Welcome to FalastinVision!
Mary
- Mary
- Ndiaye
For the past 12 years, Mary N’Diaye has been the lead singer in the RnB and Funk band Blacknuss.
At the age of 19, Mary studied to become a music producer and songwriter at Musikmakarna in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. That same year, she signed her first publishing contract as a songwriter at BMG Chrysalis and a few years later also an artist contract with Universal Music. Mary has, among other things, toured with world star Akon and been signed to his record company as an artist.
Today Mary has started her own record company RockAfrick Records. She has also studied fashion design and tailoring at Tillskärarakademin and with her great interest in sustainable fashion, she designs and sews stage clothes both for herself and for other artists. Her latest collection SUTURA was showcased at the international fashion show Fashion Weekend Gambia 2023 under the pseudonym DIAYE.
In the spring and autumn of 2023, Mary made her debut as a musical artist in the musical HAIR at Göta Lejon, where she sang the opening number Aquarius, and in the autumn of 2024, Mary is currently in the musical Dream Girls at the China Theater with a leading role.
Besides Mary’s work on live stages she has recently found a new passion within animated films and made herself a name as a voice actress in various movies and series. One of her bigger roles is the Swedish voice for Thelma The Unicorn that premiers at NETFLIX May 17th.
My song ”Tårar faller” (Tears are falling) describes the emptiness and sadness I’ve felt ever since I learnt about how the world has turned a blind eye to the incredibly inhuman suffering the children of Palestine have been subjected to for years. As a mother of two a part of me dies every time I see the innocence of a traumatized child in Gaza because to me, it’s the same innocence I see in my own children. The people of Gaza deserve better. We have failed them and I can’t help it but to put my own family in their position which breaks me every time.
I believe the only way to peace is through understanding and seeing ourselves in other people’s suffering. With my song I’m challenging that very thought: What if it was me?
I’ve submitted my song “Tears Are Falling” to Falastinvision, not so much to compete but more in hope to change people’s hearts and understanding. All children deserve to go to bed safe and with dreams and until that’s a reality for Palestinian kids, I will keep raising my voice for them.
#freepalestine🇵🇸
/ Mary N’Diaye
Song Title: Tårar faller (Tears are Falling)
Tårar faller (Tears are Falling) – Mary Ndiaye
(Text och musik: Mary Ndiaye, Mattias Frändå, Johan
Åsgärde, Memo Crescendo)
[Vers 1]
Jag ser mig runt på gatan, känner nånting vakna djupt inom mig. Jag läser vad de skriver,
gårdagens rubriker, angår det mig?
Tänk om det var jag, tänk om det var jag, tänk om det var jag.
På andra sidan jorden ekar alla ropen är det nån som hör? Jag kan inte blunda och jag
börjar undra vad är det vi gör?
Tänk om det var jag , tänk om det var jag, tänk om det var jag.
[Ref]
Tårar faller. Världen glömmer hur barnen väcks av bomber. Tänk om det var jag. Tänk om
det var jag. Tänk om det var jag. Tänk om det var du tänk om det var vi.
[Vers 2]
Vägrar acceptera, varför tolerera det vi vet är fel? Inga tomma löften, dags att höja rösten,
göra våran del. Att vi väljer att stå tysta, är det samma som ett ja.
Ref
Tårar faller och världen glömmer hur barnen väcks av bomber. Tänk om det var jag, tänk om
det var jag, tänk om det var jag. Tänk om det var du, tänk om det var vi, kunde varit jag.
[Outro]
Dags att säga nej, Dags att säga nej.
Tänk om det var jag, tänk om det var jag, nej!
Nej, nej!
Tänk om det var jag, tänk om det var jag, nej!
English Translation
[Verse 1]
I look around the street and feel something awakening from deep inside of me. I read what they are writing, yesterday’s headlines, does it concern me?
Imagine it was me, imagine it was me, imagine it was me?
From the other side of the world the cries echo, does anyone hear? I can’t close my eyes and I’m starting to wonder what are we doing here?
Imagine it was me, imagine it was me, imagine it was me?
[Chorus]
Tears are falling. The world is ignoring how children are woken up by bombs. Imagine it was me. Imagine it was me. Imagine it was me. Imagine it was you, imagine it were us.
[Verse 2]
Refuse to accept this, why tolerate what we know is wrong? No more empty promises, time to raise our voices, and do our part. Us choosing to remain silent is the same as saying it’s okay.
[Chorus]
Tears are falling. And the world is ignoring how children are woken up by bombs. Imagine it was me. Imagine it was me. Imagine it was me. Imagine it was you, imagine it were us.
Could have been me
[Outro]
Time to say no, Time to say no.
Imagine it was me, imagine it was me, no!
No, no!
Imagine it was me, imagine it was me, no!