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about
In 2015, my late mother Azeb passed away in Atlanta, GA. She was a proud Ethiopian from the Tigray region and the heart of my identity exploration. This song is a culmination of my search for a place to call "home", a journey that began by the Red Sea.
lyrics
AZEB
(English Translation)
Finally I get to know my maternal roots in Ethio
And it feels so good within my soul to be a Highlander (Highlander)
The good, the bad, the downright ugly
Glad to see it’s all part of me
And Diasporic stolen legacies well, you know how it be
Damn shame, how they all abusing your name (Azeb)
Take me back when I was just a girl
Take me back when I had the whole world
Take me back when I was innocent and I still believed in love
(Oh yeah)
Halleka Reda, my Grandfather Reda
Said I remember, I remember
My little Azeb, come over here baby girl
My little Azeb, come over here baby girl
It's now been 25 years
Baby girl, please bring my daughter back to me
When she left home, she never came back
When she left home, she never came back
You got the spinach, I got the cactus pear
You rocks the negative, you gots to get back
How you gon’ run game on this Diaspora
I’m the daughter of Mama Afrika
"My daughter, you reflect Western society" she said (she said)
"And they will reap what they sow by the power of the Almighty" she said (she said)
"I don’t pray to my money, I pray to God" (God)
"I have seen luxury with my mom Kelela"
(Le-la-la-la) and Wassie
Go Kelela and Wassie
Go Kelela and Wassie
Go Kelela and Wassie
Forgive me mom, forgive me
For I am not the daughter you need me to be
'Bout time I met Anegaw
Azeb’s story makes sense to me now
Sankofa, (sankofa)
Get buna
Gots to heal to move forward (forward)
Take me back when I was just a kid (yo)
Take me back when I felt happiness (yo)
Take me back when granddaddy said,
“I’m in Azeb’s house”
(oh yeah)
Yeah
My little Azeb, come over here baby girl
My little Azeb, come over here baby girl
It's now been 25 years
Baby girl, please bring my daughter back to me
When she left home, she never came back
We are one, Continental, Diaspora, African
We are one, Continental, Diaspora, African
We are one, Continental, Diaspora, African
We are one, Continental, Diaspora, African
My little Azeb, come over here baby girl
My little Azeb, come over here baby girl
It's now been 25 years
Baby girl, please bring my daughter back to me
That Ethio Cala Lilly / Georgia Peach
In Southern Ontario
Switchin’ up scenarios here we go
Forgive me mama, forgive me
Forgive me mama, forgive me
Forgive me mama, forgive me
Forgive me mama, forgive me
She never came back
When she left home, she never came back
My beautiful mother, (where is she)
I'm yearning for you, (where are you)
My beautiful mother, (where is she)
I'm yearning for you, where are you
(Hey beautiful mother) Where is she
(Hey beautiful mother) Azebina
(Hey beautiful mother) where is she, my mother
(Hey beautiful mother, where is she)
My beautiful mother, where is she
Azebina, where is she
My beautiful mother, where is she
credits
released March 7, 2021
Rehaset: lead vocals, background vocals (lyrics)**
Amina AbNa Alfred: background vocals**
Mausiki Scales: keys (producer)*
Udoh Opiotennione: saxophone**
Avys Burroughs: 2nd saxophone**
Alex Jones: guitar*
Tavius Elder: 2nd guitar*
Marcaelis Sander: bass*
Yakou Daniel N'guessan: drums, percussion*
*Recorded by Steve Waide at Itchy Brain Recording (Atlanta)
**Home recordings (Toronto, Washington D.C., Atlanta)
Mixed and Mastered by Daz-I-Kue (I-Kue Productions, Atlanta/Nashville)
Executive Producer: Rehaset Yohanes
Tigrinya translation support: Daniel Nebiat
Cover Art: Larmarrous Shirley
A Saudi-born woman of both Ethiopian and Eritrean heritage,
she creates music in order to incite positive change. Rehaset became an independent artist out of necessity with a mission to bridge the gap between Afrikans and the World....more
