Lyrics
Chorus (Repeat)
Unanitendeanga mema, unanitendeanga mema
Unanifutanga machozi, unanifutanga machozi
Wewe ni Mungu wa upendo, ni Mungu wa upendo
Hakuna kama wewe, hakuna kama wewe
Verse
Sitaacha kukusifu milele
Yale umetenda kwangu hayahesabiki
Mungu ni upendo na upendo ni wewe
Maana upendo halisi watoka kwako Baba
Ulimtuma mwana wako wa pekee
Ili tupate uzima wa milele
Huyu Yesu, eh Mungu pamoja nasi
Huyu Yesu jamani, eh Mungu pamoja nasi
Bridge
Upendo wako kwangu, upendo wa pekee
Ninasema upendo wako kwangu, Yesu we
Ah upendo wako kwangu Yesu, upendo wa pekee
Refrain (Repeat)
Amina amina, amina lele
Amina amina, amina lele
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Unanitendeanga Mema" ("You Do Good to Me") opens with a repeated declaration of received kindness, naming good deeds done and tears personally wiped away before identifying the source of both as the God of love. That immediate pairing, specific kindness named alongside the broader title of love, frames the entire song around love demonstrated through concrete action rather than abstract description.
Its verse vows never-ending praise for deeds too many to count, before stating directly that God is love and that love originates from the Father, naming Jesus specifically as God sent among humanity. That theological claim, love's source traced to a sent Son, grounds the song's gratitude in a specific act of giving rather than general goodwill.
Sung in Swahili within East African worship tradition, the song functions as an extended declaration of gratitude for God's loving-kindness revealed through Jesus, its closing refrain of repeated amens affirming everything declared throughout as settled, communal agreement.
Related Scripture
- 1 John 4:8 Declares that God is love, directly echoed in the song's verse.
- John 3:16 Describes God sending his only Son so that people may have eternal life, directly echoed in the song's verse.