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alyona alyona & Jerry Heil

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.

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Lyrics of 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
Spri-spri-spring carves its way,
No matter what, the world is on her shoulders
Pa-pa-path is winding and rocky
But you should know: your own happiness is in your hands

Come on, little girl, light up
I’m not holy, I’m alive

Mother Teresa and Diva Maria are with us
Barefoot, as if on a blade, they walked on the ground
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings

Mother Teresa and Diva Maria are with us
Barefoot, as if on a blade, they walked on the ground
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings

Even when we were little, we searched for a path,
And life is a loop, as if for those who are falling
On her shoulders, still a young girl,
She carries a burden of pain, seeing it as a flaw

Again not as she should be, or too tender,
Clothes on her bones, naked or going down the aisle
Where is your child? What is your life?
But the years are flying! You should be aware: the end is near

And may someone want us to break
May there be energy in you not the elbow-deep, but the finger-deep
And may someone hide hatred and envy behind a smile,
When you let anger into your heart, instead of kindness and love.

But there are saints in the sky, their feet have seen this earth, you know,
That’s why your thorny path is not in vain
And though it may be very scary and dark and sometimes not easy,
But you'll always have your ancestors following you from heaven

Mother Teresa and Diva Maria are with us
Barefoot, as if on a blade, they walked on the ground
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as a human beings

Mother Teresa and Diva Maria are with us
Barefoot, as if on a blade, they walked on the ground
With us mama Teresa, Diva Maria
All the Divas were born as human beings