7 Seconds

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

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 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

I take on the reasons that push us to change it all
I wish we could forget their colors so they can hope
So many feelings of race that make them despair
I want both hands open
Friends to talk about their pain and their joy
So they can have info that doesn't divide
Change it

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 (woah-woah)
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 (woah-woah, yeah)
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