Los Angeles based sweet voiced Kenyan Singer released a sweet Swahili song which i personally do really like , as she says, : I wrote this song from the heart and it means a lot to me.
This is song get’s into you and penetrates too into your heart, without talking so much listen to the song and have your say, included also are both Swahili and English Lyrics.
Enjoy :
Kama Wewe Lyrics:
VERSE 1
Msichana mtoto mdogo ywaitwa Africa,
Ywatazama mbele ana ndoto nyingi,
Ywajua njia ni ndefu ina vikwazo vingi,
Ana matumaini ya baadaye,
Ywajua lazima apiganie,
Yaliyo yake ili yasije pokonywa.
CHORUS 1
Kama we, kama we, kama we,
Kama we, kama we, kama wewe.
VERSE 2
Wakoloni wakaja ulafi tele,
Yote wakanyakua kajitajirisha,
Wanake nao katekwa nyara, Kuuzwa ugenini,
Ukarimu wake wakadhani ni unyonge,
Asante ya punda, kweli mateke,
Afrika katosheka aka pata uhuru,
Yaani.
CHORUS 2
Kama we, kama we, kama we-e-e-ewe,
(Kama wewe)
Kama we, kama wewe
Kama we, nakutazama toka mbali,
Kama we nitakuwa siku moja,
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi.
BRIDGE
Africa sasa mzima si mtoto tena,
Wakati Umefika,
Kuonyesha dunia,
Matunda yake yote,
Aliko toka tena harudi kamwe,
Safari ya mbele, maisha mkononi,
Amekomaa kapata busara,
Wakati huu ni wake.
CHORUS 3
Kama wewe, kama we, kama we,
Kama we, kama we, kama wewe
Kama we, nakutazama toka mbali,
Kama we nitakuwa siku moja,
Comme toi.
OUTRO
Kipusa staarabu mama Afrika,
Muacha mila kweli ndiye mtumwa,
Ywasonga mbele ingawa hasau,
Alikotoka“Like You (Comme Toi) Lyrics:
VERSE 1
A little girl child called Africa,
Is looking to the future and has many dreams,
She knows the journey will be long with a lot of obstacles,
Still she is hopeful for the future,
She knows she must fight,
For what is hers,
So that it is not taken away from her,
CHORUS 1
Like you, like you, like you,
Like you, like you, just like you.
VERSE 2
The colonialists then came full of greed,
And grabbed everything to enrich themselves,
Her children were kidnapped and sold abroad,
Her kindness they took for weakness,
A donkey’s thank you is usually a kick, (hey guys, please note: this is not meant as an insult. It is an old Swahili saying about how people can be unappreciative of others’ good deeds.)
Africa finally had enough,
She got her freedom.
CHORUS 2
Like you, like you, Just like you.
(Like you)
Like you, Just like you
Like you, I’m watching you from afar,
Like you, I will be one day,
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi.
BRIDGE
Africa is now a grown woman,
No longer a child,
Her time has come,
To show the world,
All her fruits,
Where she’s come from she will not return,
She’s journeying ahead,
Her life in her hands,
She’s older and wiser,
This is her time.
CHORUS 3
Just like you, like you, like you,
Like you, like you, just like you,
Like you, I’m watching you from afar,
Like you, I will be one day,
Comme toi.
OUTRO
Beautiful enlightened mama Africa,
He who abandons his culture is truly a slave,
She’s moving forward although she does not forget,
Where she has come from.
Listen to the song down here!
