DESCRIPTION:
Berlin-based musician Fetsum, of Eritrean origin, sings his autobiographical song "Egypt" - from his album The Colors of Hope - with guitarist Leon Schurz. Fetsum performs Egypt for the BBC World Service's Focus on Africa radio programme. In this guitar and vocals performance, Fetsum shows his soulful musical prowess.

Lyrics:
I was born by a mosque in Egypt
While preachers were crying
Mother couldn't hear my voice
That evening she was deaf at that time

A young girl at the age of seventeen
With ideals in her mind
Passed the torch to the next generation
Giving birth to a child

To her left there were sycamore trees
And there were figs to her right
She would put a cotton veil on my face
Just to keep sands from my eyes
Along the river Nile a myriad of trials
Made tears pour like rain
That's when she whispered humble words
To my ears saying, "Thanks for saving my life"

You took me to the place where the sun is
You showed me how to dance in the rain
Remember when you said it's the moment that counts
And don't you worry when your memory fades

She said, she said, she said
"Don't you worry when you memory fades
Worry when your memory fades
Oh, don't you worry when your memory fades"