### Verse 1
Life keeps lifing and I don't understand,
Trying to hold my family with these trembling hands.
My grandson was shot four times fighting for his life,
My husband's sick and I'm trying to survive.
The bills keep coming and the money's running low,
Got escrow on a house and nowhere else to go.
Family asking questions, saying why aren't you there,
But they don't know the burdens that I'm carrying here.
### Pre-Chorus
Then I hear the voices of the saints of old,
Reminding me of promises worth more than silver and gold.
### Chorus
Marvin Sapp said, "Never Would Have Made It,"
Looking back now, Lord, I know You sustained me.
Donnie McClurkin said, "Stand,"
After you've done all you can.
Tamela Mann said, "Take Me To The King,"
When I don't have words for everything.
And Todd Dulaney said, "Victory Belongs To Jesus,"
So I'm holding on because I know He sees us.
### Verse 2
Sometimes I get tired of the expectations on me,
Everybody sees the strength but not the hurt they can't see.
They call me when they're broken, they call me when they fall,
But nobody seems to notice when I'm carrying it all.
My daughter says I'm talking about myself too much,
But I'm just trying to explain why life's been so rough.
I'm not saying my grandson doesn't matter to me,
I'm saying I'm fighting battles nobody can see.
### Pre-Chorus
Then I hear another witness in my soul,
Reminding me God is still in control.
### Chorus
Yolanda Adams sang, "The Battle Is Not Yours,"
So why am I fighting what belongs to the Lord?
Mary Mary said, "I Can't Give Up Now,"
And I refuse to quit somehow.
Tamela Mann said, "Take Me To The King,"
When I don't have words for everything.
And Todd Dulaney said, "Victory Belongs To Jesus,"
So I'm holding on because I know He sees us.
### Bridge
Le'Andria Johnson asked the Lord to "Deliver Me,"
From the fear, the pain, and everything that's hurting me.
Deitrick Haddon sang about "The Sinner's Prayer,"
Reminding me God's mercy is still meeting me there.
When I feel forgotten and my strength is gone,
Marvin Sapp sings "He Saw The Best In Me,"
When everyone else could only see the worst in me.
And when I think about all the valleys I've walked through,
I hear Donald Lawrence singing "Encourage Yourself,"
Because sometimes you've got to put fear on the shelf
### Breakdown
Silver and gold could never buy my peace.
Silver and gold could never make this pain cease.
But the God who brought me through yesterday,
Kirk said Is the same God making a way today.
I hear you Kirk Franklin saying, "I Smile,"
Not because the road is easy for a while.
I hear Hezekiah Walker singing, "Every Praise,"
So I'll worship through my darkest days.
Koryn Hawthorne said, "Wont he do it" ,
she said "Look At God,"
Ain't He been making a way when life gets hard?
When I thought I couldn't take another step,
He kept His hand on me and ain't failed me yet.
### Final Chorus
Marvin Sapp said, "Never Would Have Made It."
Mary Mary said, "I Can't Give Up Now."
Yolanda Adams said, "The Battle Is Not Yours."
Le'Andria Johnson cried, "Deliver Me."
Kirk Franklin told us, "Imagine Me,"
Free from the pain and what others think of me.
Seeing myself the way God always knew I could be,
Not who they say I am, but who He created me to be.
Tamela Mann said, "Take Me To The King."
Marvin Sapp said, "He Saw The Best In Me."
And Todd Dulaney said, "Victory Belongs To Jesus."
So I'm holding on because I know He sees us.
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So I'll keep believing.
I'll keep trusting.
I'll keep praying.
I'll keep praising.
Because one day I want to hear the Master say,
"Well Done." .........thank you Deitrick for reminding us he is the one!
### Outro
Life keeps lifing,
But God keeps carrying.
The tears keep falling,
But God keeps holding.
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