Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer.In 2010, Stirling was a quarter-finalist on America's Got Talent season five, where she was known as the hip-hop violinist.

"This was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Spending time with these kids who had so little and yet were SO happy made me put my own life into perspective. I gotta say, they definitely helped me more than I was able to help them. If we could all be as grateful for the little things we have, and choose to be happy like these kids are, what a different world this would be!"

Now we’re standing side by side
What it takes to come alive
It’s the way I’m feeling I just can’t deny
Got to let it go

We found love in a hopeless place
(tu me pata, tu me pata)
We found love in a hopeless place
(mapenzi, mapenzi we)

Shine a light through an open door
Love and life, I will divide
Turn away cause I need you more
Feel my heart beat in my mind

It’s the way I’m feeling I just can’t deny
But I’ve got to let it go

We found love in a holy place
(mapenzi, mapenzi we)

We found love in a whole new place
(mapenzi, mapenzi we)

We found love in a whole new place
We found love in a whole new place
We found love in a whole new place
We found love in a whole new place

(oh wey oh, oh wey oh)
We found love (oh wey oh wey oh)
(oh wey oh, oh wey oh)
We found love (oh wey oh wey oh)

Tu me pata mapenzi we!
(mapenzi, mapenzi we)
Tu me pata mapenzi we!
(mapenzi, mapenzi we)
Tu me pata mapenzi we!
(mapenzi, mapenzi we)

The central point of this song and music video by violinist Lindsey Stirling (the singer is one Alisha Popat) begins with an invocation of a familiar trope: Africa is a hopeless place. But African love springs eternal. So much so that it has the ability to save and teach privileged people from the west, who arrive with fancy hopes of ‘saving’ picturesque Africans.