Tim Godfrey - My Daddy Lyrics

Album: My Daddy (Radio Edit) - Single
Released: 28 Mar 2025

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Lyrics

E get y we dey call you father
You no dey calm down for my matter
When you start you dey nish harder
You dey add ah, jara jara
When men say there is a casting down
For me there’s a lifting up
Blessings follow me
Blessings follow me
Take a look at me you go believe am
My daddy you dey deliver
Blessings follow me
Blessings follow me

My daddy, my daddy you too sabi
Look how you turn my life around daddy
Your baby e dey happy
Look how you take care of me
My daddy, you sabi
My daddy, you too sabi oh
My daddy, you sabi (abba)
My daddy
My daddy (daddy daddy o)
My daddy (daddy daddy o)
My daddy (you too sabi oh)
My daddy (daddy daddy o)
My daddy (daddy daddy o)
My daddy (you too sabi oh)

When men say there is a casting down
For me there’s a lifting up
Blessings follow me
Blessings follow me
Take a look at me you go believe am
My daddy you dey deliver
Blessings follow me
Blessings follow me
My daddy, my daddy you too sabi
Look how you turn my life around daddy
Your baby e dey happy
Look how you take care of me
My daddy, you sabi
My daddy, you too sabi oh
My daddy, you sabi (abba)
My daddy

When men say there is a casting down
For me there’s a lifting up
Blessings follow me
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Blessings follow me
Take a look at me you go believe am
My daddy you dey deliver
Blessings follow me
Blessings follow me

My daddy, my daddy you too sabi
Look how you turn my life around daddy
Your baby e dey happy
Look how you take care of me
My daddy, you sabi
My daddy, you too sabi oh
My daddy, you sabi (abba)
My daddy
Who’s your daddy?
Who’s your daddy?
Who’s your daddy?
Abba
Who’s your daddy?
Who’s your daddy?
Who’s your daddy?
Abba

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Meaning & Inspiration

It’s that phrase "you too sabi" that keeps sticking in my head. Tim Godfrey isn’t just saying God is smart or capable in some distant, theological sense. It’s more like he’s looking at his own life—the messes, the turnarounds—and just shaking his head because God actually knows what He’s doing. We spend so much time trying to map out our own "lifting up," but the song makes it feel like we’re just kids watching a Father who’s already five steps ahead. E get why we call Him Father. It’s not a title; it’s a track record.

I was thinking about that line where he says God doesn't "calm down" for his matter. That’s a wild way to put it. We usually want a God who is still and quiet, but there’s something about a Father who is restless for our good. It reminds me of that bit in the Psalms where it says He doesn't slumber or sleep. He’s active. When the world is shouting about a "casting down," there’s this stubborn, Fatherly insistence that we’re actually going up. It’s not because we’re great, but because of who is holding the ladder.

Wait, maybe it’s more about the "jara." The extra. The stuff we didn’t even know to ask for but He adds anyway because He’s "my daddy." It makes the whole concept of Abba feel less like a Sunday school lesson and more like a person you actually know. You look at your life and you see the "take care of me" parts—the quiet provisions—and you realize you’re being doted on. It’s a bit overwhelming if you sit with it long enough.

The "who’s your daddy" part at the end… it sounds like a challenge. Not to others, but to our own fear. It’s like we’re being asked to remember whose DNA we carry when things get heavy. We aren't orphans trying to survive; we’re children being looked after by someone who "delivers." There’s a weight to that. A quiet, heavy kind of security that stays with you even after the music stops and you have to go back to the real world. You’re still his baby. And He still sabi.