🎵 BACHIPEMBELE BALEKENI
# 🎵 BACHIPEMBELE BALEKENI
**Susack Music Production**
*Zambian Afrobeat • 110 BPM • Conservation Awards Day*
### \(INTRO – GUITAR SOLO + SHAKER + BIRDS SOUND\)
**Male (whisper):**
Susack teacher pa rulo...
Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust!
Shatele-booo!
### \(CHORUS 1 – WOMEN'S CHOIR + EMOTIONAL PIANO\)
**Choir (Women):**
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
**ALL:**
Lelo ni Lelo, Lelo ni lelo
Conservation Awards Day!
Shatele-boooo!
Shatele-booo!
### \(VERSE 1 – MALE LEAD\)
Lero takumana tonse pano,
Kusangalala ndi chilengedwe chathu,
M'munda mwathu muli nyama zambiri,
Mitengo, madzi, ndi mbalame zokongola.
Chipembele mwatiphunzitsa zambiri,
Mmene tingasamalire nyama zathu,
You have shown us the way,
Kuti tisunge chilengedwe every day.
Tiyeni tonse tigwire ntchito,
Kuteteza nkhalango, nyama ndi madzi athu,
Ana athu adzapeze cholowa,
Chilengedwe chabwino cha mawa.
### \(CHORUS 2 – WOMEN'S CHOIR + PIANO + FULL BEAT DROP\)
**Choir (Women):**
Chipembele zikomo,
Potipatsa chikondi,
Potipatsa maphunziro,
Kuti tisamale chilengedwe chathu.
**Male:** Tisamale!
**Choir:** Chilengedwe chathu!
**Choir:**
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
### \(DANCE BREAK 1 – GUITAR + DRUMS + WHISTLE\)
*(No singing for 8 bars – let people dance!)*
**Male:** Tivine! Tivine!
**Choir:** Eeeeh!
**Male:** Shatele!
**Choir:** Bobo!
**Male:** Chipembele!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**Male:** Chilengedwe!
**Choir:** Tisamale!
### \(VERSE 2 – MALE LEAD\)
Mwatiphunzitsa kusunga nyama,
Kuti zisathe m'nkhalango zathu,
Nyama zonse zili ndi moyo,
Tiyenera kuzisamalira nthawi zonse.
Zimafuna chakudya ndi malo,
Zimafuna mtendere m'nkhalango,
Wildlife brings visitors,
Ndipo imathandiza chitukuko chathu.
Alendo amabwera kudzaona,
Nyama zokongola za ku Mambwe,
Tiyeni tizisunge mwachikondi,
For the future, for our children.
Ngati tisunga chilengedwe,
Tidzasangalala tonse pamodzi,
Mambwe yathu ikhale yokongola,
With nature, we can all live better.
### \(CHORUS 3 – WOMEN'S CHOIR + EMOTIONAL PIANO + CLAPS\)
**Choir (Women):**
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
**Choir:**
Chipembele zikomo,
Potipatsa chikondi!
### \(DANCE BREAK 2 – GUITAR SOLO + GROOVY BASS\)
*(Guitar must shine here, with energetic drums and whistles.)*
**Male:** Mkhanya!
**Choir:** Balekeni!
**Male:** Jumbe!
**Choir:** Balekeni!
**Male:** Nsefu!
**Choir:** Balekeni!
**Male:** Kakumbi!
**Choir:** Balekeni!
**Male:** Mambwe!
**Choir:** Tisamale!
### \(VERSE 3 – MALE LEAD: THANKSGIVING AND PROMISE\)
Zikomo chifukwa cha mphotho,
Lero mitima yathu yasangalala,
Chipembele, mwatigwira dzanja,
Kutiphunzitsa kusunga chilengedwe.
Ntchito yanu ndi yofunika kwambiri,
Mumatsegula maso athu tonse,
We promise to keep on learning,
Ndi kuphunzitsa anzathu onse.
Tiyeni tipitirize ntchitoyi,
M'midzi yonse ndi m'madera athu,
Mulungu akudalitseni kwambiri,
For the work you do for nature.
### \(ZONES CHANT – CALL AND RESPONSE\)
**Male:** Mkhanya!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**Male:** Jumbe!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**Male:** Nsefu!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**Male:** Kakumbi!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**Male:** Mfuwe e!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**Male:** Mfuwe Bee!
**Choir:** Zikomo!
**ALL:**
Mulungu akudalitseni!
Chipembele, zikomo kwambiri!
### \(FINAL CHORUS – BIG FINISH + ALL VOICES\)
**Choir (Women):**
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
Bachipembele balekeni yee,
Abo ni chaulele chabo,
Che abapasta Mulungu.
**ALL:**
Lelo ni Lelo, Conservation Awards Day!
Chipembele zikomo potipatsa chikondi,
Poti phunzitsa kuti tisamale chilengedwe chathu!
**Male:** Tisamale nyama zathu!
**Choir:** Tisamale!
**Male:** Tisunge mitengo yathu!
**Choir:** Tisunge!
**Male:** Tisunge madzi athu!
**Choir:** Tisunge!
**ALL:**
Shatele-boooo! Shatele-bobo!
Tisamale chilengedwe!
Tisamale nyama zathu!
Chipembele, zikomo kwambiri!
### \(OUTRO – GUITAR FADE + SOFT PIANO\)
**Male:** Anah, Tolani, Clara, Nanja — Zikomo!
Teacher Peter — Zikomo!
Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust!
Zikomo!
Susack teacher pa rulo!
Jothan on the beat!
Mambwe District!
**Choir (softly):**
Bachipembele... balekeni... yee...
Chilengedwe chathu... tisamale...
Chipembele... zikomo... Since 1998