Joyful, Joyful

"Joyful, Joyful" is the final song sung by the St. Francis Choir in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. It is a joyous, gospel, hip-hop infused adaption of Henry van Dyke's poem, "The Hymn of Joy" (often called "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" after the first line).

The finale performance of "Joyful Joyful" was produced and arranged by Mervyn Warren, noted Jazz and gospel musician who is best known as an original member of a cappella vocal group Take 6.

Lyrics
Joyful, Joyful Lord, we adore Thee God of glory Lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee Hail Thee as the sun above Melt the clouds of sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Giver of immortal gladness Fill us with the light Fill us with the light Oh, fill us with the light of day...

Joyful, Joyful Lord, we adore Thee God of glory Lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee Hail Thee as the sun above

Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Drive it away Giver of immortal gladness Fill us Fill us with the light of day Light of day!

Check the rhyme Joyful, Joyful Lord we adore Thee An' in my life I put none before Thee Cuz since I was a youngster I came to know That you was the only way to go So I had to grow an' come to an understandin' That I'm down with the King so now I'm demandin' That you tell me who you down with, see Cuz all I know is that I'm down with G-O-D

You down with G-O-D? (Yeah, you know me) You down with G-O-D? (Yeah, you know me) You down with G-O-D? (Yeah, you know me) Who's down with G-O-D? (Everybody)

Come and join the chorus The mighty, mighty chorus Which the morning stars begun The Father of love is reigning over us

Right away What have you done for Him lately? Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah What have you done for Him lately? He watches over everything So we sing

Joyful, Joyful Lord, we adore Thee God of glory Lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee Hail Thee as the sun above

Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Drive it away Giver of immortal gladness (won't you)

Fill us (Fill us with the light of day, Lord, fill us) Fill us (oh we need You, yes we do, fill us) Fill us (yeah..., oh, oh yeah) Fill us (with the light of day, Lord)

(We need you, come right away, we need you, need you today, we need you, I'm here to say fill us, fill us, fill us, fill us...) Fill us with the light of day (oh, yeah) Light of day!