Modern Day Drummer Boy: “Oh Abba” Out Now
“Oh Abba” is a Christian worship song that reframes Christmas around gratitude for Jesus rather than material gift-giving. In the first verse, Pastor Charles A.R. testifies to personal transformation — being spiritually blind and now seeing, feeling renewed through Christ — before pivoting to a pointed question: has Christmas become more about commercialism and greed than about celebrating Christ’s birth? He points back to the nativity story, referencing the angels (“morning stars”) singing and the wise men traveling to bring gifts to the newborn King, using that image to argue that our modern gift exchange should really be redirected toward giving praise and devotion back to God.
The chorus, sung by Big Fil, Co Campbell, and Biancallove, functions as the emotional anchor of the song — a repeated, simple declaration of thanks to “Abba” (Father) for sending “your present down.” This phrase plays on double meaning: God’s gift to humanity is both a “present” in the sense of a Christmas gift and his literal presence among people through Jesus’s birth.
In the second verse, Omega Sparx draws heavily on “The Little Drummer Boy” for inspiration, humbly acknowledging that he has nothing material worthy of offering a King who possesses everything. Instead, he decides to give what he does have — his voice, his rhymes, and his heartfelt worship — casting himself as a modern-day drummer boy. The verse broadens into an image of all creation joining in worship, from rocks to birds to nature itself, reinforcing the song’s central message: that genuine gratitude and self-offering matter more than material presents, and that the “greatest gift” was always God’s gift of his son.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1: Pastor Charles A.R.]
A.R., yeah
I’m grateful, so grateful, in this time I’m reminded be thankful
Your son you provided, the way through
This life, this truth, you are faithful
I was blind, no sight, you remained true
With open eyes, lift mine I’m a praise you
Everyday you, bring a breakthrough
Thank Christ, my life has been made new
And I find it hard to believe, a day about giving gifts we made ours to receive
Is this about your birth or really are we deceived?
Commercializing Christ, is it God or our greed?
ABBA gave a gift, morning stars they would sing
Praise to the King, who wore His heart on His sleeve
Wise men traveling from far they would bring
Gifts, let’s take it back to giving ours to the king
[Chorus: Co Campbell, Big Fil & Biancallove]
Oh Abba, we give praises now
Oh Abba, you sent your present down
Oh Abba, my Father thank God that you sent your present down
Oh Abba, we give praises now
Oh Abba, you sent your present down
Oh Abba, my Father thank God that you sent your present down
[Verse 2: Omega Sparx]
You make my heart go
Rum-pa-pum
Ra-Rum-pa-pum
All of these sins have been cumbersome
Forget these presents, Lord Jesus number 1
Thank You Lord GOD for giving us Your only Son
I’m just a boy what can I give to a King
That has everything
Power and Glory and Might, can make a universe sing
So with my rhymes and my voice, Lord I give You all esteem
Worship You beyond time signature
Rocks cry out, even down to the minerals
Little birds chirping as nature cries out to You
I feel Your anointing in high attitudes
As we praise You in a flow state
You Made every soul different like snowflakes
Yeah, It’s Your power that make me run for joy
So I’m a stand in pocket as Your Drummer Boy
[Chorus: Co Campbell, Big Fil & Biancallove]
Oh Abba, we give praises now
Oh Abba, you sent your present down
Oh Abba, my Father thank God that you sent your present down
Oh Abba, we give praises now
Oh Abba, you sent your present down
Oh Abba, my Father thank God that you sent your present down
