Ki Okan Atara mi, Jeti Jesu Lai, An inspiring and heaven-reminding song. A widely sung and evangelical song that reminds us of Home (Heaven). Ministered by many, used as sound tracks in films due to the power it carries.
written by Mike David (psalmist) a popular Gospel music minister, a trained musicologist and an evangelist.
LYRICS
SOLO 1
Gbati Jesu bade, y'o waba igbagbo laye
(When Jesus shall come, will HE find faith on earth?)
Opo igbagbo, loma ti di igbagbe
(Many have abandoned their faith)
Talaba toka si o, bi omo, Olorun
(Who else can be identified as God's?)
Ti ok ti faso, Aala won, yi eri
(Whose garment isn't yet stained)
BRIDGE
Eyi pada Isreli, apeyinda
(Come back home, lost Israelites)
Jesu nbo, botilo, koma nip emo
(Jesus will return soon just as HE left for heaven)
CHORUS
Ki okan, atara mi, je ti Jesu lai
(That my soul and body, be Christ's alone)
SOLO 2
Ewo awon eyan mimo, tiwonto ona aye
(See the saints, now walking wordily)
Opo loko eru, won ko mo Olorun won mo
(Many enslaved, that they have forgotten their God)
Orun si nsofo fun awon mo apeyinda
(Heaven now mourns over backsliders)
Sare pada wale, oni lojo Igbala re
(Come back home, todays is salvation day)
BRIDGE
Eyi pada Isreli, apeyinda
(Come back home, lost Israelites)
Jesu nbo, botilo, koma nip emo
(Jesus will return soon just as HE left for heaven)
CHORUS
Ki okan, atara mi, je ti Jesu lai
(That my soul and body, be Christ's alone)
