[Music Fridays] Baba Yetu — Christopher Tin

<p>The theme song of humanity.</p><p><strong>Audio sources:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noneMROp_E8">Baba Yetu at Cadogan Hall</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiHDmyhE1A">Official music video</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtRSLozhTqQ">Baba Yetu at Llangollen</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Lyrics<br></strong><br>“Baba Yetu” is essentially the Lord’s Prayer sung in Swahili. The title translated means “Our Father”.</p><p>Baba yetu, yetu uliye<br>Mbinguni yetu, yetu amina!<br>Baba yetu yetu uliye<br>Jina lako e litukuzwe.Utupe leo chakula chetu<br>Tunachohitaji, utusamehe<br>Makosa yetu, hey!<br>Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe<br>Waliotukosea usitutie<br>Katika majaribu, lakini<br>Utuokoe, na yule, muovu e milele!Ufalme wako ufike utakalo<br>Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni.<br>(Amina)</p><p>Our Father, who art<br>in Heaven. Amen!<br>Our Father,<br>Hallowed be thy name.Give us this day our daily bread,<br>Forgive us of<br>our trespasses,<br>As we forgive others<br>Who trespass against us<br>Lead us not into temptation, but<br>deliver us from the evil one forever.Thy kingdom come, thy will be done<br>On Earth as it is in Heaven.<br>(Amen)</p><p><br><strong>Transcript</strong></p><p>On Fridays we feature music on this podcast and today i'm sharing one of my favorite songs - Baba Yetu. If all of humanity ever had a theme song, this would be my pick.</p><p>This first clip was from a performance with the Royal Philharmonic in London at Cadogan Hall.<br>Baba Yetu was the theme song for the game Civilization 4 and it was the first video game song to ever win a Grammy award. If you watch the official music video that comes with the game, linked in the show notes, you can imagine how it celebrates the crowning achievements of civilization from the taming of fire all the way through to the space race and the information age. But the renditions I feature here are not from the game, they are live performances conducted by Christopher himself. I really p