Mary Song

One young girl from one very small village open her mouth, and one song comot wey get so much boldness say people still dey sing am two thousand years after.

Mary just reach di house of her relative Elizabeth, for di hill country of Judah. Elizabeth don greet her with loud cry of blessing. Her own baby jump for joy when e hear Mary voice. Now e reach Mary turn to answer. Remember who Mary be. She no rich. She no famous. She don engage to one carpenter for Nazareth, one village wey most people never hear about. And she carry di child wey di angel talk say dem go call di Son of di Most High. So wetin she go talk? She sing.

My soul dey praise di Lord well well, and my spirit dey rejoice for God my Saviour. Mary start from her own heart. God don look her, one small servant, and e choose her. From now go, she talk, every generation go call me blessed. No be because of anything wey she do, but because di Mighty One don do great tins for her. Im name holy. And im mercy, she sing, na for everybody wey fear am, from one generation to di next.

Then di song grow big, e get more courage. Mary sing about how God dey turn di world upside down. E don show strength with im arm. E don scatter di proud people with di plans wey dey dia heart. E don pull di mighty people comot from dia throne, and e don lift up di humble ones. E don fill di hungry with good tins, and e send di rich people go with empty hand. Think about di people wey dey listen to song like dis. Ordinary people for land wey Rome and King Herod dey rule. Mary sing as if God victory don already happen, because she sure say e go happen.

For di end, Mary look back far far. God don help im servant Israel, she sing. E don remember im mercy, as e promise our fathers, Abraham and im children forever. Di baby wey she carry no be new idea. Na God wey dey keep promise wey e make many hundred years before. Then Luke just tell us say Mary stay with Elizabeth for about three months. Two women, wey dey wait together, dey share food and prayer and wonder. Then Mary go back to Nazareth.

Mary song resemble one older song well well. For di first book of Samuel, one woman wey dem dey call Hannah, wey don long for pikin, pray one song of thanks when dem born her son Samuel. Hannah sing say di Lord dey bring down and e dey lift up, e dey raise di poor from dust, and say di people wey belle full before now dey hire demselves for bread, while di hungry no dey hungry again. Mary know her scriptures. Her song follow Hannah line. Christians later name Mary song di Magnificat, from di first word for Latin.

Mary song dey Luke chapter one, verse forty-six reach fifty-six. One young woman wey no get any power at all, dey sing about God wey dey lift up di lowly. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. If you go write your own song about wetin God don do, wetin di first line go be?