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Mimi na piga aksanti sana
Kwakunipa njiya iyi baba
eh we Mungu wangu
Ukuyenami kwakama iyi ni mwanzo eh
Gidari iyi njo maisha yangu
Mungu ashikunipekyo bule
Njo kile ntaimbo mpaka mwishoamiasha iyi yangu eh
Kumbi wewe unisikiye mimi wewe
Fwata kile roho ina panda
Kwanikile mungu alikupa
Kitafania ufurai ufurai ufurai
Na mungu baba naye atapenda
Twimbe
Talala tala tala talala...

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Me

I say thank greatly
For giving this path of life Father
Eh God Father be with me
for this is only the beginning
This guitar is my life
It wasn’t given to for no reason
That’s why I will sing
till the end of this life of mine

That’s why YOU have got to listen to me
Follow what your heart desires
For the gift that you’re given
Is the source for your happiness
And even God too will rejoice for you
Lalala lala lalala
Lets sing Lalala lala lalala…

A journey

wendo
Mwendo ni polepole
Rien n’est impossible
Dans la vie
Toute chose imaginable
Peut ce faire
Seule rapelle toi
Mwendo
Mwendo ni polepole x2
Les gens peuvent te decourager Que tu ne sorras pas
Ils peuvent te dire des mensonges Pour tuer ton espoire
Mai moi te dis
Toutes chose peut ce faire
Tien ta foix Oh....
Doucement Doucement dis...

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A journey is taken step by step
Nothing is impossible in life
Anything imaginable can be done
Only remember
A journey is taken step by step
Some may discourage you
That you won’t make it
They can tell lies to kill your hope
But I tell you anything can be done
Hold on to your hope
A journey is taken step by step
Slowly slowly dear...

Lala mutoto wa mama ujuwi kamaduniya
Ikona uzuri wake sasa tena na bubaya
Muntu ata sema ana kupenda
Kesho yake ana ku uwa
Mwingine uta chukiya kumbi njo ata ku sauver

C’est la vie
C’est la vie

Lala mutotwa mama ujuwi kama duniya
Ikona buzuri bwake sasa tena na bubaya
Muntu ata sema ana kupenda
Kesho yake ana ku uwa
Mwingine uta chukiya kumbi njo ata ku suaver
Kumbi kesho ya ukilamuke wewe ufanye ivi
Piga aksnti kwa mungu baba wetu wabinguni
Umuonwshe akuchunge
Iwe usiku na mapema eh na nzambi usfanye
Ukifanye uwombe huruma
Wewe eh…

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Sleep child of my mothers
and know that the world has its good and also its bad
A person might say they love you
The next day they kill you
The other you would hate
Yet they might be the one to save your life

It’s life
It’s life

And so tomorrow when you wake up
Say thank you to the God of heavens
Tell him to protect you day and night
And when you do wrong
Ask for forgiveness

Because it's life
It’s life

You

Mimi niko mpenzi wako
Nawe yuko mpezi wangu
Mikononi Tutafika mwinsho ya duniya eh

Wewe ni muke wangu ulenapenda
Akuna ata kitu moja kitageuza
Iyi mapendo yangu nimpaka mwinsho
Kuja apa wikale nami wempenzi wangu we

Ikala chiniwe nikwambiye
Kile nawaziya minawe

Girl you know there's something about you I wanna confess
I don't really know this love just how to express it, you know
Just when I wanna say a word my whole mouth runs dry
This is so bigger than my heart my heart
My heart

Njuu yako tasimamisha Juwa mwaka mujima
Njuyako tatembeya duniya kuchoka apana
Mita imba paka Juwa na mwaenzi bifanye kimoja
Mpaka wewe ukaseme eeh
Unani penda
Kumbi siko ya kesho tanya ivi
Taenda kwa wazazi wako ni wambiye
Kama mimi nataka kuowa wewe
Usi katale

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I am your love and you are mine
Hand in hand we gonna reach the end of the world

You are the woman that I love
There is nothing that will change that
This love of mine is till the end
Come here and sit with me my love

Sit down and I will tell you
What I think about you and me

Girl you know there something about you
I wanna confess
I don’t really know this love
just how to express it, you know
just when I wanna say a word
my whole mouth runs dry
this is so bigger than my heart

for you I’ll hold the sun for a whole year
for you I’ll walk the earth with no tire
I’ll sing until the sun and the moon come together
Until you tell me you love me

And so tomorrow this is what I’ll do
I’ll go to your parents and tell them
That I would like to marry you
Please don’t say no…

Mimi ni mutoto ya papa Jean-Bosco
Na Mama yangu mimi ni Ndaya therese
Tuli zalikwa sisi batoto kenda
Nawa shukuru wazazi kwa kutuchunga
Nilikomeleya Cite manika
Pale pa kolwezi
Province Katanga
Masomo yangu ndi funza ku tusaidiyane
Baba yangu njo arikuya pale directeur

Kisha nilienda collège Don bosco
Pale shikukawiye kushikiya pononayi Muntu ulikuya naye sasa ndugu eh Anakuya namupanga asema bilulu kwabo
Njo shiye mateso yakwenda kukasai Kwalakini iyi mwaka tuliteswa

Yoteile shetani alifanya
Kweli ayikubambe kwa watu wengi
Wengi walifika kasai tu wajima
Wengi walifika kubamba mali sana
Mambo yakusema bena Katanga inaisha
Ndugu yangu usi fatilie ba politicien

Nasisi batoto ya papa Jean-bosco
Tuna chungwa njema
Na kwendeleya
Muswamba ana komesha batoto yake Stannis kanda ana chunga paroise yake Jean-bosco na da martin banakomesha Evariste na priscilla bana komesha James dineka na tebogo banakomesha
Ntumba na buzuri bwake Anakomesha
Kabangu nama kazi yake anakomesha
Mimi apa ngoma yangu njoo kazi
Wakuni fwatiya Sylvain wetu chikuya
Eyiii wafwako tatu nzambi wafwako eyiii

Eyii mwafwako bazazi yangu mwafwako eyiih
Eyiih wafwako tatu nzambi wafwako wyii Eyiih…

Bwajinanga jebe oh ….
Bwakutulama tetu bana bebe
Mumakenga ne munsaka
Tatu nzambi wa mujulu
Pabuloba bwebe
Eyii wafwako tatu - Tatu Chilombo - wafwako eyiih
- Mamu ndaya -
- Monique Muswamba –
- Stannis Kanda –
- Jean-Bosco Chilombo -
- Evaristo Lumingu -
- Jean-Jacques Dineka -
- Ntumba Mbuyi -
- Pichou Kabangu –
- Sylvain wetu –
Eyii mwafwako famille tshilombo mwafwako eyii..
Arishi teka Shiku iyi moja
Kulikuya kijana moja alipenda kuya mwalimu
Kutoka kasai anenda Katanga
Kule alifika anekala na mama wake
Ata mungu asikumubarikiye na mali
Alimupa watoto wale alichunga vema
Leo wana juwisha njina yake muduniya
Eyiih wafwako tatu Zambi wafwako eyiih…

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I’m the son of Papa Jean Bosco
And my mother is Ndaya Thérèse
We were born nine of us
I thank my parents for grooming us
I grew up in cité Manika
In the town of Kolwezi in Katanga province
My schooling I did at Tusaidiyane
Where my father was the head master

Then I went to collège Jean-Bosco
There I never took long then we heard Pononayi (Bit them up)
A person you treated like family
Comes with a machette and says you don’t belong here
I tell you, this year we suffered

All the bad that happened
Didn’t bring down many people
Many reached Kasai whole and well
Many knew a lot of wealth
The issues about Benakantaga were no more
People, never follow politicians…

And we the children of Papa Jean- Bosco
We survived and are healthy
Muswamba is raising her own
Stanie Kanda is keeping his parish
Jean bosco and Martin are raising their own
Evaristo and Priscilla are raising their own
James Dineka and Tebogo are raising their own
Tumba and her pretty face is raising her own
Kabangu and his work may he be blessed
Me here my music is my work
And Sylvain my kid brother is doing good

Congratulations Papa Tshilombo Congratulations Maman Ndaya
Thank you God the Father

For your love
For loving us your children
In suffering and in joy
God father of heaven and earth
Congratulations father Tshilombo Congratulations mama Ndaya
- Monique Muswamba –
- Stannis Kanda –
- Jean-Bosco Chilombo -
- Evaristo Lumingu -
- Jean-Jacques Dineka -
- Ntumba Mbuyi -
- Pichou Kabangu –
- Sylvain wetu–
Congratulations Thsilombo Family
I'll tell a story, once upon a time
There was this young man who wanted to be a teacher
He left Kasai and went to Katanga
There he went setlted with is wife
Thogh God never gave much wealth
He gave him children that he kept well
Today they make his name known to the world
Thank you GOd thank you

Wewe ndugu kuja
Vunja kivuno yako cheza
Wewe ndugu kuja
Vunja kivuno yako cheza
Mambo ya duniya ayishake
Vunja kivuno cheza
Mambo ya duniya ayishake
Vunja kivuno cheza

Wekapa, Wewe mama
Wekapa Wewe baba
Wekapa…

You’ve got to love me
Says the music
You got to feel me
Cause I’m ecstatic
I’ll keep your feet off the ground
And spin your head all around yeah

To all brothers in Africa
To all my African brothers Unity

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Put the dance on

Putting the dance on...
Hey you brother
hey You sister

You’ve got to love me
Says the music
You’ve got to feel me
Cause I’m ecstatic
I’ll keep your feet off the ground
And spin your head all around

To all brothers in Africa
To all my African brothers
Unity

Baby Please

Baby please understand
That without you
My whole world is gonna just break right down Be without
My happiness with you
Girl I know for so long
I’ve treated you wrong oh my!
But you’ve got to hear me now
I’ll make it right, hear my plight
Coz my heart belongs to you

All you are to me, is the best a girl can be
Life without you, is darker than night
Baby can’t you see, what you mean to me
I promise you, I’ll be all you ever lived for
Ever lived for

Silly is what I have been, to first show
My ego instead of me showing you
Just how I feel, and the shape of my heart
Coz I know, every day just feels right
Everyday is filled with light
By the thought of you, I’ll love you forever

Machozi machoni mwangu
Unirumiye mama
I’ll love you forever more
Unirumiye mama
I’ll be all you ever lived for

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Silly is what I have been, to first show
My ego instead of me showing you
Just how I feel, and the shape of my heart
Coz I know, every day just feels right
Everyday is filled with light
By the thought of you, I’ll love you forever

Tears in my eyes
Forgive me mama
I’ll love you forever more
Forgive me Mama
I’ll be all you ever lived for

Yote mungu ana tupa, ni ile inatoka Mukazi yetu, tumika ndugu
Ukilime leo, pata pita siku pakusema
Uone matunda yako wewe
Sasa nju yanini
Utataka kwacha masomo we wanze Mambo mubaya kuyiba, ma drogue
Ma fraude, ndugu ile siyo maisha eh !

Kazi, tumika Kazi
Mungu alisema tumika na utabarikiwa eh Kazi, tumika kazi
Acha bubaya utaona matunda eh
Kazi, tumika kazi
tumika, wewe tumika ndugu utapata eshima eh, kazi, tumika kazi

Ata ukuje Sud apa, wende na Europe America na Asie, fazi yote ujuwe kama ni kazi eh
Ushiwazi kama mubulaya
Utafika unanza kulokota makuta mubalabala eh
Waza buzuri ya bulaya ni kazi eh

Salongo eh
Salongo tolinga mosala

Njokile na sema, wendugu
kwabenda nkulu kwamuchi
unajuwa njokile na sema
Wendugu, kwabenda nkulu kwamuchi Unajuwa, sikiya wikale kwabenyewe
Sasa ukumbuke kwenu urime ata
Nikuyenga ata nini kumbuka kwenu
Ujuwe kama siku nimoja eheh

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Work

Work
You’ve got to work
God said work and you'll be blessed work
You’ve got to work
Leave the bad and you'll see your fruits
Work
You’ve got to work
Work and you'll get respect
Work
You’ve got to work

Even if you go to South Africa
Or go to Europe, America or Asia
Any where you should know you will need to work
Don’t think in Europe you’ll get there
And start picking up money on the streets
Think brother, the beauty of Europe came out of work
That’s why I say, hey brother
Away is like being up a tree you know
Listen you can stay away
But remember where you come from
Go back and built or do something to keep

your roots there
And that means work

Ah mweh
Njuyanini utafanya vile
Unaacha mukini yenu
unaenda fazi igine à l'éntrager
Kile akina kibaya lakini usifike kule usisabwe kwenu eh
Kumbuka vile tuna cheza kwetu
Kumbuka vile tunafurai kwetu eh
Na roho moja malgre mateso ile tukuna vivre we
Kumbuka kumbuka kumbuka kumbuka we
Weka muziki

Kwetu tuna kyote muntu ata taka
Kwetu tuna kile utatafuta
Ata kukuje nvita na byote
Siku moja itakuja yetu uhh

Congo wa balengela
Congo mokili kitoko
Congo duniya yote ina juwa
Sisi tuko wantu wana panda kazi namuchezo

Welcome to the congo

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Welcome

At home we have
Everything a person needs
At home we have
Everything a person wants
Even though there might be war and all
One day will be for us

Congo of the greats
Congo a great country
Congo the whole world knows
We love to work and play
I call upon all my brothers
Every Congolese in and around the world
Come and move your body to this dance

One day will be for us, Congo of the greats
Congo a great country, Welcome to the Congo

Sema kama auni pende
Sema kama sikufuraishe
Sema kama siwezi kuyawako
Nju roho yangu
Inateswa sana
Kukuongoleya
Kukuongoleya

Wewe niuzi mawangu
Wewe ni baraka yangu
Wewe ni mapendo yangu
Nju roho yangu ina teswa sana
Kukuongoleya
Kukuongoleaya

Usiniache iviwe
Unioneshe mimi we
Kwani roho yangu inateswa sana
Kukuongoleya
Kukuongoleya

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SAY

Hear me
I beg of you
So you can show me
The way
To your heart
So you could be mine
For always

You are my life,
You are my blessing,
You are my love
And my heart is in pain
Waiting for you
Waiting for you

Don't leave me like this Tell me
Because my heart is in pain
Waiting for you
Waiting for you

If you've never

If you've never

Bato nyoso
Boyoka
Nabiso ezalaka kaka boye
Tala Bango
Bana Nabiso ehhh

If you've never loved now you love
If you've never felt now you feel
If you never move now you move
If you never dance now you dance
If you never... now you know
If you never moved now you move
If you never grooved now you groove
If you've never been now you are
If you've never felt now feel

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Everybody
Listen
That's how we do it where we are from
Look at Them
My people

if you've never loved now you love
If you've never felt now you feel
If you never move now you move
If you never dance now you dance
If you never... now you know
If you never If you never move
If you never If you never grooved
If you've never been now you are
If you've never felt now feel