"Mbube" is a song performed by Lebo M heard on the soundtrack of the 2019 remake of The Lion King.
Background
The song is heard after the end credits after the Xhosa version of "He Lives in You".
Lyrics
Ah we Mbube, we Mbube (4x)
(repeated in background)
Uyi Mbube (7x)
Walal'emini uzodlulwa ngamathamsanqqa
(Walala walala)
Walal'emini uzodlulwa ngamathamsanqqa
Ahh lalalala, lalala uyimbube webaba (2x)
(chorus)
Ah weeee uyimbube webaba, mamela
Ah weeee uyimbube webaba
Background Chant: We ah welele mama, wembube, uyimbube
Imbube (2x)
Ngonyam'ilele
Ngonyam'ilele, lala
Lala kahle (2x)
Ah we mbube
The great lion (4x)
(repeated in background)
You are the great lion (7x)
Rise with the sun, for misfortune will be your fate, if you keep sleeping; blessings come to those who rise with the sun
Rise with the sun, for misfortune will be your fate, if you keep sleeping
You are the great lion (2x)
(chorus)
You are the great lion, take heed
You are the great lion
Background Chant: You are the great lion
Lion (2x)
The lion is at peace
The lion is already at peace
Sleep well (2x)
The great lion
Trivia
- "Mbube" means "lion“ in Zulu.
- The song was originally performed in the 1930s in South Africa by Solomon Linda in which the song was later adapted into "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in 1961 by The Tokens which would later be used in the 1994 version of The Lion King.
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