Intro
There is a race that I must run
There are Victories to be won
Give me power every Hour
There is a race that I must run
There are Victories to be won
Give me power every Hour
To be true
There's a race that I must run
There are victories to be won
Give me power, every hour, to be true
There's a race that I must run
There are victories to be won
Give me power, every hour, to be true
"Everybody has a race ...
let us start our race...
Keep on running
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Call: There is a race
Response
There's a race that I must run
There are victories to be won
Give me power, every hour, to be true
There is a race you must run
There are victories you must win
Ask for power every hour to be true
I know there is a race you must run
There are victories to be won
Pray for power every hour
Call: There is a race
Response
There's a race that I must run
There are victories to be won
Give me power, every hour, to be true
Call: I know There is a race
Response
There's a race that I must run
There are victories to be won
Give me power, every hour, to be true
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There is A Race I Must Run
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Song Meaning
Jabu Hlongwane and ZimPraise build this song around a single extended metaphor: the Christian life as a race that has to be run, with real victories still to be won. The call-and-response structure — one voice calling "There is a race," the choir answering with the full line — turns the metaphor into something communal rather than a private struggle; everyone in the room is being asked to claim the same race as their own. The request threaded through every verse isn't for the race to be easier but for "power every hour, to be true" — endurance rather than escape. The lyrics shift briefly from "I" to "you" and back to "we," widening the claim from one runner to a whole congregation running together, which is where the spoken interjection ("everybody has a race, let us start our race, keep on running") pushes the song past a chorus and into something closer to an exhortation delivered mid-song. There's no resolution offered — no verse describing crossing a finish line — because the point isn't arrival, it's the asking: for strength sufficient to the next hour, repeated as often as the race demands it.
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