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Chris Blue: Foundations | Gaither Gospel Hour

February 13, 2025 | S25:E7

Chris Blue: Foundations | Gaither Gospel Hour
Homecoming Friends join Bill and Gloria in this nostalgia-filled video journey.
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Gaither Gospel Hour | Chris Blue: Foundations | Gaither Gospel Hour | February 13, 2025
  • - ♪ well, wait till you see... ♪
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  • Bill: you know, gloria and i, for almost seven decades now,
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  • Have been writing, singing, and creating ways
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  • To tell folks how centering a life on following jesus
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  • Just makes life worth living.
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  • - ♪ you're the center of my joy... ♪
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  • Bill: one of the great joys of this journey together
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  • Has been discovering new, young artists
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  • That god keeps bringing into our lives.
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  • - ♪ we all need somebody... ♪
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  • Bill: this young man has a heart for god
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  • And a genuine love for people.
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  • And can he communicate.
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  • We are blessed to have you get to know chris blue.
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  • - get those hands going.
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  • ♪ if you're awed by this world and all its beauty, ♪
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  • ♪ many stately mansions daily ♪
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  • ♪ you may see. ♪
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  • ♪ but without great wealth ♪
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  • ♪ i'll never own one. ♪
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  • ♪ you won't neither ♪
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  • ♪ if you're no more rich than me. ♪
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  • ♪ but if your eyes look beyond what man is building, ♪
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  • ♪ you may see what earthly mortals cannot see. ♪
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  • ♪ on the other side of jordan, ♪
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  • ♪ there's construction ♪
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  • ♪ on a mansion being built just for me. ♪
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  • ♪ well, wait till you see, ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, ♪
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  • ♪ my home. ♪
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  • ♪ its beauty rare, ♪
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  • ♪ and nothing can compare. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, wait till you see. ♪
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  • ♪ wait. ♪
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  • ♪ my home ♪
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  • ♪ my heavenly father is building me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to occupy for free. ♪
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  • ♪ wait. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, ♪
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  • ♪ my home. ♪
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  • Come on.
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  • ♪ my new home ♪
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  • ♪ was not built upon a foundation ♪
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  • ♪ that's man made and someday soon will pass away. ♪
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  • ♪ it won't be built where the winds of life can batter, ♪
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  • ♪ where the storm clouds often hide the light of day. ♪
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  • ♪ but this cornerstone of god is my salvation, ♪
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  • ♪ yes, it is. ♪
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  • ♪ the son of david, jesus christ, ♪
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  • ♪ the coming king. ♪
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  • ♪ what a welcome and homecoming ♪
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  • ♪ that awaits me. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm expecting any day to move right in. ♪
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  • ♪ well, wait till you see, ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, ♪
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  • ♪ my home. ♪
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  • ♪ its beauty rare, ♪
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  • ♪ nothing can compare. ♪
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  • ♪ wait till you see, ♪
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  • ♪ whoo, my home ♪
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  • ♪ my heavenly father's building me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to occupy for free. ♪
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  • ♪ wait, wait. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah. ♪
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  • Let's go up!
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  • ♪ yes! ♪
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  • - ♪ see its beauty rare. ♪
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  • - ♪ yeah! ♪
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  • - ♪ wait till you see, wait till you see... ♪
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  • - ♪ my home ♪
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  • ♪ heavenly father's building me. ♪
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  • Come on!
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  • ♪ i'm going to occupy for free. ♪
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  • ♪ wait till you see, yeah, ♪
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  • ♪ my brand-new ♪
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  • ♪ home. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - chris, it's so good to have you today in small town, usa.
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  • [both laugh]
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  • - big town, usa.
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  • Big town, usa.
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  • - you're from the city of knoxville, tennessee, right?
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  • - yes, sir. i am.
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  • - were you born there?
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  • - i was actually born in florida, central florida.
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  • A small town outside of orlando, about 45 minutes,
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  • Called winter haven, florida.
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  • And was brought up there.
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  • - i know where it is.
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  • - you know where winter haven is?
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  • - oh, yes. - oh, wow.
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  • - close to lakeland.
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  • - very close to lakeland.
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  • And so we were brought up there.
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  • And i was ten years old when we moved to tennessee.
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  • And i've been in tennessee now for over 20 something years.
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  • So they're both home.
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  • You know, tennessee's home, florida's home.
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  • If i just say tennessee's home,
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  • Then my florida family gets upset.
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  • And if i say florida, then my tennessee family gets upset.
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  • So i just say they're both home.
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  • - and we met you in knoxville at calhoun's restaurant.
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  • That's right on that water. what's the--
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  • - right on the tennessee river.
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  • - our good friend fred langley hooked us up.
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  • - yes, he did. yes, he did.
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  • - fred was a very successful businessman,
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  • But i think he always wanted to be a gospel singer
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  • Or at least in management.
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  • [both laugh]
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  • - definitely in management.
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  • I've received several calls after meeting you
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  • Of song selections that i need to do.
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  • And if i don't do them, then i was really going to
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  • Regret it for the rest of my life, so.
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  • [laughs]
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  • - hey, i hope you don't mind,
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  • Windsor is going to be part of all that, eh, windsor.
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  • - absolutely not.
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  • - you know chris, don't you?
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  • Huh? - yeah. yeah.
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  • - okay, he will--
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  • Lay back down. good boy.
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  • Good boy. okay.
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  • So he'll be part of it. - good, good.
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  • I love windsor.
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  • Windsor is a part of the family.
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  • - he'll keep it light.
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  • - yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.
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  • That's right.
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  • - he brought you in that night or afternoon.
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  • - yeah.
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  • - and we had a little room, about 15, 16 people.
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  • - yeah.
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  • - and he said, bill, why don't you meet chris blue?
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  • Chris, sing a song for us.
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  • - [laughs]
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  • That's exactly what he did.
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  • With cornbread in my mouth, right?
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  • "sing them a song!"
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  • Okay, all right, sure.
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  • - what do you want me to sing?
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  • Sing "because he lives."
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  • And right there, you sang, of course, "because he lives."
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  • - yeah, and it was great.
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  • And honestly, i didn't think i did that good a job.
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  • - [laughs]
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  • - i said, i just screwed up my opportunity and my chance
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  • To impress bill and gloria gaither.
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  • And i'm singing their song and just messed it up.
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  • But you were gracious.
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  • You were really gracious.
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  • ♪ if you knelt beside the rubble ♪
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  • ♪ of an aching, broken heart ♪
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  • ♪ when the things you gave your life to ♪
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  • ♪ fell apart, ♪
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  • ♪ you're not the first ♪
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  • ♪ to be acquainted ♪
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  • ♪ with sorrow, grief, or pain. ♪
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  • ♪ but the master promised sunshine after rain. ♪
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • ♪ weeping only lasts for the night. ♪
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • ♪ the darkest hour means dawn is just in sight. ♪
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  • [mellow music]
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  • ♪ to invest your seeds of trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ in mountains you can't move, ♪
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  • ♪ you have risked your life ♪
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  • ♪ on things you cannot prove. ♪
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  • ♪ but to give the things ♪
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  • ♪ you cannot keep ♪
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  • ♪ for what you cannot lose, ♪
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  • ♪ now, that's the way to find the joy ♪
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  • ♪ that god has for you. ♪
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, weeping only lasts for one night. ♪
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • ♪ the darkest hour means dawn is just in sight. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the dawn ♪
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  • ♪ means dawn is just, ♪
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  • ♪ just in sight. ♪
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  • ♪ it's just in sight. ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • You know, i was brought up
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  • Listening to bill gaither and gloria gaither
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  • And the gaither band and gaither brio.
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  • I listened to this stuff.
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  • My grandmother would have us in her home every single morning,
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  • And we would gather around the living room,
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  • Me and all my cousins and brothers and sisters.
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  • I come from a big family, you know.
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  • I'm the youngest of 7, but my grandmother at the time,
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  • She had 41 grandchildren.
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  • So all 41 of us would be in a room
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  • At least half the size of this room.
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  • And we'd gather around her living room and we would pray
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  • And we would sing songs and do all of that.
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  • And when it was come time to watch television,
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  • We were only allowed to watch three shows, right?
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  • Tbn, uh, uh,
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  • "walker, texas ranger,"
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  • And anything that had bill and gloria gaither on it.
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  • And so these songs felt, they feel, they are home for me.
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  • I guess that's why it's a perfect fit,
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  • Because it's who i am.
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  • - most of the songs that we do on this project
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  • Is going to be done in this room.
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  • But we're going to leave this room for two
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  • Or three tunes that were done in a wonderful, exciting crowd.
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  • One was in tulsa and one was in pennsylvania,
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  • Where we had a lot of other artists there
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  • And some of the old-timers
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  • Who had been around for a long time.
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  • And out of the blue, here comes this piano intro
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  • That once again james cleveland did many, many years ago
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  • And took this old hymn that had just kind of been
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  • Buried away in a bunch of old hymns.
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  • But boy, when he put his touch to it,
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  • "master, the tempest is raging."
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  • - so when i performed that song in tulsa,
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  • It's the first time i'd ever sang that song.
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  • When i thought about the lyrics,
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  • "get up, jesus, 'cause the winds and the waves
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  • "shall obey thy will,
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  • "and all you have to do is say, 'peace, be still,
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  • "peace, peace, be still.'
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  • "whether the wrath of storm-tossed sea
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  • "or demons and evil men, whatever it may be,
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  • No water can swallow a ship."
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  • Just the words of that song are just so real.
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  • And if he's able to speak to a wind
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  • - meet a new friend of mine.
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  • His name is chris blue.
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  • You're gonna love him.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ master, the tempest is raging. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ oh, billows, they're tossing high. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ the sky is o'ershadowed with blackness. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, no shelter, no shelter is nigh. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ carest thou not ♪
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  • ♪ that we perish? ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ how can you lie, ♪
  • 00:13:21.891 --> 00:13:26.662
  • ♪ how can you lie there asleep ♪
  • 00:13:26.662 --> 00:13:30.599
  • ♪ when each moment ♪
  • 00:13:30.599 --> 00:13:34.970
  • ♪ is so madly threatening ♪
  • 00:13:34.970 --> 00:13:41.677
  • ♪ a grave, a grave, a grave, a grave, a grave, grave, ♪
  • 00:13:41.677 --> 00:13:46.515
  • ♪ grave in the angry deep? ♪
  • 00:13:46.515 --> 00:13:50.019
  • ♪ so i say, get up, jesus, because the wind... ♪
  • 00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:53.956
  • - ♪ the winds and the waves shall... ♪
  • 00:13:53.956 --> 00:13:58.360
  • - ♪ shall obey. ♪
  • 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:03.565
  • ♪ and all you got to do is say ♪
  • 00:14:03.565 --> 00:14:06.635
  • ♪ peace, be still. ♪
  • 00:14:06.635 --> 00:14:09.772
  • ♪ peace, be, peace, be still. ♪
  • 00:14:09.772 --> 00:14:15.511
  • ♪ whether... ♪
  • 00:14:15.511 --> 00:14:16.512
  • - ♪ whether the wrath of... ♪
  • 00:14:16.512 --> 00:14:21.150
  • - ♪ the storm-tossed... ♪ - ♪ the storm-tossed sea... ♪
  • 00:14:21.150 --> 00:14:26.822
  • - ♪ or demons ♪
  • 00:14:26.822 --> 00:14:29.992
  • ♪ or evil men, ♪
  • 00:14:29.992 --> 00:14:32.428
  • ♪ whatever it may be, ♪
  • 00:14:32.428 --> 00:14:37.666
  • ♪ no water ♪
  • 00:14:37.666 --> 00:14:40.936
  • ♪ can swallow ♪
  • 00:14:40.936 --> 00:14:43.906
  • ♪ a ship ♪
  • 00:14:43.906 --> 00:14:46.475
  • ♪ where he lies: ♪
  • 00:14:46.475 --> 00:14:49.511
  • ♪ the master of ocean ♪
  • 00:14:49.511 --> 00:14:54.817
  • ♪ and earth and sky. ♪
  • 00:14:54.817 --> 00:14:57.753
  • ♪ yeah! ♪
  • 00:14:57.753 --> 00:15:00.489
  • ♪ said they all, ♪
  • 00:15:00.489 --> 00:15:02.257
  • ♪ they all... ♪
  • 00:15:02.257 --> 00:15:04.693
  • - ♪ shall sweetly obey... ♪
  • 00:15:04.693 --> 00:15:09.131
  • - ♪ obey thy will. ♪
  • 00:15:09.131 --> 00:15:12.267
  • ♪ and they'll say, ♪
  • 00:15:12.267 --> 00:15:15.170
  • ♪ peace, ♪
  • 00:15:15.170 --> 00:15:17.139
  • ♪ peace, be still. ♪
  • 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:20.943
  • ♪ they, they all... ♪
  • 00:15:20.943 --> 00:15:26.915
  • - ♪ shall sweetly obey thy will. ♪
  • 00:15:26.915 --> 00:15:35.057
  • - ♪ then we'll sing ♪
  • 00:15:35.057 --> 00:15:37.559
  • ♪ peace, be still. ♪
  • 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:40.129
  • ♪ said we need peace. ♪
  • 00:15:40.129 --> 00:15:42.064
  • - ♪ peace, be still. ♪
  • 00:15:42.064 --> 00:15:46.068
  • - ♪ anybody need peace tonight? ♪
  • 00:15:46.068 --> 00:15:48.337
  • ♪ if you need peace, ♪
  • 00:15:48.337 --> 00:15:49.538
  • ♪ let me see you just wave your hand ♪
  • 00:15:49.538 --> 00:15:51.607
  • ♪ right where you are. ♪
  • 00:15:51.607 --> 00:15:54.510
  • ♪ we need peace, jesus, ♪
  • 00:15:54.510 --> 00:15:56.912
  • ♪ right now, jesus lord. ♪
  • 00:15:56.912 --> 00:15:59.415
  • ♪ in the morning time, ♪
  • 00:15:59.415 --> 00:16:01.850
  • ♪ in the evening time, ♪
  • 00:16:01.850 --> 00:16:04.787
  • ♪ won't we give you peace, yeah, ♪
  • 00:16:04.787 --> 00:16:08.824
  • ♪ right now, jesus? ♪
  • 00:16:08.824 --> 00:16:11.026
  • ♪ i can't wait till tomorrow, lord. ♪
  • 00:16:11.026 --> 00:16:14.229
  • ♪ i need, yeah. ♪
  • 00:16:14.229 --> 00:16:19.368
  • ♪ said it right now, jesus, ♪
  • 00:16:19.368 --> 00:16:22.371
  • ♪ right now, jesus, ♪
  • 00:16:22.371 --> 00:16:25.074
  • ♪ right now, jesus. ♪
  • 00:16:25.074 --> 00:16:28.243
  • ♪ peace, be still. ♪
  • 00:16:28.243 --> 00:16:37.119
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:16:37.119 --> 00:16:40.556
  • Hallelujah.
  • 00:16:43.926 --> 00:16:47.329
  • [sentimental music]
  • 00:16:59.041 --> 00:17:01.410
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:17:01.410 --> 00:17:05.080
  • - ♪ i thought number one ♪
  • 00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:10.419
  • ♪ would surely be me. ♪
  • 00:17:10.419 --> 00:17:16.458
  • ♪ thought i could be ♪
  • 00:17:16.458 --> 00:17:21.964
  • ♪ what i wanted to be. ♪
  • 00:17:21.964 --> 00:17:28.570
  • ♪ thought i could build ♪
  • 00:17:28.570 --> 00:17:33.842
  • ♪ on life's sinking sand, ♪
  • 00:17:33.842 --> 00:17:38.413
  • ♪ but i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:17:38.413 --> 00:17:43.619
  • ♪ without you holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:51.293
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:17:51.293 --> 00:17:53.562
  • ♪ i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:17:53.562 --> 00:17:58.400
  • ♪ without you holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:05.040
  • ♪ the mountain's too high ♪
  • 00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:10.479
  • ♪ and the valley's too wide. ♪
  • 00:18:10.479 --> 00:18:16.985
  • ♪ down on my knees, ♪
  • 00:18:16.985 --> 00:18:22.791
  • ♪ i've learned how to stand. ♪
  • 00:18:22.791 --> 00:18:28.030
  • ♪ but i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:18:28.030 --> 00:18:33.168
  • ♪ without you holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:18:33.168 --> 00:18:40.842
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:18:40.842 --> 00:18:43.579
  • ♪ i thought i had done ♪
  • 00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:49.451
  • ♪ a lot on my own. ♪
  • 00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:54.189
  • ♪ oh, i thought, ♪
  • 00:18:54.189 --> 00:18:57.859
  • ♪ oh, i thought i, ♪
  • 00:18:57.859 --> 00:19:00.295
  • ♪ i could make it all alone. ♪
  • 00:19:00.295 --> 00:19:06.802
  • ♪ i thought of myself ♪
  • 00:19:06.802 --> 00:19:11.773
  • ♪ as a mighty big man. ♪
  • 00:19:11.773 --> 00:19:17.279
  • ♪ but i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:22.484
  • ♪ without you holding, holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:19:22.484 --> 00:19:29.891
  • ♪ can i get somebody to help me sing? ♪
  • 00:19:29.891 --> 00:19:32.294
  • ♪ i can't even-- ♪
  • 00:19:32.294 --> 00:19:36.832
  • ♪ without you holding-- ♪
  • 00:19:36.832 --> 00:19:39.268
  • - ♪ holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:19:39.268 --> 00:19:43.038
  • - ♪ you know the mountain's too high ♪
  • 00:19:43.038 --> 00:19:48.477
  • ♪ and the valleys are, ♪
  • 00:19:48.477 --> 00:19:52.047
  • ♪ the valleys are-- ♪
  • 00:19:52.047 --> 00:19:54.616
  • ♪ yes, i'm down on my knees. ♪
  • 00:19:54.616 --> 00:20:00.489
  • ♪ that's where i learned ♪
  • 00:20:00.489 --> 00:20:03.859
  • ♪ how to stand. ♪
  • 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:06.662
  • ♪ but i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:20:06.662 --> 00:20:11.767
  • ♪ without you holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:20:11.767 --> 00:20:16.405
  • ♪ holding my hand, lord. ♪
  • 00:20:16.405 --> 00:20:21.643
  • - ♪ i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:20:21.643 --> 00:20:26.281
  • ♪ without you holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:20:26.281 --> 00:20:30.786
  • - ♪ holding my hand. ♪
  • 00:20:30.786 --> 00:20:33.055
  • ♪ the mountain's too high ♪
  • 00:20:33.055 --> 00:20:40.028
  • ♪ and the valleys are too wide. ♪
  • 00:20:40.028 --> 00:20:44.733
  • ♪ and down on my knees ♪
  • 00:20:44.733 --> 00:20:49.504
  • ♪ i've learned how to stand. ♪
  • 00:20:49.504 --> 00:20:53.975
  • ♪ how to stand. ♪
  • 00:20:53.975 --> 00:20:56.078
  • ♪ but i can't even walk. ♪
  • 00:20:56.078 --> 00:21:03.018
  • ♪ i've tried, i've tried, i've tried. ♪
  • 00:21:03.018 --> 00:21:06.355
  • ♪ yeah, i can't even walk ♪
  • 00:21:06.355 --> 00:21:12.794
  • ♪ without you holding my ♪
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  • ♪ hand. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
  • 00:21:28.610 --> 00:21:32.814
  • My first time singing in church, i was three years old.
  • 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:40.355
  • - that's pretty young. - it was very, yeah.
  • 00:21:40.355 --> 00:21:42.758
  • Three years old, i had a special part in a song
  • 00:21:42.758 --> 00:21:45.794
  • That my mom would, you know, drop the mic down to me
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  • And she'd let me sing my little part and grab the mic.
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  • And the church would just go wild, ah.
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  • And that's when my mom knew,
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  • Kind of like the jackson 5 story.
  • 00:21:54.436 --> 00:21:56.738
  • Michael begged to sing.
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  • I used to beg my mom to sing.
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  • When i would watch my brothers and sisters singing, i'm like,
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  • I can do that.
  • 00:22:02.344 --> 00:22:03.345
  • I can--i can--i can sing.
  • 00:22:03.345 --> 00:22:05.547
  • I can sing.
  • 00:22:05.547 --> 00:22:06.982
  • And so finally one day my mom said, okay, come on up.
  • 00:22:06.982 --> 00:22:09.451
  • You get this one shot.
  • 00:22:09.451 --> 00:22:11.653
  • And when it came down, she, you know,
  • 00:22:11.653 --> 00:22:14.055
  • Let me do my little part.
  • 00:22:14.055 --> 00:22:15.190
  • Church went wild.
  • 00:22:15.190 --> 00:22:16.458
  • And she knew then, uh-oh, i think we got something.
  • 00:22:16.458 --> 00:22:19.594
  • And so my first concert, i was four years old.
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  • June 6, 1994.
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  • First concert.
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  • I sang about ten songs all by myself
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  • With my family backing me up, of course.
  • 00:22:33.175 --> 00:22:35.710
  • - what would have been one of them?
  • 00:22:35.710 --> 00:22:37.212
  • - there was a song called "mississippi po'boy."
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  • - sing a little bit of it.
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  • - ♪ i come from a po' family. ♪
  • 00:22:44.085 --> 00:22:46.655
  • ♪ we didn't have much. ♪
  • 00:22:46.655 --> 00:22:48.790
  • ♪ but the lord's been good to me. ♪
  • 00:22:48.790 --> 00:22:53.862
  • And that's basically the whole song.
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  • I come from a po' family.
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  • I didn't have much.
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  • But the lord's been good to me.
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  • [laughs]
  • 00:23:00.001 --> 00:23:01.837
  • ♪ lean on me ♪
  • 00:23:01.837 --> 00:23:04.506
  • ♪ when you're not strong. ♪
  • 00:23:04.506 --> 00:23:07.642
  • ♪ i'll be your friend. ♪
  • 00:23:07.642 --> 00:23:10.946
  • ♪ i'll help you carry on, ♪
  • 00:23:10.946 --> 00:23:15.817
  • ♪ for it won't be long ♪
  • 00:23:15.817 --> 00:23:19.988
  • ♪ till i'm gonna need ♪
  • 00:23:19.988 --> 00:23:22.958
  • ♪ somebody to lean on. ♪
  • 00:23:22.958 --> 00:23:27.929
  • ♪ please swallow your pride ♪
  • 00:23:27.929 --> 00:23:32.501
  • ♪ if i have things ♪
  • 00:23:32.501 --> 00:23:35.637
  • ♪ you need to borrow, ♪
  • 00:23:35.637 --> 00:23:40.609
  • ♪ for no one can fill ♪
  • 00:23:40.609 --> 00:23:45.013
  • ♪ those of your needs ♪
  • 00:23:45.013 --> 00:23:48.383
  • ♪ that you won't let show. ♪
  • 00:23:48.383 --> 00:23:52.387
  • ♪ so just call on me, brother, ♪
  • 00:23:52.387 --> 00:23:55.924
  • ♪ when you need a hand. ♪
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  • Come on.
  • 00:23:57.993 --> 00:23:59.227
  • ♪ we all need somebody to lean on. ♪
  • 00:23:59.227 --> 00:24:05.300
  • ♪ i just might have a problem ♪
  • 00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:08.537
  • ♪ that you'll understand. ♪
  • 00:24:08.537 --> 00:24:11.172
  • ♪ we all need somebody to lean on. ♪
  • 00:24:11.172 --> 00:24:17.112
  • ♪ lean on me... ♪
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  • Come on, sing.
  • 00:24:18.513 --> 00:24:19.748
  • ♪ when you're not strong ♪
  • 00:24:19.748 --> 00:24:22.684
  • ♪ and i'll be your friend. ♪
  • 00:24:22.684 --> 00:24:26.021
  • ♪ i'll help you carry on, ♪
  • 00:24:26.021 --> 00:24:30.926
  • ♪ for it won't be long ♪
  • 00:24:30.926 --> 00:24:35.330
  • ♪ till i'm gonna need ♪
  • 00:24:35.330 --> 00:24:38.166
  • ♪ somebody to lean on. ♪
  • 00:24:38.166 --> 00:24:42.804
  • ♪ you just call on your brother ♪
  • 00:24:42.804 --> 00:24:46.274
  • ♪ when you need a hand. ♪
  • 00:24:46.274 --> 00:24:48.944
  • ♪ we all need somebody to lean on. ♪
  • 00:24:48.944 --> 00:24:55.116
  • ♪ i just might have-- ♪
  • 00:24:55.116 --> 00:24:57.819
  • ♪ i might have a problem. ♪
  • 00:24:57.819 --> 00:25:00.956
  • ♪ and we all need som
  • 00:25:00.956 --> 00:25:04.526
  • ♪ to lean on. ♪
  • 00:25:04.526 --> 00:25:07.562
  • ♪ oh, if there is a load ♪
  • 00:25:07.562 --> 00:25:12.867
  • ♪ you have to bear ♪
  • 00:25:12.867 --> 00:25:16.037
  • ♪ that you can't carry, ♪
  • 00:25:16.037 --> 00:25:20.842
  • ♪ oh, i'm, i'm right up the road, ♪
  • 00:25:20.842 --> 00:25:25.180
  • ♪ and i'll share your load ♪
  • 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:28.650
  • ♪ if you just call me. ♪
  • 00:25:28.650 --> 00:25:32.754
  • ♪ all you got to do is ♪
  • 00:25:32.754 --> 00:25:34.956
  • ♪ just call me. ♪
  • 00:25:34.956 --> 00:25:38.126
  • ♪ i will be right there for you. ♪
  • 00:25:38.126 --> 00:25:41.363
  • ♪ just call, just call, just call me. ♪
  • 00:25:41.363 --> 00:25:48.303
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:25:48.303 --> 00:25:52.407
  • Come on!
  • 00:25:52.474 --> 00:25:53.642
  • - ♪ just call on your brothers ♪
  • 00:25:53.642 --> 00:25:56.378
  • ♪ when you need a hand. ♪
  • 00:25:56.378 --> 00:25:59.214
  • ♪ we all need somebody... ♪
  • 00:25:59.214 --> 00:26:00.548
  • ♪ we all need, we all need, ♪
  • 00:26:00.548 --> 00:26:02.484
  • ♪ we all need somebody. ♪
  • 00:26:02.484 --> 00:26:05.186
  • ♪ said, i just might, ♪
  • 00:26:05.186 --> 00:26:07.689
  • ♪ i just might have a problem ♪
  • 00:26:07.689 --> 00:26:11.126
  • ♪ you'll understand, you'll understand, understand. ♪
  • 00:26:11.126 --> 00:26:16.665
  • ♪ oh, we all need somebody. ♪
  • 00:26:16.665 --> 00:26:22.771
  • ♪ if you need somebody, ♪
  • 00:26:22.771 --> 00:26:25.306
  • ♪ let me see you just wave your hand. ♪
  • 00:26:25.306 --> 00:26:28.510
  • ♪ we all need somebody to lean on. ♪
  • 00:26:28.510 --> 00:26:37.952
  • [applause]
  • 00:26:37.952 --> 00:26:43.124
  • You actually suggested that song.
  • 00:26:43.191 --> 00:26:46.928
  • And for a second i thought to myself,
  • 00:26:46.928 --> 00:26:48.697
  • Why in the world would i be singing "lean on me"?
  • 00:26:48.697 --> 00:26:51.766
  • When you're not strong.
  • 00:26:51.766 --> 00:26:52.834
  • I've never sang that song before.
  • 00:26:52.834 --> 00:26:55.470
  • But something happened in the studio
  • 00:26:55.470 --> 00:26:56.905
  • When i started recording that song.
  • 00:26:56.905 --> 00:26:59.107
  • And then something happened in hershey again.
  • 00:26:59.107 --> 00:27:02.377
  • And it was just the most incredible moment.
  • 00:27:02.377 --> 00:27:04.079
  • And that's when it all clicked.
  • 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:07.248
  • Bill gaither's been on earth a lot longer than you.
  • 00:27:07.248 --> 00:27:09.584
  • Bill gaither's been through a lot more than you.
  • 00:27:09.584 --> 00:27:11.486
  • Bill gaither probably knows a whole, whole, whole,
  • 00:27:11.486 --> 00:27:13.488
  • Whole, whole lot more than you.
  • 00:27:13.488 --> 00:27:14.989
  • So next time he suggests something,
  • 00:27:14.989 --> 00:27:16.391
  • You just listen and do it.
  • 00:27:16.391 --> 00:27:18.059
  • [laughs]
  • 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:19.060
  • And so i will.
  • 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:20.995
  • - my daughter suzanne wrote this song.
  • 00:27:20.995 --> 00:27:25.567
  • I may have told her there was an old gospel song
  • 00:27:25.567 --> 00:27:30.638
  • That the quartet used to sing,
  • 00:27:30.638 --> 00:27:32.273
  • "i can't stop talking about them."
  • 00:27:32.273 --> 00:27:35.276
  • And i said, could you update that?
  • 00:27:35.276 --> 00:27:38.680
  • Because titles are not copyrighted
  • 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:41.416
  • And hooks are not copyrighted.
  • 00:27:41.416 --> 00:27:43.218
  • There have been a lot of songs that are the same thing.
  • 00:27:43.218 --> 00:27:46.721
  • And she wrote that as a person going across the country,
  • 00:27:46.721 --> 00:27:52.694
  • Turning on the radio, and probably trying
  • 00:27:52.694 --> 00:27:56.798
  • To run away from something or other.
  • 00:27:56.798 --> 00:27:58.833
  • But she couldn't get away from her roots.
  • 00:27:58.833 --> 00:28:02.203
  • - [chuckles] - that's, uh,
  • 00:28:02.203 --> 00:28:03.972
  • I love that song.
  • 00:28:03.972 --> 00:28:05.273
  • Larnelle used to sing it with the vocal band,
  • 00:28:05.273 --> 00:28:07.075
  • And we haven't sung it since.
  • 00:28:07.075 --> 00:28:08.743
  • So when you were doing this project,
  • 00:28:08.743 --> 00:28:10.411
  • I said, this song needs to be revived.
  • 00:28:10.411 --> 00:28:13.848
  • - you know, and it's another one of those songs.
  • 00:28:13.848 --> 00:28:16.251
  • I thought, i don't know if this is going to work for me.
  • 00:28:16.251 --> 00:28:21.156
  • It's country.
  • 00:28:21.156 --> 00:28:22.957
  • It's kind of twangy.
  • 00:28:22.957 --> 00:28:24.559
  • And i've got a little bit of that in me, but not that much.
  • 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:27.128
  • [laughs] but i started singing it in the studio
  • 00:28:27.128 --> 00:28:30.932
  • And it was one of the most fun songs
  • 00:28:30.932 --> 00:28:33.168
  • I've ever performed in my life.
  • 00:28:33.168 --> 00:28:35.470
  • So i'm excited to sing it today, because yeah,
  • 00:28:35.470 --> 00:28:38.840
  • It was really fun.
  • 00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:40.008
  • - it'll be good. - yeah, i think so.
  • 00:28:40.008 --> 00:28:41.643
  • [upbeat country music]
  • 00:28:41.643 --> 00:28:44.646
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:28:44.646 --> 00:28:49.818
  • ♪ i was on my way to california, ♪
  • 00:28:49.818 --> 00:28:53.655
  • ♪ leaving new york city far behind. ♪
  • 00:28:53.655 --> 00:28:57.625
  • ♪ life was like a bundle of confusion. ♪
  • 00:28:57.625 --> 00:29:01.362
  • ♪ i was looking for a love i could never find. ♪
  • 00:29:01.362 --> 00:29:05.500
  • ♪ tuned in to a gospel station, ♪
  • 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:09.204
  • ♪ heard about a sweet salvation, ♪
  • 00:29:09.204 --> 00:29:13.074
  • ♪ and then i gave it all to him: ♪
  • 00:29:13.074 --> 00:29:15.877
  • ♪ my heart, my soul, and my mind. ♪
  • 00:29:15.877 --> 00:29:20.014
  • Come on.
  • 00:29:20.014 --> 00:29:21.282
  • ♪ and now i can't stop talking about, ♪
  • 00:29:21.282 --> 00:29:24.719
  • ♪ can't stop talking about the changes taking place in me. ♪
  • 00:29:24.719 --> 00:29:28.823
  • ♪ you know i can't be living without it. ♪
  • 00:29:28.823 --> 00:29:32.994
  • ♪ things are getting clearer; i can finally see. ♪
  • 00:29:32.994 --> 00:29:36.898
  • ♪ life is like a celebration ♪
  • 00:29:36.898 --> 00:29:40.935
  • ♪ 'cause i am a new creation, ♪
  • 00:29:40.935 --> 00:29:44.772
  • ♪ and now i can't stop talking about him ♪
  • 00:29:44.772 --> 00:29:50.812
  • ♪ every day. ♪
  • 00:29:50.812 --> 00:29:54.716
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:29:54.716 --> 00:29:58.553
  • ♪ so i was driving down the highway ♪
  • 00:29:58.553 --> 00:30:02.523
  • ♪ singing hallelujah and feeling fine ♪
  • 00:30:02.523 --> 00:30:06.427
  • ♪ when this law man pulled me over. ♪
  • 00:30:06.427 --> 00:30:10.365
  • ♪ he said to me, you're going to walk the dotted line. ♪
  • 00:30:10.365 --> 00:30:14.202
  • ♪ he said, i've got a strange suspicion, ♪
  • 00:30:14.202 --> 00:30:18.206
  • ♪ wondering about your condition. ♪
  • 00:30:18.206 --> 00:30:21.976
  • ♪ i said, i've had a taste of what it means to be alive. ♪
  • 00:30:21.976 --> 00:30:30.285
  • ♪ now i can't stop talking about, ♪
  • 00:30:30.285 --> 00:30:33.588
  • ♪ can't stop talking about the changes taking place in me. ♪
  • 00:30:33.588 --> 00:30:37.725
  • ♪ you know i can't be living without him. ♪
  • 00:30:37.725 --> 00:30:41.829
  • ♪ things are getting clearer; i can finally see. ♪
  • 00:30:41.829 --> 00:30:45.800
  • ♪ life is like a celebration ♪
  • 00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:49.737
  • ♪ 'cause i am a new creation, ♪
  • 00:30:49.737 --> 00:30:53.441
  • ♪ and now i can't stop talking about him ♪
  • 00:30:53.441 --> 00:30:59.414
  • ♪ every day. ♪
  • 00:30:59.414 --> 00:31:03.785
  • [vocalizing]
  • 00:31:03.785 --> 00:31:07.288
  • ♪ so if you're wondering why, ♪
  • 00:31:07.288 --> 00:31:11.359
  • ♪ why i'm so happy and free, ♪
  • 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.163
  • ♪ well, i'm here to testify... ♪
  • 00:31:15.163 --> 00:31:16.864
  • - ♪ i'm here to testify. ♪
  • 00:31:16.864 --> 00:31:20.101
  • - ♪ look what he's doing to me ♪
  • 00:31:20.101 --> 00:31:22.136
  • - ♪ look what he's doing in me. ♪
  • 00:31:22.136 --> 00:31:25.473
  • - ♪ oh, i can't stop talking about him. ♪
  • 00:31:25.473 --> 00:31:28.676
  • ♪ can't stop talking about the changes taking place in me. ♪
  • 00:31:28.676 --> 00:31:32.547
  • ♪ you know i can't be living without him. ♪
  • 00:31:32.547 --> 00:31:36.951
  • ♪ things are getting clearer; i can finally see. ♪
  • 00:31:36.951 --> 00:31:40.722
  • ♪ life is like a celebration ♪
  • 00:31:40.722 --> 00:31:44.892
  • ♪ 'cause i am a new creation. ♪
  • 00:31:44.892 --> 00:31:48.496
  • ♪ and now i can't stop talking about him. ♪
  • 00:31:48.496 --> 00:31:52.333
  • ♪ no, i can't be living without him. ♪
  • 00:31:52.333 --> 00:31:56.971
  • ♪ i can't stop talking about him, ♪
  • 00:31:56.971 --> 00:32:01.409
  • ♪ no, every day. ♪
  • 00:32:01.409 --> 00:32:09.784
  • ♪ i, i, i can't stop. ♪
  • 00:32:09.851 --> 00:32:13.121
  • ♪ i can't stop talking. ♪
  • 00:32:13.121 --> 00:32:15.089
  • ♪ can't stop talking. ♪
  • 00:32:15.089 --> 00:32:16.791
  • ♪ i can't stop talking about him. ♪
  • 00:32:16.791 --> 00:32:21.229
  • [vocalizing]
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:32:27.502 --> 00:32:34.876
  • - okay, gladys knight sang this first.
  • 00:32:31.572 --> 00:32:37.845
  • And i would not have done it except i heard james cleveland
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  • Do his version of it. [laughs]
  • 00:32:43.818 --> 00:32:46.654
  • And i met james before he passed away.
  • 00:32:46.654 --> 00:32:48.623
  • - really? - yeah.
  • 00:32:48.623 --> 00:32:49.891
  • - oh, wow.
  • 00:32:49.891 --> 00:32:51.125
  • - and he could take a tune like this
  • 00:32:51.125 --> 00:32:54.095
  • And make it current, and he did.
  • 00:32:54.095 --> 00:32:56.597
  • And i heard it and i said, since he's already done this.
  • 00:32:56.597 --> 00:33:02.170
  • I wouldn't do it myself, but since he's--
  • 00:33:02.170 --> 00:33:04.672
  • Evidently gladys told him that that would be okay.
  • 00:33:04.672 --> 00:33:07.708
  • But boy, when you're talking about this message
  • 00:33:07.708 --> 00:33:10.845
  • Of good things that happen in your life.
  • 00:33:10.845 --> 00:33:13.981
  • - absolutely.
  • 00:33:13.981 --> 00:33:15.083
  • - he is really the best thing at this.
  • 00:33:15.083 --> 00:33:17.785
  • I think what my life would have been without him,
  • 00:33:17.785 --> 00:33:19.987
  • I can't imagine.
  • 00:33:19.987 --> 00:33:21.756
  • - the hook line, "jesus is the best thing
  • 00:33:21.756 --> 00:33:25.126
  • That's ever happened to me."
  • 00:33:25.126 --> 00:33:27.829
  • And i would even go as far to say
  • 00:33:27.829 --> 00:33:29.597
  • I think that's my life's theme.
  • 00:33:29.597 --> 00:33:31.199
  • That's my life's story.
  • 00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:32.800
  • - and i love the line
  • 00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:34.702
  • "somewhere between the pain and the glory."
  • 00:33:34.702 --> 00:33:39.273
  • How many songwriters have tried to describe the highs in life,
  • 00:33:39.273 --> 00:33:45.746
  • Then the things, the god of the mountain
  • 00:33:45.746 --> 00:33:48.049
  • Is the god of the valley.
  • 00:33:48.049 --> 00:33:49.817
  • - after i won "the voice," things started opening.
  • 00:33:49.817 --> 00:33:54.655
  • I'm like, oh, wow, so this is the path.
  • 00:33:54.655 --> 00:33:56.891
  • This is the trajectory.
  • 00:33:56.891 --> 00:33:57.892
  • This is where god is taking me.
  • 00:33:57.892 --> 00:34:00.128
  • But then after a while, certain doors started closing.
  • 00:34:00.128 --> 00:34:05.166
  • And for a moment, i thought this is it for me.
  • 00:34:05.166 --> 00:34:07.735
  • This is--my career is over.
  • 00:34:07.735 --> 00:34:10.204
  • My life is done.
  • 00:34:10.204 --> 00:34:11.906
  • I need to get into a trade or something,
  • 00:34:11.906 --> 00:34:14.208
  • Because i won't be able to do this anymore.
  • 00:34:14.208 --> 00:34:17.879
  • But that no was god's yes to something else.
  • 00:34:17.879 --> 00:34:23.985
  • And next thing i know, i look up,
  • 00:34:23.985 --> 00:34:27.822
  • And i'm inside of gaither studios.
  • 00:34:27.822 --> 00:34:30.725
  • [laughs] ither stu.
  • 00:34:30.725 --> 00:34:32.426
  • [mellow rock music]
  • 00:34:32.426 --> 00:34:35.429
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:34:35.429 --> 00:34:41.702
  • ♪ i've had my share... ♪
  • 00:34:41.702 --> 00:34:45.039
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:49.510
  • ♪ of life's ups and downs. ♪
  • 00:34:49.510 --> 00:34:54.949
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:34:54.949 --> 00:34:59.253
  • ♪ god's been so good to me, ♪
  • 00:34:59.253 --> 00:35:06.160
  • ♪ and the doubts have been few. ♪
  • 00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:13.301
  • ♪ but i would guess ♪
  • 00:35:13.301 --> 00:35:19.040
  • ♪ you could say ♪
  • 00:35:19.040 --> 00:35:25.079
  • ♪ god has blessed me. ♪
  • 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:30.084
  • ♪ but there's never been a time in my life ♪
  • 00:35:30.084 --> 00:35:35.957
  • ♪ he didn't bring me through. ♪
  • 00:35:35.957 --> 00:35:44.565
  • ♪ if anyone should ever write ♪
  • 00:35:44.565 --> 00:35:52.873
  • ♪ my life story... ♪
  • 00:35:52.873 --> 00:35:58.813
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:35:58.813 --> 00:36:01.882
  • ♪ for whatever reason ♪
  • 00:36:01.882 --> 00:36:08.155
  • ♪ there might be, ♪
  • 00:36:08.155 --> 00:36:17.198
  • ♪ you'd be there ♪
  • 00:36:17.198 --> 00:36:23.070
  • ♪ between each line ♪
  • 00:36:23.070 --> 00:36:28.709
  • ♪ of pain and glory. ♪
  • 00:36:28.709 --> 00:36:33.781
  • ♪ jesus is the best thing ♪
  • 00:36:33.781 --> 00:36:38.252
  • ♪ that ever happened. ♪
  • 00:36:38.252 --> 00:36:41.155
  • ♪ oh, jesus is the best thing ♪
  • 00:36:41.155 --> 00:36:46.294
  • ♪ that ever happened. ♪
  • 00:36:46.294 --> 00:36:49.196
  • ♪ oh, jesus is the best thing ♪
  • 00:36:49.196 --> 00:36:54.368
  • ♪ that ever happened to me. ♪
  • 00:36:54.368 --> 00:37:01.809
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:37:01.809 --> 00:37:04.412
  • ♪ if anyone ♪
  • 00:37:04.412 --> 00:37:08.616
  • ♪ should ever write ♪
  • 00:37:08.616 --> 00:37:12.787
  • ♪ my life story, ♪
  • 00:37:12.787 --> 00:37:18.726
  • ♪ oh, yeah, ♪
  • 00:37:18.726 --> 00:37:22.063
  • ♪ for whatever reason ♪
  • 00:37:22.063 --> 00:37:27.368
  • ♪ there might be... ♪
  • 00:37:27.368 --> 00:37:33.874
  • [vocalizing]
  • 00:37:33.874 --> 00:37:37.078
  • ♪ you'd be there ♪
  • 00:37:37.078 --> 00:37:43.451
  • ♪ between each line ♪
  • 00:37:43.451 --> 00:37:48.656
  • ♪ of pain and glory. ♪
  • 00:37:48.656 --> 00:37:53.761
  • ♪ jesus is the best thing ♪
  • 00:37:53.761 --> 00:37:58.165
  • ♪ that ever happened. ♪
  • 00:37:58.165 --> 00:38:01.135
  • ♪ oh, jesus is the best thing, ♪
  • 00:38:01.135 --> 00:38:05.673
  • ♪ yeah. ♪
  • 00:38:05.673 --> 00:38:09.210
  • ♪ oh, jesus is the best thing ♪
  • 00:38:09.210 --> 00:38:13.814
  • ♪ that ever happened. ♪
  • 00:38:13.814 --> 00:38:17.151
  • ♪ when i think about ♪
  • 00:38:17.151 --> 00:38:20.020
  • ♪ all that i've been through in my life, ♪
  • 00:38:20.020 --> 00:38:23.257
  • ♪ i know ♪
  • 00:38:23.257 --> 00:38:27.361
  • ♪ he is the best thing ♪
  • 00:38:27.361 --> 00:38:30.364
  • ♪ that ever happened to me. ♪
  • 00:38:30.364 --> 00:38:36.637
  • - ♪ he is the best thing. ♪
  • 00:38:36.637 --> 00:38:41.041
  • - ♪ that's happened to me. ♪
  • 00:38:41.041 --> 00:38:47.481
  • ♪ i don't have no doubt in my mind: ♪
  • 00:38:47.481 --> 00:38:51.252
  • ♪ he's the best thing, ♪
  • 00:38:51.252 --> 00:38:53.554
  • ♪ yeah, ♪
  • 00:38:53.554 --> 00:38:55.589
  • ♪ he's the best thing, the best thing ♪
  • 00:38:55.589 --> 00:38:57.691
  • ♪ the best thing, the best thing ♪
  • 00:38:57.691 --> 00:38:59.360
  • ♪ the best thing that's happened to me. ♪
  • 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:03.564
  • ♪ whoa, ♪
  • 00:39:03.564 --> 00:39:06.534
  • ♪ jesus is the best thing ♪
  • 00:39:06.534 --> 00:39:10.738
  • ♪ that ever happened ♪
  • 00:39:10.738 --> 00:39:16.644
  • ♪ to me. ♪
  • 00:39:16.644 --> 00:39:23.651
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:39:23.651 --> 00:39:27.254
  • ♪ mm. ♪
  • 00:39:27.254 --> 00:39:30.724
  • ♪ yes, he is. ♪
  • 00:39:30.724 --> 00:39:33.727
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:39:33.727 --> 00:39:38.365
  • [applause]
  • 00:39:38.365 --> 00:39:42.536
  • Bill: we have a little awards room out there in the hallway.
  • 00:39:46.974 --> 00:39:50.144
  • There's one award gloria and i are very proud of,
  • 00:39:50.144 --> 00:39:52.713
  • And it's the stellar award.
  • 00:39:52.713 --> 00:39:54.982
  • That is the black gospel award.
  • 00:39:54.982 --> 00:39:57.351
  • I don't know what they call it today.
  • 00:39:57.351 --> 00:40:00.154
  • But it was 1989.
  • 00:40:00.154 --> 00:40:05.159
  • We went into the writers' room at word records.
  • 00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:08.829
  • I did with richard smallwood.
  • 00:40:08.829 --> 00:40:11.565
  • And said, let's write a song.
  • 00:40:11.565 --> 00:40:14.869
  • He said, i got 30 minutes and i got to catch a plane.
  • 00:40:14.869 --> 00:40:17.838
  • I said, let's write a song.
  • 00:40:17.838 --> 00:40:19.440
  • - [laughs]
  • 00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.308
  • - he said, all i have is a hook.
  • 00:40:21.308 --> 00:40:24.378
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:40:24.378 --> 00:40:27.548
  • [vocalizing]
  • 00:40:27.548 --> 00:40:33.454
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:40:33.454 --> 00:40:35.890
  • That's all we had.
  • 00:40:35.890 --> 00:40:37.391
  • He said, what are you going to do with the da, da, da's?
  • 00:40:37.391 --> 00:40:40.895
  • I said, i have a little lady that
  • 00:40:40.895 --> 00:40:42.696
  • Lives in alexandria, indiana, who would love
  • 00:40:42.696 --> 00:40:45.633
  • To take that and do something.
  • 00:40:45.633 --> 00:40:47.835
  • My wife, gloria.
  • 00:40:47.835 --> 00:40:49.637
  • And she did.
  • 00:40:49.637 --> 00:40:51.305
  • And this song came out.
  • 00:40:51.305 --> 00:40:52.673
  • And that year,
  • 00:40:52.673 --> 00:40:55.476
  • It was the stellar award
  • 00:40:55.476 --> 00:41:00.548
  • For the best song. - wow.
  • 00:41:00.548 --> 00:41:02.116
  • - so when i go in black music circles
  • 00:41:02.116 --> 00:41:05.853
  • And they introduce me, some people know me,
  • 00:41:05.853 --> 00:41:07.788
  • Some people don't.
  • 00:41:07.788 --> 00:41:09.356
  • But when they say he cowrote
  • 00:41:09.356 --> 00:41:12.693
  • "jesus, you're the center of my joy,"
  • 00:41:12.693 --> 00:41:14.395
  • The richard song, i'm somebody.
  • 00:41:14.395 --> 00:41:16.897
  • - you're an instant celebrity.
  • 00:41:16.897 --> 00:41:18.933
  • Instant.
  • 00:41:18.933 --> 00:41:20.034
  • - all of a sudden, i'm somebody.
  • 00:41:20.034 --> 00:41:21.368
  • - absolutely.
  • 00:41:21.368 --> 00:41:22.937
  • [soft music]
  • 00:41:22.937 --> 00:41:25.539
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:35.082
  • ♪ all that's good and perfect comes from you. ♪
  • 00:41:35.082 --> 00:41:44.491
  • ♪ you're the heart of my contentment, ♪
  • 00:41:44.491 --> 00:41:49.063
  • ♪ hope for all i do. ♪
  • 00:41:49.063 --> 00:41:53.701
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:41:53.701 --> 00:42:03.210
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:42:03.210 --> 00:42:12.653
  • ♪ all that's good and perfect comes from you. ♪
  • 00:42:12.653 --> 00:42:22.162
  • ♪ you're the heart of my contentment, ♪
  • 00:42:22.162 --> 00:42:26.634
  • ♪ hope for all i do. ♪
  • 00:42:26.634 --> 00:42:31.505
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:42:31.505 --> 00:42:39.980
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:41.749
  • ♪ when i've lost my direction, ♪
  • 00:42:41.749 --> 00:42:46.253
  • ♪ you're the compass for my way. ♪
  • 00:42:46.253 --> 00:42:49.823
  • ♪ you're the fire and light ♪
  • 00:42:49.823 --> 00:42:53.527
  • ♪ when nights are long and cold. ♪
  • 00:42:53.527 --> 00:42:59.500
  • ♪ in sadness, you are the laughter ♪
  • 00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:04.805
  • ♪ that shatters all my fears. ♪
  • 00:43:04.805 --> 00:43:08.876
  • ♪ when i'm all alone, ♪
  • 00:43:08.876 --> 00:43:12.813
  • ♪ your hand is there to hold. ♪
  • 00:43:12.813 --> 00:43:17.518
  • ♪ oh, jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:43:17.518 --> 00:43:28.028
  • ♪ all that's good and perfect comes from you. ♪
  • 00:43:28.028 --> 00:43:35.102
  • ♪ yes, it does, yes, it does. ♪
  • 00:43:35.102 --> 00:43:37.438
  • ♪ you're the heart of my contentment, ♪
  • 00:43:37.438 --> 00:43:42.242
  • ♪ hope for all i do. ♪
  • 00:43:42.242 --> 00:43:46.814
  • ♪ jesus, you're the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:43:46.814 --> 00:43:55.889
  • ♪ you are why i find pleasure ♪
  • 00:43:55.889 --> 00:44:01.495
  • ♪ in the simple things in life. ♪
  • 00:44:01.495 --> 00:44:05.999
  • ♪ you're the music in the meadows and the streams. ♪
  • 00:44:05.999 --> 00:44:13.507
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:44:13.507 --> 00:44:15.275
  • ♪ the voices of our children. ♪
  • 00:44:15.275 --> 00:44:20.414
  • ♪ my family and my home. ♪
  • 00:44:20.414 --> 00:44:24.318
  • ♪ you're the source and finish of my highest dreams. ♪
  • 00:44:24.318 --> 00:44:33.861
  • ♪ jesus, yeah, ♪
  • 00:44:33.861 --> 00:44:36.597
  • ♪ you are my joy. ♪
  • 00:44:36.597 --> 00:44:43.237
  • ♪ all that's good and perfect comes from you. ♪
  • 00:44:43.237 --> 00:44:49.176
  • ♪ yes, it does, yes, it does, ♪
  • 00:44:49.176 --> 00:44:51.478
  • ♪ yes, it does. ♪
  • 00:44:51.478 --> 00:44:52.880
  • - ♪ you're the heart of my contentment... ♪
  • 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:57.618
  • - ♪ hope for all i do. ♪
  • 00:44:57.618 --> 00:45:02.055
  • ♪ jesus, you are ♪
  • 00:45:02.055 --> 00:45:07.194
  • ♪ the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:45:07.194 --> 00:45:10.964
  • ♪ i said jesus, ♪
  • 00:45:10.964 --> 00:45:13.801
  • ♪ you are the center of my joy ♪
  • 00:45:13.801 --> 00:45:21.108
  • ♪ you're my joy. ♪
  • 00:45:21.108 --> 00:45:23.577
  • ♪ in sorrow, you're my hope for tomorrow. ♪
  • 00:45:23.577 --> 00:45:30.517
  • ♪ jesus... ♪
  • 00:45:30.517 --> 00:45:31.518
  • ♪ the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:45:35.222 --> 00:45:39.393
  • ♪ jesus, you are ♪
  • 00:45:39.393 --> 00:45:44.198
  • ♪ the center of my joy. ♪
  • 00:45:44.198 --> 00:45:50.704
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:45:50.704 --> 00:45:56.476
  • ♪ jesus, ♪
  • 00:45:56.476 --> 00:46:01.014
  • ♪ you're the center ♪
  • 00:46:01.014 --> 00:46:04.852
  • ♪ of my ♪
  • 00:46:04.852 --> 00:46:10.991
  • ♪ joy. ♪
  • 00:46:10.991 --> 00:46:14.027
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:46:14.027 --> 00:46:17.664
  • ♪ ooh. ♪
  • 00:46:17.664 --> 00:46:21.568
  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • Just because we believe in christ and we follow christ
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  • [gentle music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ jesus, ♪
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  • ♪ keep me near ♪
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  • ♪ the cross. ♪
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  • ♪ there a precious ♪
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  • ♪ fountain, ♪
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  • ♪ and it's free to all. ♪
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  • ♪ the healing stream ♪
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  • ♪ flows from calvary's ♪
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  • ♪ mountain. ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross, ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross ♪
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  • ♪ be my glory ♪
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  • ♪ ever ♪
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  • ♪ till my raptured soul ♪
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  • ♪ shall find ♪
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  • ♪ rest beyond ♪
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  • ♪ the river. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ near the cross ♪
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  • ♪ i'll watch and wait, ♪
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  • ♪ hoping, trusting ♪
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  • ♪ ever ♪
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  • ♪ till i reach ♪
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  • ♪ that golden strand ♪
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  • ♪ just beyond ♪
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  • ♪ the river. ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross, ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross ♪
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  • ♪ be my glory ♪
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  • ♪ ever ♪
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  • ♪ till my raptured soul ♪
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  • ♪ shall find ♪
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  • ♪ rest beyond ♪
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  • ♪ the river. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross, ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross ♪
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  • ♪ he'll be my, ♪
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  • ♪ my glory ♪
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  • ♪ ever ♪
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  • ♪ till my ♪
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  • ♪ raptured soul ♪
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  • ♪ shall find ♪
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  • ♪ rest beyond ♪
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  • ♪ the river. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ when we see jesus, we all will find ♪
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  • ♪ rest beyond ♪
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  • ♪ the river. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Hallelujah. hallelujah.
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • I want to tell you a story about a little boy.
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  • Grew up in a rural town, cornfields,
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  • Orange groves, and was full of faith and love and hope.
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  • For all of his life, he was overlooked, misjudged,
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  • Just never really had an opportunity to showcase
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  • What he believed god had given him in purpose for the world.
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  • He grew up.
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  • He started following his friends
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  • And doing things that was outside of his character.
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  • And instead of going back home to where he belonged,
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  • He went even further down a path that just wasn't him
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  • And felt as if god had left him.
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  • But then one day, he decided, let me talk to god again.
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  • Maybe, just maybe, he'll hear me this time.
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  • And guess what happened?
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  • God did.
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  • And for all the years that he had been overlooked,
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  • And all the times he had been misjudged,
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  • He had an opportunity.
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  • And the overlooking, the misjudgment
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  • Wasn't because god didn't like him.
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  • It was so that god was creating and building and preparing him
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  • For an event.
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  • Once he received that opportunity,
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  • He took full advantage of it, and his life
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  • Has never been the same since.
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  • That person is me.
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  • That's my story.
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  • That's my life.
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  • You see, we tend to wait for the right time.
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  • And we allow what we've gone through in our life
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  • To cause us to make some decisions that aren't great.
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  • But when you serve a god like i do,
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  • You'll realize he's able to take that which is bad
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  • And transform it into something really,
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  • Really good for your life.
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  • So my word for you is keep going.
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  • Keep striving.
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  • Because one day an opportunity will present itself,
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  • And you will be in the midst of a kairos event
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  • That will change your life forever.
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  • So whatever you do, never give up on yourself.
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  • But more importantly, never ever give up on god.
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah! ♪
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  • ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • ♪ weeping only lasts for a night. ♪
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  • ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
  • 00:54:45.772 --> 00:54:48.541
  • - ♪ hold on, my child. ♪
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  • - ♪ joy comes in the morning. ♪
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  • ♪ the darkest hour means dawn is just in sight. ♪
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  • ♪ the darkest hour, ♪
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  • ♪ the darkest hour means dawn is just in sight. ♪
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  • ♪ it is just in sight. ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • I could keep going. i could do this all day.
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  • - hey, windsor, we got to close this down, okay?
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  • Can you say, chris, this has been a good, good day.
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  • - [imitating dog muttering] - i'll say it for him.
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  • Chris, it's been a good, good day.
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  • Love you, my friend. - i love you too.
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  • Thank you. thank you.
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  • ♪ nobody, nobody, ♪
  • 00:55:52.939 --> 00:55:56.042
  • ♪ can't nobody love me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:55:56.042 --> 00:55:57.610
  • - ♪ can't nobody love me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:55:57.610 --> 00:55:59.279
  • - ♪ can't nobody hold me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:55:59.279 --> 00:56:00.980
  • - ♪ can't nobody hold me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:02.749
  • - ♪ can't nobody keep me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:56:02.749 --> 00:56:04.784
  • - ♪ can't nobody keep me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:56:04.784 --> 00:56:06.653
  • ♪ can't nobody save me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:56:06.653 --> 00:56:08.321
  • - ♪ can't nobody save me like jesus. ♪
  • 00:56:08.321 --> 00:56:09.956
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:09.956 --> 00:56:11.691
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:11.691 --> 00:56:13.593
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:13.593 --> 00:56:15.462
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:15.462 --> 00:56:17.263
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:17.263 --> 00:56:18.965
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:18.965 --> 00:56:20.733
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:20.733 --> 00:56:22.502
  • - ♪ nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:22.502 --> 00:56:24.337
  • - ♪ nobody, nobody, ♪
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  • ♪ nobody, nobody, ♪
  • 00:56:26.139 --> 00:56:27.674
  • ♪ can't no, ♪
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  • ♪ nobody hold me, ♪
  • 00:56:28.842 --> 00:56:30.643
  • ♪ save me, keep me ♪
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  • ♪ like jesus. ♪
  • 00:56:32.278 --> 00:56:33.279
  • ♪ nobody, nobody, ♪
  • 00:56:33.279 --> 00:56:34.814
  • ♪ nobody, nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:34.814 --> 00:56:36.983
  • - ♪ nobody, nobody, ♪
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  • ♪ nobody, nobody. ♪
  • 00:56:39.018 --> 00:56:41.321
  • - ♪ when i think of his goodness, ♪
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  • ♪ what he's done for me. ♪
  • 00:56:43.756 --> 00:56:45.258
  • ♪ when i think of the goodness, ♪
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  • ♪ how he set me free, i can... ♪
  • 00:56:47.026 --> 00:56:49.062
  • - ♪ dance, dance, dance, dance ♪
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  • ♪ dance, dance, dance all night. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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