(Sung in Swahili)
Mungu alinena naye Musa hicho kiatu kivue(God told Moses remove that shoe)
Mungu alinena naye Musa hicho kiatu kivue(God told Moses remove that shoe)
Ulichotoka nacho kwa farao nakwambia(The one you came with from Pharaoh)
Pahali hapa ni patakatifu hicho kiatu kivue(The place you are standing is holy) (x2)
Musa hicho kiatu, Musa hicho kiatu(Moses remove that shoe, take it off)
Nataka ninene nawe, nataka nikutumie(I want to speak to you, I want to use you)
Nataka nikuinue, nataka nikubariki(I want to lift you up, I want to bless you)
Watu wangu waangamia,taifa langu la Israeli(My nation Israel is perishing)
Watu wangu wanasononeka,watu wangu wanateseka(My people are desolate and desperate)
Nataka nikutumie wewe, ukaokoe taifa langu we(I want to use you to rescue my nation)
Hata leo mungu anena nasi hicho kiatu we(Even today God tells us to remove that shoe)
Kiatu ni dhambi uzifanyazo ninakwambia(The shoe is your sins I tell you)
Ukahaba unaoeneza kando kando ni kiatu(Your secret promiscuity is the shoe)
Wivu na masengenyo vimekuja ni kiatu(Jealousy and gossip is the shoe)
Kitakupeleka jehanamu hicho kiatu(The shoe will take you to hell)
Kitakupeleka motoni wewe hicho kiatu(It will take you to the lake of fire)
Uzinzi unaoeneza wewe ni kiatu(Unfaithfulness is the shoe)
Uvalie wake wa wenzio magoti we nakwambia(Seducing married women I tell you)
Utongoza waume wa wenzio ni kiatu we(Seducing married men is the shoe)
Kitakupekea jehanamu hicho kiatu(That shoe will take you to hell)
Mama hicho kiatu, baba hicho kiatu(Mother that shoe, father that shoe)
Nataka ninene nawe, maana ninakupenda(I want to speak with you for I love you)
Nataka ninene nawe, ili nikuokoe(I want to speak with you so I could save you)
Mimi sitaki uangamie, mimi sitaki upotee(I don’t want you to perish or to lose you)
Mimi sitaki uangamie, maana mimi ninakujali(I don’t want you to perish because I care)
Mimi Mungu ni wa neema, mimi mungu ni wa upendo(I am the God of grace, God of love)
Ukitaka Mungu akubariki lazima kiatu kivue
(If you want God to bless you, you must remove the shoe)
Ukitaka kuinuliwa wewe ni lazima kivue
(If you want to be lifted up you must take off the shoe)
Wivu ulio nao wewe ni lazima kivue
(You must remove your jealousy (Take it off)
Hutaki kuona mwenzako mama akiinuliwa wewe
(You don’t want your friend to prosper (take it off)
Hutaki kuona mwenzako akiwa amependeza
(You don’t want your friend to be beautiful (take it off)
Hutaki kuona mwenzako akiwa yuko smart
(You don’t want your friend looking ‘smart’ (take it off)
Tabia ulio nayo mama ninakwambia wewe
(Your manners mother I tell you (Take it off)
Hutaki kuona ndoa ya mwenzako jamani mke na mume wakicheka
(You don’t want your friend to have a happy marriage (Take it off)
Tabia uliyo nayo baba, nakwambia badilika
(Your ways father, I tell you to change (Take it off)
Hutaki kuona huduma ya mwenzako jamani likisonga mbele
(You don’t want your friends service to prosper (Take it off)
Hebu kivue, jamani hebu kivue
(Take it off, please take it off (Take it off)
Kiatu cha nyumba ndogo, kiatu cha ulevi
(The shoe of a promiscuous house, the shoe of drunkedness (Take it off)
Kiatu cha uzinzi, kiatu cha masengenyo
(The shoe of unfaithfulness, the shoe of gossip (Take it off)
Kivue, kivue, kivue, kivue
(Take it off, take it off, take it off, take it off)
Mungu ananena nawe hicho kiatu kivue
(God is telling you to remove that shoe (Take it off)
Mungu anena nawe hicho kiatu kivue
(God is telling you to remove that shoe(Take it off)
Valia mini waume wa wenzio iwe mwisho
(Wearing minis for married men must end (Take it off)
Kuvalia vitovu waume wa wenzio iwe mwisho
(Wearing briefs for married men must end (Take it off)
Kupaka wanja kwa waume wa wenzio iwe mwisho
(Make up for the sake of married men must end (Take it off)
Nataka nikupe mumueo, nataka nikupe nyumba yako
(I want to give you your husband, I want to give you your home (Take it off)
Nataka nikuinue, nataka nikuinue
(I want to lift you up, I want to raise you up (Take it off)
Nataka nikuinue, niinue mume wako
(I want to lift you up, to lift your husband (Take it off)
Niinue nyumba yako, nimwunue mke wako
(To lift up your family, to lift up your wife (Take it off)
Nikupatia mchumba, kiatu cha nyumba ndogo
(To give you a wife, the shoe of small minds (take it off)
Mungu anasema nawewe hicho kiatu kivue
(God is telling you to take off that shoe (Take it off)
Kivue, kivue, kivue, kivue
(Take it off, take it off, take it off, take it off
Ah, hicho kiatu kivue
(Ah remove that shoe!)
African Gospel Lyrics 