I am originally from Tanzania. I got to know Tuku really well to the point where I drove him and his wife around Toronto in 2018. About 6 weeks, I went to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert near Toronto. After the show i went to see the group in the dressing room. I told them I was a friend of Tuku - they all got around me and started to sing Neria in the dressing room It brought tears to my eyes.
My name is NERIA, I was born in Caracas, Venezuela, my parents are from the British Guyana, I just find this song... My mother and grand mother name's was NERIA. Now I live in France... Each time I hear this son, is like hearing my ancestral ...VIVE LE METISSAGE!
Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neira God is with you To loose a husband sister needs you to have a strong heart Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Life is a turning wheel Beware the winds made of trials Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Women are treated like slaves Living like orphans Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be brave, may your heart be brave God is with you Love is envious Separating those that love Don't let your heart be troubled Sister God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be full of courage Neria God is with you Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be full of courage Neria God is with you lyricstranslate.com/en/neria-neria.html
I really regret not listening to Oliver Mtukudzi's music more when he was alive. May he rest in peace. A while back I was at a record store (in the United States) I was browsing world music and saw the album "Tuku Music". I had no idea who Oliver Mtukudzi was at the time, but I wanted to broaden my horizons and try something new. I really do love his music, I sometimes put that album on while I'm sitting around on Sunday mornings. I later found out my dad is also a fan of Oliver. I heard the news of what happened to him and really thought about things. Oliver seemed like a really nice person, and I wish I knew more about him. I would have loved to meet him, but I hope he's resting well now. Thank you Oliver.
@ Leo Spencer, you don't know how right you are about this legend of song and dance. Dr Oliver Mtukudzi was a gentle giant who lived by the tenets of all the best religious teachings. He was a down to earth man; kind to a fault. When he was starting his career and living in his parents' house in Old Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe, my friends and I would go and watch him practising on the verandah of the house. We were welcome any time. Later, when Tuku had become a household name, he started a project of finding and financing young bands that were just starting; one of them was called Pengaudzoke. Dr Oliver Mtukudzi led by example and was principled. He was never scared of anyone - and some politicians in that country (Zimbabwe) are SCAAAAARY - but he always admonished them through Shona idioms in his music. His passing was a personal loss to me, but much more than that, the whole world has lost a fine human being. R.I.P. gwenyambira.
I dedicate this song to Zimbabwe the country being represented by Neria. Zimbabwe's husband died a long time ago but God is with her, got be strong Zimbos God is with you 🙏
Neria Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neira God is with you To loose a husband sister needs you to have a strong heart Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Life is a turning wheel Beware the winds made of trials Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Women are treated like slaves Living like orphans Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be brave, may your heart be brave God is with you Love is envious Separating those that love Don't let your heart be troubled Sister God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be full of courage Neria God is with you Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be full of courage Neria God is with you
This must be the most beautiful music I've heard in weeks, months... or perhaps even years... A divine combination of sounds, voices and instruments. Greetings from Lithuania. May God bless Africa and its people, and unite the African nations. And may God make my dream to visit Zimbabwe someday come true. Ameen ♡
Most South Africans love this song, and we don't even know what it's about. To see Ladysmith Black Mambazo add a piece of their soul into makes it even more special. It's always special when Africans come together✊
Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neira God is with you To loose a husband sister needs you to have a strong heart Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Life is a turning wheel Beware the winds made of trials Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you God is with you Neria God is with you Women are treated like slaves Living like orphans Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be brave, may your heart be brave God is with you Love is envious Separating those that love Don't let your heart be troubled Sister God is with you Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be full of courage Neria God is with you Neria Neria, oh Don't let your heart be troubled Neria God is with you Be full of courage Neria God is with you lyricstranslate.com/en/neria-neria.html
You need to watch the Zim movie titled Neria for which movie Oliver sang the song Noria. Its about property grabbing when a man dies and leaves behind a wife and children
Am deep into sorrow for the death of our legend Mtukuzi. He was not only for Zimbabwe but for everyone in Africa as well as outside Africa. I shall greatly miss you.
Just heard this beautiful song today for the first time. The voices the melody, the rhythm, touch and resonate so profoundly with the soul. I don't understand the words but I do identify with the universal language of the song. Brilliant
Being a Motswana I can't understand any shona but I love love absolutely adore Ntate Oliver's music. I find myself crying at times listening to it. Thanks to platforms like these that allow us to see his music. Beautiful
Lyrics (Translated from Shona) Neria, Neria oooohh Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you God is with you, Neria God is with you Losing your husband, sister requires that you be of strong heart Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you God is with you, Neria God is with you Neria, Neria oooohh Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you God is with you, Neria God is with you Life is full of twists and turns Beware of winds bringing trials/tribulations Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you God is with you, Neria God is with you Women are often treated as slaves Living life like orphans Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Be brave, oh heart, be brave God is with you Death is so jealous Splitting up loved ones Don't lose heart, my sister God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Persevere, oh Neria God is with you Neria, Neria oooohh Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Don't lose heart, Neria God is with you Persevere, oh Neria God is with you
@@ngobenitlangelani2882 I watched the movie so l knew it was about a woman who lost her husband but it was such a long time ago that l forgot the lyrics. I grew up in Botswana and l think we watched the movie at school. It was about AIDS and young people, l believe. Such a beautiful song. Didn't even know he died till today. May he rest in perfect peace.
I'm sitting here in my living room trying to fend off a sore throat with home remedies and Lady Blacksmith popped into my mind. I used to listen to them quite often years ago. I was born and raised in Jamaica, but I am so proud of my African roots. Even did my DNA ancestry and found out I have 96.7% African DNA primarily of Yoruba and Esan people, but all of Africa is mine. Anyway, searching for Lady Blacksmith brought me to this and after just a few seconds I realized I have listened to this many times before. Such a beautiful song. When you come from the soul the language heard by the natural ears is of much I significance. Sir Oliver, the universe now sings of Neria. As we say on Jamaica (and as I do not believe the soul sleeps in death) I say walk good mi bredda 🙏🏿😊
Ntuntuko, its a song written in the early 90s by Mtukudzi talking about how women were treated after their husbands passed on i.e the brothers would come take the house and furniture leaving the wife and children with nothing even money from work/pension was taken as well. Tuku is saying stay strong my sister/daughter God is with you and will look after you and your children. Death is jealous it seperates loved one's
@@wekwamazorodze8660 he wrote this song for the film wind of change, when they got to hear the song they changed the title of the film, and it was called Neria. The film was financed by Norad witch is the norwegian national help organisation. They wanted to support african artist with money so they could give the african people an african story, told filmed and published by only africans. The idea is that nobody can make a better image of africa than africans. Norway was a colony for more years than any other country ever was a colony, and we never had a colony our self. We got our freedom in 1905. That is the reason Norway understand the africans need for freedom, and to tell their own story. With the deepest respect for all africans, you do that good, better than any other people.
@@runeotto Your words made me cry.I usually see comments from white people on youtube.Usually condescending, and judgmental but yours is very sincere and heartfelt.I never knew that this movie had a different name,or how the Norwegians helped bring it about.That was very lovely of you guys amd God bless you.We are all one people,color means nothing.
Can't believe I live in the times where great legends such as baba Oliver Mtukudzi live. It is such and honor to points where I can't wait for my next generation to hear him!
It's unfortunate there is no music channel on dstv that is dedicated to such music (African); this shows how lost and controlled we are by the media, being exposed to what (music) they want.
So beautiful, heartwarming, reminding me of European Baroque music. I can't wait to hear more of it from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia
My Zimbabwean pen pal showed me this song, and then I watched the movie! This is such a beautiful song, and I hope one day that I visit Zimbabwe! Greetings from Atlanta, Georgia!
@@kundaichiremba7279 This is most harmony voices and an instrument that shows that AFRICAN AMERICANS .We are highly talented that we received fro from God almighty put us here in AFRICA .GOD BLESS AFRICA AND HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS. MAY OLIVER'S SOUL REST IN PEACE
It basically means be comforted and worry not because God is with you. It was a track based on the movie 'Neria' in which Oliver Mtukudzi himself featured as Neria's brother and he played this song for her when her character lost her husband and her inlaws were mistreating her
Mambazo and Oliver are to be remembered for years and ages to come. Their voices showed the world who Africa is. It's 2020 and can't stop replaying their songs.
SOUTH AFRICANS WAKE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE...STOP THE HATRED AND XENOPHOBIA TOWARDS US BLACK AFRICAN WHO LIVES IN SA....GOD IS ONE and GOD IS LOVE....... THE JUDGEMENT DAY IS NEAR .....WATCH THIS SPACE.....
this is the art of music...the tranquilizing effect of the rhythm that resonates well with the inner soul.......the thundering voices and the calm periodic guitar tune just invoke an involuntary smile..the tone and pace creates a universal musical language that is understood and embraced by everyone...music that speaks to your heart leaving a satisfaction that makes you repeat the song over and over again but sounding new all the time...well done..
Legendary Tuku with Legendary Mambazo. Master work!!! Joseph Shabalala and Oliver Mtukudzi are my favorites. Having them here is unexplainably awesome and heartbreaking that both of them are gone. Usizi ngempela alukhethanga. Lwagadla ngapha nangapha
Ghana representing... I got to know about Kutu through a Ghanaian brother living in South Africa, I loved his songs immediately I heard their reheasals session on my Friends watsapp status since then I started following his music... purely authentic African music... #AfricaUnite #ProudlyAfrican #ProudlyGhanaian...
Thank you for your sentiments. I think you meant TUKU. Kutu is the name we give little dogs in Zimbabwe. Hope you can retrospectively correct. Peace and love.
Without a doubt, the best version of this song that I have seen on video...Ladysmith is an unbelievable fit with Tuku's style, may he forever rest in peace.
I'm Nigerian and I got here because I was looking for a song to pair with Tendai Huchu's The Hairdresser of Harare for an Instagram post and I just know I've heard this song in my childhood on one of those African movies that used to air on the local channels and I'd sing it later on while growing up but I didn't know if I was singing it right, who sang it or what country it originated from. It's so wonderful listening to this beauty of a song as an adult now. Viva Africa ❤️❤️
I'm so annoyed with myself right now, l never knew this version existed. Where on earth have l been. I have always been to listening to original one. Now, this is pure African rich- raw talent right here.
Oooh please, this is very beautiful and powerful. If only my mother was alive , she used to enjoy this song. Music is indeed universal. To my late mother- I will always miss you Sifiso Ncube Maseko😥
Saw him performing live in Bulawayo at Queens Sports Club. I went to the show with my friend Blessed Chirambira and he passed on three years later. May their souls Rest In Peace.
Talent is something you are born with and all this is proof this song touches my soul Neria I am going to play this song 24/7 what's not to enjoy here RIP to this Legend
If i had a power to bring him back from the land of the dead I would have done that, no one can replace him as he is irreplaceable, GOD was in a happy mood when he created OLIVER MTUKUDZI though his parents, long live the resilient spirit of Samanyanga long live 🎉🎉❤❤
You only realize how great a person was post his/her dearth. Fortunately I’m an exception, I loved Tuku left , right & center. We were robbed of a true iconic, talented hero😰. Rest in eternal peace Oliver. You left us forever lasting voice and will keep rejoicing in it till we meet again.
Very beautiful African song! This song resonates with the kind of woes that afflict Africa right before independence, post independence to date. Africa needs a breather from the looting and plunder.
Collaboration is power. When each one give their best the beautiful harmony released changes the atmosphere. May such power produce transformation in all social spheres.
I don't understand a single word but.... This is just Divine!!! Mr. Oliver and the Black Mambazo singers you are Wonderful!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖💖💖 I am from Suriname and we're enjoying this. Music unites us all over the world and brings us back to our roots.
Thank you and zorore murugare Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi. Ten years ago I was in Espungabera at Mr Sithole's guesthouse overlooking the mountainous border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It was dark and driving rain smeared the trees and the muddy track winding up to the frontier post. This song was playing in the background.
I am fortunate that i have watched the movie Neria, that's where i understood the message behind song. It may sound as a sad song but its an inspiring and motivating song. This is the second collaboration Tuku has done with L Black Mambazo. Thanks for making such two languages into one song united
I am originally from Tanzania. I got to know Tuku really well to the point where I drove him and his wife around Toronto in 2018. About 6 weeks, I went to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert near Toronto. After the show i went to see the group in the dressing room. I told them I was a friend of Tuku - they all got around me and started to sing Neria in the dressing room It brought tears to my eyes.
Well done ! Music makes this world become a better place for everyone of us
My name is NERIA, I was born in Caracas, Venezuela, my parents are from the British Guyana, I just find this song... My mother and grand mother name's was NERIA. Now I live in France... Each time I hear this son, is like hearing my ancestral ...VIVE LE METISSAGE!
My favorite song and singer as well I start leraning Shona from this song . RIP TUKU
Lucky for you🎉
Bon courage Neria le bon Dieu est toujours avec toi
"Don't be disheartened Neria. God is with you" This song by Tuku is dedicated to all women who have faced abuse.
So sad that you didn't get to meet Oliver dear
I am from Nigeria and do not understand a word of this song, but the melody is simply fantastic. Proud to be African.
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neira
God is with you
To loose a husband sister
needs you to have a strong heart
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Life is a turning wheel
Beware the winds made of trials
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Women are treated like slaves
Living like orphans
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be brave, may your heart be brave
God is with you
Love is envious
Separating those that love
Don't let your heart be troubled Sister
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be full of courage Neria
God is with you
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be full of courage Neria
God is with you
lyricstranslate.com/en/neria-neria.html
Great Music from Africa, Always.
I'm from South African and I also don't understand lol
You are not alone, I just enjoy the melody of it
@@dr.violetnkanonuhwa76 thank you Doc
I really regret not listening to Oliver Mtukudzi's music more when he was alive. May he rest in peace. A while back I was at a record store (in the United States) I was browsing world music and saw the album "Tuku Music". I had no idea who Oliver Mtukudzi was at the time, but I wanted to broaden my horizons and try something new. I really do love his music, I sometimes put that album on while I'm sitting around on Sunday mornings. I later found out my dad is also a fan of Oliver.
I heard the news of what happened to him and really thought about things. Oliver seemed like a really nice person, and I wish I knew more about him. I would have loved to meet him, but I hope he's resting well now. Thank you Oliver.
❤ I feel bad I never bought his music but had always loved it since I was a child
@Leo Spencer😭😭😭😭😭that's sweet of you to say something nice about our beloved brother.
He spent his Sunday mornings at church...RIP Tuku
Great tribute from across the pond, a man of the world indeed!
As the song goes,
"Usawore moyo ka Neria, Mwari yanewe."
@ Leo Spencer, you don't know how right you are about this legend of song and dance. Dr Oliver Mtukudzi was a gentle giant who lived by the tenets of all the best religious teachings. He was a down to earth man; kind to a fault. When he was starting his career and living in his parents' house in Old Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe, my friends and I would go and watch him practising on the verandah of the house. We were welcome any time. Later, when Tuku had become a household name, he started a project of finding and financing young bands that were just starting; one of them was called Pengaudzoke. Dr Oliver Mtukudzi led by example and was principled. He was never scared of anyone - and some politicians in that country (Zimbabwe) are SCAAAAARY - but he always admonished them through Shona idioms in his music. His passing was a personal loss to me, but much more than that, the whole world has lost a fine human being. R.I.P. gwenyambira.
I dedicate this song to Zimbabwe the country being represented by Neria. Zimbabwe's husband died a long time ago but God is with her, got be strong Zimbos God is with you 🙏
Strue she's had her fair share of deadbeat "husbands" poor Zim/Rhod. Seiko.
whizzdoom thank you this means alot
Your message made me cry.... we need a new groom. We are tired. 😔
i second you Kazi
@Amy M.w e'e do you mean the meaning of the
lyrics
Neria
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neira
God is with you
To loose a husband sister
needs you to have a strong heart
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Life is a turning wheel
Beware the winds made of trials
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Women are treated like slaves
Living like orphans
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be brave, may your heart be brave
God is with you
Love is envious
Separating those that love
Don't let your heart be troubled Sister
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be full of courage Neria
God is with you
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be full of courage Neria
God is with you
God bless you for the translation
Lindo
Very beautiful song! Thank you for the text. Makes it even more beautiful to know what it is about!
@@hansbeens3625 Bless you my Daer
Thanks for translating kindly teach me Shona and ndebele
Very proud to be a Kenyan, very proud to be an African! AFRICA IS BLESSED AND NEVER CURSED!
This must be the most beautiful music I've heard in weeks, months... or perhaps even years... A divine combination of sounds, voices and instruments. Greetings from Lithuania. May God bless Africa and its people, and unite the African nations. And may God make my dream to visit Zimbabwe someday come true. Ameen ♡
Be blessed mamiiii
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thank you very much. And when you visit Zimbabwe, please tell me.
Me too ,am looking forward to seeing Zimbabwe probably in 2025 just coz of Mtukudzi.
Who is here after the passing away of baba u. Mshengu, may his soul rip
I'm here his soul R.I.P
I am a Nigerian but my wife is from Zimbabwe. I love Zimbabweans
Mkhwenyana.
Mukwasha.
Brother/Son in law.
Most South Africans love this song, and we don't even know what it's about. To see Ladysmith Black Mambazo add a piece of their soul into makes it even more special. It's always special when Africans come together✊
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neira
God is with you
To loose a husband sister
needs you to have a strong heart
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Life is a turning wheel
Beware the winds made of trials
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
God is with you Neria
God is with you
Women are treated like slaves
Living like orphans
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be brave, may your heart be brave
God is with you
Love is envious
Separating those that love
Don't let your heart be troubled Sister
God is with you
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be full of courage Neria
God is with you
Neria
Neria, oh
Don't let your heart be troubled Neria
God is with you
Be full of courage Neria
God is with you
lyricstranslate.com/en/neria-neria.html
Thanks for lyrics. I always loved this song though I didn't know the lyrics and their meaning
You need to watch the Zim movie titled Neria for which movie Oliver sang the song Noria. Its about property grabbing when a man dies and leaves behind a wife and children
2022 I will learn Shona to understand this man's music. Rest in peace to our fallen heroes. Africa is proud 🇧🇼🇿🇼🇿🇦
This is the reason they feared the day Africans stop competing and come together as one.
You can say that again bro
true
Definitely!
True.
Africa Unite
it's 2021, we'll keep coming back, to the legendary!!!
For sure lion 🦁 ✊🏾✊🏾
South Africa 🇿🇦 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Africa as a whole ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Am deep into sorrow for the death of our legend Mtukuzi. He was not only for Zimbabwe but for everyone in Africa as well as outside Africa. I shall greatly miss you.
Oliver
.will mc u eternally
We celebrate you Oliver and ladysmith.
Just heard this beautiful song today for the first time. The voices the melody, the rhythm, touch and resonate so profoundly with the soul. I don't understand the words but I do identify with the universal language of the song. Brilliant
Who still comes back to listen to this legend in 2022.. your music spoke to souls. RIP TUKU🕊🕊
I always come here to listen to it
My beautiful motherland, Africa. Oliver Mtukudzi, Ladysmith Black Mambazo; amazing voices.
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Legend Tuku!
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Ooh I hope am not the only one in Kenya who loves your songs😊😊
We're many in kenya.
My favorite song.
😀😀😀
i love the song so much
Kenya tuko ndaaaaani, ndaaaaaani mdani ya Mziki wa Oliver Mtukidzi
Being a Motswana I can't understand any shona but I love love absolutely adore Ntate Oliver's music. I find myself crying at times listening to it. Thanks to platforms like these that allow us to see his music. Beautiful
Thabiso, they say that music needs no translation because melody and harmony say it all.
Lyrics (Translated from Shona)
Neria, Neria oooohh
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
God is with you, Neria
God is with you
Losing your husband, sister
requires that you be of strong heart
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
God is with you, Neria
God is with you
Neria, Neria oooohh
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
God is with you, Neria
God is with you
Life is full of twists and turns
Beware of winds bringing trials/tribulations
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
God is with you, Neria
God is with you
Women are often treated as slaves
Living life like orphans
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Be brave, oh heart, be brave
God is with you
Death is so jealous
Splitting up loved ones
Don't lose heart, my sister
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Persevere, oh Neria
God is with you
Neria, Neria oooohh
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Don't lose heart, Neria
God is with you
Persevere, oh Neria
God is with you
@@ngobenitlangelani2882 I watched the movie so l knew it was about a woman who lost her husband but it was such a long time ago that l forgot the lyrics. I grew up in Botswana and l think we watched the movie at school. It was about AIDS and young people, l believe. Such a beautiful song. Didn't even know he died till today. May he rest in perfect peace.
African music is like no other. Very soulful …. Greetings all lovers of African music worldwide
I'm Mozambican... Write now with tears in my eyes... Rest in Peace Great Musician
There's something about this song in the movie NERIA that made me 'cut onions'
Proudly African Kenyan
I'm sitting here in my living room trying to fend off a sore throat with home remedies and Lady Blacksmith popped into my mind. I used to listen to them quite often years ago. I was born and raised in Jamaica, but I am so proud of my African roots. Even did my DNA ancestry and found out I have 96.7% African DNA primarily of Yoruba and Esan people, but all of Africa is mine. Anyway, searching for Lady Blacksmith brought me to this and after just a few seconds I realized I have listened to this many times before. Such a beautiful song. When you come from the soul the language heard by the natural ears is of much I significance. Sir Oliver, the universe now sings of Neria. As we say on Jamaica (and as I do not believe the soul sleeps in death) I say walk good mi bredda 🙏🏿😊
Your message gave me chills brother 👏🏿 Love from Zimbabwe...Tatenda/Thank you
❤️🖤💚
Don’t understand the lyrics but I can understand spirit of an African ✊🏿
Siyabonga makhehla 🇿🇼/🇿🇦🔥
Ntuntuko, its a song written in the early 90s by Mtukudzi talking about how women were treated after their husbands passed on i.e the brothers would come take the house and furniture leaving the wife and children with nothing even money from work/pension was taken as well. Tuku is saying stay strong my sister/daughter God is with you and will look after you and your children. Death is jealous it seperates loved one's
NTUTHUKO KHUZWAYO taking about the life of widow Neria
@@wekwamazorodze8660 he wrote this song for the film wind of change, when they got to hear the song they changed the title of the film, and it was called Neria. The film was financed by Norad witch is the norwegian national help organisation. They wanted to support african artist with money so they could give the african people an african story, told filmed and published by only africans. The idea is that nobody can make a better image of africa than africans. Norway was a colony for more years than any other country ever was a colony, and we never had a colony our self. We got our freedom in 1905. That is the reason Norway understand the africans need for freedom, and to tell their own story. With the deepest respect for all africans, you do that good, better than any other people.
wekwa Mazorodze How heartless. Not all aspects of African culture should be retained. This practice, along with FGM needs to go!
@@runeotto Your words made me cry.I usually see comments from white people on youtube.Usually condescending, and judgmental but yours is very sincere and heartfelt.I never knew that this movie had a different name,or how the Norwegians helped bring it about.That was very lovely of you guys amd God bless you.We are all one people,color means nothing.
Zimbabwe is lost as long as ZANU is in power. What a pity for its people. What great music this is.
Can't believe I live in the times where great legends such as baba Oliver Mtukudzi live. It is such and honor to points where I can't wait for my next generation to hear him!
U have to proud of that to being among of those olders people..... I From TANZANIA 🇹🇿 🇹🇿 🇹🇿
So sorry, sister he has gone home, so painful he has gone so early!!!
Sad, it's my first time listening to him. Great vibes!
Who is still here with me in 2021 🙌🙌😍😍😍 beautiful people with good voice....continue to rest in power Oliver Ntukudzi
Eyi. Kenyans please come and listen to this. My heart melts.
This is a masterpiece.a touch of blacksmith polished it .
Anything Tuku touches turns into Gold...
So true! I am a "coloured" but love music from Africa.
He truly is a legend!
@@valmarais8948 what do you mean you coloured? As in blue red?
RIP OLIVER & TSHABALALA
Yu right
Very true !
It's unfortunate there is no music channel on dstv that is dedicated to such music (African); this shows how lost and controlled we are by the media, being exposed to what (music) they want.
So beautiful, heartwarming, reminding me of European Baroque music.
I can't wait to hear more of it from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Wow how I wish my young black peers could feel the beauty in these African soothing sounds☺☺☺
My Zimbabwean pen pal showed me this song, and then I watched the movie! This is such a beautiful song, and I hope one day that I visit Zimbabwe! Greetings from Atlanta, Georgia!
Do visit Zimbabwe , such a nice place with lovely people, defenately worth it.
@@kundaichiremba7279 This is most harmony voices and an instrument that shows that AFRICAN AMERICANS .We are highly talented that we received fro from God almighty put us here in AFRICA .GOD BLESS AFRICA AND HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS. MAY OLIVER'S SOUL REST IN PEACE
thank you very much. and when you visit Zimbabwe, I want to be your tour guide
I'd also love to be the one touring with you. .I'm an amazing media personality in Botswana and Zimbabwe❤️
Im in pain when listening to this, its sad that Mr Joseph passed two today, hope you rocking heaven as we speak😭😔😔😔
Proudly Zimbabwean living in South Africa.. proudly African. Together we are achieve the best
RIP true son of Africa. Your music shall continue to soar. With love from 🇿🇲
ThDvD Kamz2015 The voice and rhythm of Africa ..my soul rests
the moment you realise AFRICA has some GREAT in itself
munyaradzi matienga Has A LOT of greatness!
Whenever I feel sad, i just listen to this beautiful song and i didn't know the meaning but it relief my pain .....🇸🇸south Sudan
It basically means be comforted and worry not because God is with you. It was a track based on the movie 'Neria' in which Oliver Mtukudzi himself featured as Neria's brother and he played this song for her when her character lost her husband and her inlaws were mistreating her
What a wonderful collaboration. Now
Joseph Shabalala has joined Oliver Tuku to sing together. African’s shining stars
Mambazo and Oliver are to be remembered for years and ages to come. Their voices showed the world who Africa is. It's 2020 and can't stop replaying their songs.
The bass is doing the most 🤗.... This song shows unity between different tribes, S.A is in need of people more like you.... Hats off
We will always miss these two legends, Shabalala and Mtukudzi , their music will live forever and ever Amen
SOUTH AFRICANS WAKE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE...STOP THE HATRED AND XENOPHOBIA TOWARDS US BLACK AFRICAN WHO LIVES IN SA....GOD IS ONE and GOD IS LOVE....... THE JUDGEMENT DAY IS NEAR .....WATCH THIS SPACE.....
But there hasn't been Xenophobic attacks since 2008
Omphile Obakeng Not true
@@NegSteLucie So you live in South Africa wena or I do?
@@omphileobakeng6240 That's not factual recheck your facts
you just had to bring that here
RIP to a legend. Your music lives on forever ❤️
Selma how I wish I could mourn with you togather
this is the art of music...the tranquilizing effect of the rhythm that resonates well with the inner soul.......the thundering voices and the calm periodic guitar tune just invoke an involuntary smile..the tone and pace creates a universal musical language that is understood and embraced by everyone...music that speaks to your heart leaving a satisfaction that makes you repeat the song over and over again but sounding new all the time...well done..
Well done,it is heart felt Tuku💖💖
My name is Nelia from Zambia i like this song, there is a message and not for only Nelia
What a beautiful song with a nice melody, all the love ❤️ from Rwanda 🇷🇼
Legendary Tuku with Legendary Mambazo. Master work!!! Joseph Shabalala and Oliver Mtukudzi are my favorites. Having them here is unexplainably awesome and heartbreaking that both of them are gone. Usizi ngempela alukhethanga. Lwagadla ngapha nangapha
proud to be a zimbabwean.nice combo
Ghana representing... I got to know about Kutu through a Ghanaian brother living in South Africa, I loved his songs immediately I heard their reheasals session on my Friends watsapp status since then I started following his music... purely authentic African music...
#AfricaUnite
#ProudlyAfrican
#ProudlyGhanaian...
Thanks for having a open mind. Africa is one.
Thank you for your sentiments. I think you meant TUKU. Kutu is the name we give little dogs in Zimbabwe. Hope you can retrospectively correct. Peace and love.
@@maakuda 😩😩pakuti Kutu wandipedza simba
@@maakuda 😂😂😂😂😂
Without a doubt, the best version of this song that I have seen on video...Ladysmith is an unbelievable fit with Tuku's style, may he forever rest in peace.
my best friend died and becos of her I've fallen in love with this song. She was also from Zimbabwe . I always think of her when i hear this song xx
The most beautiful music I've ever heard!! GOD BLESS AFRICA..THE MOTHERLAND.
Tuku all the way. Who is still with me here in 2021?
This is a masterpiece - African spirit never die.
I'm Nigerian and I got here because I was looking for a song to pair with Tendai Huchu's The Hairdresser of Harare for an Instagram post and I just know I've heard this song in my childhood on one of those African movies that used to air on the local channels and I'd sing it later on while growing up but I didn't know if I was singing it right, who sang it or what country it originated from. It's so wonderful listening to this beauty of a song as an adult now. Viva Africa ❤️❤️
I'm so annoyed with myself right now, l never knew this version existed. Where on earth have l been. I have always been to listening to original one. Now, this is pure African rich- raw talent right here.
Oooh please, this is very beautiful and powerful. If only my mother was alive , she used to enjoy this song.
Music is indeed universal.
To my late mother- I will always miss you Sifiso Ncube Maseko😥
This artist is my father's favorite, when I listen to him I remember my childhood and my father❤❤❤
Thulani Shabalala reminds me of his father truly speaking... Namibia loves you 🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦
Any Haitians here 🇭🇹?
Purely Zimbozancilicious ......the best of Zim and Mzansi
Please translate the lyrics for me and others who don't understand the langauge. English please 🙏
Saw him performing live in Bulawayo at Queens Sports Club. I went to the show with my friend Blessed Chirambira and he passed on three years later. May their souls Rest In Peace.
Kenya represented.. This is beautiful music..
Tuko ndani
tuko ndani
@@beatricewanjiru5019 beato hii maneno unapenda naona
@@SULTANPHOTOVIDEOGRAPHY kabisa
iwe! This is Tuku not Tuko. Zim to the world. He's ours ;)
i still can't believe that Oliver Mutukuzi is no more...AFRICA will miss you forever R.I.P
This is beautiful. As a Zimbabwean I have always loved this song but to hear Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing alongside Oliver is truly divine :D
Iam lubega from ngende kalungu Uganda I love mtukzi and Zimbabwe people
Legends live long, it's 2023 and this beautiful piece still sounds fresh and great. Thank you Oliver
Zimbabwe will rise again! I'm Proud to be African
Our living legend from 🇰🇪 Kenya lots of ❤️ love.
Though I don't understand the language,, I love this song. Much love rom Kenya. RIP Oliver Mtukudzi.
two people liked this song so much they flipped their laptops upside down and liked it again
lol
Haha
Hahahhahaaaa
I flipped my phone upside down and liked your comment
😂😂
Talent is something you are born with and all this is proof this song touches my soul Neria I am going to play this song 24/7 what's not to enjoy here RIP to this Legend
Rest in paradise peace Legend where you'ar now singing with angel.we still remember you and love you.💓
If i had a power to bring him back from the land of the dead I would have done that, no one can replace him as he is irreplaceable, GOD was in a happy mood when he created OLIVER MTUKUDZI though his parents, long live the resilient spirit of Samanyanga long live 🎉🎉❤❤
This is the collaboration of the year! Beautiful..
Collaboration of the decade point of correction Nahlenhle my dear
Love this song alot 😭💔reminds me of my late dad😭😭💔
Amazing voices from Oliver Mtukudzi and Black Mambazo. RIP Oliver & Joseph Shabalala. We miss you!!!
You only realize how great a person was post his/her dearth. Fortunately I’m an exception, I loved Tuku left , right & center. We were robbed of a true iconic, talented hero😰. Rest in eternal peace Oliver. You left us forever lasting voice and will keep rejoicing in it till we meet again.
Proud to be an African,beautiful features. Love you my mother land,Rip Mtukunzi.untill we meet again.
My name is Neria, I was so delighted when I saw the movie and heard this beautiful song❤
Beautiful! Thank you dear friends for sharing your kindness to this magical existence of life :)
Oliver you are a legend and now you are with your beloved son Sam !
Please protect your beloved land and people !
May God bless you !
💔💔💔💔 Gone too soon Oliver Tuku rest in peace 💔💔💔a great loss to my Zimbabwe Nation💔💔💔
💘 love my AFRICAN PEOPLE and your music
Olive mtukuzi and ladysmith black mambazo, two great voices#sweet melodies
You left us a legacy for generations, Dr Tuku 2024, but still feel new. You knew how to communicate with souls. Continue to RIP
"Blessed is the nation that sings".
Very beautiful African song! This song resonates with the kind of woes that afflict Africa right before independence, post independence to date. Africa needs a breather from the looting and plunder.
Collaboration is power. When each one give their best the beautiful harmony released changes the atmosphere. May such power produce transformation in all social spheres.
I don't understand a single word but.... This is just Divine!!! Mr. Oliver and the Black Mambazo singers you are Wonderful!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖💖💖 I am from Suriname and we're enjoying this. Music unites us all over the world and brings us back to our roots.
Rest in Power. Thank you for living a life worthy to remember. Zimbabweans will always love you.
Africans we are truly unique, and no one will ever truly understand us and our way of living except ourselves
Africa we have the best..I LOVE AFRICA.GOD BLESS AFRICA
Thank you and zorore murugare Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi.
Ten years ago I was in Espungabera at Mr Sithole's guesthouse overlooking the mountainous border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It was dark and driving rain smeared the trees and the muddy track winding up to the frontier post. This song was playing in the background.
I am fortunate that i have watched the movie Neria, that's where i understood the message behind song. It may sound as a sad song but its an inspiring and motivating song. This is the second collaboration Tuku has done with L Black Mambazo. Thanks for making such two languages into one song united
eiiish god
Who still doubts our creativity as Africans. We are certainly second to none in creativity. Great great music.
U never go wrong with legends hey Tuku Mambazo
I like the way he plays, the ledenger rest in peace pap .