(Sung in Yoruba)
Gbà mí, Olórun gbà mí! (Save me, Oh God rescue me!)
Gbà mí, Olórun gba mí! (Save me, Oh God save me!)
Gbà mí, Olórun gba mí, jà mí gbà o! (God fight for me and rescue me) (Repeat)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́! (Please, God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́ (Please, Oh God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́, má pàdà o! (Lord, please do not turn away from me) (Repeat)
Ma toju mi (Keep caring for me)
Ma yowo lori mi (do not withdraw Your Hand from me)
Ma gba fun mi lo (Keep interceding on my behalf)
Ma yowo lori mi, Olorun (Oh God do not withdraw Your Hand from me)
Iwo to mi lowo de ibi ti mo de loni o
(You who have helped me on my journey until today)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́, má pàdà o! (Lord, I plead, do not turn away from me)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́! (Please, God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́ (Please, Oh God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́, má pàdà o! (Lord, please do not turn away from me) (Repeat)
Gbà mí nínú túbú ayé wa (Deliver me from this life’s prison) x2
Gbà mí nínú túbú ilé wa (Deliver me from the prisons in my household)
Túbú tá ti mí mọ́ o, gbà mí o (Save me from the prison that has held me captive)
Mi ò lágbára, mi ò lè yán o (I have no strength, I’m alone)
Mi ò lágbára, mi ò lè yán o (You are the only One I have)
Aláàánú mi, ṣàánú mi (Merciful One, have mercy on me)
Mo fe kuro ninu tubu ile wa (I want to escape from the prison in my household)
O de gba mi o (Please save me)
Ẹ kún yìí, ẹ kún ogo ni (This is a cry for glory)
Ẹ kún ìí, ẹ kún àánú ni (This is a cry for mercy)
Dákẹ́, gbà mí lágbàtàn o (Please save me completely)
Jẹ́ kí n ṣe ohun tó lè, nínú ìran wa
(Let me accomplish what has been impossible in my lineage)
Ràn mí lọ́wọ́, Jẹ́ kí n ṣe ohun tó lè, nínú ìran wa
(Help me accomplish what has been impossible in my lineage)
Bí àwọn egungun gbígbẹ́ bá lè yè (If dry bones can become flesh again)
Jẹ́ kí ayé tèmí náà yè (Then let my own life live again)
Má kọjá mi, Olùgbàlà (Do not pass me, Savior)
Bó ṣe ń rìn láàárín àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí (As You move among these people)
Má kọjá mi, Olùgbàlà (Do not pass me, Savior)
Ó ń rìn níbí Olúwa, má jẹ́ kí ó já mi (You are moving here Lord, do not pass me)
Èyí tí mo fi omijé bẹ̀rẹ̀ nìkọ̀kọ̀ (The things I secretly asked for in tears)
Fi àánú dá mi lóhùn ní gbangba (Answer me publicly with mercy)
Fi ẹ̀rín sí èmi náà l’ẹnu (Put laughter in my lips as well)
Mo ti ń bá wọn yọ̀ yọ̀…, Olórun ayọ̀ mi (I have been rejoicing with them, my God of Joy)
Ṣé òní ni ọjọ́ tí máa yọ̀ fún èmi náà (Make today my day of joy as well)
Ẹ̀gàn yìí pọ̀ jù (The affliction is too much)
Àwọn tí ó tó mi gan-an sọ̀rọ̀ sí mi (Even those who are not up to me speak against me)
Àwọn tí mo ṣe jùmọ̀ lóló wọn advisẹ̀ mi (Those who I am better than are now advising me)
God help me consciously; lift me consciously; heal my land
Tí ilé tí mo gà gbìn tí ó bá jẹ́ ilé tó lẹ́ṣọ̀ (If the land is not fertile)
Olórun mi, mú irúgbìn kúrò lórí ìyẹ̀ yìí (My God, remove that seed from the land)
Kò gbìn mí sórí ilé tó lẹ́ṣọ̀ (Plant me in fertile and fruitful land)
Fi olùrànlọ́wọ́ ayànmọ́ yìí mí ká (Surround me with divinely appointed helpers)
[Spoken]
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́! (Please, God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́ (Please, Oh God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́, má pàdà o! (Lord, please do not turn away from me) (Repeat)
[Spoken]
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́! (Please, God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́ (Please, Oh God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́, má pàdà o! (Lord, please do not turn away from me) (Repeat)
[Spoken/Prayer]
Gbà mí, Olórun gbà mí! (Save me, Oh God rescue me!)
Gbà mí, Olórun gba mí! (Save me, Oh God save me!)
Gbà mí, Olórun gba mí, jà mí gbà o! (God fight for me and rescue me) (Repeat)
Gbat’Iwo ba n p’elomiran (When on others thou art calling)
Ma se koja mi (Do not pass me by) (Repeat)
Gbà mí, Olórun gbà mí! (Save me, Oh God rescue me!)
Gbà mí, Olórun gba mí! (Save me, Oh God save me!)
Gbà mí, Olórun gba mí, jà mí gbà o! (God fight for me and rescue me) (Repeat)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́! (Please, God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́ (Please, Oh God please)
Jọ̀wọ́, Olórun jọ̀wọ́, má pàdà o! (Lord, please do not turn away from me) (Repeat)
African Gospel Lyrics 