Lyrics
Verse 1
Nilisikia sauti yako ikiniita aah mwana wangu njoo, njoo ooh ooh
Ninakuita nikaachana na ya dunia, nikaokoka
Sikujua kuna uwezekano wooh uu wooh
Chorus
Kuna uwezekano wa binadamu kuchoka (kuna uwezekano)
kuachana na njia (njia zako) zako na kupotoka (kupotoka)
kuna uwezekano wa binadamu kuchoka
ndio maana naomba nipe eeeh wooh uu wooh
Nipe uvumilivu (nipe uvumilivu)
nipe uvumilivu (nisipotoke kwa njia zako)
nipe uvumilivu (nipe Baba, nipe Baba)
nipe uvumilivu
Verse 2
Nilidhani nikifikisha, miaka ishirini na mbili nitakuwa na gari nzuri,
na nyumba mzuri na pengine bibi
nilidhani nikifungua, biashara Nairobi mjini nitapata wateja wengi,
nitapata faida nyingi
nimebaki na alama ya mshangao akilini
kila siku kwa maombi, nauliza mbona mimi
Chorus (Repeat)
Kuna uwezekano wa binadamu kuchoka (binadamu kuchoka)
kuachana na njia zako na kupotoka (kupotoka)
kuna uwezekano wa binadamu (binadamu kama mimi) kuchoka
ndio maana naomba nipe, nipe Baba, nipe Baba aaah
Nipe uvumilivu (Baba uvumilivu)
nipe uvumilivu (nisipotoke kwa njia zako)
nipe uvumilivu (nisirudi nyuma nisahau Baba)
nipe uvumilivu (wooh woouuooh)
Eeh,..Eeh,..Eeh Eeh,..Eeh,..Eeh
Chorus (Repeat)
Kuna uwezekano wa binadamu kuchoka
kuachana na njia zako na kupotoka
kuna uwezekano wa binadamu kuchoka
kama unajua nasema ukweli, inua mikono na useme eeh
Nipe uvumilivu (nipe Baba uvumilivu)
nipe uvumilivu (nipe Baba uvumilivu)
nipe uvumilivu (ooh nipe Baba, nipe Baba)
nipe uvumilivu (nipe uvumilivu)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Uvumilivu" begins with a specific memory of conversion, describing a voice calling and a decisive choice to leave the world behind, before admitting honestly that salvation did not remove every future difficulty. The song's central request, asking for perseverance, follows directly from that admission, naming the real possibility of growing tired and straying from a chosen path rather than assuming continued faithfulness is automatic. A verse listing specific unmet expectations, a car, a home, a business that would surely succeed, grounds that honesty in concrete disappointment rather than vague discouragement, describing a lingering sense of surprise at how differently life turned out. Rather than resolving that gap between expectation and reality, the song repeats its central request without offering a tidy explanation, treating ongoing prayer for endurance as the appropriate response to disappointment rather than a sign of failed faith. Structurally the song alternates between testimony, honest confession of unmet hopes, and repeated petition, letting the request for perseverance function as the song's only real resolution.
Related Scripture
- James 1:2-4 Describes perseverance produced through trials leading to maturity, matching the song's central request for perseverance.
- Galatians 6:9 Instructs not growing weary in doing good, matching the song's admission of the temptation to grow tired and stray.