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Alice Kimanzi - Question Lyrics

Artist:
Alice Kimanzi

Lyrics

I’ve got a question at the back of my mind
Tell me really, is the Lord good?
I’ve got a question, troubling my heart
Tell me really, is the Lord good?
I have seen trouble, I have been through pain
Been steeped in sorrow, covered in disdain
I’ve got a question, troubling my heart
Tell me really, is the Lord good?


I heard a voice say Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
He’s not just good, He’s very good 
I heard a voice say Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
He’s not just good, He’s very good 


When I sit in sunlight, but I cannot see
When I am quiet, but I cannot hear
Life hands me lemons, that I cannot squeeze
In all this really, is the Lord good?
I’ve cried and called out, I have wailed and mourned
Done all I know to, to make things right
Despite my efforts, and all I have tried
When it’s all over, it comes tumbling down!


Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
And I make my bed in the depths of hell
If my soul you choose today to slay
Lord you’re good!


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Meaning & Inspiration

Question gives honest language to faith under pressure. Its verses name pain, sorrow, disappointment, and repeated efforts that appear to end in collapse. The central question about whether the Lord is good is therefore not abstract; it rises from suffering that has tested confidence. The answering refrain does not erase those experiences. Instead, it answers them with a firm confession that God remains very good.

The closing lines draw on biblical images of walking through the valley of death and finding God even in the depths. Those echoes place lament and assurance side by side, much as several psalms move from distress toward trust. The song allows grief to be spoken while holding onto divine goodness when circumstances offer little visible support. That tension gives the lyric its spiritual weight: faith is presented not as freedom from trouble, but as a confession maintained amid trouble, mourning, uncertainty, and even the prospect of death.

Related Scripture

  • Psalm 23:4 The lyric directly echoes walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
  • Psalm 139:8 The psalm says that God is present even in the depths.
  • Psalm 34:8 The psalm declares that the Lord is good.