Lyrics
Vamp 1 (Repeat x4)
Hallelujah amen
Hallelujah amen
Hallelujah amen
Sing hallelujah amen
Verse 1 (Repeat x4)
You are the mighty God
The great I Am
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Verse 2 (in Efik, Repeat)
Afo edi okposong Abasi
Andi nam ikpo mkpo
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Afo edi okposong Abasi, Jehova
Andi nam ikpo mkpo
Halle, hallelujah, halle, hallelujah
Verse 1 (Repeat x2)
Vamp 1 (Repeat x2)
Verse 3
Your name is a strong tower, Jesus
To You belong all power, Jesus
Whenever I call Your name, You make a way
Your name is a strong tower, Jesus, way maker
Your name is a way maker, Jesus
To You belong all power, Jesus
Whenever I call Your name, You make a way
Your name is a way maker, Jesus
Your name is a game changer, Jesus
To You belong all power, Jesus
Whenever I call Your name, You make a way
Your name is a game changer, Jesus
Verse 3 (Repeat, shortened)
Your name is a strong tower, Jesus
To You belong all power, Jesus
Whenever I call Your name, You make a way
Your name is a strong tower, Jesus
Vamp 1 (Repeat x3)
Verse 4 (Repeat x8)
Great and marvelous is Your name
Verse 5 (Repeat x2)
Your name is Jesus
You name is Lion and the Lamb
Your name is Jesus
You are higher than the rest
Verse 6 (Repeat x7)
Strong and powerful is Your name
Verse 5 (Repeat x2)
Vamp 1 (Repeat x2)
Vamp 2 (Repeat x16)
Thy word is Ye, amen
Vamp 1 (Repeat x2)
Verse 7 (Repeat x4)
Yeshua, Hamashiach
Lion of Judah, agu n'echemba
Verse 8 (Repeat x2)
You are the one who parted the Red Sea, oh yes
You are the one, You are the one
Verse 7 (Repeat)
Verse 9 (Repeat x2)
You are the one who fights my battle, oh yes
You are the one, You are the one
Verse 7 (Repeat x2)
Vamp 1 (Repeat x3)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Hallelujah Challenge Praise Medley" opens with a sustained vamp of a single word, hallelujah amen, repeated until it functions less as a phrase and more as a sustained posture of praise. That extended repetition before any specific verse begins frames the entire medley around corporate, uninterrupted worship rather than structured verses alone.
Its verses move through titles and declarations in English, Hebrew, Efik, and Igbo, naming God mighty, the great I Am, strong tower, way maker, Lion of Judah, before recalling a specific historical act, the parting of the Red Sea. That multilingual movement through names ties the medley's praise to a wide, international church rather than a single language or culture.
Rooted in contemporary African worship's extended praise-medley tradition, the medley functions as a sustained, multilingual declaration of God's power and faithfulness, its closing sections naming Christ Lion and Lamb together and recalling battles already fought and won, repeating hallelujah as the medley's final, unifying response throughout.
Related Scripture
- Revelation 5:5 Describes Christ as the Lion of Judah, directly echoed in the song's repeated title.
- Exodus 14:21-22 Describes God parting the Red Sea for Israel to cross, directly echoed in the song's verse.