Lyrics
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Ninajua Baba ndiye mtetezi wangu
Najua mtetezi wangu yu hai hawezi niacha, na baada ya mapito nitamuona kwa macho yangu na si ya mwengine
Verse 1
Naipotelea mbali siku ya kuzaliwa kwangu, iwe kisa tupu mwanga usiangazie nikaweka tumaini kwa mwanadamu nikabaki pweke
Niliokula nao meza moja kaniinulia visigino, ole wangu kuweka tumaini kwa wanadamu, kazi sina, chakula, mavazi sina, magonjwa yaniandama mungu wangu, mungu wangu huwezi muache mwenye haki anguke
Chorus (Repeat x4)
Bridge
Babaa, Babaa
Machozi yamekuwa chakula changu mchana na usiku
Wengi wananiambia mchana kutwa yupo wapi Mungu wako
Babaa, Babaa
Ikiwezekana kikombe hiki kiniepuke
Lakini si kama nitakavyo mimi bali utakavyo Baba
Chorus (Repeat x4)
Verse 2
Na wamama aweza sahau mtoto anayemnyonyesha, wasema mimi wako huwezi nisahau na mapito ni kipimo cha imani yangu ni ya muda tu, uniandalie meza kubwa mbele ya watezi, nile, ninywe wakiona Mungu tuma neno moja hali yangu ibadilike, tuma neno moja waibike wajue hauchelewi wakati wako ndio bora
Chorus (Repeat)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Mtetezi Wangu Yu Hai" ("My Defender Is Alive") opens with a settled declaration of confidence, naming the Father as defender and insisting that confidence will eventually be seen with the singer's own eyes rather than remain only hoped for. That title phrase, borrowed from an ancient declaration that a redeemer lives, frames the entire song around vindication still awaited.
Its verses describe specific abandonment, forgotten by a birth date gone wrong, betrayed by those who once shared a table, left without work, food, or clothing while sickness persists. A bridge then borrows directly from a well-known garden prayer, addressing the Father and asking that a cup pass by, yet surrendering to his will rather than the singer's own.
Sung in Swahili within East African gospel tradition, the song functions as an extended lament paired with surrendered trust, its closing verse recalling that even a nursing mother might forget her child before God forgets his own, asking for one word to turn suffering into testimony before watching enemies.
Related Scripture
- Job 19:25 Declares that the speaker's redeemer lives, directly echoed in the song's title and central declaration.
- Matthew 26:39 Records Jesus praying that a cup pass from him while surrendering to the Father's will, directly echoed in the song's bridge.