Christopher Tin - Baba Yetu (Our Father Kiswahili Version) Lyrics

"Baba Yetu" sets the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6 into Swahili, following the same structure recognized across many languages and church traditions. The song addresses God as Father, asks for daily provision, pleads for forgiveness measured against the singer's own willingness to forgive others, and closes with a request for deliverance from temptation and evil.

Because the text follows a prayer spoken in gathered worship rather than a composed narrative, the lyrics repeat each petition closely rather than building toward a single image. A short middle verse returns to the opening address, asking that God's kingdom come and His will be done, "duniani kama mbinguni" - on earth as it is in heaven - before the final repetition closes the prayer.

Listeners already familiar with this prayer in English or other languages will recognize each line even without translation, since the Swahili text tracks the traditional petitions closely. Its appeal lies less in original composition than in giving a shared, long-recited prayer a new vocal setting across a Swahili-speaking audience.