7 Seconds -  Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry (1994)
written by Neneh Cherry, Youssou N'Dour, Cameron McVey and Jonathan Sharp

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCpjFMvz-k

[Intro]
            
            
  
[Verse 1]
           
Boul ma sene, 

         
      boul ma 

        
guiss madi re 

   
   nga fokni m

ane
           
Khamouma      

         
       li neka

        
 thi sama souf

   
   ak thi guin

aw
           
Beugouma      

         
      kouma kh

        
ol oaldine yaw

      
   li neka si 

yaw
           
Mo ne si man, 

         
li ne si mane 

        
   moye dilene

      
 diapale

              
Roughneck and 

           
rudeness, we s

         
hould be using

         
, on the ones 

             
who practice w

             
icked charms
              
For the sword 

           
and the stone,

              
 bad to the bo

         
ne, battle is 

        
not over, even

   
 when it's won

[Pre-chorus]
            
     And when 

              
a child is bor

         
n,       into 

         
this world
   
It has no conc

ept, of the to

ne the skin is

 living in

[Chorus]
           
It's not a sec

              
ond,  we're se

             
ven seconds aw

#
ay,
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
           
It's not a sec

              
ond,  we're se

             
ven seconds aw

#
ay,
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
 
           
I'll be waitin

          
g
           
I'll be waitin

          
g

[Verse 2]
           
     J'assume 

         
les raisons qu

        
i nous poussen

          
t de changer t


out,
           
     J'aimerai

          
s qu'on oublie

             
 leur couleurs

        
       pour qu

      
'ils espèrent,
           
Beaucoup de se

         
ntiments de ra

              
ces qui font q

        
u'ils désespèr

              
ent je veux le

             
s deux mains o

#
uvertes,
              
Des amis pour 

           
parler de leur

              
s peines et de

       
 leur joie pou

r qu'ils leur 

filent
        
des infos qui 

       
ne divisent pa

s

[Chorus]
           
Changer,     w

              
e're seven sec

      
onds away
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
           
It's not a sec

              
ond, we're sev

            
en seconds awa


y,
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
 
           
I'll be waitin

          
g
           
I'll be waitin

          
g

[Instrumental solo]
            
            
            
            

[Pre-chorus]
            
     And when 

              
a child is bor

         
n,      into t

         
his world
           
It has no conc

              
ept,     of th

   
e tone the ski

n is living in

[Bridge]
              
And there's a,

             
      million 

  
voices
              
And there's a,

             
      million 

  
voices,
              
To tell you wh

(         
at she should 

    (     
be thinking, s

             (
o you better s


ober up for

[Chorus fading out]
           
Just a second,

              
   we're seven

          
 seconds away
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
            
It's not a sec

             
ond, we're sev

            
en seconds awa


y,
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
           
Just a second,

              
   we're seven

          
 seconds away
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting
            
It's not a sec

             
ond, we're sev

            
en seconds awa


y,
              
Or just as lon

         
g as I stay,  

              
        I'll b

   
e waiting