Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
A boom boom bâ
A boom boom bâ
A boom boom bâ
A boom boom bâ
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(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
(A boom boom bâ) mé kouman mé fora y bamê
(A boom boom bâ) are my dreams to be all I can do?
(A boom boom bâ) lay o'lay above, lay o'ay below
(A boom boom bâ) and he said Annie will show them a new way
Mé kouman mé fora y bamê
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(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
(A boom boom bâ) mé kouman mé fora y bamê
(A boom boom bâ) are my dreams to be all I can do?
(A boom boom bâ) lay o'lay above, lay o'ay 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, fila, saba, nani, norou
(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
(A boom boom bâ) mé kouman mé fora y bamê
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(A boom boom bâ) Aligna donguiri ma digné(5)
(A boom boom bâ) Mé kouman mé fora y bamê(6)
(A boom boom bâ) Aligna donguiri ma digné, hé!
(A boom boom bâ) Mé kouman mé fora y bamê
(A boom boom bâ) Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(A boom boom bâ) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
(A boom boom bâ) Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(A boom boom bâ) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
A boom boom bâ
A boom boom bâ
A boom boom bâ
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(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
(A boom boom bâ) mé kouman mé fora y bamê
(A boom boom bâ) are my dreams to be all I can do?
(A boom boom bâ) lay o'lay above, lay o'ay below
(A boom boom bâ) and he said Annie will show them a new way
Mé kouman mé fora y bamê
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(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
(A boom boom bâ) mé kouman mé fora y bamê
(A boom boom bâ) are my dreams to be all I can do?
(A boom boom bâ) lay o'lay above, lay o'ay 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, fila, saba, nani, norou
(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
(A boom boom bâ) mé kouman mé fora y bamê
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(A boom boom bâ) Aligna donguiri ma digné(5)
(A boom boom bâ) Mé kouman mé fora y bamê(6)
(A boom boom bâ) Aligna donguiri ma digné, hé!
(A boom boom bâ) Mé kouman mé fora y bamê
(A boom boom bâ) Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(A boom boom bâ) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
(A boom boom bâ) Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
(A boom boom bâ) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
Lyrics submitted by cinnamon_girl
Boom Boom Ba Lyrics as written by David Sullivan Aida Bredou
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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According to someone on LetsSingIt.com...
Boom boom: the beating of the heart... bâ: child (in Agni, an Ivory Coast dialect). Therefore, the singer's heart is beating for the children of the world.
Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Kamélé: boy.
Mé kouman mé fora y bamê: Understand what I'm saying.
Aligna donguiri ma digné Mé kouman mé for a y bâmê: You don't need to like my song to understand what I'm saying.