7 seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry

23 december 2014

Zo'n deuntje dat er stiekempjes inkruipt, zich door de jaren heen een speciaal plekje weet te veroveren. Hij viel natuurlijk op door z'n samenwerking met Peter Gabriel (In your eyes!), maar deze samenwerking zorgde voor definitieve erkenning voor mneer N'Dour. En vanzelfsprekend niet toevallig ontdekte ik een versie met Dido die natuurlijk in helemaal niets op Neneh lijkt, maar ja, het is wel Dido. En dit is mijn site.

It's not a second but 7 seconds away

just as long as I stay I'll be waiting

Boul ma sene, boul ma guiss madi re nga fokni mane
khamouma li neka thi sama souf ak thi guinaw
beugouma kouma khol oaldine yaw li neka si yaw
mo ne si man, li ne si mane moye dilene diapale
roughneck and rudeness
we should be using, on the ones who practice wicked charms
for the sword and the stone
bad to the bone
battle is not over even when it's won
and when a child is born into this world
it has no concept
of the tone the skin is living in

It's not a second but 7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting
it's not a second but 7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting., I'll be waiting

J'assume les raisons qui nous poussent de changer tout
j'aimerais qu'on oublie leur couleur pour qu'ils esperent
beaucoup de sentiments de race qui font qu'ils desesperent
je veux les gamins ouverts
des amis pour parler de leur peine, de leur joie
pour qu'ils leur filent des infos qui ne divisent pas
changer

7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting
It's not a second but 7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting

And when a child is born into this world
it has no concept
of the tone the skin is living in
and there's a million voices
and there's a million voices
to tell you what she should be thinking
so you better sober up for just a second

7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting
it's not a second but 7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting
it's not a second but 7 seconds away
just as long as I stay I'll be waiting