✖️ ~ Ŋøţ Føř §ąļę™️

[in Wolof]

Boul ma sene, boul ma guiss madi re nga fokni mane

Khamouma li neka thi sama souf ak thi guinaw

Beugouma kouma khol dal diné yaw li neka si yaw

Mo ne si mane, li ne si mane moye dilene diapale

“Don’t see me from a distance, don’t look at my smile

And think that I don’t know what’s under and behind me

I don’t want you to look at me and think

What’s in you is in me, what’s in me is to help"

Roughness 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

[in French]

J'assume les raisons qui nous poussent de changer tout

J'aimerais qu'on oublie leurs couleurs pour qu'ils espèrent

Beaucoup de sentiments de races qui font qu'ils désespèrent

Je veux les deux mains ouvertes

Des amis pour parler de leurs peines, et de leur joie

Pour qu'ils leur aient des infos qui ne divisent pas—

"I assume the reasons that push us to change

I would like that they forget about their color,

so that they can have hope

Too many views on race that make them desperate

I want the doors wide open

So that friends can talk about their pain and their joy

Then we can give them the information that will bring us all together"

Changez!

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

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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

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

For just as long as I stay

I'll be waiting

Neneh Cherry

Youssou N'Dour

Cameron McVey

Jonathan Sharp

Christian Falk

Booga Bear

Jonny Dollar

The Guide (Wommat)

Columbia

16th May 1994