Danny Gokey - Ama A Dios Y A Tu Vecino Lyrics
Lyrics
VERSE 1
Le he dado mil vueltas
A mis problemas
Muy envuelto en lo que tengo que hacer
Me siento agotado
Todos mis intentos
De ser perfecto
No hacen nada más que hacerme dudar y me atrasa el miedo
PRECHORUS
Dios solo quiere mi amor
Más nada que mi corazón
No lo quiero complicar
En su plan puedo confiar
CORO
Es así de sencillo
Es muy sencillo
Hay que volver a nuestro principio
Sobre todo ama a Dios
y a tu vecino
Vivimos en un mundo herido
Si quieres levantar al caído
Sobre todo ama a Dios
y a tu vecino
VERSE 2
Me siento libre
El reino en mi vive
El saber que en su amor hay vida y verdad
Me da ganas de celebrar
BRIDGE
El amor paciente es
Todo puede transformar
Lo que al mundo puede restaurar
RAP
Estaba confundido,
Pero ya lo he entendido,
Lo oscurecido se ha esclarecido,
Se trata de amar sin ser presumido,
Porque él que no ama es porque a Dios no ha conocido.
Prevalecen la fe, el amor y la esperanza,
Pero el amor debe dominar en la balanza.
Voy a amar con el amor que de Dios he recibido
El que levanta y restaura al caído.
Es mucho más que un sentimiento,
El amor que sobrepasa todo entendimiento,
Sin egoísmo, sin buscar protagonismo,
Ama a Dios sobre todo y a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.
Sigue amando
Sigue amando
Es como cambias el mundo
Ay ay
Ohh oh whoa
Video
Danny Gokey, Evan Craft - Ama A Dios Y A Tu Vecino ft. Redimi2
Meaning & Inspiration
"Le he dado mil vueltas."
Danny Gokey and Redimi2 begin here, and the phrase hits with a jarring familiarity. To give something "a thousand turns"—dar mil vueltas—is an idiom for overthinking, for the restless pacing of a mind trapped in its own room. It is the mental equivalent of wringing one’s hands until the skin is raw. Literally, it’s a waste of kinetic energy; spiritually, it is a declaration of independence from God. It suggests that if I just rotate the problem enough times, if I inspect the edges of my anxiety from every possible angle, I might finally manufacture a solution.
But the text treats this restlessness as an obstacle to the "principio"—the beginning, the origin point. By focusing on the math of my own efforts ("mil vueltas"), I am actively excluding the God who operates outside of my frantic geometry.
There is a tension here between the poetic rhythm of the song and the exhausting reality of the human condition. When Gokey sings about trying to be "perfecto," he’s touching on the vanity of the law. We treat the Christian life like an exam we are desperate to pass, obsessing over the grading rubric, pacing back and forth, turning the paper over and over, hoping the answers will manifest through sheer agitation. We treat the faith like a puzzle to be solved rather than a person to be known.
The radical shift in the lyrics—the pivot from the "mil vueltas" to the "sencillo" (simple)—feels almost reckless. Is it truly that easy? Scripture leans toward the affirmative: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37). But notice how the song pairs this with the neighbor. The "mil vueltas" are usually selfish; they are me-centric. Loving the neighbor is the antidote to the nausea of self-obsession. When you are busy looking at the "mundo herido," the world that is wounded, you stop spinning in your own interior chaos.
The poetry here is not trying to be clever or cryptic. It is arguably a bit blunt, bordering on a Sunday School cliché. Yet, there is a certain mercy in that simplicity. By stripping away the theological gymnastics, the song demands a return to the baseline of existence. If the "mil vueltas" are the static noise of my own ego, then loving the neighbor is the signal breaking through. It stops the spinning. It forces you to put your feet on the ground and look at someone else, which is, perhaps, the most difficult thing a human can do.
It leaves me wondering: if I truly believe it is "sencillo," why do I keep walking back to the corner to pace? Why does the "mil" feel so much more comfortable than the "uno"? We prefer the complexity of our problems because it gives us a job to do. Simplicity requires us to be still, and for the restless, that is the most terrifying move of all.