Lyrics
Verse 1
Look at my life now
Day after day
Im a living testimony
I was lost until you found me
And then you gave me
A reason to believe
I can make it though the night
Everything will be alright now
Chorus (Igbo)
E di mu ma n'obi mo
E mere m ifeoma
Daddy m eh eh eh
Jehovah eh eh eh
E di mu ma n'obi mo
E mere m ifeoma
Daddy m eh eh eh
Jehovah eh eh eh
Chorus (Pidgin)
Papa na you
Jesus na you
You dey make me wan dey selense dey go
Selense selense
Papa na you
Jesus na you
You dey make me wan dey selense selense selense
Vamp
Everybody selense dey go
Everybody selense dey go
Selense dey go
Selense dey go
Selense dey go
Selense dey go
Everybody dance Selense let's go
It's a brand new melody
Lord have mercy
Verse 2
I'm a living testimony of your goodness and your love o
It is evident o you can see the evidence o
Your grace in me o e dey make me different o
You always blow my mind
Your the reason I can sing and scream your name igwe
Chorus (Igbo, Repeat)
Chorus (Pidgin, Repeat)
Verse 3
If I start to talk today
I can never say too much
Make my night a bright day
And I'll forever sing your praise
Vamp (Igwe, Repeat x8)
Igwe oh igwe
Chorus (Igbo, Repeat)
Chorus (Pidgin, Repeat)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Selense" is a thanksgiving song blending English, Igbo, and Nigerian Pidgin to describe a life transformed by God's intervention. The opening lines frame the entire song as a testimony, describing a past state of being lost before being found and given a reason to keep believing despite hardship. A recurring Igbo phrase thanks a personal God directly, naming Him Daddy and Jehovah in the same breath, mixing intimate and reverent titles for the same relationship. The Pidgin chorus names Jesus specifically as the reason for an irrepressible, joyful response, using the coined word "selense" to describe a kind of spontaneous celebratory movement that spreads from one person to everyone present. A later verse returns to direct testimony, describing God's grace as visibly evident and crediting it with making a noticeable difference, tying the song's celebratory energy back to a specific claim about transformation rather than leaving the joy unexplained. Structurally the song alternates between reflective testimony and an increasingly communal, celebratory chorus, letting personal gratitude expand into a shared, danced response.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 71:15 Describes the mouth telling of God's righteous deeds all day, matching the song's repeated claim of being a living testimony.
- Ephesians 2:8 Describes salvation as a gift of grace, matching the lyric "your grace in me... makes me different."
- Psalm 40:3 Describes God putting a new song in the mouth, matching the lyric calling the song "a brand new melody."