Shembe Is The Way

It wasn't the valley of death
I was working in
It was the valley of confusion
For many years
Different religions, different beliefs
Undermining my culture

Looking down upon my tradition

Making fun of my language

Telling my children, they have no God

Finally I can tell them about

Shembe is the way

Oh Shembe
Shembe (thank you for showing us the way)
Nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe
Shembe (thank you for healing my people)
Nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe
Shembe (thank you for showing us the way)
Nobunazaretha

Finally, I can tell the world, oh
That Shembe is the way

Finally, I can tell them what I know
Shembe is the way

I hear them shouting amen

At the top of the mountain
I hear them shouting uyingowele
At the top of the mountain

No one will undermine my religion
No one will undermine my culture anymore
'Cause God sent him from above
To be with the people
Bring them back to what is their own

Take them back to the ways of our forefathers
Ehhh

Finally I can tell generations to generations
Shembe is the way

Oh Shembe
Shembe (thank you for healing my people)
Nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe
Shembe, ciagonama
Nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe
Shembe (thank you for showing us the way)
Nobunazaretha

Ehh
You are looking at me, I'm looking at you
But we both know, Shembe is the way
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