Lyrics
Verse 1
Daddy, the joy and peace wey You give me Boku
E too plenty overflow
And the joy You surround me with
E too plenty overflow
Exceeding abundance, more than I can think or imagine
Exceeding abundance, more than I can ask or imagine
Too plenty Boku
Overflow Boku
Chorus
Overflow oooh, Lord, Your love and Your mercy
Boku, eeeh Boku
Boku
Overflow Boku
Overflow oooh, Lord, Your love and Your mercy
Boku, eeeh Boku
Verse 2
I can never deny the love that You show
I can never deny the love that You show
Your mercy is loo
Inside my life, nwanne kiliwe ife
Chineke Nna Amen, nemerem
My family, biko soromu kelewe
Chineke Nna Amen, e don do am
If to say na once time, fine
Two times, thrice — chai! nice, e fly
But na overflow flooow lolo
Overflow dey follow you, follow you
Because Bokuuuuuu
Response / Refrain
Resp: Overflow oooh
Running all over Boku
Resp: Overflow oooh
Overflow oooh, Lord, Your love and mercy
Eeeeeeh
Call & Response (Press It Down)
Oya run it
Resp: Eeeh
Press it down
Resp: Press it down
Shaken together
Resp: Shaken together
Press it down
Resp: Eeeeeeh
Shaken all over
Resp: Shaken all over
It’s running all over
Resp: It’s running over
Eeeeeeh Boku
(Repeat)
Bridge
It’s abundant
More than mouth can tell
It’s abundant, more than I can say oooh
Oh, the extravagant love of God oooh
It’s abundant
More than my mouth can tell
Abundant, more than my mouth can say
Eeeeeh
For Your mercies are overwhelming
Ooooooh, Haii!
Chant / Response
Boku
Resp: Overflow oooh
Boku
Resp: Overflow oooh
Boku
Resp: Overflow oooh
Eeeeeeh
Lord, Your love and Your mercies
Boku eeeh Boku
E too plenty eeeh!
Call & Response (Overflow Declaration)
Open your eyes, tell me what you see
Resp: Overflow oooh
Can you comprehend it? It’s the overflow oooh
Resp: Overflow oooh
Lord, Your love
And Your mercy
Eeeeeeeh
Resp: Eeeeeh Boku
Call & Response (Final Press It Down)
Oya run it
Resp: Eeeeeh
Press it down
Resp: Press it down
Press it down
Resp: Press it down
Shaken together
Resp: Shaken together
Press it down
Resp: Eeeeeh
Shaken all over
Resp: Shaken all over
It’s running all over
Resp: It’s running all over
Eeeeh Boku
Outro
Everybody come
Resp: Overflow oooh
According to the overflow, come
Resp: Overflow oooh
According to the overflow ooo
Resp: Lord, Your love and Your mercy
Boku eeeh Boku
Credits & Song Information
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Boku takes its title from Nigerian Pidgin for "plenty" or "a lot," and the song works to make that word carry more weight than its casual, everyday use usually allows. Verse 1 pairs it directly with a paraphrase of Scripture: "exceeding abundance, more than I can think or imagine."
That phrase is close to Ephesians 3:20, which describes God as able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that a person can ask or imagine. Yadah and Ada Ehi's lyric keeps that same idea in view through call-and-response sections built around "overflow" and "press it down," language close to Luke 6:38's image of a blessing measured, pressed down, and running over.
Rather than building toward a single climactic line, the song moves through repeated declarations and responses, treating repetition itself as a way of describing something too large to state once. The bridge names that limit directly: "it's abundant, more than my mouth can tell," presenting overflow as something experienced rather than fully described.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 3:20 Exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or imagine
- Luke 6:38 Pressed down, shaken together, running over