Lyrics
Oh...
oooh yeah...
yeaaaah...
oh ooh uui.
(still alive)
Mienendo yangu na tabia zangu zikupendeze
kuvaa kwangu na kunena kwangu kukupendeze
mienendo yangu na tabia zangu zikupendeze
kuvaa kwangu na kunena kwangu... naomba ah.
Nifanane nawe yesu niwe jinsi upendavyoX2
Niguze nifinyange unibeebe
niunde nitengeneze niwe kama wewe
NIKUPENDEZE
mm ah...
NIKUPENDEZE
Mhmmm...
NIKUPENDEZE
Eee...
NIKUPENDEZE
Mhmm mm...
Familia yangu marafiki zangu tuwe sawa nawe
biashara zangu kila kitu changu kiwe sawa nawe
Familia yangu marafiki zangu tuwe sawa nawe
biashara zangu kila kitu changu kiwe sawa nawe ee
Niguze nifinyage unibeebe
niunde nitengeneze niwe kama wewe X2
NIKUPENDEZE
ee baba ah maishani mwangu...
NIKUPENDEZE
Ee baba familia yangu...
NIKUPENDEZE
Oh baba yeah yea...
NIKUPENDEZE
baba mienendo yangu...
oh yea yea...
Nifanane nawe yesu niwe jinsi upendavyo
niunde nitengeneze niwe kama we we
NIKUPENDEZE
oh nikupendeze...
NIKUPENDEZE
eiye katika mienendo yangu...
NIKUPENDEZE
aah niwe sawa nawe...
NIKUPENDEZE
woye woye woye woye nitembee nawe...
NIKUPENDEZE
baba baba kwa kunena kwangu...
NIKUPENDEZE
hoye baba natamani sana.
NIKUPENDEZE
woye baba nakupenda sana...
NIKUPENDEZE
natamani sana nikupendeze...
kwa kunena kwangu
kutembea kwangu
oh niamkapo baba
wacha nikupendeze
@ Mercy Masika Nikupendeze
Message: Let me, my friends and my family please you in our walk/Work and be more like you.
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Meaning & Inspiration
Nikupendeze is framed as a prayer that every part of life would please Jesus. The repeated title becomes the song’s central petition, while the verses name speech, behavior, clothing, work, and relationships. That detail keeps the prayer from being abstract: the desire for holiness reaches ordinary words, decisions, and responsibilities.
The request to be touched, molded, and remade pictures God as a potter shaping clay. It expresses humility, because the singer does not claim to have already arrived at Christlike character. Instead, the lyrics ask for continued transformation and extend that longing to family and friends. The potter image closely echoes Isaiah 64:8, and the focus on pleasing speech and conduct is consistent with Psalm 19:14. Nikupendeze therefore carries a worshipful theme of surrender, asking that an entire life be brought into agreement with God’s character and will.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 64:8 Israel addresses God as Father and potter, with people as the work of his hand.
- Psalm 19:14 The psalm asks that spoken words and the heart’s meditation be acceptable to God.