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Stand Up (Telema) Lyrics by Bantunani

Usa(U) [Say]

2025

[Verse 1]
\nAll through my life along
\nI didn’t expect that day would come
\nJust like a little bird on wire
\nSinging this song of freedom
\n
\nOh dear brother
\nPlease sing with me
\nBatu nionso bayoka nzembo
\n
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nTelema telema
\nTelema telema oh
\nTi tokokoma bamoko
\nYo na ngai tokanisa maboko
\nNgai na zongeli, motema ezali kokosa
\nSoki ozangi, na bwake lobi
\nMonoko etia sukali (Words that sweeten tomorrow)
\n
\n[Bridge]
\nOh, sad I was alone in the dark
\nListening to the world’s atrocity
\nSo far from homies and family
\nI don’t wanna close my eyes
\n
\nWe rise from ashes, we rise from pain
\nBreaking the chains, wе'll shine again
\nOh, let the drums of justicе play
\nLet the sun bring a brand-new day!
\n
\n
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nTelema telema, telema telema oh
\nTi tokokoma bamoko, yo na ngai tokanisa maboko
\n
\nTelema telema, telema telema oh
\nTi tokokoma bamoko, yo na ngai tokanisa maboko
\n
\n*(Gradual percussion layering into full instrumentation for the final chorus.)*
\n
\n[Outro : Strings ,Congas]
\nNionso ekolonga na bolingo
\nTozwa nguya na nzoto moko
\n
\nYe kozala moninga na ngai
\nPasi ya bolingo ekoma
\nNakotuna tango ekoya
\nMoto ekotumba mpongi ya pasi
\n
\n*(Strings and Congas build gradually here for emotional crescendo.)*
\n
\n[Dancing Chorus with Percussion Drive]
\nTelema telema, telema telema oh
\nTi tokokoma bamoko, yo na ngai tokanisa maboko
\nOh stand up, stand up brother
\nOh stand up, stand up now
\n
\n[Bridge 2: with Strings]*(Strings-led, layered with vocal harmonies)*
\nWe rise from ashes, we rise from pain
\nBreaking the chains, we'll shine again
\nOh, let the drums of justice play
\nLet the sun bring a brand-new day!
\n
\n*(Orchestral strings: slow build crescendos with violin swells, adding a cinematic feel.)*
\n
\n[Dancing cumbia Final Universal Chorus – English]
\nFrom Africa, from Asia
\nFrom America, wherever you are
\nStand up, stand up, together we rise!
\nFor freedom, for justice
\nFor the love we’ve been dreaming of
\nStand up, stand up, and reach for the skies!
\n
\n(Adlibs: "Rise up! Stand tall!")
\n
\n[Chorus Acapella – Transition to Fade Out]
\nTelema telema, telema telema oh
\nTi tokokoma bamoko, yo na ngai tokanisa maboko
\n
\n*(Drums fade out gradually as soft harmonies echo “Telema, telema” in the background.)*
\n
\nDont let the hope brother, (non,non)
\nDont forget the love we built
\n
\n[Dancing outro Chorus]*(cumbia rumba solo)*
\nFrom Africa, from Asia
\nFrom America, wherever you are
\nStand up, stand up, together we rise!
\nFor freedom, for justice
\nFor the love we’ve been dreaming of
\nStand up, stand up, and reach for the skies!
\n
\n(Adlibs: "Rise up! Stand tall!")
\n
\n[Chorus Acapella – Transition to Fade Out]
\nTelema telema, telema telema oh
\nTi tokokoma bamoko, yo na ngai tokanisa maboko
\n
\n*(Drums fade out gradually as soft harmonies echo “Telema, telema” in the background.)*
\n
\nDont let the hope brother, (non,non)
\nDont forget the love we built\n\n
Credits
Bantunani

Bantunani

About “Stand Up (Telema)” by Bantunani

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"Stand Up (Telema)" appears on "Usa(U) [Say]" in 2025.

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