‘People forgot Koko was a gospel song’ – EL on lyrics that changed everything

Ghanaian musician EL has revealed that his hit song Koko missed out on a Gospel Song award nomination because one popular lyric made many people perceive it as a secular record.

Speaking on TV3’s Afternoon Show, EL said although Koko earned nominations at that time, he was disappointed it was overlooked in the Gospel Song category due to the line, “By His grace there’s no girl I no go fit run oh.”

He said, “What pained me was it didn’t get nominations for Gospel Song because of one line in the song. That line became very popular and people forgot it was a gospel song. ‘By His grace there’s no girl I no go fit run oh.’ That won’t change the song from gospel to secular.”

EL explained that Koko was, in fact, born out of gratitude to God during a difficult period after he relocated to the United States.

According to him, he had just moved into an almost empty apartment in East Orange, New Jersey, when producer Pee GH sent him the beat.

He added that reflecting on how far he had come, he began writing the song.

“I didn’t have too much on me and it was an empty apartment, but I just felt this incredible sense of gratitude. What flowed out of me was, ‘Look, I couldn’t do all of this by my own strength.’ It’s just a testimony to how far God has brought me,” he said.

PAT/EB