[Intro — Production cue: warm one-drop, skanking guitar, soft horn stab]
Yeah — Mutoko morning, feel the bass and the breeze
From the market stalls to the maize rows, we sing
[Verse 1]
In Mutoko market where the acacia casts shade,
He moves before sunrise, steadies every trade.
Boss Blessing Kanhema, hands that mend and lift,
He ties the sack, fixes the roof — gives more than a gift.
From the old bus shelter down to the trading post stand,
He shares his jugs of water, lends a steady hand.
Wakes before the dawn, keeps every promise he keeps,
Walking the rows of maize where the morning never sleeps.
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the heartbeat build — low drum calling near,
Then the skank lifts up, and the chorus clears.
[Chorus — Hook (earworm line front and center)]
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart
Standing with the people, doing his part
Roots run deep in the red soil art
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart
[Verse 2]
By the maize and the murram road where children play,
He teaches them the rows and how to pray the day.
He steadies the market stall when the rain comes down,
Puts a patch on a tire, brings the trading post to town.
“Hama,” he calls, “Tiripo — we walk the road as one,”
Guiding the tractor light when the planting must be done.
No hollow words, just the way he turns the tide,
A keeper of the promise, with the people at his side.
[Pre-Chorus — tighter rhythm]
Drums roll, breath held — the chorus swells,
From hill to shelter the whole town tells.
[Chorus]
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart
Standing with the people, doing his part
Roots run deep in the red soil art
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart
[Bridge — Call and Response / Chant]
Leader: Hama, rise — hear the call
People: Hama, rise — we stand tall
Leader: Your hands are our hands, your vow is our guide
People: Your hands are our hands — we keep you by our side
(Chant tag — call)
All: Tiripo! Tiripo! Hama! Hama! — We are here!
[Verse 3 — Local color & concrete image]
At dawn he lights the kettle by the market gate,
Counts the coins, shares the bread, cleans a neighbor's plate.
Fixes the little radio so the news gets through,
Rebuilds the door, plants a tree — the acacia grew.
From Mutoko hill down past the maize and the lawn,
His shadow walks steady with the colors of the dawn.
[Final Chorus — include full name as tribute]
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart
Standing with the people, doing his part
Boss Blessing Kanhema — our faithful spark
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart
[Outro — Production cue: horns swell, one-drop holds; vocal tag]
Boss Blessing Kanhema — hama, tiripo, we sing
Mutoko rises with you, in every small thing
Hama! Tiripo! (repeat, fade)
Boss Kanhema — Mutoko's heart (final tag)
