Ça Me Regarde Lyrics in English Yannick Noah

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ça Me Regarde by Yannick Noah from French to English.
Can I shut my eyes
A whole life till the graveyard
Can I open my door
Only so I can go out
Can I count on myself
Without counting those who bear their pain
Look at them without even seeing them
And look at myself in a mirror
It's my business
It's my business, mine
It's your business
It's your business, yours
It's everybody's business
It splashes on us
The smart ones, the little people
The weak and the great
The yellow and the white
The black and the red
And everything that moves
Can I pretend to believe
That it never rains on my sidewalk
Could I say I've forgotten
When my final hour has struck
Is happiness just as complete
If only mine can enjoy it
Is the song of men crying for help
Not the most beautiful love song
It's my business
It's my business, mine
It's your business
It's your business, yours
It's everybody's business
It splashes on us
The smart ones, the little people
The weak and the great
The yellow and the white
The black and the red
And everything that moves
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
It's my business
It's my business
It's everybody's business
It splashes on us
The smart ones
The little people
The weak and the great
The yellow and the white
The black and the red
And everything that moves
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SONG MEANING

Yannick Noah’s “Ça Me Regarde” is a wake-up call wrapped in a sunny reggae-pop groove. The singer playfully asks if he can keep his eyes shut “all his life until the cemetery,” or pretend it never rains on his sidewalk. With these cheeky questions, Noah shines a light on how easy it is to hide behind our own comfort. Every time the chorus repeats Ça me regarde (“That’s my business”) he flips the phrase on its head: caring about others is our business.

The second half of the song widens the lens. Noah lists everyone who gets “splashed” by life’s troubles — “the clever, the little people, the weak and the great, yellow and white, black and red, and everything that moves.” His message is simple yet powerful: real happiness is incomplete if only “our own” enjoy it, and the most beautiful love song is the one sung when people rush to help each other. “Ça Me Regarde” turns empathy into a catchy anthem, urging listeners to open their doors, open their eyes, and recognize that what affects one of us truly affects us all.

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