilès says in his lyrics “Ok, ok, ok, ok you do it for your family and shit, that’s cool
But don’t tell me you don’t do it for money bruh”

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Clin d'oeil à “I do it” où Rilès dit dans ses paroles:
“ok, ok, ok, ok tu le fais pour de la famille et tout, c'est cool. Mais dis-moi pas tu le fais pas pour l'argent bruh”
(Ok, ok, ok, ok you do it for your family and shit, that’s cool
But don’t tell me you don’t do it for money bruh)

“Pendulum still runs for my soul”
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Another reference to his music, in the music video, Rilès is driving and when the camera zooms out, we can see a character wearing black with a mask on, on his car. It’s a reference to “Most Wanted”. In which Rilès starts the song with “back from the underground”, we could maybe understand that the character on his car is a demon (or death, time).

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Une autre référence à sa musique. Dans son clip, Rilès est entrain de conduire et quand la caméra zoom out, on peut voir un personnage habillé en noir, portant un masque, sur sa voiture. C'est une référence à “Most Wanted”. Rilès commence cette chanson avec “de retour de l'enfer (back from the underground), on pourrait peut-être comprendre que ce personnage au dessus de sa voiture est un démon (ou la mort, le temps)