and the lyrics are by amine al—ghozzi, and i wrote the music.it took off, what did you think? what did you think would happen to the song, to you? i think i felt a sense of that my utopia was kind of becoming reality. and the utopia is to see a revolution happening during my lifetime, and to see one of my songs walk hand in hand and give people what i was hoping it would give people, actually — strength and hope and encourage them to just defend their opinions and the way they want to see their future. and it travelled. i mean, it travelled and became important to so many people. and then it started travelling to egypt and then to syria and then all over the world. there was a moment i was really receiving messages from literally every country in the world. now, it's a time of change obviously in tunisia, did you think of staying there because you had been living overseas? did you think, actually, i could stay here? i think, in a way, after leaving tunisia, i've always kept a very strong link and connection because i started feeling an even stro