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Feel The Sprirt
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Jul 29, 2026 updated
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CeCe Winans' 'Feel the Spirit' is an upbeat gospel song that invites listeners to experience the Holy Spirit's presence with joy and freedom. The lyrics encourage leaving behind pain and worries, finding a safe place of love and peace through prayer. The song incorporates Zulu phrases like 'Woza Moya' (come Spirit) and 'Oyingwele' (Holy), blending African celebration chants with a message of spiritual renewal. It emphasizes that God's peace is accessible anywhere through persistent prayer, and calls for dancing, clapping, and leaping as expressions of joy. The song's bridge repeats 'Uyawuzw'umoya' (Do you feel the Spirit?), reinforcing the theme of sensing God's moving presence.
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[Opening:] Every time i feel the spirit movin in my heart I will pray, every time i feel the spirit movin in my heart i will pray.
Helele Mama Helele Mama, woza Moya, Helele Mama Helele Mama, Oyingwele, Helele Mama Helele Mama woza Moya, Helele Mama Helele Mama, Oyingwele.
Time to escape all of your pain leave all your worries never to find again i know a safe place you can hide where only love and peace will abide
[chorus]
come on everybody feel the spirit it feels good lift your head clap your hands and feel joy leap for it come on everybody feel the spirit it feels good its yours its free go ahead and dance and jump in O Helele O Ham [9X]
a great place to go, designed with you in mind so don't be a stranger, you can live there all the time in order to get there, you don't have to travel far pray without ceasing and it will come where you are
[chorus]
come on everybody feel the spirit it feels good lift your head clap your hands and feel joy leap for it come on everybody feel the spirit it feels good its yours its free go ahead and dance and jump in O Helele O Ham [9X]
[Bridge ]
Celerbrate! come on everybody feel the spirit it feels good Uyawuzw'umoya, lift your head clap your hands and feel joy leap for it Uyawuzw'umoya come on everybody feel the spirit it feels good O Helele O Ham its yours its free go ahead and dance and jump in O Helele O Ham [9X]
[Ending:] Uyawuzw'umoya, Uyawuzw'umoya, feel the Spirit
[*Zulu translations*]
Helele Mama Helele Mama - South African Celebration chants
Woza - come
moya - Spirit
Oyingwele - Holy
Uyawuzw'umoya - Do you feel the Spirit?
O Helele O Ham - (5 times) celebration chants