African Gospel Lyrics

(Sung in Yoruba)

Refrain:
Ohun t’awon kan gbawe fun (While others labored to receive)
Lo se were (He freely gave me)
Omi ti won ni ko le san (They called it a drop)
To wa di ibu (But it became an ocean)
Mo ni bo se n s’ola re o (The mystery of His blessings)
Oun loye (Are known only by Him)
Anu ni o, anu ni (It’s mercy, it’s mercy)

A se iru emi le joba (Greatness for one like me felt impossible)
Owi ninu oro re, mo gba be (Until I saw it in Your Word, and I believed)
A se ireti tun wa fun gi agelori (I never knew a fallen tree could live again)
O boro re mu, mo gba be (But I found it in Your word, and I believe)
Omi odo to kan d’ele pada dun (Who new a bitter river could become sweet?)
Gege bi oro re, mo gba be (I found it in Your Word, and I believe it)
Anu ni, Anu ni! (It’s mercy, it’s mercy!)

(Refrain)

T’oba je ile mo ti wa (If it was based on my family background)
Ko le kan mi (I wouldn’t be qualified)
Won ni no be him turn (They said it wasn’t his turn)
Owo yen so wipe kan gbe fun mi (But that Hand said “He’s next”)
Ere asapojude ti gbogbo won sa de fori mi
(The race that consumed my generation somehow evaded me)
Aidе mo wa wu mi o (Even my mistakes couldn’t stop)
Ko da ise olorun duro (What God had for me)
Ko da ise olorun duro o (What God had for me)

I was barely whispering Your Name
Didn’t even know the words to say
But somehow doors just opened up for me
Like You were waiting where I’d be
And I don’t understand it
That’s the flavor of mercy

(Refrain)