These seven principles,these seven principles,
are principles we'll follow,
from Kwanzaa to Kwanzaa.
Dear friends,
I am quite honored to share a song with you upon which my three now-grown children were raised. Each day of Kwanzaa, after eating a meal together and having our family discussion about the principle of that particular day, we sang this song. It was written by one of my siblings - Eshu. Both the lyrics and the link to the song itself appear below. Enjoy!
G. Djata Bumpus
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Kwanzaa Song
Unity,
Umoja means Unity.
Kujichagulia,
I know who I must be.
Ujima working hard,
showing responsibilty.
Ujamaa means to shareextended family.
chorus:
These seven principles,
these seven principles,
are principles we'll follow,
from Kwanzaa to Kwanzaa.
These seven principles,
these seven principles,
are principles we'll follow,
from Kwanzaa to Kwanzaa.
Nia is the purpose,
what we mean to each other.
Kuumba is the beauty
that we bring to one another.
Imani is believing
in our sisters and our brothers,
and learning from the teachings
of our fathers and our miothers.
chorus:
These seven principles,
these seven principles,
are principles we'll follow,
from Kwanzaa to Kwanzaa.
These seven principles,
these seven principles,
are principles we'll follow,
from Kwanzaa to Kwanzaa.
http://eshu.folktales.net/resources/kwanzaa/01_these_seven_principles-(eshu).mp3
4 comments:
A beautiful song by your talented, and obviously committed brother.
Thanx, Man...I forwarded your comment to him :-)
Our family loves this song, Mr. Bumpus (Tia's father), and we sing it every year. (I have just now posted it on my Facebook page). Happy Kwanzaa and warm wishes to your family and especially to Tia, from all of us, Josna (Nikhil's mother), Andrew, and Nikhil, who was at Fort River School with Tia through third grade.
Thanks for that!...I'll let Tia know. :-)
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