VERSE 1
Forever indebted
Lord I give You the credit
I'll never forget it
I was down bad, folks wanted me ghost
You ain't let my enemies gloat
I cried for your help
You restored my health
You pulled me up out of the grave
I done been lost
And I done been saved
Forever I call on your name
God
Believe in the Lord, then sing out to God
His name is Holy
His favor gonna last you for life
His anger is only gonna last for the moment
Uhh
Hard to cope when you mourning
Feel like tears never stop pouring
But trouble don't last
That trouble gonna pass and joy is gonna come in the morning
Ahh
Up a couple hundred
Feeling like I ran it
Knowing you the one who run it
Till you turn ya face from me
And then I plummet
Now it's clear that
You the one who really done it
My God
Cry to you begging for mercy
Cause what I'm ah gain if I go to the grave
How a dead body gonna give you the praise
And how I'm gonna testify great is your name
Lord hear me!
Be merciful to me
Lord you are my shelter
When me and Bathsheba lost our firstborn I fasted a week
You my helper
You turned all my grief to gladness
Now I got joy in whatever endeavor
I can't keep quiet concerning the Lord my God
I'm ah give you the glory forever
CHORUS
You keep me through the night
I know everything will be alright
God, you'll come with the morning light
Joy will come with the morning light (2x)
VERSE 2
Below 40 in a HUD house on blocks
Mama had to light the stove
If He ain't saved me when He saved me
Where I be today Lord knows
I suppose I become exposed to the elements
It was freezing cold
Cold world make a cold heart
Just to warm up they'll wipe your nose
My cousin in jail
My homie on trial
My ending could really be tragic
I should have got death
He giving me life
Ain't nothing bout none of this average
I really carried them caskets
I really stood in the church and read eulogies
I saw a demon devour my daddy
I saw what the wages of sin really do to you
I saw my mama succumb to depression so deep
That she thought about taking her life
You sent your spirit and she start the fight
The Word of God kept her strong all through the night
So when the lies of the devil try come for you
The question is, what is you gonna do?
I use the word of the Lord as my shield and my helper
I pray that you use it too
Amen
CHORUS
You keep me through the night
I know everything will be alright
God, you'll come with the morning light
Joy will come with the morning light (2x)
Valley deep to climb so steep
Your love's a promise that I'll keep
You turn my mourning into a dance
With every breath, I've got a chance
Darkness fades
It can't remain