Zilipendwa [English translation]

Oooh! Those were them good old days

Oooh! Sangulo and Pepe Kale

People loved it1

[Rayvanny]

Eh! Back then, we would give cards and flowers (people loved it)

They wanted your money, once you paid you'd scratch (people loved it)

Expertise in bed, it was not about strenght (people loved it)

When you get inside, you get rid of it (people loved it)

Today's women want strategies

When you ain't serious I swear to God you won't get any (people loved it)

Video love will give you a running nose

so that when I drink water, I see you on the glass (people loved it)

Eeh! Peeping on people's houses (it was loved)

Hand on Dettol (it was loved)

Sunche na Kapeto (they were loved)

Mr. Jay and Mobeto (they were loved)

[Diamond]

Oooh! Those were them good old days

Oooh! Sangulo and Pepe Kale

Mmm, the bolingo ndombolo dance (it was loved)

The Twanga Chipolopolo band (it was loved)

As well as sealed waters (they were loved)

Lion of Morogoro (they were loved)

[Rich Mavoko]

Bold type of sugar (it was loved)

By the way, where's Mb Dogg of Latifa? (they were loved)

Babu Tale, where is Papa Misifa? (they were loved)

Nowadays we don't go for parties in Ibiza (it was loved)

Soccer and Pele (people loved it)

Tanu party and Nyerere (they were loved)

Asha Ngedere (they were loved)

Arusi Mabele (they were loved)

You would sell your house to maintain your respect at the bar

Force whoever refused you

Mini soaps (they were loved)

Local cinema houses (they were loved)

Lipumba and Lema (they were loved)

Diamond and Wema (they were loved)

[Diamond]

Oooh! Those were them good old days

Oooh! Sangulo and Pepe Kale

Mmh the kinds of Sogi Dogg (they were loved)

Analog channels (they were loved)

Movies of Cyborg (they were loved)

Van Damme and Arnold (they were loved)

[Queen Darleen]

You beep me and needs me to call you, did you give me the airtime? (haloo)

You eat and I have to pay, am I that fool?

And girls with names leave the visas

You are called for dinner, you go to Tisa

Weaves2 (they were loved)

Borrowed Porches (they were loved)

Zena and Betina (they were loved)

Bashite Gwajima (they were loved)

[Diamond]

Oooh! Those were them good old days

Oooh! Sangulo and Pepe Kale

Mmh! Amitabh Bachchan (they were loved)

TV at the neighbors (they were loved)

Madee, Rayvanny (they were loved)

Zari, Ivan (they were loved)

[Harmonize]

Why are you trying to know where I live (people loved it)

Eating chapati with livers or meat roast (they were loved)

All day long seating as if you're member of council (they loved it)

Oh Rabbi, to discuss poor me

Ah sampling pants (they were loved)

P Funk, Kajala (they were loved)

Onyango and Jangala (they were loved)

Rufufu Mkandala (they were loved)

Why speak ill about ourselves

Due to given money from Magufuli

Ah, Bongoman Yondo (they were loved)

Sikinde, Msondo Bands (they were loved)

Cars of mud (they were loved)

Old man from Loliondo (they were loved)

[Diamond]

Oooh! Those were the good old days

Oooh! Sangulo and Pepe Kale

Ah fluorescence TVs (they were loved)

Man Dojo and his crew (they were loved)

Gigi and Iyobo (they were loved)

Those Atupogo (they were loved)

[Maromboso]

In the burial ceremony seeing an owl is bad luck

Sleep in groups in fear of the Popo Bawa

Where will I see Zuwena (they were loved)

Zuwena of those old days (they were loved)

Making themselves swords have sunk,

Others are athletes and don't have anal muscles

Iddi Amin Dada (they were loved)

The wonderful waist of H Baba (they were loved)

The mouth of Chai Jabba (they were loved)

Games of our childhoods (they were loved)

[Lava Lava]

Those deal makers nowadays are in bad state (they were loved)

This is Magufuli's era and not Jakaya's (they were loved)

The clash of Mr. Nice and Dudu Baya (they were loved)

Animations of madenge, baba ubaya (they were loved)

Muhogo Mchungu, Mr. Bean, where's Bambo? (they were loved)

Those ship's invaders, the abroad's professionals

By the way, where's Benjamin of Mambo Jambo?

The Vietnamese in wild fighting with Rambo

Eh Ndanda Mjela Jela (they were loved)

Our childhood games (they were loved)

Max and Zembwela (they were loved)

Juma Nature and Fela (they were loved)

[Diamond]

Oooh! Those were the good old days

Oooh! Sangulo and Pepe Kale

Mmh Commander Daz Nunda (they were loved)

Witch doctor medications (they were loved)

Old times phones (they were loved)

Johari and Kanumba (they were loved)

Wasafii

They were loved, they were loved

They were loved, they were loved

Ohlilelelileeee

They were loved!

1. the sentence actually translates as "they were loved"2. literally Chinese hair