[Intro – Spoken Prayer] This
is
not
just
a
song
but
my
yearning
and
desire,
It
is
a
prayer
from
my
heart.
To
my
brothers
and
sisters…
to
my
home
and
family.
I,
Charles
Maweu,
ask
you—
tafadhali,
turudi
nyumbani.
Let
us
come
back
home.
Let
us
rebuild
what
has
been
broken.
Let
us
build
bridges,
not
walls.
For
our
father,
Jackson
Maweu
Mutie
[Verse 1] Baba
alituita
kwa
jina
moja,
Akatufanya
nyumba
moja,
Akatupenda,
akatuunganisha,
Akatufundisha
kuwa
familia
ni
moja.
Lakini
maisha
yakatupitisha,
Maneno
yakatuumiza,
Tukakosana,
tukatengana,
Mambo
yakafika
tukapigana.
Lakini
leo
najiuliza,
Tunaweza
kusimama
wapi?
Tukitazama
nyuma
ya
yote,
Tutaona
nini
kilichobaki?
[Pre-Chorus] Maana
tumepoteza
mengi,
Lakini
bado
tuna
kitu
kimoja—
Kitu
ambacho
ugomvi
hauwezi
kufuta,
Kitu
ambacho
miaka
haiwezi
kubadilisha.
[Chorus] Let's
build
bridges,
not
walls,
Let's
come
back
home
again.
Tujenge
madaraja,
si
kuta,
Tupendane
kama
zamani.
Tukumbuke
jina
letu—
Maweu.
Mama
mmoja,
Baba
mmoja,
Boma
moja,
Nyumba
moja.
Kinachotuunganisha
ni
bora,
Kuliko
kinachotutenganisha.
Let's
build
bridges,
not
walls.
Let's
come
back
home
again.
[Verse 2 – About Mama] Na
mama
yetu
yupo
hapa,
Ametubeba
kwa
miaka
mingi,
Ametuona
tukikua,
Ametupenda
katika
furaha
na
maumivu.
Tusimtenganishe
na
watoto
wake,
Tusimwache
peke
yake,
Tusisahau
kwamba
sisi
ni
wake,
Na
yeye
ni
mama
yetu
sote.
Mama
si
wa
mmoja
wetu,
Mama
ni
mama
wa
Maweu.
Tukipendana
sisi
kwa
sisi,
Tutampenda
mama
pia.
[Pre-Chorus – Emotional] Na
kama
baba
angeamka
leo,
Akaturudia
nyumbani,
Akatuona
tukiishi
mbali,
Kaka
dhidi
ya
kaka,
Dada
dhidi
ya
dada…
Je,
moyo
wake
ungefurahi?
Baba
alijenga
familia,
Tusifanye
kazi
yake
iwe
bure.
Alituachia
jina,
Tusiliache
ligawanyike.
[Chorus] Let's
build
bridges,
not
walls,
Let's
come
back
home
again.
Tujenge
madaraja,
si
kuta,
Tujenge
upya
upendo
wetu.
Tukumbuke
baba
yetu,
Jackson
Maweu
Mutiye.
Tukumbuke
mama
yetu,
Tukumbuke
boma
letu.
Tukumbuke
sisi
ni
nani—
Maweu.
[Verse 3 – The Five] Mmoja
anaitwa
Charles
Maweu,
Mwingine
Faith
Maweu,
Mwingine
Fadhili
Maweu,
Mwingine
Fidia
Maweu,
Na
mwingine
Alex
Maweu.
Majina
yetu
yanaweza
kutofautiana,
Tabia
zetu
zinaweza
kutofautiana,
Maisha
yetu
yanaweza
kututenganisha,
Lakini
kuna
jina
moja
juu
yetu
sote—
Maweu.
[Bridge – Slowly, emotionally] Tulikuwa
pamoja
kabla
ya
ugomvi.
Tulikuwa
familia
kabla
ya
tofauti.
Tulikuwa
ndugu
kabla
ya
maumivu.
Kwa
nini
turuhusu
yaliyotokea
jana
Yaibe
kesho
ya
watoto
wetu?
Watoto
wetu
wanatutazama.
Watoto
wa
watoto
wetu
watatukumbuka.
Watauliza: “
Familia
ya
Maweu
iliwaachia
nini?”
Je,
tutawaachia
kuta?
Au
tutawaachia
daraja?
Je,
tutawaachia
chuki?
Au
tutawaachia
upendo?
Je,
tutawaachia
hadithi
ya
kutengana?
Au
hadithi
ya
familia
iliyosameheana?
[Final Chorus – Bigger, hopeful] Let's
build
bridges,
not
walls!
Let's
come
back
home
again!
Tukumbuke
tulikotoka,
Tukumbuke
tunakokwenda.
Tukumbuke
mama,
Tukumbuke
baba,
Tukumbuke
nyumba,
Tukumbuke
jina.
Maweu
ni
jina
letu.
Maweu
ni
urithi
wetu.
Maweu
ni
historia
yetu.
Maweu
ni
watoto
wetu.
Na
kile
kinachotuunganisha
Ni
kikubwa
kuliko
kinachotutenganisha.
[Outro – Prayer] Mungu
wetu,
tufundishe
kusameheana.
Tufundishe
kuacha
yaliyopita,
tufundishe
kurudi
nyumbani.
Mponye
mama
yetu.
Ponya
mioyo
yetu.
Ponya
familia
yetu.
Na
kama
baba
yetu,
Jackson
Maweu
Mutiye,
alituachia
familia
kama
urithi—
tusaidie
kuulinda.
Tufanye
baba
yetu
ajivunie,
si
kwa
mali
tulizokusanya,
bali
kwa
familia
tuliyoijenga.
Akiangalia
kutoka
popote
alipo,
aone
watoto
wake
wako
pamoja.
Aone
tunampenda
mama.
Aone
tunasaidiana.
Aone
tumesameheana.
Aone
tumerudi
nyumbani.
Kwa
sababu
mwisho
wa
yote…
Sisi
ni
Maweu.
Mama
mmoja.
Baba
mmoja.
Boma
moja.
Jina
moja.
Urithi
mmoja.
Let's
build
bridges,
not
walls.
Turudi
nyumbani. —
your
big
brother,
Charles
Maweu