[Kimbundu] Lumbalel
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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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!