Lyrics
Chorus
Nataka na mimi niimbe
Nataka na mimi niimbe (Imba)
Nataka na mimi niimbe
Hakuna kama Yesu
Acha na mimi niimbe
Acha na mimi niimbe (Imba)
Acha na mimi niimbe
Hakuna kama Yesu
Verse 1
Nimezungukazunguka sana mimi ye
Kutafuta mtu wa kufanana na Yesu
(Oh mimi sijaona)
Nani mwanadamu mwenye huruma kama zake Bwana Yesu
(Oh mimi sijaona)
Anayekubali kuacha vyote kwa ajili ya mtu mwingine
Oh ni Yesu tu uu (Oh mimi sijaona)
Alikubali kuacha vyote mbinguni kwa Baba yake
Akashuka kwetu (Oh mimi sijaona)
Oh anayefanana kidogo, anayelingana kidogo
Anayemkaribia (Oh mimi sijaona)
Hakuna mwanaume kama Yesu, hakuna mwenye nguvu kama Yesu
Hakuna mkuu kama Yesu (Oh mimi sijaona)
Angalia mambo yake Yesu, matendo yake Yesu
Nguvu zake Yesu (Oh mimi sijaona)
Sijaona kama yeye, kama yeye Bwana
Mponyaji na mwokozi (Oh mimi sijaona)
Bridge 1 (Repeat)
Oh hakuna kama Yesu, kama Yesu, kama Yesu
Oh mwenye nguvu kama Yesu, kama Yesu sijaona
Oh hakuna kama Yesu, kama Yesu, kama Yesu
Mwenye upendo kama Yesu, kama Yesu, kama Yesu sijaona
Bridge 2 (Repeat)
Oh hakuna kama Jehovah (aaah), kama Jehovah (eeeh)
Kama Jehovah (Hakuna kama Yesu)
Aliyetufia Kalivari (aaah), eeeh (eeeh)
Ili sisi tupone (Hakuna kama Yesu)
Outro
Mwenye nguvu mwenye mamlaka (aaah) aa aah
Eeeh, hakuna kama Yesu
Sijaona kama Yesu, (aaah), kama Yesu (eeeh)
Sijaona mimi (Hakuna kama Yesu)
Anayetupenda anayetujali (aaah) eeh (eeh)
Sijaona mimi, (Hakuna kama Yesu)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Hakuna Kama Yesu" ("There Is None Like Jesus") opens with a personal request to sing, repeating that desire before naming exactly why, because there is no one comparable to Jesus. That structure, permission sought before declaration made, gives the song's central claim added emphasis once it finally arrives.
Its verses describe an extended search for anyone resembling Jesus in compassion or willingness to give up everything for another person, describing him specifically as one who left heaven's glory to come down to humanity. That searching and failing to find comparison frames Jesus's character as genuinely unique rather than simply superior among comparable figures.
Sung in Swahili within East African worship tradition, the song functions as an extended declaration of incomparability, naming Jehovah and Jesus together, describing death at Calvary for healing, and repeating throughout that no strength, authority, or love matches what is found in Jesus alone.
Related Scripture
- Philippians 2:6-7 Describes Christ leaving heavenly glory to take on human form, echoed in the song's description of Jesus leaving heaven to come down.
- Isaiah 53:5 Describes healing coming through Christ's wounds, echoed in the song's reference to dying at Calvary so that healing would come.