How You Are(No Mele)-Youssou N'Dour

When I compose a melody The rhythmic imprint of mbalax Our music Courses through my mind When I play my guitar In my mind's eye I see Now the kora Now the xalam And whenever I lift my voice to sing The image before me is of one person only： Youssou Madjiguène Who is Madjiguène He's the one who cleared the way Who opened the road large for all of us Calling us toward the horizon When you go abroad you'll hear him called Youssou Here at home the boys will holler "Hey You" He collected the gold record We were praying for So we all exclaimed "Madjiguène go ahead" Mbalax is ours We own it Let's take good care of it If we do it will surely hold its own in the world Adja Ndeye Sokhna Mboup is your mother El Hadj Elimane Ndour is your father You're Mamy's husband and Bouba's brother Oh Youssou Madjiguène I sing your good name May God protect you Protect you for our sake That's what we're praying for "Madjiguène go ahead" You've done so much to help your friends I'm sure God will reward you for that What we own Is the sound of the sabar Kit drums we borrowed from abroad The electric guitar is not really of our tradition What we own is the sound of the xalam When I compose a melody The rhythmic imprint of mbalax Our music Courses through my mind When I play my guitar In my mind's eye I see Now the kora Now the xalam And whenever I lift my voice to sing The image before me is of one person only： Youssou Madjiguène "Madjiguène go ahead" "Youssou Madjiguène go ahead" "Madjiguène go ahead" "Youssou Madjiguène go ahead"