VERSE 1   YOU GOT A MINUTE FOR YOUR SON FATHER   I NEED TO TALK   IM SO TIRED OF TRYIN TO RUN FATHER   LETS TAKE A WALK   IM SO SORRY FO R WHAT IVE DONE FATHER   IT AINT MY FAULT   THE DEVILS BEEN ON MY BACK LATELY   ITS LIKE A HAWK   YOU NEVER GIVE US MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE   BUT ITS GETTING HARD   AND IM A STRONG INDIVIDUAL   BUT I NEED YOU GOD   LOVE THE THINGS THAT I USED TO    I DONT WANNA   RUN THE STREETS LIKE I USED TO    I KNOW IM GONNA   SPEAK THE WORD FOR YOU ONE DAY   UP IN THERE LIKE HALLELU YA ON SUNDAY   I THANK YOU LORD FOR THE BLESSING THAT YOU GAVE ME   AND FOR MY LIFE WITH THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE SAVED ME   AND FOR MY WIFE YOU HAVE CARRIED ME ENOUGH TIMES AND THAT’S THE TRUTH   MARRIED ME THE ROUGH TIMES, THROUOUT MY YOUTH   AND THRU IT ALL I SAW THAT U WERE STILL WITH ME   I WAS THAT ONE LOST SHEEP AND YOU WAS COMING TO GET ME      CHORUS   LORD YOU GOT ME LIKE   OOOOHHH   YOUR LOVE GOT ME LIKE   OOOOOHHHH (2X)      VERSE 2   I LOOK AT LIFE A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW   SINCE YOU HUGGED ME   AND I ALWAYS LOVE MY PEOPLE   THATS WHY THEY LOVE ME    THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE LORD   WE PRAISE YOU    JACOBS DECENDANTS FORM AFRICA TO ASIA   BLEEDING THE BLOOD FO CHRIST OVER OUR LIFE   WRONG OR RIGHT JUST HELP US MAKE IT THRU THE NIGHT   AND WELL SHOUT YOUR NAME IN TIMES OF NEED   AND TIMES OF JOY    AND WHEN WE BLEED   AND WHEN WE ARE OVER COME WITH GREED   U AINT GONNA HAVE TO TELL ME TWICE , IM GONNA TAKE HEED   AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU GIVEN ME, I KNOW YOULL DELIVER ME   AND I WONT DROWN NO MATTER HOW DEEP THE RIVER BE   YOU ARE THE STRENGHT I NEVER KNEW I HAD    KEPT THE HEART GOOD WHEN THEY TOLD ME I TWAS BAD   ALL PRAISES DUE TO YO    THATS WHY I HAD TO DEDICATE SOMETHING NEW TO YOU    THANK YOU FATHER      CHORUS   LORD YOU GOT ME LIKE   OOOOHHH   YOUR LOVE GOT ME LIKE   OOOOOHHHH (2X)      VERSE 3   I NEVER KNEW A LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE   MESSIN WITH THE THUG LIFE I MISSED IT ALL   OPENED UP THE DOORS AND LET ME IN   DOWN FOR THE CAUSE SO LETS BEGIN   PRAYERS THAT YOU GIVE TO ME I GIVE TO THEM   SAME WAY YOU LIVE IN ME, I LIVE IN THEM   LIFE IS A BLESSING NOW    YOU GOT ME SMILING FROM INSIDE OF MY HEART    WHEN INSIDE IT WAS DARK   AND IT DOESNT RAIN ANYMORE   ONLY SUNSHINE, NO PAIN ANYMORE   I REALLY LOVE MINE   YOU WASHED AWAY THE TEARS WITH THE FEARS   IM HAPPIER THAN IVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE THE WHOLE THIRTY YEARS   YOU KNOW THAT ONE DAY ILL SPEAK THE WORD   YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I DO I WILL BE HEARD   YOU KNOW THAT YOU GAVE ME A PERMENANT SMILE   AND YOU KNOW THIS FATHER BECAUSE IM YOUR CHILD      CHORUS   LORD YOU GOT ME LIKE   OOOOHHH   YOUR LOVE GOT ME LIKE   OOOOOHHHH (2X)