Lyrics
Verse 1
Nikitafakari jinsi Mungu Alivyonipenda mimi
Nikitafakari jinsi Mungu Alivyonipenda mimi
Hata kunithamini mimi niliyedharauliwa na watu
Hata kunithamini mimi niliyedharauliwa na watu
Verse 2
Kweli nimejua Mungu wangu, Yeye sio mwanadamu (x2)
Kama angekuwa mwanadamu, nisingefika leo (x2)
Verse 3
Maana katika kilio changu wengi walinitenga
Maana katika machozi yangu wengi walinitenga
Sikumwona hata mpendwa wa kunifariji
Nikalia Mungu wangu mbona umeniacha
Ona umeacha fedheha katika maisha yangu
Mungu wangu akasema niko Baba mwenye upendo
Maana mimi naitwa Baba kwa wasio na Baba
Maana mimi ninaitwa mume kwa wasio na mume
Chorus
Wewe ni Baba mwema kwangu, wewe ni Baba
Wewe ni Baba mwema kwangu, wewe ni Baba
Uhimidiwe Mungu wangu, wewe ni Baba ah
Uhimidiwe Mungu wangu, wewe ni Baba ah
Verse 4
Wewe ni Baba wa watu wote
Naomba tazama watu wako
Ni wengi wanalia wanakuhitaji Baba
Ni wengi wanajuta wanakuhitaji Yesu
Tazama wengi ni wajane
Tazama wengi ni yatima
Tazama wengi ni wagonjwa
Tazama wengi wametengwa
Verse 5
Wengine uchumi umekuwa ni jangwa kwao
Wengine utasa umekuwa fedheha kwao
Watazame Baba aaah
Chorus (Repeat)
Wewe ni Baba mwema kwangu, wewe ni Baba
Wewe ni Baba mwema kwangu, wewe ni Baba
Uhimidiwe Mungu wangu, wewe ni Baba ah
Uhimidiwe Mungu wangu, wewe ni Baba ah
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Wewe ni Baba / Nikitafakari Jinsi Mungu” by Martha Mwaipaja is a Swahili worship song of testimony. The opening reflects on how God loved the singer and valued one who was despised by people, and says God is not a human being, otherwise the singer would not have made it this far. In tears and abandonment, the singer cried out and God answered that He is a loving Father to the fatherless and a husband to those without one.
That is close to Psalm 68:5 on God as father of the fatherless and defender of widows, and to Isaiah 54:5. The chorus says “Wewe ni Baba mwema kwangu” (You are a good Father to me) and blesses God. Later the song prays for others: widows, orphans, the sick, the isolated, those whose finances are a desert, and those for whom barrenness is a shame, which echoes Psalm 10:14 and Isaiah 54:1-4.
The message is God’s fatherly care for the overlooked.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 68:5 Father of the fatherless and defender of widows
- Isaiah 54:5 Your Maker is your husband
- Psalm 10:14 The helper of the fatherless