boom boom bā,(1)
 boom boom bā,
 boom boom bā,
 boom boom bā

 Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou(2)

 (boom boom bā) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
 (boom boom bā) Do you know that behind all these words 
 (boom boom bā) Lies a deep desire Kamélé hé!(3)
 (boom boom bā) Mé kouman mé fora y bamź(4)

 Are my dreams to be all I can do?
 Lay o lay above, lay o lay below
 And he said Annie will show them a new way
 Mé kouman mé fora y bamź

 Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou

 (boom boom bā) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
 (boom boom bā) Do you know that behind all these words
 (boom boom bā) Lies a deep desire Kamélé hé!
 (boom boom bā) Mé kouman mé fora y bamź

 Are my dreams to be all I can do?
 Lay o lay above, lay o lay below
 And he said Annie will show them a new way
 Mé kouman mé fora y bamź

 Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou

 (boom boom bā) Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
 (boom boom bā) Do you know that behind all these words
 (boom boom bā) Lies a deep desire Kamélé hé!
 (boom boom bā) Mé kouman mé fora y bamź

 Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou

 (boom boom bā) Aligna donguiri ma digné (5) 
 (boom boom bā) Mé kouman mé fōra y bamź(6)
 (boom boom bā) Aligna donguiri ma digné 
 (boom boom bā) Mé kouman mé fōra y bamź

 Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou
 Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
 Can you hear my heart beat in this world?
 Kélé, fila, saba, nani, norou

 (1)"Boom Boom" represents a heartbeat, while "bā" means "child" in one of the eleven dialects of Dioula  spoken in Ghana and The Ivory Coast; so, in essence, the line represents the singer's heart beating for the children of the world
 (2) "One, two, three, four, five"
 (3) "Kamélé hé!" = "Hey boy!"
 (4) "Understand what I'm saying"
 (5) "You don't need to like my song "
 (6) " to understand what I'm saying."