(VO)story story (story) ×2 Once upon a time (time time) ×2
Okay, this the story of a man Struggling as hard as he can With life, for every means to survive He said to me, my brother, I don't know what ekse to do I am tired of what I'm going through And I have no where else to turn to I told him young man, take a look at me and tell me what you see I have been delivered and set free And now I am as happy as I can be Let me give you, a secret of how my life turned out this way How it went from night to day It is simply because...
Chorus Jehovah dey by my side (si-de) He is never gonna make me fall (fa-ll) ×2 He'll raise me up upon his shoulder (his shoulder) Lest I dash my foot against the stone (the stone) He'll never sleep he'll never slumber And he has promised to never ever leave me alone
Verse 2 Ah o ti ye mi, now I understand what you are saying That is the secret that I have been missing To turn my mourning into dancing ah I've been looking in the wrong direction My life needs a lot of correction Now tell me what can I do So I can enjoy the privilege too
Young man, get on your knees and say Lord I'm begging you please I pray I don't want to take another step until you are with me all the way Give me a brand new beginning Fight my battles so I can start winning So that one day, I will join my brother to say...
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Bridge Jehovah dey (he dey, he dey) x4 He dey by my right He dey by my left And he dey by my front Jehovah, Jehovah he dey-hey
For my business He dey! Hey! For my family he dey! Alo atabo mi he dey For morning and evening he dey
Everywhere that I turn eyeh Everywhere that I look eyeh Se you no see say he dey You better shine your eyes and see say he dey