Lyrics
Verse 1
Leo, ooh, kwa neema za
Ni Mungu, ni Mungu, ni Mungu uu
Ni Baba, ni Baba, ni Baba ah
Ametenda leo Mungu uu
Amefanya leo Baba aah
Pendo lake limenitoa mbali Baba
Amenifikisha hapa nilipo Mungu
Huruma zake Baba zimenitafuta mie eh
Fadhili zake Mungu zimenitoa mbali
Verse 2
Leo Mungu amefanya jambo maishani mwangu
Acha niringe, mimi nina Mungu
Acha niringe, Baba amenitoa mbali ii
Ametenda mema kwangu uu
Chorus
Ni Mungu leo ni Mungu (aaah)
Ni Baba leo ni Baba (asante)
Asante Baba
Asante (asante Baba aah)
Asante (asante Baba)
Asante (asante Baba)
Verse 3
Ni Mungu leo nashukuru Mungu
Umepata mtoto mzuri (shukuru)
Umefaulu mitihani (shukuru)
Ni Mungu ni Mungu ni Mungu uu
Ni Baba ni Baba ni Baba ah
Malaika ulivyo mpendwa ni Mungu
Usijivune bure wewe ni Mungu
Mali ulizonazo ni Mungu (shukuru)
Sio kwamba wewe ni mzuri sana (shukuru)
Ila ni neema ya Mungu
Unaendesha gari lako ni Mungu
Chorus (Repeat)
Outro
Tuzishe sala ili tuwe imara
Tusije tukapotea, asante (asante Baba)
Asante (asante Baba)
Asante (asante Baba)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Asante Baba" ("Thank You, Father") repeats a simple declaration throughout, naming God directly as both Mungu and Baba, God and Father, crediting a specific recent blessing entirely to his grace. That repeated naming, rather than an extended narrative, keeps the song focused on gratitude as its central act.
Its verses name particular reasons for that thanks, a good child, success in exams, or simply favor experienced that day, treating specific, ordinary blessings as worth naming individually rather than only thanking God in general terms. A later verse turns instructional, warning against pride by insisting that even personal beauty, possessions, and abilities trace back to God's grace rather than to the individual's own merit.
Sung in Swahili within East African worship tradition, the song functions as an extended act of thanksgiving paired with a caution against self-congratulation, its repeated refrain of "asante" treating gratitude as the appropriate response to gifts that were never self-generated in the first place.
Related Scripture
- James 1:17 Describes every good gift as coming down from God, echoed in the song's insistence that blessings trace back to grace rather than personal merit.
- 1 Corinthians 4:7 Asks what anyone has that was not received as a gift, echoed in the song's warning against pride over God-given blessings.