Mimi nasonga tu mbele (I am moving onwards)
Mashida sijali na wewe (I do not worry about difficulties)
Kama ndege iko tu sawa (As the bird of air is taken care of)
Basi pia Mungu ako na wewe (The Lord is also with You)
Mungu amekusikia (God has heard You)
Imani zidi kushikilia (So Keep the faith)
And when (?) you believing Him fear
Mulungu yuko na yuko hiyo (God is there and so)
Refrain:
Mulungu (Ha! ah! ha!) (the Name of God) x?
Mi nataka kukufanana (I want to be like You)
Kwako kila kitu salama (For in You all is well)
Kwako kila kitu (In You all things) x2
Iko maana mi ni na kazi na (Is there so I have work and)
Bado mi nitakusifu (I will keep praising You)
Juu we pekee ni mwaminifu (For You alone are faithful)
Juu we pekee ulinisafisha dhambi zote (For You alone cleansed me of my sin)
Mimi nitakusifu (So I will praise You)
(Refrain)
Mungu ni faya, Mungu ni moto! (God is fire/hot)
Mi sina haya, kusifu hata kaa mi ni msoto (I am not afraid to praise even when broke)
Mungu upendo, na habadiliki (God is Love, and He does not change)
Kwa kila mienendo anajali naye anabariki (He cares for every situation and He blesses it) (Repeat)
Refrain:
Ombea adui yako aishi siku nyingi (Pray that your enemy has a long life)
Ili unapobarikiwa, ajionee kwa macho (That when You are blessed, they’ll see it)
Hamna haja kabisa, afe kabla hajaona (There is no need for them to die before they witness)
Baraka ambazo Mungu, ameweka mbele yako (The blessings that God has placed before you) (Repeat)
Ameharibu pesa nyingi (They have used a lot of money)
Akipeleka kwa waganga (Taking it to the witch-doctors)
Ili nisifanikiwe (That I should not succeed)
Na bado ninaendelea (But I still continue)
Mahirizi akapewa (They were given charms)
Ayalete kwa duka yangu (To bring to my shop)
Badala ya kufunga duka (But instead of closing my business)
Wateja wanakua wengi (My customers multiplied)
(From the top)
Walisema hutapata kazi (They said you will not get a job)
Na sasa una kazi (But now you are employed)
Wakasema hutajenga (They say you will not build)
Nyumba na sasa una nyumba (A house, now you have a home)
Walisema hutaoa (They said you shall not marry)
Na sasa naona una watoto (I see now you have children)
Maadui mkae kimya (Be silent my enemies)
Yesu atupigania (For Jesus fights for us)
(Refrain)
Walisema hutapata kazi (They said you will not get a job)
Na sasa una kazi (I see you now employed)
Wakasema hutajenga (They said you will not build)
Naona sasa una kwako (I see now that you have a home)
Walisema hutapata mtoto (They said you will not get a child)
Na sasa umepakata (And now You have one)
Maadui mkae kimya (Enemies be silent)
Yesu atupigania (For Jesus fights for us)
(Refrain)
Vita zetu si Wakristo (Our battles, believers)
Sio vita vya mwili na damu (Is not of the flesh and blood)
Vita tunavyopigana (The battles we fight)
Wapendwa ni wa kiroho (Beloved, is of the Spirit)
Wakuseme wakusimange (Whether they gossip about you or mock you)
Endelea kuwaombea (Continue praying for them)
Alicho bariki Mungu (For what God blessed)
Hakuna wa kukilaani (There is no one to curse it)
Uko wapi, eh Mungu wangu? (Where are You, Oh my God?)
Uko wapi? Njoo uniokoe (Where are You, come and save me)(Repeat)
Mawimbi yanataka kuniangamiza (The waves threaten to drown me)
Misukomisuko yaniandama (Troubles follow me)
Dhoruba na majaribu havikomi kwangu (Storms and temptations do not cease)
Uko wapi? Fanya hima niokoe (Where are You, make haste and save me)
Uko wapi, eh Mungu wangu? (Where are You, Oh my God?)
Uko wapi? Njoo uniokoe (Where are You, come and deliver me)
Refrain:
Uko wapi, Ee Bwana? (Lord, Where are You?)
Uko wapi, mbona ni kama umeniacha? (Why does it feel like You’ve abandoned me?)
Usifiche uso wako, ee Bwana (Do not hide Your Face from me, Oh Lord)
Usifiche uso nipoonapo rehema (Do not hide Your Face once I see compassion)
Mwili huu ni wa nyama (This body is of flesh)
Unachoka pekee yangu sitaweza (It tires, I cannot by myself)(Repeat)
Nimegubikwa wimbi la huzuni na mawazo (I have been overwhelmed by depression)
Amani kwangu ni kama ndoto (Faith to me, is like a dream)
Ole wangu, nikifurahi siku moja (Woe unto me, if I am happy one day)
Siku sita nitalia wiki ipite (For six days I will weep, the week to pass)
Magumu yangu nikisimulia kwa ndugu zangu (When I talk of my difficulties to my brothers)
Waniambia utajijua na Mungu wako (They tell me to take it with Your God)
Nikielezea magumu yangu kwa wapendwa (When I tell of my difficulties to my loved ones)
Wananiambia tumechoka kukufariji (They tell me they are tired of comforting me)
Wakati mwingine natamani, heri nife (Other times, I desire to die)
Kuliko kuishi, ninyanyasike hivi (Rather than to live and suffer like this)
Uko wapi ee Mungu wa Eliya (Where are You, Oh God of Elijah?)
Uko wapi ee Mungu Wa Ibrahimu (Where are You, Oh God of Abraham?)
Uko wapi ee Mungu Wa isaka (Where are You, Oh God of Isaac?)
El Shaddai, Fanya hima uniokoe (God Almighty, make haste and deliver me)
(Refrain)
Nina neno juu yako, Ee mpendwa (I have a word for You, beloved)
Usilie kwa Magumu uliyo nayo (Do not cry of your hardships)
Usitazame jaribu ulilo nalo (Do not Look at the trials you have)
Inia macho msalabani umtazame Yesu (Lift Your eyes to the cross and look to Jesus)
Japo ndugu wakikutenga na kukuacha (Though brothers isolate and leave you)
Yesu, atakukumbatia (Jesus will embrace You)
Majaribu ipo siku yatakoma (There is a day that the temptations shall end)
Utasahau shida zote ulizopata (And you shall forget all your past difficulties)(Repeat)
Nilimgoja Bwana kwa subira (I patiently waited for the Lord)
Akaniinamia akasikia kilio changu (He leaned down and heard my cries)
Akanipandisha toka shimo la uharibifu (He lifted me from the pit of destruction)
Toka udongo wa utelezi (From the miry clay)
Akaisimamisha miguu yangu mwambani (He stood me on a Solid Rock)
Akaziimarisha hatua zangu (And strengthened my steps)
Akatia wimbo mpya kinywani mwangu (He put a new song in my mouth)
Ndio sifa zako Mungu wetu (That is why we Praise You, our God)
Kwa yale umetenda nitaimba wimbo huu (For all You’ve done, I will sing this song)
Kwa yale umenitendia, nitaimba wote wasikie (For all You’ve done for me, I will sing for all to hear)
Umetenda ya ajabu maneno yananikosa (You have done great things, that words fail me)
Umenitendea mengi mno, hayawezi hesabika (You have done much for me, that it cannot be counted)
Refrain:
Wewe ni Mungu (You are God)x2
Unajibu maombi (You answer prayers) x2
U Mwaminifu (You are Faithful) x2
Wewe ni Mungu (You are God)x2 (Repeat)
Bridge:
Umenitoa kwenye shimo la utelezi (You lifted me from a miry pit)
Kaniweka juu ya mwamba imara (And placed me on a solid foundation)
Aibu kaondoa, vazi la heshima ukanivisha (You removed my shame, and clothed me with respect)
Uzuni kaondoa furaha yako kanipa (You removed my sorrow and granted my Your Joy)
Yale yale ya ujana maji ya moto n’kaukurupukia (The same youth is like hot water I jumped on it)
Leo hii wawili watoto wanaiangalia (Today two children look to me)
Napambana sana na changamoto kuwatafutia (I struggle with challenges to provide for them)
Nikikosa, mzazi mwenzangu anakuja moto (If I lack, my co-parent argues)
Matusi kunishushia (Verbally insults me)
Natumia nguvu kutafuta — jasho laloesha shati (I use energy to search — sweat drenches my shirt)
Chini nikiziba ufa, juu linang’oka bati (When I repair a crack on the floor, the roof leaks)
Zile ngo ngo kwa ndugu jama (The knock knock to my friends)
Zishaishanga mazima (mie) (Have completely stopped)
Miondondo mlezi wa wana (I have no help as the children guardian)
Lakini zali(zari?) sina (miee) (But I have no relief for myself)
Ama sauti yangu kwa mungu Baba, haisikiki? (Is it because my prayers to Father God are not heard?)
Tuseme dua zangu mbingu ya saba, hazifiki? (Shall we say my prayers to the seventh heaven, do not arrive?)
Response: Futa chozi, futa (Wipe the tears, wipe them)
Usiulize nalia nini (Do not ask why I cry)
Nahisi riziki yangu imepigwa pini (I feel like my provision have been stopped)
Iyeee lele lelile le
Mungu Baba nione (Father God, see me)
Nikiwa kazini akili zote zipo nyumbani (When at work, all my attention is at home)
Nikiwa nyumbani wakusalishe, sina amani (When at home they do not greet me(?), I have no peace)
Nakazana sana, kimziki (I struggle with my music)
Kweli napambana, kubahatisha riziki (Truly I struggle in trying for provision)
Wanaomba mabaya wenye roho za choyo (They pray ill for me those with selfish hearts)
Na ndugu zangu wakiwemo (My brothers included)
Napata fupa mi kibogoyo, Mungu ameninyima meno (I get a bone, but I am toothless, God has withheld teeth for me)
Nikitazama watoto wangu, inje ya ndoa wamezaliwa (When I look at my children, they were born out of wedlock)
Kwenye imani ya dini yangu, wanasema nishakosea (In my religion’s faith, they say that I have sinned)
(Refrain)
Ama sauti yangu kwa Mungu Baba (Is it because my voice to my Father God)
Tuseme dua zangu mbingu ya saba, hazifiki? (Shall we say my prayers to the Seventh heaven do not arrive?)
Response: Futa chozi, futa (Wipe my tears, wipe them away)
Kuna muda naishiwa nguvu (There are times I lose strength)
Elimu sina kichwa mbumbumbu (I have no education, my brain is empty)
Naganga ganga njaa (I struggle with hunger)
Mungu wangu lini langu fungu? (My Father, when do I receive my portion?)
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