Ukraine’s song for 2024 is a collaboration between two of the country’s most successful artists.
alyona alyona is the most popular female rapper in Ukraine and a co-founder of the local major label that Eurovision Song Contest 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra are signed with.
And, in just 4 years after starting her video blog, Jerry Heil has become an incredibly popular artist with her videos receiving tens of millions of views.
Teresa & Maria was written to remind people that everyone is capable of achieving great heights, and that ‘all the divas were born as human beings’; emphasising that we all start small and that it is our actions that define us.
Lyrics to Teresa & Maria
Dzhere-dzhere-dzherelo probyva sobi shliakh,
shcho by shcho by ne bulo, svit na yiyi plechakh
mani-mani-manivtsi zvyvysti, skeliasti
ale znai: v tvoyiy rutsi tvoye vlasne shchastia
Davai, mala, palai
I’m not holy, I’m alive
Z namy Mama Tereza i Diva Maria
Bosi, niby po lezu, ishly po zemli
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings
Z namy Mama Tereza i Diva Maria
Bosi, niby po lezu, ishly po zemli
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings
Navit shche zmalia my shukaly shliakh
ta zhyttia - petlia, niby dlia tykh khto padaie
Na svoikh plechakh shche male divcha
nese z boliu chan i vbacha, shcho to vada ye
Znovu ne taka, to nadto miaka,
odiah na kistkakh, holiaka chy to pid vinets
De tvoie dytia? Shcho tvoie zhyttia?
Ta roky zh letiat! I zatiam: skoro vzhe kinets
I khai khtos khoche aby my zlamalys
khai buva v tobi zariadu ne po likot, a po palets
I khai khtos khova za posmishkoiu nenavyst i zazdrist,
koly ty puskayesh v sertse hniv dobra y liubovi zamist
Ale v nebi ye sviati, yikh nohy bachyly tsyu zemlyu, znayesh,
tviy ternystyi shliakh same tomu ye ne daremno
I khai bude duzhe strashno y temno i chasom ne lehko,
ta z toboyu zavzhdy budut z neba sliduvaty predky
Z namy Mama Tereza i Diva Maria
Bosi, niby po lezu, ishly po zemli
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings
Z namy Mama Tereza i Diva Maria
Bosi, niby po lezu, yshly po zemli
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings