Story Behind The Song
The song is part of a show " MY AFRICA" created by the composer. The song and its meaning can be used for lost and killed children throughout the world due to all the wars and senseless killing/fighting and where mothers mourn the loss of their children. In the show the song is sung by two woman coming from the different sides of the enemy lines and where each has loss their child and they sing their confusion and pain as to why must the world fight over things like black against white, jew against arab, my land or your land amongst other things.
Song Description
Two mothers are mourning about their loss of the child and the senslessness of war and fighting. They dedicate the dead child up from where they came before where there is no pain and where God wipes off all their tears.
| Song Length |
4:14 |
Genre |
Unique - Gospel, Blues - Gospel |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Female |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Still |
Subject |
Sadness, Baby, Children |
| Similar Artists |
Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I lift up my child
Who took my child away, who killed my child ?
what was the reason why?
Blood of my blood I lost, sucked from my breast
There was no need to die for that
Why did we fight, for what?
There is no sense in that.
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2x Verse two different women (In MY AFRICA one black and one white woman)
3x Chorus (first two times change between two women)
So I lift up my child
Give its soul back from where it came before
Where God wipes of all our tears there never will be pain
Music: Klaus Gallant
Text: Klaus Gallant & Elizma Zaayman
GEMA: 819478