Lyrics
Chorus (Repeat)
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
All power and glory belongs to You
Refrain (Repeat)
Olee mgbe ike mmadu ji akari ike Chukwu
Thank God say man no be God
Verse 1
My name is Semah G Weifur
I come from West Africa, Liberia
I thank God for my life
I thank God for my health
I thank God for my fans, family and friends, oh
I'm blind today, I can see tomorrow
I'm poor today, I'll be rich tomorrow
Nobody there knows tomorrow, oh eh
Chorus (Repeat)
Refrain (Repeat)
Verse 2
Oyorima
Them for don throw-away me for dirty, oh
Jesus, Onye ndu mi oh ochi ora
You're the beginning and ending
In the morning, i na aza mu
Na efife le i na aza mu
Nime abali oh, i na aza mu oh
Refrain (Repeat)
Chorus (Repeat)
Outro
Obaino music oh, Alaba
Omemma i na eme mma
Yea, Mr Flavour pon the dance floor
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Power and Glory" repeats a direct Trinitarian declaration throughout, naming Father, Son, and Holy Spirit before attributing all power and glory to God alone. That repeated invocation frames the entire song, despite its festive musical setting, around acknowledgment of divine rather than human power.
Its verses extend that theme into personal testimony, thanking God specifically for life, health, family, and friends, before contrasting present hardship with confident hope for change, blindness today, sight tomorrow, poverty today, riches tomorrow. A repeated Igbo phrase asking when human strength has ever exceeded God's reinforces the same humbling theme found in the English refrain, that no person is God regardless of apparent success.
Rooted in West African gospel-highlife fusion, the song functions as a celebratory acknowledgment of divine sovereignty amid everyday uncertainty, its closing address to Jesus as "the beginning and the end" who answers morning, afternoon, and night tying the song's festive energy to sustained, personal dependence on God.
Related Scripture
- Matthew 28:19 Names the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit together, directly echoed in the song's repeated opening declaration.
- Revelation 22:13 Describes Jesus as the beginning and the end, directly echoed in the song's description of Jesus.