Daddy Samwaka Kabika

Verse

Daddy Samwaka Kabika, your name still echoes in this house

The chair you used to sit on, it’s quiet now

I look at the door hoping you’ll walk through

But heaven took the best of us

Pre-chorus

You left behind three boys who carry your name

Samwaka Lungowe, Teddy Samwaka Liyungu, and me, Mukoma Samwaka

We’re trying to be the men you raised us to be

Daddy, I miss you

Every single day

Your voice, your hands, your advice

Gone too soon, but never away

We’re still here, Daddy

Still fighting, still praying

Samwaka is our name

And we’ll honor you

Verse

I remember your stories by the fire at night

The way you taught us to work hard and do what’s right

Life feels heavier without you here

But I feel you watching, I feel you near

Banaka ba hao ba sa le kwanu

Your children are still here

Daddy, I miss you

Every single day

Your voice, your hands, your advice

Gone too soon, but never away

We’re still here, Daddy

Still fighting, still praying

Samwaka is our name

And we’ll honor you

Chorus

If I could see you one more time

I’d tell you thank you for the life you gave

I’d tell you we’re okay, we’re holding on

Until the day we meet again

Bridge

Samwaka Kabika... father, provider, legend

Your legacy lives in us

We miss you Daddy. We love you.

Until we meet again