Kwesi Arthur's Devil Knocking and the sign that was already on the same EP

Kwesi Arthur released "Devil Knocking" on 23 April 2017. It is the fifth and last track on his EP Live from Nkrumah Krom I, put out by Ground Up. Genius credits the production to KaySo and Dusha Billions, and says the song was recorded at the Ground Up Chale studios. Pan African Music dates the EP to June 2017; Kwesi Arthur himself has said April.

There is no official music video. Ground Up Chale posted a black and white Ground Up Sessions take on 18 June 2017, with him performing it live in the studio. The official audio had 278,915 views on YouTube on 20 October 2026.

A prayer with a knock at the door

The song opens with a question to God. Is this a lesson, or is it his destiny? He asks to be shown a sign. Then the chorus brings the answer nobody prayed for: someone at the door with cash and women. He says he might let them in. He never says yes, and he never says no.

The verse puts him in one small room. A preacher is on the radio, his mother is telling him to go to church, and he is in the middle, confused. He admits he prays because his success is late.

Where the song came from

The details match his own story. On the Delay Show in 2018, Kwesi Arthur said his family slept in his mother's shop in Tema Community 5, waiting until she closed at night. He told Graphic Showbiz that he was sent home over fees every term. He grew up in the Church of Pentecost, and said his mother always wanted him to do gospel music. When he later released "Woara", it became her ringtone.

He met the Ground Up Chale team in 2015, and told Pan African Music he asked a studio owner to employ him to manage the place.

The sign on track three

The EP's back cover lists five songs. Track three is "Grind Day", the lead single, produced by KaySo. Its remix with Sarkodie and Medikal won Hip Hop Song of the Year at the 2018 Ghana Music Awards, and the same year he was nominated at the BET Awards for Viewer's Choice Best International Act.

On the Delay Show he also spoke about temptation. He said he does not drink or smoke, but admitted he had fallen a few times to temptations from women.