[Verse 1]
Days you feel like giving up but you know you can win
And some days you feel like you won't make it till the end
I got someone that is greater than your problems
Put all your cares and your troubles on him
his power
(Anything) anything (he can handle) he can handle
(Just ask it) just ask it (and speak it) and speak it
(That's when) that's when (you shall see it) you shall see it
Times you wish that you can make your problems disappear (ooh)
Times got hard things got rough and you began to fear (ooh)
Know that God is able and he'll see you through
Just use the power that he has given you
his power
(Anything yeah yeah) anything (said he can handle) he can handle(just ask)
just ask it (and speak it) and speak it
That's when) that's when (you shall see it) you shall see it
whatever it is
(it's in his name) it's in his name
(All you got to do is ask) just ask it (ooh yeah) and speak it
(And that's when) that's when (you shall see it) you shall see it
(All you got to do is obey) protect the promise he made
(And that's when) and that's when he give you the strength
(Oh my lord) strength and receive, (authority) authority
You can conquor any trouble
Oh power (you shall receive)
You shall receive power
(Yeah) yeah
power
(You shall receive)
You shall receive power
(Yeah) yeah
Power (holy ghost) holy ghost power
(Yeah) yeah
(I've got it) power (holy ghost) holy ghost power
(Ooh oh oh oh I've) I've got it (I've got it) I've got it (ooh power) power (ooh power) power
(Hey) I've got it (ooh ooh) I've got it (ooh I've got ) power (ooh power) power
I've got it , I've got it ,
Power, power, I've got it
Power
Song Meaning
Marvin Sapp structures "Power" as call-and-response from its first lines, naming the problem before naming the answer — "days you feel like giving up but you know you can win, some days you feel like you won't make it till the end" — and following immediately with "I got someone that is greater than your problems."
"Put all your cares and your troubles on Him" gives that greater power a specific action to perform rather than leaving it as a general comfort, and the repeated bracket-style responses — "(anything) anything (he can handle) he can handle" — build the song's energy through the congregation completing each phrase rather than through new lyrical content.
"Just use the power that he has given you" turns the song from a statement about God's strength into an instruction for the listener's own life, and the closing repetitions — "you shall receive power... holy ghost power" — echo Acts 1:8 almost word for word, naming the specific source the whole song has been building toward.