Lyrics
Verse 1
Cheza tukuone, sikupoa
Kule niliko aah, Mungu katenda
Tade tade siko sawa
Mungu wangu amenikumbuka
Hivi ni nani? Angeju, angejua
Mimi ningeku ningekuwa
Nani angeo angeona
Yale Mungu angete angetenda
Chorus
Kumbe walijua mimi
Nimemalizana na Mungu (Mambo bado)
Akitoka alinyamaza tu (Mambo bado)
Kumbe walijua mimi
Nimemalizana na Mungu (Mambo bado)
Akitoka alinyamaza tu (Mambo bado)
Verse 2
Napigia marafiki sasa
Message kwa sana
Hangaika sana na sikujibiwa
Nikaomba sana walicheka sana
Ila leo bwana amenikumbuka
Bridge
Nashukuru shukuru haukuzima moyo
Kwenye mapito nilikuona bado
Nimesamehe maadui wangu
Sasa najua kwenye kupata pia kukosa
Bado Mungu ni Mungu
Tena najua kila mshindi anapambana
Ni lazima ashinde eeh
Chorus
Na wale wanajua wewe umemalizana na Mungu (Mambo bado)
Akitoka alinyamaza tu (Mambo bado)
Wale wanajua wewe umemalizana na Mungu (Mambo bado)
Hajatoka amenyamaza tu (Mambo bado)
Wale wanajua wewe umemalizana na Mungu (Mambo bado)
Hajakuacha amenyamaza tu (Mambo bado)
Wale wanajua wewe umemalizana na Mungu (Mambo bado)
Bado bado bado bado bado (Mambo bado)
Verse 3
Lia nalia, nalia nalia
Lia nalia, nalia nalia ..
Ukitembelewa mabuti wataku
Upatane na Mungu, wao wakiteta
Sio mabeste mabosi
Wakati wanafeki, kwenye cash forget
Watu sio watu
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Mambo Bado" by Goodluck Gozbert is a Swahili testimony song whose title means "things are not finished yet." The singer describes a hard stretch in which friends were called, messages went unanswered, and those who heard the prayers laughed. Today the singer says plainly that the Lord has remembered them.
The chorus answers the mockers. People assumed the singer was finished with God, but the reply is that God has only gone quiet, and the response "Mambo bado" is sung after each line. Silence from heaven is not abandonment, and the story is not over.
The bridge moves to thanks. The singer is grateful that the heart was not put out in the hard places, forgives enemies, and accepts that gaining and losing both belong to life while God remains God. The last verse warns about false friends who gossip. Taken together, the song gives a hopeful message for anyone waiting on an answer while others doubt.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 13:1-6 David asks how long God will seem to forget him, then trusts and rejoices that he has been dealt with bountifully.
- Habakkuk 2:3 The vision still awaits its time; if it seems slow, wait for it, matching "Mambo bado".
- Genesis 8:1 God remembered Noah, as the singer says the Lord has remembered them.
- Romans 12:19-21 Leaving vengeance to God and overcoming evil with good fits the forgiveness of enemies.