Ah ah! Bongo! Mambo vipi Dar es Salaam? WCB!
Jua linachomoza, anga safi kabisa, eh!
Moyo wangu unataka, tucheze na kuruka, poa sana!
Bongo Flava inaskika, kila kona ya jiji letu
Na beats hizi tamu, zinatufanya tujikite chini
Mishikaki inavumba, baridi ya mtaani, Twende!
Ngoma yetu, oh tamu sana, tunacheza hadi jua lichwe
Bongo Flava, moyoni mwangu, tunaimba, tunacheza, twende sasa!
Amani tele, furaha juu, mdundo unatupeleka mbali, ah ah!
Kutoka Mbagala hadi Masaki, sauti yetu inafika mbali
Vijana wanapenda, wazee wanatabasamu, mambo!
Huu ndio urithi wetu, tamaduni yetu mpya, Bongo!
Sauti za Afrika Mashariki, tunapeleka dunia nzima
Kila mtu anacheka, kila nafsi inafurahi
Ngoma yetu, oh tamu sana, tunacheza hadi jua lichwe
Bongo Flava, moyoni mwangu, tunaimba, tunacheza, twende sasa!
Amani tele, furaha juu, mdundo unatupeleka mbali, ah ah!
Poa! Ngoma yetu, Bongo Flava!