“Masanga” is a word from the Shona Korekore dialect that can be translated to “coincidence” in English, whilst “bodo” means “no.” The title of the track can therefore be translated as, “It is not a coincidence.”
“Masanga Bodo” features Tuku’s wife, Daisy. It is the first and only track she has ever...
[Chorus 1: Daisy Mtukudzi]
Haasi masanga
Haasi masanga bodo
Haasi masanga
Haasi masanga bodo
[Post-Chorus: Daisy Mtukudzi and Oliver Mtukudzi]
Zvakagara zvarongwa naNyadenga
Kusangana pano kwataita, ndiNyadenga
Haasi masangaaa, masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo, ahaasi masanga)
Haasi masangaaa, masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo, ahaasi masanga)
[Refrain]
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
[Chorus 2: Daisy Mtukudzi and Oliver Mtukudzi]
Haasi masanga
Haasi masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo)
Haasi masanga
Haasi masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo)
[Post-Chorus: Daisy Mtukudzi and Oliver Mtukudzi]
Zvakagara zvarongwa naNyadenga
Kusangana pano kwataita, ndiNyadenga
Haasi masanga, masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo, ahaasi masanga)
Haasi masanga, masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo, ahaasi masanga)
[Refrain]
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
[Verse: Daisy Mtukudzi and Oliver Mtukudzi]
Kuvaka Zimbabwe, haasi masanga
(Ahaasi masanga)
Kana kuvaka nyambira, haasi masanga
(Ahaasi masanga)
Kuyera shumba, haasi masanga
(Ahaasi masanga)
Ana muyera nzou, haasi masanga
(Ahaasi masanga)
[Chorus 3: Daisy Mtukudzi and Oliver Mtukudzi]
Haasi masangaaaa, masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo, Haasi masanga)
Haasi masangaaaa, masanga bodo
(Masanga bodo, Haasi masanga)
[Refrain]
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
Kunge masanga, haasi masanga, masanga
Masanga Bodo was written by Oliver Mtukudzi.
Oliver Mtukudzi released Masanga Bodo on Fri Aug 26 2016.
In an interview with Daily News, Tuku said the following of the track:
The things that happen in our lives are not random, or coincidences; our lives go according to God’s plan. Even getting married to my wife was not a random event. We did not meet by chance, and for us to be alive and together un...