Subiri Emmy Kosgei & Evelyn Wanjiru

Mercy Masika, Emmy Kosgei, and Evelyn Wanjiru build this Swahili song around a single repeated instruction: "afadhali kungoja, kungoja Bwana" — it's better to wait, to wait on the Lord. The chorus doesn't resolve into an answer; it just keeps returning to the discipline of waiting itself.

The second verse quotes Psalm 1 almost directly: "heri mti yule afwataye sheria za Bwana, atakuwa kama mti kando kando ya maji" — blessed is the one who follows the Lord's ways, who will be like a tree planted by the water. Psalm 1:3 describes that same tree yielding fruit in its season, not on demand but when the time actually comes — which is the whole case the song is making about the wait itself.

The bridge names the real difficulty plainly: "umekuwa na maswali mengi mno, unashangaa Mungu yuko wapi" — you've had too many questions, wondering where God is. Rather than answering the question, the song answers with a promise instead, closing in English with Psalm 30:5's own words: "sorrow may last in the night, joy comes in the morning."