Lyrics
Intro
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Verse
If I sing of Your Glory
Chigeji chigabo
If I Tell all Your Story
Chigeji chigabo
If we sing of Your Glory
Chigeji chigabo
If we Tell of Your Wonders
Chigeji chigabo
Faithful God You’re a Faithful God
Verse (Repeat)
If I sing of Your Glory
Chigeji chigabo
If I Tell all Your Story
Chigeji chigabo
If we sing of Your Glory
Chigeji chigabo
If we Tell of Your Wonders
Chigeji chigabo
Faithful God You’re a Faithful God
Chorus
If I had Ten Thousand Tongues
It won’t be enough
To say thank You Lord
If I had a Million Tongues
Still won’t be enough
To say thank You Lord
If I had Ten Thousand Tongues
It won’t be enough
To say thank You Lord
If I had a Million Tongues
Still won’t be enough
To say thank You Lord
Refrain (x2)
Oh oh oh oh
Nara ekele m jiri bia
(Receive my Praise)
Pre-Chorus
Agunechmba Igwe Nechendu
Ebighebi Ebighebi Ndi’nso
(The Lion and Everlasting King)
Nara ekele m jiri bia
(Receive my Praise)
If I had Ten Thousand Tongues
It will never never be Enough
To tell So I say
Bridge (x2)
Oh oh oh oh
Nara ekele m jiri bia
(Receive my Praise)
Chorus (Repeat)
If I had Ten Thousand Tongues
It won’t be enough
To say thank You Lord
If I had a Million Tongues
Still won’t be enough
To say thank You Lord
Refrain (Repeat)
Nara ekele m jiri bia
(Receive my Praise)
Oh oh oh oh
Nara ekele m jiri bia
(Receive my Praise)
Toko ni dara lah
Toko ni dara lah oh
Receive my Worship God
Chorus (Repeat)
If I had Ten Thousand Tongues
It won’t be Enough
To say thank You Lord
If I had a Million Tongues
Still won’t be Enough
To say thank You Lord
Outro (x2)
Oh oh oh oh
Nara ekele m jiri bia
(Receive my Praise)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“Ten Thousand Tongues” by The Gratitude (COZA) is a song of thanksgiving that admits how small words can feel. The central lines are “If I had Ten Thousand Tongues, it won’t be enough to say thank You Lord,” and then “If I had a Million Tongues, still won’t be enough.” The verses begin with the singer’s willingness to sing of God’s glory and tell His story and wonders, and they close on the confession “Faithful God, You’re a Faithful God.”
Parts of the song move into Igbo, including “Nara ekele m jiri bia,” which the lyric itself renders as “Receive my Praise,” and a line the lyric describes as “The Lion and Everlasting King.” A further short line in a Nigerian language follows before the English “Receive my Worship God.”
The idea of praise too large for one voice is close to Psalm 34:1, and the call to tell of God’s wonders recalls Psalm 96:3. The song works as an offering of thanks that keeps asking God to receive it.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 34:1 Blessing the Lord at all times, with praise continually in the mouth
- Psalm 96:3 Declaring His glory and wonders among the nations
- Lamentations 3:23 Great is His faithfulness