Lyrics
Chorus
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
Verse
Our father
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
Pre-Chorus
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
Chorus (Repeat)
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
Interlude (x2)
My daddy (daddy daddy o)
My daddy (daddy daddy o)
My daddy (you too sabi oh)
Pre-Chorus (Repeat)
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
Chorus (Repeat)
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
Pre-Chorus (Repeat)
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
Chorus (Repeat)
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
Bridge (x2)
Who’s your daddy?
Who’s your daddy?
Who’s your daddy?
Abba
Chorus (Repeat)
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
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“My Daddy” by Tim Godfrey is a praise song of thanks to God as a caring Father, sung in English and Nigerian Pidgin. The chorus keeps returning to “My daddy, you too sabi,” roughly meaning “you know how,” and to the line “Look how you turn my life around.” The singer says his life is happy and cared for, using the family word “daddy” alongside “Abba.”
The verse says God does not rest on the singer’s matter and keeps adding blessing. The hook declares, “When men say there is a casting down, for me there’s a lifting up,” which is close to Job 22:29, and the repeated “Blessings follow me” recalls Psalm 23:6.
A call-and-answer part asks “Who’s your daddy?” and answers “Abba,” echoing Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6 where believers cry “Abba, Father.” The message is confident, childlike trust in a Father who lifts and provides.
Related Scripture
- Romans 8:15 Crying “Abba, Father”
- Job 22:29 When people are cast down, there is a lifting up
- Psalm 23:6 Goodness and mercy following