Rosa
Western Jazz Band Lyrics

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Mapenzi yetu yamekuwa ni hasara Rosa
Mganga aliyekupa dawa ni adui yangu mama
Penzi ulilotaka si penzi mwenzangu eeh
Dawa aliyokupa ni sumu mwenzangu eeh
Hivyo ndivyo ulivyotaka toa roho yangu
Nini ulichokosa kutaka kuniua Rosa?
Nilikuwa ninakupa mshahara wangu wote
Hio haikutosha mpaka wanitesa Rosa

Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa Mama
(Acha ubaya Rosa).

Mapenzi yetu yamekuwa ni hasara Rosa
Mganga aliyekupa dawa ni adui yangu mama
Penzi ulilotaka si penzi mwenzangu eeh
Dawa aliyokupa ni sumu mwenzangu eeh
Hivyo ndivyo ulivyotaka toa roho yangu
Nini ulichokosa kutaka kuniua Rosa?
Nilikuwa ninakupa mshahara wangu wote
Hio haikutosha mpaka wanitesa Rosa

Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa Mama (he he he)

(Ndio ndio ndio ndio...)
(Rosa acha kuniua mama
Watu wanataka kusikia saboso ya mwaka 73
Kweli kweli kweli Rosa mbaya
Wacha uchawi)
(Rosaaa)
(He he eheee Rosa Maamaa)

Mapenzi yetu yamekuwa ni hasara Rosa
Mganga aliyekupa dawa ni adui yangu mama
Penzi ulilotaka si penzi mwenzangu eeh
Dawa aliyokupa ni sumu mwenzangu eeh
Hivyo ndivyo ulivyotaka toa roho yangu
Nini ulichokosa kutaka kuniua Rosa?
Nilikuwa ninakupa mshahara wangu wote
Hio haikutosha mpaka wanitesa Rosa

Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa Mama

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Western Jazz Band's song Rosa tell a story of a failed love affair that has turned out to be a loss for the singer of the song. The chorus of the song repeated several times throughout the song is a plea to Rosa to stop being malicious towards the singer. The song narrates how Rosa's actions have caused the singer much pain and how Rosa's "doctor" is the enemy of the singer. The singer maintains that the love Rosa wanted was not mutual, and the "medicine" that Rosa received was poison to the singer. The singer accuses Rosa of wanting to take away their life and questions what they had done to deserve such malicious intent.

The lyrics reveal that the singer had been giving their all, including their salary, and yet Rosa's actions made them suffer. The line "Hivyo ndivyo ulivyotaka toa roho yangu" translates to "that's how you wanted to take my soul," which shows the severity of the accusations that the singer is making towards Rosa. The song is a lamentation and a plea for Rosa to stop the malicious acts.

Line by Line Meaning

Mapenzi yetu yamekuwa ni hasara Rosa
Our love has been a loss, Rosa

Mganga aliyekupa dawa ni adui yangu mama
The doctor who gave you medicine is my enemy, mama

Penzi ulilotaka si penzi mwenzangu eeh
The love you wanted wasn't love for me, eh

Dawa aliyokupa ni sumu mwenzangu eeh
The medicine he gave you was poison, my friend, eh

Hivyo ndivyo ulivyotaka toa roho yangu
That's how you wanted to take my soul

Nini ulichokosa kutaka kuniua Rosa?
What did I lack that made you want to kill me, Rosa?

Nilikuwa ninakupa mshahara wangu wote
I was giving you all my salary

Hio haikutosha mpaka wanitesa Rosa
That wasn't enough until they tortured me, Rosa

Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa, Eeh Rosa Mama
Oh Rosa, Rosa Mama

Writer(s): Pixinguinha

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Comments from YouTube:

@Peggycool351

13w↑1

Niko na nani hapa 2024

@gloriamngulwi4828

6w↑1

Nipo hapa

@kundadickson4648

1y↑3

I remember in 1972 we used to play this song on ITT SUPERSONIC RADIO GRAM in Mansa, Zambia. This song graced air waves then. My elder sister our first born Mwape loved this song much MHSRIEP.

@jonathanmwangi2743

39w↑2

Memories..when we were young...we did not mind about anything when the songs would be played on kbc radio..sabalheri manenos😢.

@douglasnyakango636

5y↑18

Feeling is something else here .my whole body is going numb.it remind my first wife who left me because I didn't have a job.until now she's not married.for me I moved on and married to Madam, christabel kagai.mtoto maragoli.

@mikerosco4267

tmi

@jasperetale6916

Douglas nyakango :that woman was neither your wife nor meant for you. She was looking for money and went where she thought she would get money.

@saidameran2659

ÇAWW 000I0JLHU677766666I 8TAKES 0

@VISMARTFOURWHEELS

Damn man! The same thing happened to me

@cecilhesse6157

9y↑16

The only oddies music that will never be forgotten ever !!!T

@Teshville

16w

A masterpiece indeed 🔥🔥🔥nimeanza nayo 2024

@AntonyWanyama

8y↑11

I listen to this song and tears roll down my eyes like a child. It was my mother's favorite tune. RIP mom.

@kidonngoille8236

6y↑17

Walijipanga vizuri hii ndio Tanzania ya wakati huo nidhamu, umahiri na upeo wenye ufundi wa vyombo hakika wanastahili pongezi, ukweli huo ndio uliokuwa wakati wa dhahabu👏👏😀

@saummakangira4539

4y↑1

Haswaa japo kuwa mm sio wa zaman lkn hizi nyimbo zinaniumiza kwakweli

@markthomas1658

6y↑10

Very remniscent and nostalgic song , it reminds 70's in Chunya district my father was katibu tarafa before we shift to Germany , but now both parents are no more ,RIP.

@mikerosco4267

3y↑2

pole sana

@NgothoMurega

Bado iko moto sana kutoka mwaka 1973

@nyangehassan902

6y↑10

Huu ndio muziki wa ki-Tanzania, sasa hivi ni YO YO YO na kushikilia flaiz

@nyangehassan902

7y↑9

nakumbuka brother wangu akisoma Tabora boys aliupenda sana wimbo huu

@kokombwana8625

Nyange Hassani wa Handeni?

@nyangehassan902

Kondoa

@josephogweno1832

the days that will never come back again. I miss those days surely

@kenedykaunda1550

6y↑5

Mganga aliyekupa dawa ni adui wangu. Cool vibez... you know.

@user-fe8dx6ev4k

38w

Hakika nyimbo hizi zitadumu na bado zinapendwa.

@amonmichael214

4y↑2

Kutoka ndani ya Moyo wangu. Muziki wa Zamani haufi. Yaliyoimbwa ndio yalio leo hii. 2020.

@paulangoloko8642

36w

Kitu adimu sana nasikia raha kabisa niusikiapo

@nyangehassan902

44w↑1

Still on 🔥2023, June

@peterkeryakokka3041

6y↑6

Master piece of all time. It was on top of Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda charts for years. I was about 14 then and together with Vigeregere and Dada Asha some of the best hits to ever come out of this lovely country.

@boscomuna6943

6y↑1

These guys ruled East and Central Africa in Music in 1972 -1975.

@peterkeryakokka3041

5y↑1

Here I am again listening to the song, the best of the best. That Western Jazz solo. Who was that soloist? 15 June 2019.

@mbiyugobo1031

38w

Kweli hizi ndoo nyimbo ambayo ikipigwa inakuondolea mawazo kidogo

@patrickhigenyi8063

7y↑13

I remember this music because my late mum used to dance to its tune!

@fatmatajalloh5412

Patrick Higenyi g

@mtuwagreen7076

Sorry

@swalehmuslim1556

5y↑4

All i can say i was blessed to be born in this ERA

@kakajaymoe8713

Waah!! Hapa ndio nilikua naambia mathee anipeleke shule

@albertotieno

2y↑5

This hit was used as part of Soukouss Stars Medley Nairobi Night by Lokassa ya Mbongo. Beautiful music!!

@kariukisolomon9034

37w

I love Nairobi night so much

@chriskiragencies219

4y↑2

Takes me back to a late 70's school club visit to a neighbouring girls school.This song could not playing and we could not stop dancing

@antimomassawe1972

5y↑2

hongeren sana wasaniii wetu wa zamn niwaase na vijana wenzangu yakua waige mifano kwao itapendeza zaid asanten

@janemukima710

I always have memories of my good friend Mary kitui

@kenmcoha6349

My great uncle loved dancing to this song among many others...he was a great dancer with his Afro hair, platforms and bell bottom.

@jumamhando4290

Ngoma ngoma kwelii aiseee

@abrahamankanji3398

7y↑10

Nakumbuka miaka hiyo kipindi cha Mchana Mwema, RTD, Mtangazaji Edda Sanga, Redio aina ya National 277....

@marcobarie7802

Abrahaman Kanji kweli

@pateriusrutatoka1402

Hahaaaa😂😂😂

@moseskamau974

4y↑1

Reminds me of '70s....😂 when I was a small boy.
Moses, Kenya.

@peterwepukhulu7325

34w

I love this song

@alexchikodza8292

46w

Hii ni muziki isiyoisha ladha inayoishi milele Kwa wale wanaojua muziki

@nyangehassan902

46w

2023 still on 🔥

@user-hv3hb6ec1z

47w

I still dance to this tune and shed a tear for the golden days

@alimiskri2659

8y↑2

Aaaaah! Those were the days of the miracle wonder. It was a wonderful years. Pecos or Bugalloo and Raizon boots with a tight short sleeve shirt.

@mufconstantin4920

Ca me rappelle les annees soixante dix...I,allais souvent en vacance en zambie...c'est la que j'avais ecoute pour la 1er foi cette chanson avec Dada asha tjrs de la tanzanie...belle melodies

@lemmymuiga1668

2y↑1

It reminds of a friend known as Chausiku at Kilifi.She could sing it word for word...may she R.I.P.

@mayokazemuba3216

12y↑2

Those were the days of Ujaama ni Uutu. Ubepaari ni Uunyama ideologies. Beautiful Rosa, Wow what a beauty.

@mohammedalnamani3375

11y↑3

Tunatoa pongezi kwa wana muziki wetu wa zamani na kama bado wapo napenda kuwasiliana nao mohammed al naamani-maskat

@alfredmokobi8247

48w

Inanikumbusa ya kale,mbaka inatoa majoz

@abdonandrew3497

5y↑21

nani bado anasikiliza hii kitu hadi leo 2019

@rashidally737

We acha kabisa

@andrewmaranga2335

nipo mmoja wao

@abdubomar9147

3y↑1

Reminds me my young days back in 70s, 80s when Tanzanian musicians dominated EA.

@wilsonnyamari8904

Till now 2021 inapamba

@jimmycultureblackman3796

Listening 18: 5: 2021

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@voke428

Not born in that erra but this music is great.kijana wa sasa bt likes listening to this great music full of advise

@gideongathekiamkoloni5043

I used to shed tears whenever this song played ... it's emotional.

@bonfaceandala5850

7y↑2

Haki KBC muziki wa adhuhuri, na mtangazaji Charles Omuka Kabisae.Siwezi sahau enzi hizo.

@gladwelltailor

38w

Love this 80-90s beats very enjoyable in the dance floor or for drives 🙋🏽‍♀️🛐

@nyangehassan902

6y↑1

Ilikuwa miziki kwasababu ilikuwa ina haririwa leo hii wanaojiita wasanii anajifungia chumbani na kutoka na YO YO YO YO hapo mziki umekamilika dah! HATARII

@ryansas8559

Mmmmmmmmmmmh...... Sisemi lolote,,,, hongera my sister Jane... Ulikuwa unaimba huu wimbo mpaka unafanya niutamani.....

@tomlepski8306

Nyimbo nzuri kweli,yanikumbusha enzi zile za VoK na mwaka wa sabini na sita. Gonga like kama waipenda hii nyinbo na pia kama unaisikiliza mwakani 2020.

@husseinmohamedally148

Babukubwa mpaka kesho

@jacob2382

Nakumbuka.mbali.sana

@fredkangethe7497

Hata kama sikuzaliwa hizi zama nimekubali kaaabisa huu ndio muziki.Listening 25/04/2021.Haiiii...Kali kweli

@VISMARTFOURWHEELS

3y↑1

Feeling is something else here. my whole body is going numb. It remind my first wife who left me because I didn't have a money. She left with two beautiful daughters (Natasha & Natalia). I moved on but i believe she hasnt.

@fatmahussein6085

3y↑1

nan yuko na mimi 2020😅

@zackaryajuoga2955

Listening to this music is like a majestic walk into the past that can only be wished for but that refuses to come back to us
Wonderful memories

@monikombo

Majestic walk to the past.

@laurianedward13

10y↑2

im not as older as the song but it gives unknown feelings in my heart.big up 2 them,their work was great.

@vincentokeyo6477

6y↑2

Sasa huu wimbo hunigusa mahali,sijuwi wapi...lakini Mimi huhisi kulia!

@saummakangira4539

4y↑1

Pole sana

@vincentokeyo6477

@@saummakangira4539 kwanza hapo kwa mshahara na Rosa...Mimi Kwisha!

@yunusibrahimlwamba2985

Ndio nimeanza mapenzi na chrstina. Mwaka wangu wa tatu mahakamani, na nimehamishiwa kijiji cha Nyangili Igarukilo Mwanza.

@Galidi1969

Big Chune! Almost 2022 and still listening!

@alexanderdidas3815

Tunawakumbuka sana, Niko Kigali- RWANDA

@davidnyaribo

13y

Wimbo huu wavutia kweli ,jinsi hawa wanamziki walivyo cheza vyombo vyao. hata sasa jinzi hii ingekuepo basi mambo sawa kabisa. Mpenda zilizo vuma Daudi -Nairobi

@jumamadili3035

Jamani iz song ni nzuri sana, kiukweli hata sisi ambao hatukuwepo enzi hizo bado zinatupa feeling as if tulikuwepo miaka hiyo ya 70, yani hapa nimeshairudia kuisikiliza zaidi ya mala kumi, yani kila ikiisha naianzisha upya, ni balaa jaman, mtu unatamani ulie akati hata hukuwepo enzi hizo

@noahkoech5507

This are real music....rhumba nostalgia!!

@isaacoteri2343

11y↑1

Enzi za musiki, Ndugu yangu Joakim Ayiera.

@wekesasifunarobert7003

8y↑2

Oh my!!! so wonderful to listen to... I love this music.

@gladwella7818

6y↑1

eeeh rosa mapenzi yetu yamekuwa ni hasara

@nyangehassan902

12w

2024 Still on 🔥

@mariamfritsi9761

6y↑1

kumbukumbu isiyofutika zama za zamani bado zipo na zitakuwepo.vyombo bin vyombo .safi sana.halo nina umri wa miaka 13.mhh eti sasa pia nimekuwa mzee pia.12.11.17.

@majaliwalugusha6424

Naomba kujua ule wimbo wa zamani unaozungumzia msichana alie kataa kuolewa na miaka 12,anasema mume nitamuweza wapi?je imeimbwa na nani na inaitwaje jina lake?

@dmginfo2470

although mimi siyo kijana wa zamani but i appreciate the song baaab!!! i like listening it all time. hii haichuji arifu...............

@jasperetale6916

Dada Rosa wako hata leo. Ndugu kaene radar!

@yohanalundo8261

napenda sana hizi nyimbo najisikia niko poa sana,pongezi kwenu sanaaaaaa.

@hoseamanyindo4426

I remember my mom loved this song RIP. Mom

@WenceslasBwengyeRwabukye

10y↑1

this reminds me of those phillips record players by then i was still young and energetic we could to the dancing parties and do transnite

@Gordonhandle

Am happy to be listening to such a great song

@eayieko

10y

Fantastic music from our 1st generation musician. Kudos to Western Jazz. Your music is immortal

@kennethlusaka9411

4y↑2

Nina kumbuka MDJ eddy fondo

@kennethlusaka9411

4y↑1

Mr Riiiiiiight

@otienokevin8039

@@kennethlusaka9411 sodakta mheshimiwa,good luck in forthcoming election2022.

@mwisheheselemani3339

Miziki ya zamani ina raha yk duuuuuu, mtu unatamani zamani irudi

@OsmundKapinga

8y↑2

Huu ndio muziki wa ki-Tanzania

@lescamerpasvenales6025

9y↑2

je retrouve cette chanson découverte au Cameroun , dans les années 1970 : merci Jaaw99 pour le partage !

@jamesalubala4055

5y↑1

The song holds special part in my heart that's around 1997 to 2000 we used to Listen it with my Dad i guesse it was more enjoyable when played we as family taking super big Western Jazz Band

@pascasmsafiri7038

It is true that old is gold whenever listening to track i feel like to weep big up to those participated to compose and sing the song it is the best one

@manfrednamihambi1446

Enzi za ujana wetu sio miziki ya kizazi chetu.

@calistuswanyama7948

i have countlessly listened to this song na sitosheki,such a mouth piece.

@GregoryMnyakasha-yk7zo

47w

Mwelewa atasikiliza ili kizazi cha nyoka hawezi ila zile zisizo na akili atasikiliza

@yusufaura8237

It reminds me when I was in highschool the lady by the name rose tsimuli ulienda wapi mpenzi feel like crying

@patkingston795

11y↑1

Those old gold days

@trio12gito

13y↑1

Ujana jijini Dar wakati ule...ama hakika ...Kinondoni maisha yalokamilika...

@francismaina3181

Best of western jazz,
Was my favourite at the disco halls

@remykabenga4933

Bampingi unakumbuka wasimo

@stephennelson3349

Wimbo mmoja kati ya zile ambazo hazitawahi kusahaulika

@augustusmuthoka5844

Blessed Western Jazz... Oh my

@saidomary4538

34w

My graduation pr school song

@maidawaabdoulaye2426

i love this song! c'est exquis!

@josphatakama4625

5y↑1

Watu wapendane upendo Wa kweli sio dawa jamani

@lescamerpasvenales6025

great song : many thanks for posting this....i remember Cameroon !!!!

@makumabasi

12y↑1

kaka si mchezo umetukumbusha mbali sana ongera

@hassanmchonjo5917

Mwimbo hauchoshi

@evansmumo3921

2022!!!!!!!!!!!!

@moturiotwoma4669

Niko ndani ndani ndani kabisa

@maidawaabdoulaye2426

marvelous!!!

@beatricebosibori6733

Very nice. Ina mafunzo kali sana

@gervaismuhigirwa334

Ili kuwa katika nyimbo yakuvutiya saana

@jasperetale6916

TZ ju ju ju zaidi!!

@newtonsimba7930

Wonderful song.

@richardgaya3965

Ilitia fora Afrika Mashariki kwote!!!!

@clt9914

When music meant thinking! It's back to my glory days of good dad and mama controlling the homestead

@nyangehassan902

Siku zilikuwa nzuri sana

@fhyubhhh2881

Amazing!!! jamani music wa zamani ilikua mitamu!!

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