7 Seconds

Album: Man (1994)
Charted: 3 98
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  • oul 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 of skin it's living in
    It's not a second

    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting
    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or 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 portes grandements ouvertes
    Des amis pour parler de leur peine, de leur joie
    Pour qu'ils leur filent des infos qui ne divisent pas
    Changer

    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting
    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or 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 of skin it's living in
    And there's a million voices
    And there's a million voices
    To tell you what you should be thinking
    So you better sober up for just a second

    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting
    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting
    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting

    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting
    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting

    It's not a second
    We're seven seconds away
    Or just as long as I stay
    I'll be waiting Writer/s: Cameron Mcvey, Jonathan Sharp, Neneh Cherry, Youssou N'Dour
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Thetruth from U.kI don't know why but I got this song in my head at work and I listened to it and broke down in tears ( I'm considered a feeling less person ) such a beautiful song and the meaning I take from it makes me see no hope for humanity
  • Stafler from Durban, South AfricaEven though i can't understand french and wolof, i love those lyrics so much. IT IS ONE OF BEST DUETS EVER.
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