NENEH CHERRY
01-WOMAN – C1 Re m
Neneh Cherry
You gotta be fortunate
You gotta be lucky now
I was just sitting here
Thinking good and bad
But I'm the kind a woman
That was built to last
They tried erasing me
But they couldn't wipe out my past
To save my child
I'd rather go hungry
I got all of Ethiopia
Inside of me
And my blood flows
Through every man
In this godless land
That delivered me
I've cried so many tears
even the blind can see
This is a woman's world.
This is my world.
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl.
There ain't a woman in this world,
Not a woman or a little girl,
That can't deliver love
In a man's world.
I've born and I've bread.
I've cleaned and I've fed.
And for my healing wits
I've been called a witch.
I've crackled in the fire
And been called a liar.
I've died so many times
I'm only just coming to life.
This is a woman's world.
This is my world.
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl.
There ain't a woman in this world,
Not a woman or a little girl,
That can't deliver love
In a man's world.
Instrumental breakMy blood flows
Through every man and every child
In this godless land
That delivered me
I cried so many tears
even the blind can see
This is a woman's world.
This is my world.
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl.
There ain't a woman in this world,
Not a woman or a little girl,
That can't deliver love
In a man's world
02-7 SECONDS – Fa# m
Neneh Cherry & Youssou N' Dour
[Youssou]:
Boul ma sene,
boul ma guiss madire
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.
[Neneh]:
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 it's living in It's not a second
[Youssou & Neneh]:
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting (x3)
[Youssou]:
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.
[Youssou & Neneh]:
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting (x3)
[Neneh]:
And when a child is born into this world
It has no concept
Of the tone the skin it's 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
[Youssou & Neneh]:
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting