In An African Passageway letra

The world we knew is all changed now,
Our lives simply not what they were.
My mind, once numb, is awake at last
And my soul is beginning to stir.
All around me a million throats sing
The unfastened songs of our dreams.
"In the mind of age dwells the hope of youth."
Life never is just what it seems.

chorus:
We know what you want for us, Papa.
We know what you want us to do.
We know what you want for us, Papa.
We know and we look out for you.

in Wolof:
Yow yaak mana yem
Domou Adama la gnou
Naka nga mana takaweedi ma teukkoo.
Gni ngui djeul sougnou khel
Sougnou khalat djokh seytane.
Te dougnou dougnou dougal loudoul si fitna ak thiono.

Nagnou gnaan ci yala mi mana sopi nit man koo defar.
Mou weulbati sougnou khel
Deupeule sougnou khol.
Sougnou ko defe
Dina gnou jubo
Te sou bouba
Fitna yi wagne kou.

You're a man just like me, friend.
How can you dispute what I say?
Why do we so often play into the hands of
The evil that stands in our way?
Is it to thicken the plot of a tale,
A tale that is mankind's to tell?
Is it to guarantee once and for all
That we descend straight into hell?

Youssou N'dour - Letras

• 7 Seconds
• Ay Chona La
• Ballago Ndoumbé Yatma
• Be Careful
• Benn La (The Same)
• Biko
• Birima
• Bul Nangu (feat. Mbaye Dièye Faye & Bilahi)
• Confession
• Cruel Crazy Beautiful World
• Da Fa Laa
• Dem
• Dunya
• Fay Bor
• Gorée
• Habib Faye
• How Come
• In An African Passageway
• Kids
• La Cours Des Grands
• Leaving (Dem)
• Li Ma Weesu (As In A Mirror)
• Ligeey
• Mama Africa
• Mame Bamba
• Mariama (The Turtle Dove)
• Mool (Deglu Météo)
• My Hope Is In You
• Olel (The Echo)
• Oté-fê (feat. Alpha Blondy)
• Set
• Seven Seconds Away
• Shaking The Tree
• So many men
• Song Daan (feat. Akon)
• Thiely
• Things Unspoken (Lees Waxul)
• Toxiques
• Waññi ko
• Wax ju bari
• Xale Bi
• Yeksil Remix
• Youssou Madjiguene