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LISTEN TO 'WAKENYA PAMOJA'
spoken word
iko hivi…kuimba mimi siwezi lakini the truth of the matter is
fahari wawili wakipigana nyasi ndiyo uumia
ndiyo unaona tunaendelea kukanyagwa kanyagwa
(it’s like this…i really can’t sing but one thing i know is that when two elephants fight, the grass suffers severely, and that’s why we are continually being trampled on)
rap
hata kama tunazozana
(even if we don’t agree)
haimaanishi tunakosana
(it doesn’t mean that we have to quarrel)
kisha kugongana
(and hurt each other)
amani ni njia ya kupatana
(peace is the way to reconciliation)
tuko suppose to kuwa hivi
(are we supposed to be like this?)
sijui nini una support who
(i don’t know what and who you support)
sisi tunataka wakuweka chakula mezani
(but we need those who’ll help us put food on the table)
no more violence - one love one people
let’s give love a chance
tupendane tuinuane tujengane bro
(let’s love, lift up and build one another)
tusitengane tuungane kwa amani joo
(let’s not separate, but unite in peace)
chorus
wakenya pamoja
(kenyans together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuungane
(let us unite)
hii kenya pamoja
(this kenya together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuilinde
(let’s protect it)
verse 1
urembo wako kenya
(your beauty… kenya)
watambulika kote
(is recognised by all)
bahari na wanyama
(the mighty ocean and wildlife)
wavutia wote
(attracts all)
raia wako mashujaa
(your people are champions)
kutoka pande zote
(from all corners)
kama ndugu tumekaa
(like brothers we have been)
pamoja sisi sote
(all of us together)
mbona leo kumekua vita [twapigana wenyewe]
(how come we’re fighting each other today?)
tunamwaga damu tunaua watoto [nawasiojiweza]
(shedding blood of innocent children and the helpless)
moshi angani leo sioni nyota [sioni nyota aah]
(smoke has filled our skies)
we no longer see the stars
nchi yawaka moto naomba wakenya
(the country is burning…please kenyans)
chorus
wakenya pamoja
(kenyans together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuungane
(let us unite)
hii kenya pamoja
(this kenya together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuilinde
(let’s protect it)
verse 2
tumekua kitu kimoja
(we have been one people)
tangu uhuru tumekua na umoja
(since independence we have been united)
chuki ukabila fitina sio hoja
(hatred and tribalism is not is not the agenda)
tusonge mbele tukiwa pamoja
(moving forward as one)
tusife bure eti ni siasa
(stop senseless political fights)
upende jirani yako haswa hivi sasa
(love your neighbour especially now)
kisumu nairobi eldoret na mombasa
(kisuma, nairobi, eldoret and mombasa)
tujenge taifa tukomeshe maafa
(let’s build our nation and stop the killings)
hivi leo tuache vita [kupigana wenyewe]
(let’s stop this war today)
kumwaga damu na kuua watoto [nawasiojiweza]
(stop the bloodshed of innocent children)
anga zetu zameremeta kwa nyota
(our future is bright with stars)
tuashe moto wa upendo na amani
(let’s light the fire of love and peace!)
chorus
wakenya pamoja
(kenyans together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuungane
(let us unite)
hii kenya pamoja
(this kenya together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuilinde
(let’s protect it)
hook
lalalala tuwe na amani
(lalalala let’s have peace)
lalalala tuwe na upendo
(lalalala let’s have love)
lalalala tuwe na umoja
(lalalala let’s have unity)
lalalala tue wazalendo
(lalalala let’s be patriotic)
chorus
wakenya pamoja
(kenyans together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuungane
(let us unite)
hii kenya pamoja
(this kenya together)
kwa upendo na amani
(with love and peace)
tuilinde
(let’s protect it)
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