Raise Him Up

When I first met his Mama, she was just 19

Couldn't say for certain who the father was

But I have known him since he was a pup

And I'm gonna raise him up

If you never knew your Daddy like I never knew mine

It feels like everybody knows you're fatherless

This boy may not be blood of my blood

But I'm gonna raise him up

I'll provide for him, walk beside of him

I am strong enough

'Cause it's time he knew what a son can do

With a father's love, well, he can change the world

Y'all may have to look at Joseph, a couple of thousand years ago

When he held a newborn baby he named Jesus

He said, "He may not be blood of my blood

Still, I'm gonna raise Him up

I'll provide for Him, walk beside of Him

I am strong enough

I will show Him too what a Son can do

With a father's love and He will change the world"

Thirty-three years later when the Son was in his grave

Broken and abandoned by a world He came to save

His real Dad said, "He's mine, blood of my blood

An' I'm gonna raise Him up"

(Raise Him up)

I'll provide for You, walk beside of You

I am strong enough

I've seen from You what a Son can do with a Father's love

One man changed the world, an' He can change your world

But you gotta raise Him up

(Raise Him up)

Raise Him up