Lyrics
Ningekuwa jambo lakustahili sijui ningekuwa wapi
Ningekuwa sababu ya matendo sijui ningetupwa wapi
Ingekuwa kulingana na jina sijui ningeitwa nani
Ningeitwa marehemu
Ningeitwa mimi tasa
Ningeitwa aiyefaa
Asante Yesu kwa neema yako
Wokovu nimepata bure
Asante Yesu kwa neema yako
Kukufa ningekufaa
Asante Yesu kwa neema yako
Kutupwa ningetupwa
Jalalani ungenipata nikila uchafu
Msituni ungenikuta nikila majani
(rudia)
Mnyonge mimi wangenidharau tu
Dhaifu mimi wangenikanyaga tu
Sina nguvu mimi wangenimaliza tu
Ningetupwa kwenye tanuru la moto niangamie
Ningetupwa kwenye shimo la simba nifie huko
Jalalani ungenipata nikila mchafu
Msituni ungenikuta nikila majani
(rudia)
Asante Yesu kwa neema yako
Wokovu nimepata bure
Asante Yesu kwa neema yako
Kukufa ningekufaa
Asante Yesu kwa neema yako
Kutupwa ningetupwa
Jalalani ungenipata nikila uchafu
Msituni ungenikuta nikila majani
(rudia)
Ni kwa neema (Neema)
Neema (neema)
Asante kwa neema (neeema)
Naishi kwa neema (Neema)
Neema (neema) neema (neema)
Naishi kwa neema (Neema)
Neema (neema) neema (neema)
Ni kwa neema yako
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Neema” centers on gratitude for salvation that cannot be earned through status, deeds, or personal strength. The opening lines imagine the names that failure and suffering might have assigned to the singer, including death, barrenness, and rejection. Against those possibilities, the repeated thanks to Jesus presents grace as the decisive gift: salvation has been received freely rather than secured by merit.
Images of weakness, a fiery furnace, and a lions’ den deepen the contrast between danger and divine mercy. Those images recall biblical accounts of deliverance while the refrain keeps returning to dependence on grace. The closing repetition, “Naishi kwa neema,” turns the song’s message into a confession that life itself rests on God’s favor. Its emphasis closely reflects the New Testament teaching that salvation is a gift of grace, leaving no basis for boasting in human achievement.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 2:8-9 Salvation is described as God’s gift by grace, not the result of works.
- Daniel 6:16-23 Daniel is delivered from the lions’ den, an image echoed in the lyrics.
- Daniel 3:19-27 God preserves the three men thrown into the fiery furnace.