Lyrics
Chorus
Uniongoze bado nakuhitaji
Uniongoze Yesu kiongozi mwema
Moyo wangu nakuhitaji
Niongoze nivuke salama
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 1
Ulisema naposhindwa nikuite
Hivi leo nakuita nisikie
Usiende mbali nami
Usiniache pekee yangu
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 2
Dunia hii ina mambo mengi sana Baba
Sasa dhambi imetawala dunia
Waliookoka wengine wanarudi nyuma
Mi napenda nikupendeze Mungu upendezwe nami
Niyashike maagizo yako unifurahie
Neno lako Yesu likae ndani yangu
We Baba
Chorus (Repeat)
Uniongoze bado nakuhitaji
Uniongoze Yesu kiongozi mwema
Moyo wangu nakuhitaji
Niongoze nivuke salama
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Ulisema naposhindwa nikuite
Hivi leo nakuita nisikie
Usiende mbali nami
Usiniache pekee yangu
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 3
Kuna wengine wachanganya Mungu na dunia
Na wengine wanalibadili neno lako
Yesu ukisema na wao pia wanasema
Mi nataka nikusikie Yesu ukisema nami
Maana wewe ndio wa thamani maishani mwangu
Nguvu zako Yesu zikae ndani yangu
Chorus (Repeat)
Uniongoze bado nakuhitaji
Uniongoze Yesu kiongozi mwema
Moyo wangu nakuhitaji
Niongoze nivuke salama
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Ulisema naposhindwa nikuite
Hivi leo nakuita nisikie
Usiende mbali nami
Usiniache pekee yangu
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 4
Ni kweli Bwana nimekutana na vita kali (Vita Kali)
Lakini Yesu umepigana badala yangu (Badala yangu)
Wewe umekuwa ni mwamba wa wokovu wangu
Mbele yangu sijui kuna nini unipiganie
Usipokuwa nami sitaweza kitu unishikilie
Natamani sana nione uso wako Jemedari wangu
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Uniongoze bado nakuhitaji
Uniongoze Yesu kiongozi mwema
Moyo wangu nakuhitaji
Niongoze nivuke salama
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Verse 1 (Repeat x2)
Ulisema naposhindwa nikuite
Hivi leo nakuita nisikie
Usiende mbali nami
Usiniache pekee yangu
Mungu wangu uniongoze
Credits & Song Information
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Upendo Nkone’s “Uniongoze Yesu” is a sustained plea for direction, built on the admission that human strength collapses without divine guidance. The repeated refrain, “Lead me, Jesus, good leader,” frames Christ not as a distant ruler but as a present companion who walks from one stage of life to the next. The singer’s honesty about weakness—calling out only after failing—mirrors the psalmist’s pattern of crying to God from a place of need. There is real tension in the middle verses: the world is ruled by sin, some believers turn back, and others blend God with the world. Yet the answer is not self-effort but a deeper desire to hear Jesus speak and to hold to his commands. The later verse shifts to gratitude: Jesus has already fought the hard battle and stands as the rock of salvation. Even with an unknown future, the final longing is to see the Commander’s face. The song’s theology is simple but steady—God leads, sustains, and fights for those who keep asking.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 23:1 The Lord as shepherd who leads matches the song's repeated request to be led.