Cette chanson est une reprise de “Could You Be Loved”, chantée à l'origine par le groupe Bob Marley & The Wailers. Sortie pour la première fois le 10 juin 1980, elle figure sur l'album Uprising.
Yannick Noah adapte légèrement les paroles originales, qui abordent le thème d'une relation amoureus...
[Intro]
Don't let them change you ooh, ha ha ha
Oh, yo-oh-oh
Say something (Rocka reggae)
Say something (Rockers, rockers)
Say something, could you be loved and be loved?
Oh yeah, ah
Okay
[Verse 1]
Don't let them fool ya
(Oh no, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam pam)
Or even try to school ya
(Oh no, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam pam)
We've got, got a mind of our own
So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, love)
Love would never leave us alone (Love)
A-yin the darkness there must come out to light (Light, light!)
Could you be loved (Oh, now?) and be loved?
(Ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam pam)
Could you be loved (Oh, now?) and be loved?
(Ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam...)
[Bridge]
The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too
So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
Could you be, could you be lo-o-oved?
Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
Could you be, could you be lo-o-oved?)
[Verse 2]
Don't let them change ya
(Oh no, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam pam)
Or even rearrange ya, oh, no
(Oh no, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam pam)
We've got a life to live, oh, oh yeah
They say only, only
Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive
Stay alive, yeah!
[Chorus]
Could you be loved (Oh, now?) and be loved?
(Ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam pam)
Could you be loved (Oh, now?) and be loved?
(Ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam, ba-dam-pam-palam, ska-pa-dam-pam pam...)
[Outro]
You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry
No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied
Say something
Say something! Rockers, reggae!
Say something! Rockers, rockers!
Say something, no, no, no matter how you treat him
Say something! Rockers, reggae! (Say something)
Say something! Rockers, rockers! (Say something)
Say something! Rockers, reggae! (Could you be loved?)
Say something! Rockers, reggae!
Say something! Rockers, rockers! (Yeah, yeah)
Say something, could you be loved?
Could You Be Loved? was written by Bob Marley.
Yannick Noah released Could You Be Loved? on Mon May 28 2012.