🔥 INTRO — CALL & RESPONSE
LEAD:
RONN MUSIC RECORD PRODUCTION TABESHA TATA MULAMBA.
Everybody, are you ready?!
CHOIR:
Yeeeees!
LEAD:
Who taught the doctor?
CHOIR:
TEACHER!
LEAD:
Who taught the nurse?
CHOIR:
TEACHER!
LEAD:
Who taught the engineer?
CHOIR:
TEACHER!
LEAD:
Who taught the leader?
CHOIR:
TEACHER!
LEAD:
Who shapes our future?
CHOIR:
TEACHER!
ALL:
🎶 NO FUTURE WITHOUT A TEACHER! 🎶
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi ali kuti?
CHOIR:
Ali pano!
LEAD:
Tiyima ndi ndani?
CHOIR:
Tiyima ndi aphunzitsi!
🎵 MAIN CHORUS
LEAD:
I stand with you!
CHOIR:
We stand with you!
LEAD:
I stand with teachers!
CHOIR:
We stand with teachers!
LEAD:
For your protection!
CHOIR:
We stand with you!
LEAD:
For your respect!
CHOIR:
We stand with you!
LEAD:
For our future!
CHOIR:
We stand with you!
ALL:
🎶
I stand with you,
We stand with you,
Teachers of Zambia,
We stand with you! 🎶
CINYANJA:
LEAD:
Ndiyima nanu!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi athu!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
LEAD:
Kuti mulemekezedwe!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
LEAD:
Kuti mutetezedwe!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
ALL:
🎶
Aphunzitsi, tiyima nanu!
Aphunzitsi, tiyima nanu!
Tsogolo lathu lili ndi inu!
Tiyima nanu! 🎶
🎶 VERSE 1 — 60 YEARS
LEAD:
Si chaka chimodzi!
CHOIR:
Si zaka ziwiri!
LEAD:
How many years?
CHOIR:
SIXTY YEARS!
LEAD:
Zaka zingati?
CHOIR:
Zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi!
LEAD:
For sixty years you stood your ground,
CHOIR:
You never gave up!
LEAD:
Even when the profession was not respected,
CHOIR:
You kept teaching!
LEAD:
Even when the journey was hard,
CHOIR:
You kept serving!
LEAD:
Through sacrifice and hard work,
CHOIR:
You raised the profession!
ALL:
🎶
Munayima, munapirira,
Munateteza ntchito yanu!
Zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi,
Tikukuthokozani aphunzitsi! 🎶
💃 DANCE BREAK
LEAD:
Clap your hands!
CHOIR:
👏👏👏👏
LEAD:
Move your feet!
CHOIR:
Hey! Hey! Hey!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi!
CHOIR:
Yebo!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi!
CHOIR:
Yebo!
LEAD:
Mulamba!
CHOIR:
Mulamba!
ALL:
🎶
Hey! Hey!
I stand with you!
Hey! Hey!
Tiyima nanu! 🎶
🎵 VERSE 2 — YOU SHAPED US
LEAD:
You taught us how to read!
CHOIR:
You taught us how to write!
LEAD:
You taught us how to think!
CHOIR:
You taught us how to dream!
LEAD:
You gave us knowledge!
CHOIR:
You gave us hope!
LEAD:
You showed us the way!
CHOIR:
You shaped our future!
LEAD:
Every doctor—
CHOIR:
Had a teacher!
LEAD:
Every leader—
CHOIR:
Had a teacher!
LEAD:
Every builder—
CHOIR:
Had a teacher!
LEAD:
Every professional—
CHOIR:
Had a teacher!
ALL:
🎶
There is no future without a teacher!
Palibe tsogolo popanda aphunzitsi!
There is no future without a teacher!
Palibe tsogolo popanda aphunzitsi! 🎶
🎵 CINYANJA SECTION
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi athu!
CHOIR:
Tikukondani!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi athu!
CHOIR:
Tikukulemekezani!
LEAD:
Pa ntchito yanu!
CHOIR:
Tikukuthokozani!
LEAD:
Pa kuleza mtima kwanu!
CHOIR:
Tikukuthokozani!
LEAD:
Pa chikondi chanu!
CHOIR:
Tikukuthokozani!
LEAD:
Munatiphunzitsa dzulo!
CHOIR:
Tili pano lero!
LEAD:
Mukutiphunzitsa lero!
CHOIR:
Tidzakhala tsogolo mawa!
ALL:
🎶
Aphunzitsi ndinu kuwala,
Aphunzitsi ndinu mphamvu,
Aphunzitsi ndinu tsogolo,
Tiyima nanu! 🎶
🔥 DANCEHALL RAP
LEAD/RAPPER:
Teacher, teacher, hear the sound,
You built the nation from the ground!
From the classroom to the nation,
You are shaping every generation!
CHOIR:
Teacher! Teacher!
RAPPER:
From the village to the city!
CHOIR:
Teacher! Teacher!
RAPPER:
From the classroom to the nation!
CHOIR:
Teacher! Teacher!
RAPPER:
Who protected the profession?
CHOIR:
TEACHERS!
RAPPER:
Who advanced its status?
CHOIR:
TEACHERS!
RAPPER:
Who shaped our future?
CHOIR:
TEACHERS!
RAPPER:
Zambia, say it loud!
CHOIR:
🔥 WE STAND WITH TEACHERS! 🔥
🎶 BIG CHORUS
LEAD:
I stand with you!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For your protection!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For your respect!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For your dignity!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For our children!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For Zambia!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For our future!
CHOIR:
WE STAND WITH YOU!
ALL:
🎶
I STAND WITH YOU!
WE STAND WITH YOU!
TEACHERS OF ZAMBIA,
WE STAND WITH YOU! 🎶
🎤 FINAL CALL & RESPONSE
LEAD:
Today we don't only say—
CHOIR:
HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY!
LEAD:
We say—
CHOIR:
🔥 I STAND WITH YOU! 🔥
LEAD:
For your protection!
CHOIR:
I STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For your respect!
CHOIR:
I STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
For your future!
CHOIR:
I STAND WITH YOU!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
LEAD:
Aphunzitsi!
CHOIR:
Tiyima nanu!
🎉 GRAND FINALE
ALL:
🎶
Zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi!
60 years of service!
60 years of sacrifice!
60 years of protecting the profession!
60 years of advancing its status!
60 years of shaping our futures!
Aphunzitsi, tikukuthokozani!
I STAND WITH YOU!
WE STAND WITH YOU!
NO FUTURE WITHOUT A TEACHER!
🔥 TEACHERS OF ZAMBIA — WE STAND WITH YOU! 🔥
LEAD:
Happy Teachers' Day!
CHOIR:
🎉 HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY! 🎉
ALL:
RONN MUSIC RECORD PRODUCTION TABESHA TATA MULAMBA.