“Nko Nko Nko, I’m Coming Home” (Afro Soul with Adlibs & Backing Harmonies) [Intro] (Soft guitar + humming) Lead: Aahh yeahhh… Mmmh my baby… Nalitemwa sana… Backing Vocals: (“Weh mama…” “Come home…”) Lead: After all this time Ba boss finally balekelako umuntu ukuya kumushi I’m coming home… ⸻ [Verse 1] The city lights don’t shine anymore Ama streets yakweba, they cold to the core Every night I sleep with your name in prayer Waiting for the day I finally get there Ba boss finally balanda ati “Go home mwana, you’ve worked enough” Now my tired hands can finally touch The woman who held me through the rough Ndefwaya ukulila but I hold my tears Too many lonely and painful years This time baby I no be lie I’m coming home, no more goodbye Backing Vocals: (“No more goodbye…”) (“He’s coming home…”) ⸻ [Pre-Hook] Lead: Bone of my bones Flesh of my soul Even winter can’t freeze your love You kept me whole Tasungana baby, keep warm for me Even if imyaka yakweba gets cold You are the fire inside my chest The only home my heart can hold Backing Harmonies: (“Keep warm for me…”) (“You kept me whole…”) ⸻ [HOOK / CHORUS] (Drums open up, emotional choir harmonies) Lead: Nko nko nko, I’m finally home Barefoot to the river with my better half Choir: (“Finally hooome…”) Lead: Nko nko nko, no more alone Tonight I laugh after years of wrath You will wash my tired feet With your love so soft and sweet No prophet needed to tell me so This dead city can’t hold my soul Choir Response: (“Can’t hold my soul…”) Lead: Nko nko nko, nalibwela now This time baby, believe me now I’m coming home for real, no lie Hold me close and don’t ask why Adlibs: (“Mama nalibwela…”) (“Don’t cry anymore…”) (“Your man is home…”) ⸻ [Verse 2] The bones of the city are dry and dead No peace in the places where I laid my head But your voice still lives in my mind Like Sunday rain after hard dry times You called me “mwamuna wandi” Even when distance made me weak You carried us with patient hands While I struggled just to breathe Now I can finally fulfill my duty Stand beside my queen in beauty No more loving through the phone Tonight my spirit returns home Backing Vocals: (“Returns home…”) (“Mwamuna wandi…”) ⸻ [Bridge – Emotional Breakdown] (Music softens, only guitar + choir hums) Lead: I don’t need Hezekiah to prophesy I already saw heaven in your eyes From the first day you said my name Nothing in me stayed the same If tears fall tonight, let them fall slowly Cause lonely men pray deeply And every road that carried pain Has brought me back to you again Choir: (“Back to you again…”) (“He’s finally home…”) ⸻ [Final Hook – Big Ending] (Full harmonies, drums, layered vocals) Lead: Nko nko nko, I’m finally home Hear my footsteps by the door Choir: (“By the doooor…”) Lead: Nko nko nko, don’t cry anymore Your man won’t leave like before Wash my feet in river water Hold my hands beneath the stars Tasungana my love forever No more distance, no more scars All Vocals Together: Nko nko nko… nalibwela… Baby I’m home… I’m home… I’m home for real… (Soft humming fades out) (“Nalibwela…” “Mmmh mama…”)
