Hook :
Nkosi cela ungiphe amandla
Nami ngivuse ikhaya lami
Nkosi cela ungipha amandla
Nami ng'kwaz uk'shitsha isimo sasekhaya
Intro verse :
thonga lami cela ung'khanyisele
Ngathi indlela yam semnyama kunzima
Nawe thonga lami ng'khanyisele
Indlela yam yona seyahlaba inameva
Verse
Ngyazama ngyahluleka
anginawo ngisho namandla
Sengibathe ngibathe ngyazama ak'hlangani
Mina angisaz baba ukuthi ngenze njani
Nkulunkulu onomusa ngicela ingiphe ubuhlakali
Nami baba ngyafisa ukuletha ushitsho kumama ekhaya
Nami baba ngyafisa uk'vusa ikhaya lami
Nami baba ngyafuna ukuletha iy'nyembezi zenjabulo kumama lapha ekhaya
Hook :
Nkosi cela ungiphe amandla
Nami ngivuse ikhaya lami
Nkosi cela ungipha amandla
Nami ng'kwaz uk'shitsha isimo sasekhaya
Verse no.2
Unkulunkulu baba angiceli ok'ningi mina ngicela amandla
Somandla baba angiceli ok'ningi
Ngicela ungiphe amandla
Ngyazi baba wen awsoze was'lahla
Nawe thonga lami vuma weh
Ngyaz baba wena noma kumnyama kunzima kodwa uhlezi unam
Thonga lami ngikhanyisele
Ungibambe ngesandla ung'bonise uk'khanya
Thonga lami ngikhanyisele ngicela
Ukuthi ube isban sami
Hook :
Nkosi cela ungiphe amandla
Nami ngivuse ikhaya lami
Nkosi cela ungipha amandla
Nami ng'kwaz uk'shitsha isimo sasekhaya