Ali Mukhwana - Mungu wa Neema - Ni Wa Neema Mungu Baba Lyrics
Lyrics
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Kama sio nguvu zako Baba
Nalia mimi ningekuwa wapi nakupenda aah?
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Ukanitoa mavumbini Baba
Ukaniita kwa jina lako
Mwokozi wangu woo-ooh
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Angalia dunia mbingu yote uliumba
Kwa jina lako Baba nakupenda aah
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Ni wa neema, ni wa, ni wa neema kubwa eeh
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Usiku na mchana tulipata chakula cha kila siku
Eeeh ndio maana tunasema sisi
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Baba nani kama wewe unashugulikia wajane na mayatima
Wanyonge na wadhaifu
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Yesu huyu haangali kabila lako eeh
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Nani mwanaume kama Yesu
Nani mwenye nguvu kama zako
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
"Yeye ni simba wa yuda
Yeye ni kimbilio letu
Hakuna Mungu kama yeye"
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Wacha kulilia majirani wako mama eeh
Mlilie huyu Yesu mwenye uweza ooh
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Akikubariki mama nani wa kupinga
Mwongoza njia eeh mama yee
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa .
Ni wa neema, ni wa
ni wa neema, ni wa neema kubwa
Ni wa neema Mungu Baba
Ni wa neema kubwa
Video
Ali Mukhwana - Mungu wa Neema (Skiza Code 7473483)
Meaning & Inspiration
I’ve been sitting here thinking about those lines—ukanitoa mavumbini—and it really hits home how much we lean on the idea that we were nothing before He reached down. It’s like that Psalm where He lifts the needy from the dust to set them among princes. It feels honest to admit that if He hadn't pulled me out of my own mess, I wouldn’t be anywhere, let alone standing here. But then, the song goes into how He provides daily food, chakula cha kila siku, and it makes me wonder if I really live like I believe that. We pray for daily bread, but usually, I’m just worried about next month.
It’s interesting how it shifts from the personal rescue to the way He treats the widows and orphans. That’s such a heavy biblical truth, isn’t it? That God is actually, physically interested in the weak and the ones everyone else walks past. I caught myself nodding along, thinking, yeah, that’s exactly who He says He is in the prophets, defending those who can't defend themselves. But then he says, Yesu huyu haangali kabila lako, and it stopped me for a second. It’s true, the Gospel shouldn't care about tribal lines or background, but do we actually live like that in the church? We talk about it, we sing it, but it’s harder to actually walk it out when things get tense.
Then it calls Him the Lion of Judah, which is a powerful image. It shifts the tone from just being kind to having real, raw power. Kimbilio letu—our refuge. I keep playing that over in my head. Is He really my refuge when I’m actually scared, or is it just something I say when things are going fine? I think the song is trying to point to a God who is both deeply personal, picking us out of the dirt, and sovereign enough to handle the entire creation. But it leaves me feeling a bit exposed. Am I just singing about grace because it’s a nice melody, or am I actually looking for Him as my only real place to hide?