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EntertainmentBAR FOR BAR · Have Mercy 2

Have Mercy 2 puts two prayers in one song, Kofi Kinaata's list and Sarkodie's plea

Kofi Kinaata asks God for a house in Trasacco, a Benz and a promotion. Sarkodie asks why God is late with food for the children.

By QMS Newsroom21 Oct 2026, 15:08 GMT2 min read
Have Mercy 2 puts two prayers in one song, Kofi Kinaata's list and Sarkodie's plea
Image: BAR FOR BAR · Have Mercy 2 episode cover, Qwofi Manuel Studio.

Kofi Kinaata released "Have Mercy 2", featuring Sarkodie, on Wednesday 3 December 2025 under Team Move. There is no official music video. The song lives on an official lyric video on Kofi Kinaata's YouTube channel, which had 1.46 million views by 21 October 2026.

It follows "Have Mercy", Kinaata's solo song from 2022. Its audio upload, posted on 15 April 2022, has 3.88 million views.

Kinaata's prayer

The song opens with a question many people ask at night. If God can do all things, and Kinaata has never heard of anything He cannot do, why is he suffering like this?

He then reaches for two pictures. The first is a mother hen, which will fight a snake when her chicks are behind her. The second comes from Psalm 23, verse 5: "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies." Kinaata asks God to set his table where everyone against him can see it.

Then he gets specific. He asks God not to let a house in Trasacco pass him by. Or a Benz. Or a promotion. In February 2026, YEN.com.gh reported that a 10-bedroom house in Trasacco on one acre was listed at an asking price of $2 million.

The verse turns sad after that. He says his friends have left and he has cried until his pillow is wet.

Sarkodie's prayer

Sarkodie's verse is shorter on wishes. He tells God he has no other God besides Him, and complains of witches in his own house troubling him. He says some mornings he wakes up tired, thinking about what the children will eat, and tells God He is late. The load is too heavy to carry, he says, but he still believes and has not given up.

The two verses ask the same question from different places. One man wants the house. The other wants food on the table. Both end in faith.

On stage in Takoradi

Kinaata and Sarkodie performed the song together for the first time at the Made in Taadi concert at the Takoradi Sports Club on 20 December 2025, which ran from 9pm into the next morning, according to the Ghanaian Times and Graphic Showbiz. Kinaata posted his own video of the performance on his YouTube channel.

The QMS take · Opinion

Kinaata wants the house. Sarkodie wants the children fed. Both of them still believe, and the same God reads both papers. Whatever is on your own list this week, write it down and pray it.

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