Lyrics
Verse 1
Oh my God
Before I ask you something, suddenly you don do am (Before I ask you something, suddenly You have done it)
If e no be you (If it wasn't You)
This mountain for don serious (This mountain would have been a serious issue)
Who go come move am (Who would have moved it?)
(No other)
Pre-Chorus
Praise the Lord is not enough
Even if I give my all
This your love odikwa much (This Your love is so much)
(No other)
See my life e no be luck (See my life, it is not luck)
Na the grace na im dey talk o (It is grace that is speaking)
Na my God wey dey run am o (It is my God who is doing it)
No be Cho Cho Cho e yo! (It's not just mere talk!)
Chorus
Na you part Red Sea, make the blind man see (You parted the Red Sea, and made the blind man see)
(No be Cho Cho Cho) (It's not mere talk)
No other name like the name of Jesus
(No be Cho Cho Cho) (It's not mere talk)
Na you feed five thousand men with bread (You fed five thousand men with bread)
(No be Agege) (Not Agege bread)
Post-Chorus
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
Verse 2
As you talk na so you do am (As You speak, that is exactly how You do it)
(Talk and do)
Wetin you do all man dey feel am (What You do, everyone can feel it)
(Feel am o)
Carry my matter for your head (You took my matter upon Your head)
Always there, never far away
Odogwu wey dey come through on a reg... (The Champion who comes through on a regular...)
On a regular eh!
Pre-Chorus (Repeat)
Praise the Lord is not enough
Even if I give my all
This your love odikwa much (This Your love is so much)
(No other)
See my life e no be luck (See my life, it is not luck)
Na the grace na im dey talk o (It is grace that is speaking)
Na my God wey dey run am o (It is my God who is doing it)
No be Cho Cho Cho e yo! (It's not just mere talk!)
Chorus (Repeat)
Na you part Red Sea, make the blind man see (You parted the Red Sea, and made the blind man see)
(No be Cho Cho Cho) (It's not mere talk)
No other name like the name of Jesus
(No be Cho Cho Cho) (It's not mere talk)
Na you feed five thousand men with bread (You fed five thousand men with bread)
(No be Agege) (Not Agege bread)
Post-Chorus (Repeat)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
Vamp
(No be Cho Cho Cho) (It's not mere talk)
(No be Cho Cho Cho)
(No be Cho Cho Cho)
Post-Chorus (Repeat)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
We dey pray (We pray)
(E dey show) (It shows / It manifests)
Outro
(No be Cho Cho Cho) (It's not mere talk)
(No be Cho Cho Cho)
(No be Cho Cho Cho)
(Repeats until end)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“Cho Cho Cho” by Tim Godfrey is a Nigerian Pidgin praise song that gives thanks for answered prayer. The first verse says God acted before the singer asked and that without Him “this mountain for don serious,” meaning the mountain would have been serious trouble. The pre-chorus insists that saying “Praise the Lord” is not enough, and that the singer’s life is no luck: “Na the grace na im dey talk,” grace is doing the talking.
The refrain “No be Cho Cho Cho” means this is not mere talk. The chorus backs it with stories from Scripture, saying God parted the Red Sea, made the blind man see, and fed five thousand men with bread, recalling Exodus 14, John 9, and John 6. It adds “No other name like the name of Jesus,” close to Acts 4:12.
The post-chorus, “We dey pray, e dey show,” says prayer produces visible results. The song’s message is that testimony rests on what God has actually done.
Related Scripture
- Exodus 14:21-22 God parts the Red Sea
- John 6:11-13 Jesus feeds the five thousand
- Acts 4:12 No other name given under heaven by which we must be saved