Lyrics
I see the times are changing
I see the changes I’m waking
I see the gates are opening
And I see the captives breaking free
Let my people go, go, go
Let my people go, go, go
Let my people go, go, go
Omwaka bulo, This year
Omwaka bulo, This year
You are blessed and not cursed
You are above and not beneath no
You are the head and not the tail
This is your year, so break free!
This is the sound of a trumpet
This is the sound in the city
This is the voice of a prophet
This is the voice in the city saying
Let my people go, go, go
Let my people go, go, go
Let my people go, go, go
Omwaka bulo, This year
Omwaka bulo, This year
You are blessed and not cursed
You are above and not beneath
You are the head and not the tail
This is your year, so break free!
Omwaka bulo, This year
Omwaka bulo, This year
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Meaning & Inspiration
Prophesy - Let My People Go frames liberation as a public declaration of freedom, blessing, and changed circumstances. The repeated command drawn from the Exodus story gives the song its central image: captivity is ending and a people are being summoned into liberty. Trumpet, city, and prophetic voice imagery broaden that declaration from an individual hope into a communal announcement.
The title phrase directly recalls Exodus 5:1, where Moses delivers the divine command for Israel to be released. The claims about being above rather than beneath and the head rather than the tail echo Deuteronomy 28:13, while the language of captives breaking free resembles the proclamation of liberty in Isaiah 61:1. These biblical echoes place the song within African gospel praise, even as its refrain includes the Luganda phrase Omwaka bulo, paired in the lyric with This year. The result is a concise song of expectation that treats freedom as an act of God and answers oppression with confident praise.
Related Scripture
- Exodus 5:1 Moses delivers the command for Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go.
- Deuteronomy 28:13 The blessing describes being the head rather than the tail, and above rather than beneath.
- Isaiah 61:1 The passage proclaims liberty to captives and freedom for prisoners.