A boom boom bâ ! A boom boom bâ ! A boom boom bâ ! A boom boom bâ ! ( "Boom boom" is the beating of the heart. "bâ" is "child" in Agni, an Ivory Coast dialect. ) ( The singer's heart is beating for the children of the world. )
[ A boom boom bâ ] Can you hear my heart beat in this world [ A boom boom bâ ] Do you know that behind all these words [ A boom boom bâ ] Lies a deep desire Kamélé hé ! ( "Kamélé" : boy. ) [ A boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé fora y bamê ( Understand what I'm saying. )
[ A boom boom bâ ] Are my dreams to be all I can do ? [ A boom boom bâ ] Lay o lay above, lay o lay below [ A boom boom bâ ] And he said Annie will show them a new way [ A boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé fora y bamê
Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou
[ A boom boom bâ ] Aligna donguiri ma digné [ A boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé for a y bâmê [ A boom boom bâ ] Aligna donguiri ma digné hé ! [ A boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé for a y bâmê ( You don't need to like my song... ) ( to understand what I'm saying. )
[ A boom boom bâ ] Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou [ A boom boom bâ ] Can you hear my heart beat in this world [ A boom boom bâ ] Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou [ A boom boom bâ ] Can you hear my heart beat in this world