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Man Wey God Save From Deat
1 I love God, bikos E dey hear my vois
and my prayer for help.
2 E dey listin to mi, so as long as I dey alive,
I go dey pray to am to help mi,
3 bikos deat kover mi like klot and di fear to die go grave,
dey make mi shake.
Na only sorrow and trobol I dey si.
4 So I koll God name:
“Oga God, abeg make Yu kom save mi!”
5 Naw, make una si as God kind and good rish!
Dis awa God too dey pity for pesin!
6 God dey protet pipol wey dia faith neva too strong and even wen I dey face deat,
E kom save mi!
7 So my soul go rest again,
bikos God dey good to mi.
8 Yes! E save mi from deat kon remove tears from my eyes,
so dat I nor go fall.
9 I dey waka for God present
as I dey for dis world!
10 I get faith wen I sey,
“My God, I bilive Yu,
even doh my mind really dey trobol mi.”
11 As I dey vex, I kon sey,
“Evribody dey lie well-well!”
12 So, wetin I go give God for evritin
wey E don do for mi?
13 I go dance bikos E diliver mi
kon praiz God name forever.
14 I go keep my promise
wey I make to God for en pipol present.
15 God dey kare for en pipol and E dey pain am well-well
wen di ones wey E love, dey die.
16 My God, I bi yor savant;
yes, I bi yor savant wey dem born for yor house
and Yu don free mi from di shains
kon save mi from deat.
17 So I go tank God with sakrifice
kon pray to am.
18 Na for pipol present I go for
do wetin I vow to God
19 and na for God house wey dey Jerusalem.
So make wi praiz di Oga wey bi awa God!