[male
vocals] (
INTRO —
SPOKEN (
Soft
Nyabinghi
drums,
distant
choir,
deep
bass
gradually
entering)
Mene...
Mene...
Tekel...
Na
Parsin...
Kalemba
alemba
pa
cibumba...
Belshazzar
amona...
Ubufumu
bwakwe
bwafika
kumpela.
Na
muno
nshiku...
Ishiwi
limo
line
lilelanda...
Kuli
Imwe
Ba
Kateeka...
muleibukisha...
Ukuteeka
takwaba
kwa
muyayaaya. (
Deep
reggae
bass
drops) ______________
VERSE 1 —
BEMBA
Mwe
ntungulushi,
muleumfwa
ukuilishanya
kwa
bantu,
Pantu
Ichalo
Bantu.
Amaka
mwakwata
tayaba
ya
muyayaaya.
Yalapwa
nge
nshita
yafika.
Muleibukisha
abalanda,
Ne
misepela
Abalelila
nensala.
Abalelila
inchito.
Mwilaba
umwana
uwabulwa
amasambililo,
Nangu
imisepela
ilyabula
inchito.
Muleumfwa
ukulila
kwa
bantu,
Mulepingula
milandu
mukulinganya.
Mwilaba
titikisha.
Pantu
ukuteeka
Tebufumu
kwali
pelwa
nshita,
Ilyo
inshita
yafika...
Bulapita!
Bonse
Ubuteko
Namaka
yabuko...
Filapita! ______________
PRE-CHORUS (
Choir
softly
responds)
Ubufumu
bulapita...
Amaka
yalapita...
Mene...
Mene...
Tekel...
Na
Parsin...
Kalemba...
Dzanja
Yalemba,
Ba
Mfumu,
Ubufumu
Bwenu,
Lelo!
Nabupimwa,
Ukuteeka
kwenu,
Nakupimwa
Impeela
ya
kuteeka
kwenu,
Naifiika
Uko
Muleya,
Niku
Mibanga,
Kwana
Kaipole
Ukuteeka
takuba
kwa
muyayaaya,
Amaka
tayaba
ya
muyayaaya.
Tekeni
abantu
mu
bulungami,
Tungululeni
abantu
mu
chine.
Dzanja
Yalemba,
Ba
Mfumu,
Ubufumu
Bwenu,
Lelo!
Lesa
amona
fyonse!
Nachilembwa
Pa
Chibuumba.
Ukulubuka
Kwa
bantu,
Nakufika.
Ukuilishanya
Kwa
Bantu,
Lesa
Naumfwa.
Buleya
Ku
mibanga!
Ukuteeka
kwenu
Na
kupwa!
Abalelila
nensala.
Abalelila
inchito.
Mwilaba
umwana
uwabulwa
amasambililo,
Nangu
imisepela
ilyabula
inchito.
Muleumfwa
ukulila
kwa
bantu,
Mulepingula
milandu
mukulinganya.
Mwilaba
titikisha.
Pantu
ukuteeka
Tebufumu
kwali
pelwa
nshita,
Ilyo
inshita
yafika...
Bulapita!
Bonse
Ubuteko
Namaka
yabuko...
Filapita! ______________
PRE-CHORUS (
Lead)
Ba
kateka
Ukuteka
Kwenu! (
Choir)
Muleibukisha! (
Lead)
Inshita! (
Choir)
Ilapita! (
Lead)
Amaka! (
Choir)
Yalapita! (
Lead)
Ubufumu! (
Choir)
Bulapita! (
Lead)
Ichishinka! (
Choir)
Chikeminina! (
Lead)
Ubulungami! (
Choir)
Bukeminina! (
Lead)
Lesa! (
Choir)
Eeka
ewikala
umuyayaaya! ______________
FINAL
CHORUS (
Full
choir,
horns
and
heavy
reggae
groove)
Dzanja
Yalemba,
Ba
Mfumu,
Ubufumu
Bwenu,
Lelo!
Nabupimwa,
Ukuteeka
kwenu,
Nakupimwa
Impeela
ya
kuteeka
kwenu,
Naifiika
Uko
Muleya,
Niku
Mibanga,
Kwana
Kaipole
Ukuteeka
takuba
kwa
muyayaaya,
Amaka
tayaba
ya
muyayaaya.
Tekeni
abantu
mu
bulungami,
Tungululeni
abantu
mu
chine.
Nabupimwa,
Ukuteeka
kwenu,
Nakupimwa
Impeela
ya
kuteeka
kwenu,
Naifiika
Uko
Muleya,
Niku
Mibanga,
Kwana
Kaipole
Ukuteeka
takuba
kwa
muyayaaya,
Amaka
tayaba
ya
muyayaaya.
Tekeni
abantu
mu
bulungami,
Tungululeni
abantu
mu
chine.
Munshiku
Shilya...
Ali
kateka
na
maka
ayengi.
Belshazzar...
Ali
kateka
ne
chuuma
nobunonshi
sana.
Nalelo
line
Kuli
isha
mfumu
ne
fyuma,
Ilyo
abantu
balechula.
Nomba
kumaka
yakwa
Lesa...
Dzanja
Yalemba! (
Music
stops)
MENE!
Inshiku
shakuteka
Nashipendwa!
TEKEL!
Bakateka,
Namupimwa
Muli
scale
no
kuteka
kwenu!
PARSIN!
Ukuteka
kwenu,
Kuli
kumpela!
Pantu
Ibukisheni...
NO
POWER
LASTS
FOREVER!
Takwaba
Amaka
Ayabelelela!
Dzanja
Yalemba,
Ba
Mfumu,
Ubufumu
Bwenu,
Lelo!
Lesa
amona
fyonse!
Nachilembwa
Pa
Chibuumba.
Ukulubuka
Kwa
bantu,
Nakufika.
Ukuilishanya
Kwa
Bantu,
Lesa
Naumfwa.
Buleya
Ku
mibanga!
Ukuteeka
kwenu
Na
kupwa!
Ukuboko
pa
chibumba
kwa
lemba...
MENE!
Mene...
Mene...
Tekel...
Na
Parsin...
Kalemba...
Alemba
pa
cibumba. (
Bass
fades