This is the day the Lord has made
We rise, we shine
I woke up breathing, that’s a miracle
Feet on the ground, God is intentional
Yesterday tears, you’ve turned to testimony
You’ll never fail me, You keep reminding me
When the road was dark, You became my light
When my strength was gone, You came with might
Every step I take, You’re walking close
Jehovah mbele nyuma (ahead and behind), and almost
I lift my hands, I lift my voice
In every season I rejoice
No matter how the story goes
I know my God is in control
Refrain:
Neema ya leo, ya leo (Today’s grace, today’s)
Baraka zangu zipo tele (My blessings are overflowing)
Neema ya leo, ya leo (Today’s grace, today’s)
Ninasimama kwa imani (I stand on faith)
Neema ya leo, ya leo (Today’s grace, today’s)
Ninacheza bila hofu (I dance with no fear)
Neema ya leo, ya leo (Today’s grace, today’s)
Mungu yupo, yupo nami (For God is with me)(Repeat)
They said I wouldn’t make it far
But look at me, I’ve come so far
Not by power, not by might
Only Grace that changed my life
Doors are opening one by one
Favor shining like the sun
If he did it once before, I know He’ll do much more
I lift my hands, I lift my voice
In every season I rejoice
No matter how the story goes
I know my God is in control
(Refrain)
Repeat:
Who is fighting my battles? Ni Yesu (It’s Jesus!)
Who is lifting my head? Ni Yesu (It’s Jesus!)
Ni kwa neema (neema) (It is by grace)
Neema (neema) (Grace)
Ni neema (It is grace) x2
I’m moving forward, no delay
My tomorrow is blessed today
(Refrain)
Every breath I breathe
Every step I take
Naishi kwa neema (I live by grace)
Neema ya leo, ya leo (Today’s grace)
Mdomo uliponza kichwa (The mouth harmed the head) — A proverb meaning words have consequences.
Chunga sana kinywa chako (Guard your mouth carefully)
Usinene mabaya (Do not speak evil)
Usinene mabaya (Do not speak evil)
Baraka, upate baraka (That you may receive blessings)
Leo unaongea juu yangu (Today you speak about me)
Kesho yatakuzunguka wewe (Tomorrow you will face the same)
Ukimtupa mwenzio kwa kivuli (If you throw your neighbor to the shadows)
Kesho mwanga utakukosa tena (Tomorrow you will miss the light)
Ukicheka machozi ya jirani (If you laugh at your neighbor’s tears)
Ukilia nani atabaki? (When you cry, who will remain to comfort you?)
Kile unachokisema kwa hasira (What you say in anger)
Kinarudi moyoni (Returns to the heart)
Kinapunguza pole (It slowly erodes you)
Wewe sema wema (Speak goodness)
Ukisema sema kwa upenda (When you speak, speak with love)
Wewe koma tamaa ya laana (Stop the desire to curse)
Ukimwaga uchungu (For when you pour out bitterness)
Utakunywa mwenyewe (You will drink it yourself)
Refrain:
Mdomo uliponza kichwa (The mouth put the head at risk)
Chunga sana kinywa chako (Guard your mouth carefully)
Usinene mabaya (Do not speak evil)
Usinene mabaya (Do not speak evil)
Baraka, upate baraka (That you may receive blessings)
Baraka, baraka (Blessings, blessings)
Ukitamka heri, heri itarudi (If you declare good, good will return)
Ukitupa moto, moto utakuchoma (If you throw fire, it will burn you)
Mdomo uliponza kichwa (The mouth endangered the head)
Chunga sana kinywa chako (Guard your mouth carefully)
Ulisema hatafanikiwa (You said they would not succeed)
Sasa unaangalia kwa wivu (Now you watch their success with envy)
Maneno yako yanakufunga miguu (Your words are tying your own feet)
Unabaki pale pale (You remain in the same place)
Unaumia kimya kimya (You suffer silently)
Ukimdharau aliye chini (If you despise the one below you)
Utakutana naye juu ya ngazi (You will meet them in their ascent)
Ukitia uchungu kwenye damu (If you put harbor bitterness within you)
Utasahau ladha ya amani moyoni (You will forget the taste of peace in your heart)
Wewe sema wema (Speak goodness)
Ukisema sema kwa upenda (When you speak, speak with love)
Usiweke sumu kwenye ndimi (Do not poison with your tongue)
Ukiwasha vita, vita vitabaki kwako (If you start a war, it will remain with you)
(Refrain)
Kuna mbegu inachipuka (There is a seed sprouting)
Utapanda nini leo? (What will you plant today?)
Kesho utakuta shamba lako (Tomorrow you will find your field)
Kwa kila laana kuna mlango unafungwa (With every curse, a door is closed)
Ukibariki wengine, baraka zako zinaongezeka (When you bless others, your blessings increase)
I wish you good, I wish you good
I wish you good, I wish you good
Ndugu yangu tangu umetanga mbali (My brother since you went far away)
Ona sijakutia tena machoni (I have not seen you again)
Nabaki ‘jiuliza uliko je, pako shwari? (I remain wondering where you are, is it peaceful there?)
Ama pamejaa wana tafrani? (Or is it full of troublemakers?)
Nimekaa, nikawaza (I sat and thought)
Nikaona nikutakie baraka (And decided to wish you blessings)
Kusudi lote ulinitendea, usijali nimeachilia (Whatever you did to me, don’t worry, I have let it go)
Pendo la Baba linisearch mwana (The Father’s love searched for me, His child)
Likanikuta nimeinama (And found me bowed down)
Limenifanya upya, limenibadilisha (It made me new, it transformed me)
Nimesahau uliyoyatenda jana (I have forgotten what you did yesterday)
Ukanielekeza, ili nisamehewe (You directed me so that I may be forgiven)
Inabidi nisamehe (I must forgive)
Na ili nisonge mbele (So that I may move on)
Inabidi nisahau (I must forget)
Sio kila mtu uliyenaye maishani (Not everyone you have in your life)
Ameletwa kwa kusudi lako (Was brought for your purpose)
Wengine uwaelewe tu wakiondoka (Some, you just have to understand when they leave)
Wangeziba kusudi lako (They would block your purpose)
Vingine tunaviacha viende (Some things we let go)
Ili moyo ubaki na amani (So the heart may remain in peace)
Kuna wengine tunawaacha waende (There are some we let go)
Maishani tubaki na amani (So that we remain with peace in life)
Repeat:I wish you good, I wish you good
Sikuchukii (I do not hate you)
Nakuombea (I pray for you)
Sikuchukii (I do not despise you)
I wish you good
Hello, hello dear, my friend
Kweli nilikupenda (Truly, I loved you)
Ila Mungu ndio anajua, why why (But only God knows why, why)
Aliruhusu ukaenda (He allowed you to go)
Na ilikuwa ngumu kuelewa (It was hard to understand)
Kitu gani Mungu ananipangia mie (What God was planning for me)
Ghairi gumu kuzoea (It was difficult to get used to)
Ila mapenzi ya Mungu, acha yatimie (But God’s will, let it be done)
Kweli ulinitoa machozi, sikatai (Truly, I don’t deny that you made me cry)
Ila akaja Mungu kayafuta (But God came and wiped them away)
Moyoni mwangu nimekuacha uende kwa amani (In my heart, I have let you go in peace)
Kumbukumbu za mabaya nafuta (I erase the memories of the bad things)
Na upendo wa Baba ulinitafuta mwana (And the Father’s love sought me, His child)
Ukanikuta nalia sana (And found me weeping)
Umenibadilisha, umenifanya upya (It changed me, made me new)
Nimepona maumivu ya jana (I have healed from yesterday’s pain)
Ili nisamehewe (So that I may be forgiven)
Inabidi nisamehe (I must forgive)
Na ili nisonge mbele (And so that I may move forward)
Inabidi nisahau (I must forget)
Ule moyo uliovunja (That heart you broke)
Mungu kautengeneza (God has mended it)
Kanipatia furushi la pendo (He gave me a bundle of love)
Na ile chuki nikalitelekeza (And I abandoned that hatred)
Kwenye nafasi ukikunja (Where you failed me)
Pa kunisifu ulibeza (Where you should have praised me, you mocked)
Ila moyo umejaa amani (But my heart is full of peace)
Sina tena chuki pa kuziweka (I no longer have a place to keep hatred)
Kwa moyo mmoja, eh (With one heart)
Uwe na amani ondoa uoga (Have peace, have no fear)
Na umwamini Mungu (And trust God)
Usihofu jirani, sitakuroga (Do not fear, my friend, I will not harm you)
Nimeshafuta jama, he nimeshafuta (I have already erased it all, yes I have erased it)
Chuki nimeshafuta, he nimeshafuta (Hatred I have erased, yes I have erased it)
Nimeshafuta bwana, he nimeshafuta (I have erased it, yes I have erased it)
Yote nimeshafuta, mimi nimeshafuta (Everything I have erased, I have erased it)
Tuliondoka tukiwa yatima (We left as orphans)
Tumerudi tunaye Baba (We have returned with a Father)
Aliondoka akiwa mjane (She left as a widow)
Ona amerudi amepata mume (See, she has returned with a husband)
Tuliondoka tukiwa hatuna kitu (We left having nothing)
Tumerudi kimejaa kibubu (We have returned with abundance)
Na yale yote mliotenda kwa kukosa utu (And all the things you did without humanity)
Tumesamehe moyoni, hatuna beef (We have forgiven, and bear no grudge)
Pendo la Baba linisearch mwana (The Father’s love searched for me, His child)
Likanikuta nimeinama (It found me bowed down)
Limenibadilisha limenifanya upya (It has changed me and made me new)
Nimesahau uliyoyatenda jana (I have forgotten what you did yesterday)
Kaniambia, ili nisamehewe (He told me, so that I may be forgiven)
Inabidi nisamehe (I must forgive)
Na ili nisonge mbele (So that I may move on)
Inabidi nisahau (I must forget)
Repeat:I wish you good, I wish you good
Sikuchukii (I do not hate you)
Namekusamehe, nakuombea (I have forgiven you, I pray for You)
Sikuchukii (I do not despise you)
Nimeachilia (I have let it go)
N’kitazama nilikotoka hapa nilipo ninapokwenda ninagundua (When I look at where I came from, where I am, and where I am going, I realize)
Ingekuwa ni nguvu zangu ningeshachoka nisingeweza (If it were by my own strength, I would have tired and failed)
Sio kweli kwamba tu ku-hustle na kupambana ndio vimenitoa (It is not true that hustling and struggling alone are what have brought me this far)
Juhudi haizidi kudra siwezi sema babu hakujituma (Effort does not surpass destiny; I cannot say my ancestors did not try)
Pre-Refrain:
Niliitwa ndugu lawama (I was called brother of blame)
Mfano wa waliokwama (An example of those who are stuck)
Mtu asiye na maana (A person without value)
Wa kuchekwa kudharauliwa (One to be laughed at and despised)
Ila Mungu ana maguvu bwana (But God has power, sir)
Leo nikipita wanaitana (Today when I pass by, they call out to each other)
Sa ngoja nami niwaite niwape siri (Now let me also call them and give them the secret)
Ukweli ni kwamba (The truth is that)
Refrain:
Bila Mungu mimi bila bila bila (Without God I am nothing, nothing, nothing)
Hamna kitu yani zero bila (There’s nothing, zero, without Him)
Bila Mungu mimi, bila bila bila (Without God, I’m nothing, nothing, nothing)
Sina ujanja yani zero, bila (I have no ability at all, meaning zero, without Him) (Repeat)
Yaani kama meli isiyo na nahodha (Like a ship without a captain)
Kama bunge lisilo na hoja (Like a parliament without an agenda)
Mi ni debe tupu bila ya Mola (I am an empty container without God)
Msidanganyike nje mnavyoniona (Do not be deceived by how you see me)
Sina mzizi, wala mlozi (I have no root nor foundation)
Nina mtetezi tena yu hai (I have a Defender, and He is alive)
Ye ndo siri ya mi kunawiri (He is the secret to my flourishing)
Bila Ye mi chali na sifurukuti (Without Him, I am nothing and lost)
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