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The Best Of Lynda Randle

August 29, 2025 | S25 E35 | 29:0

The Best Of Lynda Randle
Gaither Gospel shares joy through heartfelt stories and inspiration through powerful music.
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Gaither Gospel | The Best Of Lynda Randle | August 29, 2025
  • >> ♪ some days drag, ♪ ♪ and some days fly. ♪
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  • ♪ some days, i think of ♪ ♪ the day i'll-- ♪
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  • >> her smile is contagious; her voice, flawless.
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  • She sings of faith, and we genuinely believe.
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  • You might say the deep, rich voice of lynda randle takes
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  • Ethel waters to the urban streets.
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  • Since her first appearance with the homecoming friends,
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  • Audiences everywhere responded with enthusiasm to her pure,
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  • Direct way of communicating the gospel.
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  • Obviously, for lynda, it's not about fads and styles.
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  • It's about something much deeper born out of experience and
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  • Wisdom beyond her years.
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  • Now for the first time, we will join lynda randle
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  • In a unique look back at the stories of her life
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  • As we relive her most treasured homecoming performances.
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  • Sit back, and enjoy the glimpse of this passionate woman behind
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  • That powerhouse voice in lynda randle:
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  • The best of homecoming.
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  • >> ♪ most days, i pray, ♪ ♪ but some days, i curse. ♪
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  • ♪ i said, number of days, ♪ ♪ i put myself first. ♪
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  • ♪ but it's not what i do. ♪ ♪ the cross made that plain, ♪
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  • ♪ and one day, jesus ♪ ♪ will call my name. ♪
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  • ♪ oh-- ♪ >> ♪ one day, jesus ♪
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  • ♪ will call my name. ♪ ♪ as days go by, ♪
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  • ♪ i hope i don't stay ♪ ♪ the same. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to get ♪ ♪ so close to him ♪
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  • ♪ that it's no big change ♪ ♪ on that day that jesus ♪
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  • ♪ calls my name. ♪ ♪ one day, jesus ♪
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  • ♪ will call my name. ♪ ♪ as days go by, ♪
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  • ♪ i hope i don't stay ♪ ♪ the same. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to get ♪ ♪ so close to him ♪
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  • ♪ that it's no big change ♪ ♪ on that day that jesus ♪
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  • ♪ calls my name. ♪ >> ♪ oh-- ♪
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  • >> ♪ one day, jesus ♪ ♪ is going to call my name. ♪
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  • ♪ as days go by, ♪ ♪ i hope i don't stay ♪
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  • ♪ the same. ♪ ♪ i want to get ♪
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  • ♪ so close to him ♪ ♪ that it's no big change ♪
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  • ♪ on that day that jesus ♪ ♪ calls my name, ♪
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  • ♪ on that day that jesus ♪ ♪ calls... ♪
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  • ♪ my... ♪ ♪ name. ♪
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  • >> ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, ♪ ♪ my name. ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪ [applause]
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  • >> so, lynda, tell me, what is a black girl doing
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  • Singing southern gospel country music?
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  • >> um, you know, gloria, it's going to be kind of hard
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  • To answer that question.
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  • It's just--it's a god thing.
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  • It's something that i never dreamed of for myself.
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  • You couldn't have paid me any amount of money to believe that
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  • This would happen one day, but i'm just--i'm here.
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  • I went to a christian school in washington, d.c.--
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  • Actually, in the maryland area.
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  • And i was kind of thrust into an all-white choir, and i was,
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  • Like, the only chocolate kid in this choir, and they were
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  • Singing these spirituals and songs, and one thing led to
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  • Another, and they asked me to sing, and after a series of my
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  • College days at l.u., liberty university, i kind of hooked up
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  • With you guys.
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  • The lord put us together, and i guess when you hang out
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  • With the gaither folks, bill, he can get you doing anything.
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  • >> things you thought you never would do.
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  • >> i'd never--i would have never dreamed--as a matter of fact, i
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  • Still don't consider myself southern gospel, per se,
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  • But it's fun.
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  • Y'all are different kind of folk, and it's nice.
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  • >> you redefined a song, totally.
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  • It's yours now, and that is a song called god on the mountain.
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  • I know a little bit about your life, and i know that when you
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  • Sing that, it comes out of--i mean, you look like you've never
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  • Had a problem in your life.
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  • You grew up in a perfect family.
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  • You've never had any disappointments, and you have
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  • Never had any setbacks, and you've always had everything
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  • Just right, right?
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  • >> no, no, i'm going to cry.
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  • No, that, that's the understatement.
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  • Um, i don't have sob stories as far as being raised in the inner
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  • City d.c.
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  • For a while, i-- >> you were raised in the city.
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  • >> right, in the city.
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  • For a while, i wondered why, of all the places to raise a kid,
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  • God allowed me to be born in washington, d.c.
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  • But that was definitely something that strengthened me
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  • And brought me to this place.
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  • God on the mountain came to me at a time, gloria, where we had
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  • Lost a lot of family.
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  • My dad passed with cancer.
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  • We got a call, january, and in a month, february the 23rd, he was
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  • With the lord.
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  • My brother died of a massive aneurysm at the age of 54.
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  • My sister passed at age 37.
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  • My uncles and my best girlfriend had passed in her sleep at age
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  • 38, and when bill sent me god on the mountain, i was probably in
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  • The lowest valley of my life, and he had no idea, and people
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  • Always ask, "well, how do you-- how do you get these songs?
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  • How do you choose your songs?" and i said, "well, it's--it's
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  • Wonderful, because bill, god uses this guy--i don't know how
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  • He does it--but uses him, and he has the ability to give people
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  • Songs that fit them and that suit them, and sometimes, he
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  • Doesn't know all the history behind in that person's
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  • Life, and he had no idea the low that i hit, and i was--i was
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  • Depressed for a couple years, and not a clinical, medication
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  • Depression but just kind of went through that solomon experience.
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  • You know, "why do i do--why do i do what i do?
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  • You get up, and you do what you do in the day, and you start
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  • Again the next day, and then it's like we're all going to
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  • Die.
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  • What's the point?" and the lord brought me out of
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  • That april the 6th, 2000, and that song, god on the mountain,
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  • Every single time i sing that song--every single time,
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  • Gloria--i am blessed to know that that same god for me, when
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  • I was in that valley, is the same god on the mountain, and i
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  • Was just privileged to have that opportunity to sing it.
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  • >> well, when you walk out at night and sing,
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  • ♪ "life is easy," ♪ ♪ down in that wonderful bass
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  • Range that you have-- >> right, right, you know bass.
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  • You're a bass singer.
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  • >> i know.
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  • There's not a big demand for bass singers, i used to say, but
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  • Now i take it all back.
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  • >> right, yeah.
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  • >> 'cause you definitely are in demand.
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  • >> and people, normally too, if i don't sing that song, for some
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  • People, their concert isn't complete.
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  • They're like, "i know you're going to do god on the
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  • Mountain," and it's funny, 'cause i love doing the song,
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  • But there are so many other great songs too that we do with
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  • You guys, and so it's kind of a--it's definitely my signature
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  • Song in the southern gospel community.
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  • [piano music] ♪ life is easy ♪
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  • ♪ when you're up on ♪ ♪ the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ and you got peace of mind ♪ ♪ like you've never known, ♪
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  • ♪ but things change ♪ ♪ when you're down ♪
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  • ♪ in the valley. ♪ ♪ don't lose faith, ♪
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  • ♪ for you're never alone. ♪ >> ♪ for the god ♪
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  • ♪ on the mountain ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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  • ♪ in the valley. ♪ ♪ when things go wrong, ♪
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  • ♪ he'll make them right, ♪ ♪ and the god ♪
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  • ♪ of the good times ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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  • ♪ in the bad times. ♪ ♪ the god of the day ♪
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  • ♪ is still god in the night. ♪ >> ♪ we talk of faith ♪
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  • ♪ way up on the mountain. ♪ ♪ talk comes so easy ♪
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  • ♪ when life's at its best. ♪ ♪ now it's down ♪
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  • ♪ in the valleys, ♪ ♪ the trials and temptations, ♪
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  • ♪ that's where your faith ♪ ♪ is really put to the test. ♪
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  • [applause] >> ♪ for the god ♪
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  • ♪ on the mountain ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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  • ♪ in the valley. ♪ ♪ when things go wrong, ♪
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  • ♪ he'll make them right, ♪ ♪ and the god ♪
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  • ♪ of the good times ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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  • ♪ in the bad times. ♪ ♪ the god of the day ♪
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  • ♪ is still god in the night. ♪ ♪ the god of the day ♪
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  • ♪ is still god in the night. ♪ ♪ [applause]
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  • >> the first time i ever heard you sing, lynda, was at
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  • A women's retreat.
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  • >> mm-hmm.
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  • >> and, um, i came home from that retreat, and i said, "i
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  • Heard a girl today who is an incredible communicator.
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  • She's a great singer, but even if her voice were muted out, you
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  • Know, the message would still"-- and i told bill that, and it
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  • Took me kind of ten years for him to--
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  • >> [laughs] >> to bring you around.
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  • >> oh, yeah.
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  • >> i kept saying, "do you remember the girl i told you
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  • About?" and i told him then that you
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  • Were related to michael, 'cause you looked so much alike, but
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  • For anybody who thinks that you just sort of got discovered
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  • Overnight and that you were just big overnight success, the real
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  • Truth is, you've been singing since you were a little kid,
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  • Right?
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  • >> yeah.
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  • >> i--i've never--i think overnight successes probably
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  • Never happen.
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  • >> it never happened.
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  • >> never happens, but how long have you been singing?
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  • And how did this-- >> well, i start--officially, i
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  • Would say i was probably 16 or 17 where music kind of got in my
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  • System.
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  • My siblings sang, and mike tait started singing later, but i was
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  • Going into fashion designing and cosmetology.
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  • When i was put in this christian school, i started
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  • Singing in the choir, and they started entering me in
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  • Competitions, and one thing led to another, but it really did
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  • Not become a ministry--i was--until i was in college in
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  • Virginia, and i remember, i used to get up in concert--and to say
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  • This today is funny, because it was the most innocent thing i
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  • Think i could say.
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  • I'd get up in concert, and i would be singing, and i would
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  • Ask people at the end of the concert, i said, "would you pray
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  • For me?" i said, "you know, one day, i
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  • Want to be the world's greatest gospel singer, and pray that god
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  • Has this happen" and all this.
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  • And i remember one night, when i went to pray, and i was in my
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  • Dorm room, and the lord just sweetly spoke to my spirit and
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  • Said, "it's not as important that you be the greatest gospel
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  • Singer as it is you have my anointing upon your life," and
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  • So from that day--1981 is when i officially started doing my
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  • Concerts in churches all over-- i have just been praying for
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  • God's anointing.
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  • So it doesn't matter what god wants to do with this voice or
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  • With this person but that when i sing, it's not "i'm just another
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  • Singer" but that yokes are broken, and burdens are lifted,
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  • And all of those things happen, and i do meet people all the
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  • Time, gloria, that goes, "you know, how do you get with bill
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  • Gaither?
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  • And how do you get in this whole circle?"
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  • And i tell people, "you get with god, and god'll get you with
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  • Whomever he needs to get you with in order to fulfill his
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  • Will in your life," and it's awesome, and i have to say, i
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  • Am--you have been, hands down, like, the best cheerleader.
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  • I've had people that have supported me and all of those
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  • Things, and they're great, but for you to tell bill for year
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  • After year after year, you know, about getting this kid--
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  • And i remember, at a >> ♪ there are so many hills ♪
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  • ♪ to climb upward, ♪ ♪ i often am longing for rest, ♪
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  • ♪ but he who appoints me ♪ ♪ my pathway ♪
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  • ♪ knows just what ♪ ♪ is needful and best. ♪
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  • ♪ i know in his word ♪ ♪ he hath promised ♪
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  • ♪ that my strength, ♪ ♪ it will be as my day, ♪
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  • >> ♪ and the toils of the road ♪ ♪ will seem nothing ♪
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  • ♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way, ♪
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  • ♪ and the toils of the road ♪ ♪ will seem nothing ♪
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  • ♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way. ♪
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  • ♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way. ♪ ♪
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  • What form do you use?
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  • You know, you do urban stuff for kids.
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  • You do-- >> well, yeah, when i do--when i
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  • Do the concerts in predominately black churches, like i was at
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  • Dr. evans' church in dallas, texas, and it was predominately
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  • Black crowd, and i was--let me just say this.
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  • I was so nervous.
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  • I was shaking, gloria, just like this.
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  • It was unbelievable.
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  • And i'm going, "this is weird."
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  • And i call my husband.
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  • He prays with me on the phone.
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  • I said, "why am i shaking so bad?"
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  • Well, it's a black church.
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  • With black folks, you got to just--you can't just get up
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  • There and go, "la-la, la-la."
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  • You got to sing.
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  • You can't sing.
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  • You have to sing.
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  • And so i all of the sudden felt this pressure that i've got to
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  • Just really let my hair down, so to speak, and my husband just
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  • Prayed, and i go, "you know what?
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  • But if that's not me, i can't get out there and sing."
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  • So i just sang a lot from my urban folk record, which is kind
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  • Of acoustic-driven, and it's some good upbeat christian music
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  • On there.
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  • I did that, a couple of original songs, and the people swarmed
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  • The table.
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  • They were blessed.
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  • They were challenged.
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  • And so you kind of let the lord lead you.
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  • I'll go into a church, and i may have a program laid out, and
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  • Then you start feeling people, and then you start seeing people
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  • And hearing stories, and god will flip a concert around in a
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  • Minute as far as if i'm going to do anything from my timeless
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  • Series, like the older songs, or from soul shower, the newer
  • 00:16:57.161 --> 00:17:00.431
  • Songs.
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  • So you kind of play that by ear, but with black folks, you just--
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  • If you ain't singing, sometimes, they just turn that deaf ear.
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  • You got to either minister or put on a good show.
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  • So--'cause there's no in-between there.
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  • ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
  • 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:17.548
  • >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
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  • ♪ he said "well, ♪ now, now, now, ♪
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  • ♪ i'm satisfied. ♪ >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪
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  • ♪ down the road. ♪ >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪
  • 00:17:26.791 --> 00:17:28.993
  • >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪ >> ♪ river wide. ♪
  • 00:17:28.993 --> 00:17:32.497
  • ♪ when my day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
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  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪
  • 00:17:34.699 --> 00:17:39.270
  • >> ♪ on my way. ♪ >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪
  • 00:17:39.270 --> 00:17:42.240
  • >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪ ♪ he said, "well,
  • 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:45.076
  • ♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
  • 00:17:45.076 --> 00:17:48.813
  • >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪ ♪ down the road. ♪
  • 00:17:48.813 --> 00:17:50.781
  • >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
  • 00:17:50.781 --> 00:17:53.684
  • >> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
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  • ♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:17:56.754 --> 00:18:01.526
  • >> ♪ over jordan, ♪ ♪ what do i see? ♪
  • 00:18:01.526 --> 00:18:04.262
  • ♪ a band of angels ♪ ♪ waiting for me. ♪
  • 00:18:04.262 --> 00:18:07.231
  • ♪ all the saints who wash ♪ ♪ their robes in white. ♪
  • 00:18:07.231 --> 00:18:12.870
  • ♪ but some fine day, ♪ ♪ i'm going to take my place, ♪
  • 00:18:12.870 --> 00:18:15.640
  • ♪ glory light ♪ ♪ shining all over my face. ♪
  • 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:18.609
  • ♪ that's the day ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
  • 00:18:18.609 --> 00:18:20.578
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ ♪ yeah, i'm on my way. ♪
  • 00:18:20.578 --> 00:18:24.949
  • >> ♪ on my way. ♪ >> ♪ the lord is my guide. ♪
  • 00:18:24.949 --> 00:18:28.019
  • >> ♪ lord is my guide. ♪ ♪ he said, "well, ♪
  • 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:30.955
  • ♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
  • 00:18:30.955 --> 00:18:34.659
  • >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪ ♪ down the road. ♪
  • 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:36.994
  • >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
  • 00:18:36.994 --> 00:18:39.463
  • >> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
  • 00:18:39.463 --> 00:18:42.733
  • ♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:18:42.733 --> 00:18:47.305
  • >> ♪ life down here ♪ ♪ has brought me low. ♪
  • 00:18:47.305 --> 00:18:50.408
  • ♪ this one thing for sure ♪ ♪ i know. ♪
  • 00:18:50.408 --> 00:18:53.644
  • ♪ there's a crown ♪ ♪ for all the tears ♪
  • 00:18:53.644 --> 00:18:55.513
  • ♪ i've cried. ♪ ♪ you know that i may not sit ♪
  • 00:18:55.513 --> 00:18:59.917
  • ♪ in his right hand, ♪ ♪ but i'm going to see ♪
  • 00:18:59.917 --> 00:19:02.386
  • ♪ the promised land. ♪ ♪ praise the lord. ♪
  • 00:19:02.386 --> 00:19:05.556
  • ♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:19:05.556 --> 00:19:09.060
  • ♪ yeah, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
  • 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:12.196
  • >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
  • 00:19:12.196 --> 00:19:15.199
  • >> ♪ you know that-- ♪ >> ♪ he said "well, ♪
  • 00:19:15.199 --> 00:19:16.901
  • ♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
  • 00:19:16.901 --> 00:19:20.605
  • >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪ ♪ down the road-- ♪
  • 00:19:20.605 --> 00:19:22.473
  • >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
  • 00:19:22.473 --> 00:19:25.409
  • >> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
  • 00:19:25.409 --> 00:19:28.446
  • ♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:19:28.446 --> 00:19:33.184
  • >> ♪ hallelujah's ♪ ♪ just in sight. ♪
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  • ♪ holy beam from heaven light. ♪ >> ♪ jesus, ♪
  • 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:39.790
  • ♪ say you'll enter in, ♪ ♪ and that is where ♪
  • 00:19:39.790 --> 00:19:43.094
  • ♪ the saving begin. ♪ >> ♪ to the throne, ♪
  • 00:19:43.094 --> 00:19:45.696
  • ♪ where the blessings flow, ♪ ♪ that is where ♪
  • 00:19:45.696 --> 00:19:48.532
  • ♪ my feet will go. ♪ >> ♪ spirit, fall down ♪
  • 00:19:48.532 --> 00:19:51.736
  • ♪ over me, yeah. ♪ ♪ jesus, set me free. ♪
  • 00:19:51.736 --> 00:19:56.240
  • >> ♪ on the banks ♪ ♪ of jordan's shore, ♪
  • 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:59.076
  • ♪ i'm going to fight ♪ ♪ the fight no more. ♪
  • 00:19:59.076 --> 00:20:01.912
  • >> ♪ some fine day, ♪ ♪ i'll take my place. ♪
  • 00:20:01.912 --> 00:20:04.615
  • ♪ glory light shine ♪ ♪ all over my face. ♪
  • 00:20:04.615 --> 00:20:07.518
  • ♪ that's the day ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
  • 00:20:07.518 --> 00:20:09.954
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪
  • 00:20:09.954 --> 00:20:14.091
  • >> ♪ on my way. ♪ >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪
  • 00:20:14.091 --> 00:20:17.061
  • >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ he said, "well,
  • 00:20:17.061 --> 00:20:19.897
  • ♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
  • 00:20:19.897 --> 00:20:23.634
  • >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪ ♪ down the road. ♪
  • 00:20:23.634 --> 00:20:25.603
  • >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
  • 00:20:25.603 --> 00:20:28.506
  • >> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
  • 00:20:28.506 --> 00:20:31.575
  • ♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:20:31.575 --> 00:20:34.679
  • >> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
  • 00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:37.581
  • >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
  • 00:20:37.581 --> 00:20:41.052
  • >> ♪ you know that-- ♪ >> ♪ he said, "well,
  • 00:20:41.052 --> 00:20:42.386
  • ♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
  • 00:20:42.386 --> 00:20:46.123
  • >> ♪ we're walking ♪ ♪ down the road. ♪
  • 00:20:46.123 --> 00:20:48.092
  • >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
  • 00:20:48.092 --> 00:20:50.995
  • >> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
  • 00:20:50.995 --> 00:20:54.098
  • ♪ he's going to take us ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:20:54.098 --> 00:20:56.801
  • >> ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. ♪ >> ♪ yeah. ♪
  • 00:20:56.801 --> 00:20:59.236
  • >> ♪ when thobe day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take us ♪
  • 00:20:59.236 --> 00:21:01.072
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪
  • 00:21:01.072 --> 00:21:04.842
  • >> ♪ when the day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take-- ♪
  • 00:21:04.842 --> 00:21:06.811
  • >> ♪ take me ♪ ♪ to the other-- ♪
  • 00:21:06.811 --> 00:21:08.112
  • >> ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪ ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪
  • 00:21:08.112 --> 00:21:13.017
  • ♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:21:13.017 --> 00:21:16.053
  • >> ♪ to, to, ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]
  • 00:21:19.190 --> 00:21:31.035
  • >> so when w ♪ day one, ♪
  • 00:21:31.035 --> 00:21:32.870
  • ♪ it had all begun ♪ ♪ to turn out ♪
  • 00:21:32.870 --> 00:21:36.107
  • ♪ to be the darkest day. ♪ ♪ the blood and the crown ♪
  • 00:21:36.107 --> 00:21:42.646
  • ♪ of thorns to come down. ♪ ♪ looked like old death ♪
  • 00:21:42.646 --> 00:21:46.250
  • ♪ had got his way. ♪ ♪ we cried ♪
  • 00:21:46.250 --> 00:21:52.022
  • ♪ when we knew he had died ♪ ♪ and they ♪
  • 00:21:52.022 --> 00:21:54.558
  • ♪ carried his body away. ♪ ♪ the blood and the tears ♪
  • 00:21:54.558 --> 00:22:01.198
  • ♪ saved for 33 years ♪ ♪ turned the dust ♪
  • 00:22:01.198 --> 00:22:04.602
  • ♪ on that ground into clay. ♪ ♪ but i still remember ♪
  • 00:22:04.602 --> 00:22:11.075
  • ♪ all the words that he said. ♪ ♪ they move like a mystery ♪
  • 00:22:11.075 --> 00:22:15.613
  • ♪ round and round in my head. ♪ ♪ "tear down this temple. ♪
  • 00:22:15.613 --> 00:22:20.317
  • ♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪ ♪ you'll see. ♪
  • 00:22:20.317 --> 00:22:23.120
  • ♪ it's all gonna ♪ ♪ happen to me." ♪
  • 00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:27.291
  • ♪ day three. ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah. ♪
  • 00:22:27.291 --> 00:22:38.102
  • ♪ day two, ♪ ♪ and it seemed ♪
  • 00:22:38.102 --> 00:22:40.404
  • ♪ we were through, ♪ ♪ and we looked for ♪
  • 00:22:40.404 --> 00:22:43.140
  • ♪ a good place to hide. ♪ ♪ in a cold upper room, ♪
  • 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:49.246
  • ♪ we thought of that tomb ♪ ♪ where his body ♪
  • 00:22:49.246 --> 00:22:52.516
  • ♪ was wasting inside. ♪ ♪ so long, ♪
  • 00:22:52.516 --> 00:22:58.456
  • ♪ we believed he was gone, ♪ ♪ but something ♪
  • 00:22:58.456 --> 00:23:02.126
  • ♪ would not let us go. ♪ ♪ in the black ♪
  • 00:23:02.126 --> 00:23:06.564
  • ♪ of that night, ♪ ♪ we saw a faint light ♪
  • 00:23:06.564 --> 00:23:10.000
  • ♪ like a candle ♪ ♪ beginning to glow. ♪
  • 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:15.473
  • ♪ but i still remember ♪ ♪ all the words that he said. ♪
  • 00:23:15.473 --> 00:23:19.610
  • ♪ they move like a mystery ♪ ♪ round and round in my head. ♪
  • 00:23:19.610 --> 00:23:24.949
  • ♪ "tear down this temple. ♪ ♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪
  • 00:23:24.949 --> 00:23:28.219
  • ♪ you'll see. ♪ ♪ it's all gonna ♪
  • 00:23:28.219 --> 00:23:31.055
  • ♪ happen to me." ♪ ♪ day three. ♪
  • 00:23:31.055 --> 00:23:38.562
  • ♪ yeah, yeah. ♪ ♪ day three, ♪
  • 00:23:38.562 --> 00:23:46.070
  • ♪ something happened to me ♪ ♪ when i saw that that grave ♪
  • 00:23:46.070 --> 00:23:50.541
  • ♪ had no stone. ♪ ♪ they said he's not here, ♪
  • 00:23:50.541 --> 00:23:55.679
  • ♪ and i shuddered with fear. ♪ ♪ then a voice that i knew ♪
  • 00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:59.950
  • ♪ said, "hello." ♪ ♪ surprised ♪
  • 00:23:59.950 --> 00:24:05.089
  • ♪ when my heart recognized ♪ ♪ that no grave ♪
  • 00:24:05.089 --> 00:24:08.792
  • ♪ could hold this man down. ♪ ♪ i'm so amazed. ♪
  • 00:24:08.792 --> 00:24:14.765
  • ♪ what he did in three days ♪ ♪ turned this whole ♪
  • 00:24:14.765 --> 00:24:19.136
  • ♪ crazy world upside down. ♪ ♪ yeah, i still remember ♪
  • 00:24:19.136 --> 00:24:24.074
  • ♪ all the words that he said. ♪ ♪ they move like a mystery ♪
  • 00:24:24.074 --> 00:24:28.746
  • ♪ round and round in my head. ♪ ♪ "tear down this temple. ♪
  • 00:24:28.746 --> 00:24:33.817
  • ♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪ ♪ you'll see. ♪
  • 00:24:33.817 --> 00:24:36.387
  • ♪ it's all gonna ♪ ♪ happen to me." ♪
  • 00:24:36.387 --> 00:24:41.191
  • ♪ i still remember ♪ ♪ all the words that he said. ♪
  • 00:24:41.191 --> 00:24:45.462
  • ♪ they move like a mystery ♪ ♪ round and round in my head. ♪
  • 00:24:45.462 --> 00:24:50.568
  • ♪ "tear down this temple. ♪ ♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪
  • 00:24:50.568 --> 00:24:53.938
  • ♪ you'll see. ♪ ♪ it's all gonna ♪
  • 00:24:53.938 --> 00:24:56.840
  • ♪ happen to me." ♪ ♪ day three. ♪
  • 00:24:56.840 --> 00:25:04.381
  • ♪ yeah, yeah. ♪ ♪ there ain't no grave ♪
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  • ♪ can hold this body down. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]
  • 00:25:13.624 --> 00:25:26.503
  • ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
  • 00:25:26.503 --> 00:25:29.406
  • >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
  • 00:25:29.406 --> 00:25:33.277
  • ♪ well, he said, ♪ ♪ "well, darn it now, ♪
  • 00:25:33.277 --> 00:25:35.212
  • ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪ >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪
  • 00:25:35.212 --> 00:25:38.849
  • ♪ down the road. ♪ >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪
  • 00:25:38.849 --> 00:25:41.251
  • >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪ >> ♪ river wide. ♪
  • 00:25:41.251 --> 00:25:43.854
  • ♪ and when my day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
  • 00:25:43.854 --> 00:25:46.624
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪
  • 00:25:46.624 --> 00:25:50.894
  • >> ♪ on my way. ♪ >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪
  • 00:25:50.894 --> 00:25:53.864
  • >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ you know that-- ♪
  • 00:25:53.864 --> 00:25:56.066
  • >> ♪ he said, "well, ♪ now, now, now, ♪
  • 00:25:56.066 --> 00:25:57.701
  • ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪ >> ♪ we're walking ♪
  • 00:25:57.701 --> 00:26:01.338
  • ♪ down the road. ♪ >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪
  • 00:26:01.338 --> 00:26:03.741
  • >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪ >> ♪ river wide. ♪
  • 00:26:03.741 --> 00:26:06.343
  • ♪ and when my day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take us ♪
  • 00:26:06.343 --> 00:26:09.747
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. ♪
  • 00:26:09.747 --> 00:26:12.583
  • >> ♪ yeah. ♪ >> ♪ when the day is done, ♪
  • 00:26:12.583 --> 00:26:14.418
  • ♪ he's going to take us ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
  • 00:26:14.418 --> 00:26:16.754
  • >> ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ >> ♪ when the day is done, ♪
  • 00:26:16.754 --> 00:26:20.224
  • ♪ he's going to take-- ♪ >> ♪ take me ♪
  • 00:26:20.224 --> 00:26:21.692
  • ♪ to the other-- ♪ >> ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪
  • 00:26:21.692 --> 00:26:24.595
  • ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
  • 00:26:24.595 --> 00:26:28.632
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ to, to, ♪
  • 00:26:28.632 --> 00:26:29.967
  • ♪ to the other side. ♪ ♪ captioning provided by
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  • ♪how they linger♪
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  • ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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  • Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
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  • ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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  • Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
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