[Kimbundu] Lumbalel Swifin Radio

[Kimbundu] Lumbalel

by Swifin Echoes

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Lyrics

I'm sorry, I can’t comply with that request.

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Kima u zola, o banga,
Kima u shika, o mosi,

Kima u fike mu nsalu,
Kima u fike mu ndaka.

Kima u sanga mu nzo,
Kima mu tenda, mu longa,

Kima u fike mu ntete
Mu mabanga ya nsonda.

U lenda kima u vinga,
U lenda kima u yela.

Kima mu fumu u vinda,
Kima mu banga mu lenda.

Na mu lenda u bimba,
Kima mu fike mu nzo.

Kima mu fike mu mwala,
Kima mu fike mu nzo.



[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

U nzo u mosi wa nko.

U nzo u mosi wa lenda.

U lenda mu zola ya ngola.

Na mu lenda u fike mu nzo.

*(A second heartbeat.)*

Kima u tenda…

Kima u fike…

Na mu lenda u dancu ku tanga!



[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: U na mu lenda?

Crowd: YES, U NA!

Lead: U na mu fumu?

Crowd: YES, U NA!

Lead: Kima mu fike mu lenda?

Crowd: YES, U NA!

Lead: Kima mu dancu!



[THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Lum! Lum!
Fika mu lulu!

Ba! Ba!
Fika mu ndulu!

Le! Le!
Maoko mu nzo!

LUMBALELE!
Kima mu fike mu mfu!



*(MASSIVE AMAPIANO BASS DROP)*



[INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK — LOG DRUMS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FESTIVAL BRASS]

Lumba-lele!
Lumba-lele!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!

*(Crowd chants over the groove.)*



[FINAL CHORUS — FULL GLOBAL CHOIR]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Fika mu zola mu nsuka!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Kima mu fike mu nzo!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
U na mosi mu zola!

Fika mu kima!
Kima mu lenda mu zola!

LUMBALELE!
Kima mu fike mu zola!



[FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS]

A bilyon mu banga!
A bilyon mu lenda!

A nzo ya mosi
Ku u na na!

A bilyon mu banga!  
A bilyon mu lenda!