Formerly Known

[00:14.26] Everybody wanna be heard. Everybody wanna be seen.
[00:18.50] Everybody wanna be known, and everybody got some dreams
[00:21.78] We wanna be understood, not overlooked
[00:25.13] And when we fall, who gon' carry (Carrie) us? Underwood.
[00:28.60] We need love and affection, time and attention
[00:32.17] Affirmation, acceptance, someone to give direction
[00:35.66] Set apart from the rest and we wanna stand distinguished
[00:39.12] And be The Cool Kid like they're Chuck Inglish
[00:42.60] Been on a quest for this, ever since Genesis
[00:45.76] But settling for fools gold, instead of what the treasure is
[00:49.41] Chasing after Numbers yo, this must have been our Exodus
[00:53.18] We don't want no Jesus 'less He's chillin' on our necklaces
[00:55.92] Formerly known, way before the moment I was born
[01:01.37] I'm not an accident or a clone, yeah
[01:04.88] The One that made me gave me purpose
[01:07.10] Now I don't gotta go on searching
[01:10.08] Formerly known, way before the moment I was born
[01:15.40] I'm not an accident all alone, yeah
[01:18.93] The One that made me, gave me purpose
[01:20.92] Now I don't gotta go on searching
[01:23.81] Formerly Known
[01:25.09] Yeah, whoo, what you lookin' at now, not what I always been
[01:28.81] I ain't braggin' on my past, but buddy I was trapped in sin
[01:32.25] No power in myself, to overcome my flesh
[01:35.45] I bought clothes to get undressed, but God revealed my nakedness
[01:38.86] A hostile enemy, speech was all venom-y
[01:42.35] Jesus was a nice guy, but wasn't no friend of me
[01:46.08] My lips said I loved Him, my actions despised His reign
[01:49.82] I had my own agenda, I was my own king
[01:52.63] Then He came, I was changed by grace through faith
[01:54.14] Every dollar that I owed it was payed, payed, payed, payed
[01:56.18] Sin bill was something I couldn't pick up
[01:57.83] Now I got my hands raised high like a stickup
[01:59.70] He know me even better than I know myself
[02:01.23] Every hair on my head, every need I felt
[02:03.23] So before I'm gone, gotta get to know Him
[02:04.89] C-Lite no more but the light still on
[02:06.18] Formerly known, way before the moment I was born
[02:11.26] I'm not an accident or a clone, yeah
[02:14.89] The One that made me, gave me purpose
[02:17.04] Now I don't gotta go on searching
[02:20.08] Formerly known, way before the moment I was born
[02:25.47] I'm not an accident all alone, yeah
[02:28.96] The One that made me gave me purpose
[02:31.13] Now I don't gotta go on searching
[02:33.36] Formerly Known
[02:35.34] Before I'm gone, gotta get to know Him
[02:36.20] C-Lite no more but the Light still on
[02:52.27] Formerly known, way before the moment I was born
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[03:11.57] I'm not an accident or a clone, yeah
[03:14.71] The One that made me gave me purpose
[03:17.09] Now I don't gotta go on searching
[03:19.86] Formerly Known
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