Baba Yetu - Civilization IV Theme Cover - Peter Hollens feat. Malukah

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Hey guys!

This song by composer Christopher Tin has always filled me with so much energy and getting to sing on Peter's cover arrangement made me to appreciate it even more!

Thank you for watching. :)

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Many thanks to Omikkron for helping me film my half of this vid and to Fifgen films for editing! :D Additional thanks to Mike's Percussion in Monterrey for the instrument rentals.

[malufenix]

Baba Yetu!!! A collaboration with Peter Hollens! Wooo!

[demonlordfluffles]

8 years and this is still my favorite version of this song.

[Mikeztarp]

I accidentally pressed the C key at the same time as the space bar (to unpause the video), which activated the closed captions and made YouTube try to find English words that match the Swahili lyrics. I strongly recommend it.

[LJF]

Malukah has an amazing voice and she seems like such a wonderful person.  Wishing her every success and happiness.

[Dani_Krossing]

Why can't I stop listening to this song over and over again!!!

[kevnar]

I can only listen to this song once a month. I don't ever want to lose the feeling it gives me, the chills, the goosebumps, the tears in my eyes. If I listened to it more than that, those feelings might become diluted.

[hakeemlegend]

when I hear this song, it makes me cry. I'm so proud to be African.!!

[Dani_Krossing]

I saved this video as a bookmark and keep coming back to it when I need to take my mind off stress. Best version I have ever heard.

[frisianmouve]

A song composed by an asian guy in an African language sung by white people from a game about the rise of humanity. Now if that isn't awesome i don't know what is

[HansenSWE]

We can argue about the concepts of religion until our fingers bleed and our eyes twitch, but at the end of the day, this song is absolutely breathtaking even to a damned soul as mine. :-)

And what an amazing performace by both singers! And I love how they put more focus on Hollens in 01:40, where Christopher Tin had the male singer in the background. 
And of course, everything after 02:42 simply melts the ice in my Scandinavian veins. 

[xelgringoloco]

Their Swahili pronunciations are pretty spot on for the most part!

[borjeborjeson]

since I already added lyrics to two of the songs she sings I do it here too

Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe.
(x2)

Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe
Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule, milelea milele!

CHORUS

Ufalme wako ufike utakalo
Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni. (Amina)

CHORUS

Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe
Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule, simovu mwehu (?)

Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe.
(x2)

CHORUS
Our Father, Jesus, who art
in Heaven. Amen!
Our Father, Jesus
Hallowed be thy name.
(x2)

Give us this day our daily bread,
Forgive us of
our trespasses
As we forgive others
Who tresspass against us
Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from Evil, and you are forever and ever!

CHORUS

Your kingdom come, your will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven. (Amen)

CHORUS

Give us this day our daily bread,
Forgive us of
our trespasses
As we forgive others
Who tresspass against us
Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from Evil, and you wake the dead (?)

Our Father, Jesus who art...
Hallowed be thy name.
(x2)

[mewtuwa]

We played Civilization IV as a school project, and when I started it up I just sat there listening to the music for a minute before starting the game, because I thought it was so epic.

[Doubleranged]

The joy in malukahs face in the recordings makes me smile everytime

[moses]

Finally my native language in a knows ive been waiting for the day Kiswahili would be used

[Name-rudi]

Awesome cover to one of my favorites.  

[fyrfly]

Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe.

(translated)

Our Father, who art our
Our heaven, our, amen !
Our Father, Our, folded
Hallowed be thy name .

[ZjinnX]

[Chorus]
Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

[Verse]
Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe

Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule Mwovu, milele!

[Chorus]
Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

[Bridge]
Ufalme wako ufike utakalo
Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni. (Amina)

[Chorus]
Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

Baba yetu, yetu uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

[Verse]
Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe
Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule Mwovu, milele!

[Coda / Chorus']
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe
Baba yetu, yetu, uliye
Jina lako litukuzwe

[VictorAnsem]

I was shocked when I discovered this song actually is the "Lord's Prayer" in Swahili!
Well, I haven't been converted to Christianism but I still love this cover. Never played Civilization, tho.

[BioToxin]

I remembered enjoying this years ago, I recently came across it again and this time decided to compare it with other recorded versions, only found 1 that could even be argued as being as good or better, how did they completely manage to out perform entire orchestras? I now have more respect for this performance all these years later.