For many of us, the year 2020 has been everything we feared. For others, it has been even worse than we could ever have imagined. In the midst of it all, I hope we all know that if we start to talk about all that God has done right for us this year, then we can still end the year with a testimony.

The act of counting our blessings is one that many of us never cultivated. Other than the thanksgiving service our churches organize at the start or end of the month, most of us never really sit down to introspect and analyze our lives, to take note of the many things going right even when the world is going crazy.

Tiwa Savage puts her “Time to musically conquer the world” mode on pause and used this song to show appreciation to God for His goodness and awesomeness in her life. She uses her vocal dexterity and lyrical sagacity to prophetically make a song in 2015, that we can use to close out a 2020 that has left a lot of people shaken, broken and feeling lost.

The vocal contribution of Dr Sid and Don Jazzy on this song serves to increase its melodious nature by tenfold. It makes me miss the day of Dr Sid’s Over the moon, and Don Jazzy more regularly giving background vocals that leave goosebumps on one’s skin.

As we round off 2020, I know you have a thousand and one prayer requests, but counting your blessings and thanking God for them could be the key to unlocking the next phase of your life.

As you Soro Soke, remember to keep counting your blessings.

If I Start To Talk Lyrics

Ah ah yea yea yea ye ahh
We ain’t even gat to drag on it
I gat many blessings I can brag on it
I’ve been through the fire I can talk on it
And I heard it on the street that they gat love for me

Oshe Baba
Na Baba God dey make me turn my swag on
Dem dey gbadun me anytime wey the song is on
Dem be see the light is shining dem dey run come

Mmmh
Now you see say we dey run the city, ahh
I don’t think they wanna give this step to titi, ah ah ah
I just wana sing the song song ah ah
Break it down oya shake it to the gan-gan yeah

Baba God don bless us na why we dey talk this matter eh
Some people want to pull me down I still dey waka eh eh eh
No be say them say
No dey do like say you no know ooh
No be say them eh my brother

Oya jo fumi (adupe fun olorun)
Egbowo yin soke (adupe fun olorun)
Oya komole (adupe fun olorun)
Jeka jeun soke (my brother)

lf I start to talk
The thing wey I don take my eye see we no go end
My brother we no go end
If I start to count
The thing wey Baba God e don do we no go end
My sister we no go end
If I start to talk
The thing wey Baba God e don do we no go end
My sister we no go end
If I start to count (all the blessings)
The blessings Baba God e give me we no go end
My brother e no go end

Oya throw your hands up in the air for me
If you feeling sing along sing the song for me
You can pop anything leave the bill for me
When the song comes on oya jo for me ah ah ah

No follow them dey complain
Make you no forget say Baba God dey ah
Every day is a good day
Holiday from Monday to Sunday

Oya komole
Oya gbesoke
Oya kpatewo show them problem no dey
See my life today
Blessings everyday
I dey shine so bright
E dey make them dey wonder why we dey so composed
Anything we do we dey in control
Anywhere we go them dey wan follow
And anything we touch e dey turn to Gold now

Oya jo fumi (adupe fun olorun)
Egbowo yin soke (adupe fun olorun)
Oya komole (adupe fun olorun)
Jeka jeun soke (my brother)

lf I start to talk
The thing wey I don take my eye see we no go end
My brother we no go end
If I start to count
The thing wey Baba God e don do we no go end
My sister we no go end
If I start to talk
The thing wey Baba God e don do we no go end
My sister we no go end
If I start to count (all the blessings)
The blessings Baba God dey give me we no go end
My brother e no go end

When money no dey
Everyday gbese
Friends dey come and go
But you no leave me alone
Wetin man never see (wetin man never see)
Wetin man never hear (wetin man never hear)
Na you I take survive (na you I take survive)
Baba you always there (Baba you always there)

If I start to talk
The thing wey Baba God e don do we no go end
My sister we no go end
If I start to count (all the blessings)
The blessings Baba God e give me we no go end
My brother e no go end
Oya