Hey there Mr. Jambo
Out there in the African Sun
Do you ever get tired

Hey there Mr. Jambo
Will you share with me the
Jambalaya
Living in your soul

And then he told me

Angikhulumi isingisi (I don't speak English)
Unaye umhumushi? (Do you have a translator)
Yeka ukuklabalasa (Stop yelling)

Well I couldn't speak his language
I couldn't even understand a word
But I knew the meaning was what I
I decided I had heard

He said
The love you seek
It's in the valley
Of the soul

The love you seek
It's in the wisdom
Written
On the ancient scrolls

Hey there Mr. Jambo
Out there with the lions and bears
Do you ever get scared

Hey there Mr. Jambo
Can the Serengeti
Swallow up the evils of our world

And then he whispered

Angikhulumi isingisi (I don't speak English)
Unaye umhumushi? (Do you have a translator)
Yeka ukuklabalasa (Stop yelling)

Still couldn't speak his language
I couldn't even understand a word
But I knew the meaning was what I decided I had heard

He said
The love you seek
It's in the valley
Of the soul

The love you seek
It's in the wisdom
Written
On the ancient scrolls

The African Wisdom

Everybody say hey

In the valley
Written on the ancient scrolls

Sample comments about this video

"As a white guy living in an air conditioned house in America, this really makes me feel like I’m connecting with my roots."

"This song really helps us whites understand the beauty that is the Country of Africa."

"He did it. He saved Africa. Kyle is invited to the cookout."

"I know it's the whole point of the song, but the idea of this white man just willfully deciding that a stranger's words are actually some kind of sacred wisdom while it's just him telling him to go away is endlessly entertaining."

"Fun fact: Kyle didn’t make the instrumentals and background vocals for this song, they inexplicably just start playing as soon as you enter Africas air space!"

"The best part of this is that Kyle went to Africa to film this, whereas Toto not only didn’t for their hit song “Africa”, but none of the band members had ever even been to the continent of Africa a single time in their lives, and their perception of it was solely based on their imagination and some clips from a documentary LOL"

"I still can’t believe it has been 24 years since he was shot when on a humanitarian mission"

"I love the implication that Barry Bergen went up to this guy, asked him what his name was, and when he replied, “Jambo (hello),” Barry said, “His name is Mr. Jambo.”"

"Did yall know that every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes? 😮 I think about that a lot"

"I still can't get over the fact that Mr. Jambo is reading an English newspaper while telling Kyle, that he doesn't speak English. 😂"