Lyrics
Verse 1 (Twi)
Esie ne kɛgya nni aseda
Awerɛfie wɔ nipa ho
Nso daa me mpaeɛ a ne sɛ
Me werɛnfi papa wayɛ me ɛ
Esie ne kɛgya ne aseda
Awerɛfie wɔ nipa ho
Adeɛ baako na me serɛ ne sɛ
Me werɛnfi papa wayɛ me ɛ
Verse 1 (Continued)
Me bu kɔn pɛn kɔ hwɛ makyi
Bebia me frei na bebia medru yi
Ɔdɛfoɔ woa na wo betumi a yɛ wei
Na sɛ me susu wo so sese
Stand back and take account
Ɔdɛfoɔ wei deɛ
It had to be you (that's right)
Na sɛ me bu kɔn kɔ hwɛ makyi
bebia me frei na bebia medru yi
Ɔdɛfoɔ woa na wo betumi a yɛ wei
Na sɛ me susu wo so sisi
Stand back and take account
Ɔdɛfoɔ wei deɛ, it had to be you
Chorus
Mo ne yo oo
Mo ne yo oo
I dey throway salute ye
Mo ne yo oo
Mo ne yo oo
Mo ne yo oo
Agya me tu kyɛ ma wo
Mo ne yo oo
Chorus (Repeat)
Verse 2
Nipa yi me tu twini
You held me close
So closer than a brother
So closer than a brother ah
Truth is I gave up on myself
Cos my back was against the wall
Anidasoɔ nyinaa saɛ ei
But I gave you a call
And you answered my prayer
At once chai!! You made away
But I gave you a call
And you answered my prayer
At once, You made away
Verse 1 (Continued, Repeat)
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Outro
Mo ne yo, Mo ne yo, Mo ne yo
I dey throway salute ei
Mo ne yo oo
(Repeat x3)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Mo Ne Yo" is a Twi and English gospel song whose title, translated as "well done," is offered as gratitude for rescue during a period of genuine despair. The verses describe a specific low point, a back against the wall and hope apparently exhausted, before crediting one action, a call made in that moment, with a direct and effective response. Describing that response as being held closer than a brother frames the rescue in relational terms rather than only practical terms, naming closeness alongside deliverance. The chorus repeats the title phrase alongside a Pidgin expression of salute, layering languages to extend the same gratitude across the song's mixed linguistic style. A later verse admits having given up on personal effort entirely before that call was made, making the subsequent rescue credit external intervention rather than a change in personal resolve. Structurally the song moves from crisis to a specific remembered prayer to sustained gratitude, letting the repeated "well done" function as an ongoing tribute rather than a single expression of thanks.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 66:19-20 States that God has surely heard and heeded prayer, matching the lyric "I gave you a call and you answered my prayer."
- Psalm 40:1-3 Describes being lifted out of a desperate pit after waiting patiently, matching the song's image of hope exhausted before rescue came.