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Asante

By Evelyn Wanjiru

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Song Meaning

"Asante" — Swahili for "thank you" — repeats almost nothing but gratitude: asante Yesu, ninakupenda, kwa wema wako, over and over until the words start to function like breath. Evelyn Wanjiru wrote it out of a specific wait: ten years of trying for a child before the pregnancy the song was written to celebrate. That backstory sits underneath lines like "ametimiza ahadi yake ndani yangu" — he has fulfilled his promise inside me — and "Mungu wangu anajibu," my God answers. It's close to the shape of Hannah's story, a woman who prayed for years for a child and testified afterward that God had heard her, and the song leans on that parallel without spelling it out. There's no bridge, no key change, just the same handful of phrases sung until they've said everything they need to: gratitude, love, and the plain claim that God is faithful. For anyone still in the waiting part of a story like Evelyn's, that repetition works less like filler and more like patience set to melody.
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Asante Yesu, Asante Yesu 

Asante Yesu, Asante Yesu 


Kwa wema wako, kwa wema wako 

Kwa wema wako, kwa wema wako 


Pokea sifa, pokea sifa 

Pokea sifa, pokea sifa


Ninakupenda, ninakupenda 

Ninakupenda, ninakupenda 


Kwa wema wako, kwa wema wako 

Kwa wema wako, kwa wema wako 


Pokea sifa, pokea sifa 

Pokea sifa, pokea sifa


Tazama yale Mungu ametenda 

Ametimiza ahadi yake ndani yangu 

Na sasa mimi nashuhudia 

Ya kwamba Mungu wangu mwaminifu 

Ya kwamba Mungu wangu anajibu 

Ya kwamba Mungu wangu anaweza 


Asante Yesu, Asante Yesu 

Asante Yesu, Asante Yesu 

Ninakupenda, ninakupenda 

Ninakupenda, ninakupenda


Mwaminifu, mwaminifu 

Mwaminifu, mwaminifu 


Uombalo utapewa 

Utafutalo utaona 

Sikio lake si zito 

Kusikia ombi lako 


Furahia ndani ya Yesu 

Mpe ibadi yako 


Mwaminifu, mwaminifu 

Mwaminifu, mwaminifu 

Asante Yesu, Asante Yesu 

Asante Yesu, Asante Yesu 


Asante Song Story

Asante Yesu is a new release by one of the top Kenyan gospel artist, Evelyn Wanjiru. The Swahili song means Thank You Jesus, indeed Evelyn & her husband Agundabweni Akweyu have a reason of thanksgiving to God for answering a 10year prayer of struggling with infertility. Evelyn is expecting her first baby after waiting for 10 years, the song is released during her baby shower. The song is an encouragement for all those who have struggled with various issues. God answers prayers to all those who wait on him are like Mt. Zion. The God who answered Hannah's prayers, has answered Evelyn's and will answer yours too.

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