"Birth of a New Age" was the host country entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, performed by Jeangu Macrooy, who had been chosen to represent the host nation the previous year before the Contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Due to this status, he had direct qualification for the final, finishing in 23rd place with 11 points.
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Skin as rich as the starlit night
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
Deep currents running in the rivers of your eyes
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They spat on your crown and they poisoned your ground
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They burned your heroes at the stake
But your voice will echo all their names
This ain't the end no
It's the birth of a new age
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko, broko mi1
Soul blazin' like a hurricane
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
Spirit roaring wild like untamed flames
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They buried your guts, they imprisoned your thoughts
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They tried to drain you off your faith
But you are the race that melts the chains
This ain't the end no
It's the birth of a new age
We are the fruit born in the legacy
Of every forgotten revolutionary
Born in resilience, proud like a lion
We are the birth of a new age
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko, broko mi1
Skin as rich as the starlit night
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
Deep currents running in the rivers of your eyes
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They spat on your crown and they poisoned your ground
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They burned your heroes at the stake
But your voice will echo all their names
This ain't the end no
It's the birth of a new age
You can't break me
You can't break me
You can't break me, break me
Soul blazin' like a hurricane
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
Spirit roaring wild like untamed flames
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They buried your guts, they imprisoned your thoughts
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion
They tried to train you off your faith
But you are the race that melts the chains
This ain't the end no
It's the birth of a new age
We are the fruit born in the legacy
Of every forgotten revolutionary
Born in resilience, proud like a lion
We are the birth of a new age
You can't break me
You can't break me
You can't break me, break me
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