The Kwanzaa Song - NGUZO SABA The Seven Principles

Brothers & Sisters we have been blessed with a new day. Smiled upon with another opportunity to better ourselves. To strengthen our Families and support our community.
Recite if you will:
NGUZO SABA
The Seven Principles
UMOJA is UNITY
And that’s the way is should always be!
To build and maintain unity in the family, nation, and community, (As a people, we need to get together and share our blessings, that’s the way it should always be!)
UMOJA is UNITY
KUJICHAGULIA is SELF-DETEMINATION YOU SEE
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speaks for ourselves
KUJICHAGULIA is SELF-DETEMINATION YOU SEE
(I need freedom to define my own goals, so no one has to speak for me)
UJIMA - COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY
To build and maintain our community, together
Your worries mine. My worries yours, whatever!
(Let’s take responsibility for our past and what our future’s gone be)
UJIMA - COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY
UJAMAA - COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS, “THAT MONEY MAN!”
To build and maintain our own stores, our own shops, our own businesses, getting props. Sharing profits, feeling fine, I’ll buy your goods, you buy mine (Believing people come before profits do. Power to the people, to the me…
To the you) Power to the people, to the me, to the you)
UJAMMAA - WE MUST UNDERSTAND “THAT MONEY MAN!”
To make our collective work the lifting and building of our community
So our people can rise to their traditional greatness.
(We are social beings and we must work together, “Our Hood”) but
NIA - is PURPOSE SO IT’S ALL GOOD
KUUMBA - is CREATIVITY
To do always as much as we can, in the way that we can
So the community we inherit is more lovely then it began (Enhance the world, a flavor form you, a taste from you. A taste from me)
KUUMBA is CREATIVITY
IMANI - is FAITH
To believe with our heart in our people, in our parents & our teachers too and the righteousness of our struggle
Believe in the power of you
(Selectively honor our leaders. Forever encourage the young) with
IMANI - with FAITH
AFFIRMATIONS
Who is going to have a positive day? Say, “Ashe!”
Who is going to have a positive learning day? Say, “Ashe!”
Who will respect themselves today? Say, “Ashe!”
Who will respect their teachers today? Say, Ashe!”
Who will smile today? Say, “still”
Who will laugh to today? Say, “I”
Who will love today? Say, “rise”
Who will represent their people, this day? Say, “Ashe!”
1996 Written and performed by Clinton Sockwell II Music “Rubber Soul” by H. Hancock
Communication Intentions
Created by C. Sockwell II/MM Grice
1997

[@matthewtyler3585]

HAPPY KWANZAA ✊

[@madprof]

This is fire!!!

[@LaToyaChatman-f7u]

Happy Kwanzaa❤️🖤💚So uplifting!! Gratitude for this video🙏🏾 This will help others to overstand why it’s important to celebrate Kwanzaa. Power to the people✊🏾

[@godbodyfonz]

Mad informative and I love the rhythm 🪘 ✊🏾🌍💯 #blackworld

[@4dorsey1]

Exceptional presentation filled with knowledge, charisma, and purpose. Well Done!

[@lionra4523]

Thank you!

[@kellyjoslin3034]

Thank you for teaching such critical values! Looking forward to sharing this with my students!

[@lewshawashington8243]

This was informative

[@rnay716]

Love this

[@JMoKnow]

I remember this brother from Camp Akili!!! Very good spirit!!

[@mujaahid72]

This was great thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LordNuDTru141]

They hate us celebrating Kwanzaa but that is too damn bad..Hebu Upya!

[@jajajuju6708]

beautiful my brother

[@matthewtyler3585]

PEACE BROTHER MAN ✊

[@dr.deannaellis-chopin7433]

Good!!!

[@africanheritagenetworkoflu8010]

Harambee, Lets celebrate together

[@pearlthomas4398]

Willowsa here..Willow here

[@kweliporter8120]

On time....imani faith and imani..kweli

[@pearlthomas4398]

Willow

[@tcobbin1]

What's the guy name doing this video?

[@andrewbrown3410]

Clinton Sockwell II. (It's in the closing credits)

[@jasonphillips6433]

Brotha Clint

[@blackerpanther3329]

A song for a fake holiday… okay

[@ckidso]

Love it.

[@iwapelemovement]

Love this

[@yusufmontresor5154]

Beautiful Happy Kwanzaa everybody

[@nintendogs666]

Eek deth

[@paulad574]

Lovely, I love it!! Thank you!!

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♥️💚🖤♥️💚🖤♥️💚🖤♥️💚🖤

[@diamond1985ism]

Wow

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I from Malaysia

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omg