Grace Lokwa is a Congolese gospel singer and worshiper. Grace happens to be the composer/writer of the hit single “Kumama Papa eh” which means “Yahweh be praised” in English.
Kumama Papa went viral on social media platforms which introduced Lokwa to the international gospel music ministry. He later did a remix of the song with Nigerian singers Moses Bliss and Prinx Emmanuel. Below is the lyrics to the great song. The non-English part is sung in Lingala.
Kumama Papa
Grace Lokwa
A zwa nga bomwana (He took me as a child)
Kumama Papa ehh Elombe (Praise Father Almighty)
Eh Yahwe Kumama Papa eeh (Eh Yahweh be praised Father)
Kisi ya soni kumama papa eh Elombe (Healer of shame be praised Father Almighty)
Eh Yahweh Kumama papa eeh (Eh Yahweh be praised Father)
Ooh oh kumama, Papa eh (Ooh oh be praise, Father)
Eh Yahweh Kumama (Eh Yahweh be praised)
Repeat
A zwa nga bomwana, Papa eh(He took me as a child)
Eh Yahweh Kumama (Yahweh be praised)
Papa ehhh(Father)
Azalaka kisi ya Soni (He is the healer of my shame)
Kumama Papa ehh (Praise Father)
Yesu nde kisi ya Soni (Jesus the healer of my shame)
Eh Yahweh Kumama (Yahweh be praised)
Papa ehh (Father)
Prinx Emmanuel
Eh Yahweh
Eh Yahweh kumama (Eh Yahweh be praised)
Eh Yahweh
Eh Yahweh kumama
Eh Yahweh, eh Yahweh oh
Eh Yahweh
Eh Yahweh kumama
Eeh eh eeh, eeh eeh eeh
Eeh eeh eeh
Eeh eh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh
Eh Yahweh oh
Eh Yahweh kumama
Eeh eh eeh, eeh eeh eeh
Eeh eeh eeh
Eeh eh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh
Eh Yahweh oh
Eh Yahweh kumama
Moses Bliss
You can never ever fail me
(Oh Lord, yeah) Kumama, Papa ehh
Thank You Jesus
Eh Yahweh kumama (Yahweh yeah)
Papa eh
(You wiped away my tears oh)
You wiped away my tears oh kumama (You wiped away my tears Jesus)
Papa ehhh (I’m forever grateful, forever grateful)
Eh Yahweh kumama
Papa ehhh
(You took away my shame oh)
You took away my shame oh kumama (took away my shame)
Papa ehhh
Eh Yahweh kumama
Papa ehhh
(You turned my life around oh)
You turned my life around oh
Kumama, Papa ehhh (eh Yahweh)
Eh Yahweh kumama (eh Yahweh)
Papa ehhh (eh Yahweh)
Grace Lokwa
Azwa nga bo mwana kumama
Papa eehh, Yahweh na nga eh
Yahweh obenga nga na pasi, oh po na nga
Oh pa na salela mosala na yo
Na boyi na tosa te lokola Jonas eh
Po lobi lobi na se retrouver na munoko y’a bisi
Ngai awa na ye na etinda na yo po na t’osa yo eh Yahweh oh
Na salela yo, na ye mobimba na nga
Na tiki ndambu te ndambu te nga yeyo na ye
Papa ehh, Papa ehh, Papa ehh
Na salela yo eh
Bomoyi na nga mobimba
Nga awa y’a yo
Na boyi nionso na landi yo Yahweh
Mbeka motuya na ye loyembo oh
(He took me from my childhood, be praised Father
My Yahweh
Yahweh you called me in my suffering
So that I give myself to your work
I refuse to disobey for fear of ending up like Jonah in the belly of the fish
Today I am here, in front of you for your course
To give myself totally to you, to serve you, to obey you
Today I come to you and I give up all of me to you
My heart I give it to you as a sacrifice
A sacrifice of great price)
