Lyrics
Umenipa uhai Baba
Nafasi nyingine ya siku mpya, Baba nashukuru
Umeniponya roho na mwili
tabibu wa ajabu ewe Yesu, Baba nashukuru
Umeondoa laana Baba,
Kabadilisha kuwa baraka, Baba nashukuru
Kilio changu ewe Yesu Kabadilisha kuwa furaha
Baba nashukuru
Kwa moyo wangu wote
Nasema ahsante Kwako
Messiah nashukuru
Nilipokuwa mnyonge Baba
Umekuwa nguvu yangu,Baba nashukuru
Nayo mishale ya yule mwovu
Haijanipata Umenilinda, Baba nashukuru
Umeniongoza Mwokozi wangu
Kanisimamisha imara, Baba nashukuru
Umenitoa kwenye shimo la giza
kanileta kwenye mwanga, Baba nashukuru
Kwa moyo wangu wote
Nasema ahsante Kwako
Messiah nashukuru
Yale yote umetenda
Ni mengi mno na ya ajabu
Sijui mimi nisemeje?
Yale Yahweh Umenitendea
Ni mengi mno na ya ajabu
Sijui mimi nisemeje?
Sijui mimi nisemeje? eeh
Kwa moyo wangu wote
Nasema ahsante Kwako
Messiah nashukuru
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Umenipa Uhai Baba" is a sustained expression of gratitude, built on the acknowledgment that every good thing comes from God. The repeated "Baba nashukuru" — Father, I thank you — grounds each verse in dependence and humility rather than self-congratulation. Life, healing, protection, and guidance are all received gifts, not achievements.
The lyrics trace a full movement of redemption: a curse transformed into blessing, weeping into joy, weakness into strength, and darkness into light. That final image of being drawn out of a pit into light resonates with scriptural rescues, like the psalmist’s cry in Psalm 40, yet the song does not need to quote a verse to carry the same conviction. It speaks from personal testimony.
The repeated question, "Sijui mimi nisemeje?" — I do not know what to say — captures the limits of human speech before overwhelming goodness. The song resolves not in explanation but in continued thanks, with the title word "Messiah" anchoring the praise in the person of Christ. The reflection ends where it began: grateful acknowledgment of what God has done.