Lyrics
Chorus
If I don't pray, Satan will make mess of me
I will pray, I will pray
I will pray oh, I will pray
If I don't pray, Satan will make mess of me
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Verse 1
If Jesus can pray
If Peter can pray
If Babalola can pray
Who am I not to pray?
If Pastor Chris can pray
If P. Daniel can pray oh
If G.U.C can pray
Who am I not to pray?
If Oyedepo can pray
If Benson Idahosa can pray
If our fathers can pray
Who am I not to pray?
For we cannot pray enough
Chorus (Repeat)
Spoken Word
You need to know that every man that is made, he was built on a ritual.
And that ritual is called the place of prayer.
The place of prayer, the place of prayer.
You don't need to have a good voice, just go there...
(Speaking in tongues)
Even when your strength is failing, you press on again...
(Speaking in tongues)
When you feel weak, you pray again!
(Speaking in tongues & groaning)
When your strength is losing, you enter into the groaning...
(Groaning in the Spirit)
But make sure you don't stop, unless Satan will make mess of you.
Chorus (Repeat)
Outro (Yoruba)
Gbadura oh (Pray)
Gbadura oh (Pray)
If you don't pray, Satan will make mess of you
(Vocalizing)
If you don't pray...
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"I Will Pray" repeats a stark warning as its structural anchor, that neglecting prayer leaves the singer exposed to the enemy's disruption. Rather than treating that warning abstractly, the song lists specific examples of people who prayed, starting with Jesus and Peter and extending through named contemporary preachers, using each name to ask the same rhetorical question: who is exempt from prayer if figures like these were not? A spoken section shifts from listing examples to direct instruction, describing prayer as a discipline built into how every person of substance was formed, insisting that eloquence is unnecessary and only presence in that place matters. The song then moves through stages of intensifying prayer, pressing on despite weakness, continuing despite failing strength, and eventually entering wordless groaning, portrayed as a legitimate form of prayer rather than a last resort. A closing Yoruba call to prayer repeats the same warning that opened the song, framing prayer as an ongoing necessity rather than a single completed act.
Related Scripture
- 1 Peter 5:8 Warns that the devil prowls seeking to devour, matching the song's central warning about what happens without prayer.
- Ephesians 6:18 Instructs praying in the Spirit on all occasions, matching the song's call to persistent, varied prayer.
- Romans 8:26 Describes the Spirit interceding with groanings too deep for words, matching the song's section on groaning in prayer.