African Gospel Lyrics

(Sung in Luganda)

Katonda! Ter’ ali kwenkana (God! There’s none like You)
Wadde nga twepanka, tetukutuuka (We cannot stretch to Your level)
Oli Katonda tekiribaawo (You are God, no one else)
Wadde ng’ens’ ekyuuka (Even if the world changes)
Ali dda wooli awo, oli wa manyi (You remain the same, Almighty)

Pre-Refrain:
Ab’amanyi nabo bakoma (Even the powerful have limits)
Era abagaga bakaaba (Even the rich cry)
Wekumira amagezi ssebo (Lord You alone have the wisdom)
Ggwe ate buli kiramu kiffa (You are life)
Gwegwaka ebimera bimere (Plants grow at Your command)
Gwegwaka ne bikala (At Your command, they wither)
Wekumir’ obuyinza (You alone have all the power)
Kinvunamya nkusinze (This leads me to bow in worship)

Refrain:
Ggwe atuusa era nga b’olaba (What You say is what You do)
Ogamba era nekiba (You speak and it is so)
Ggwe Katonda (You are God)
Weka Katond’ ow’amanyi (You are the Almighty God)
Osuka ku buli kyendaba (You are greater than all)
Olwana era n’owangula (Mighty man in battle)
Ggwe Katonda (You are God)
Weka Katonda ow’amanyi (You alone are the Mighty God)

Ani alabirira ebisolo ku tale? (Who takes care of wild animals?)
Abizalisa nga tewali musawo? (Who enables their birth without doctors?)
Ggwe Katonda, weka Katonda ow’amanyi (It is You God, You are a Mighty God)
Ani alabirira abalalu ku kubo (Who watches over the mentally ill?)
Babera balamu nga tewali musawo (They live even without the doctors)
Ggwe Katonda , weka Katonda ow’amanyi (It is You God, You are a Mighty God)
Asangula amaziga (The One who wipes away our tears)
Ayamba n’abanaku (The One who helps the poor and the needy)
Esuubi ly’abakadde (The hope of the elderly)
Omuggo gw’abalema (The support of the disabled)
Ggwe Katonda, weka Katonda ow’amanyi (It is You God, You are a Mighty God)
Ffe tulabye bangi beyasitula (We have seen whom You’ve lifted up)
Baali ku zero kati bevuga (They had nothing, now they drive cars)
Ggwe Katonda, weka Katonda ow’amanyi (It is You God, You are a Mighty God)

(Refrain)

Katonda! Ter’ ali kwenkana (God! There’s none like You)
Wadde nga twepanka, tetukutuuka (We cannot stretch to Your level)
Oli Katonda tekiribaawo (You are God, no one else)
Wadde ng’ens’ ekyuuka (Even if the world changes)
Ali dda wooli awo, oli wa manyi (You remain the same, Almighty)

(Pre-Refrain)

Repeat: Wekumira obuyinza, kinvunamya nkusinze (You have the power, I worship You)
Kababe baana b’abaana bange (Even my grandchildren’s children)
Ndi bagamba byonna batende (I will teach them to praise You)
Oli Katonda, oli Katonda (You are God, You are God)
Ate tolemererwa toffa (You never fail, You never die)
Ne bwe waffa wazukira (You died and rose again)
Katonda atakatibwa atava ku mulembe (God is never defeated, from generation to generation)
Talemererwa (He never fails)