We grew together
Me and many brothers
From the second time that we were born
To our father in heaven
Every note that was sung
Every breath in our lungs
We knew it came from him

Then we found some daughters
And they looked better than
What the author of our lives had penned
He wrote life and life abundant
I don't know why you didn't want it

I know that you had thought that it was better

I'll never know until I try it

The life I came to give you, it was whole

I'll never stop until I know that I filled this hole.

He's slow to anger
And of great kindness
A slave can now be called a son
In the morning mercy's new again
Never exhausting love

Your patient mother
How you gonna tell her that you've grown
You can't hide it from her
She wants to be proud oh she wants to be proud
She wants to be proud oh she wants to be proud
Your patient father
How you gonna stand before his thrown
You can't hide it from him
He wants to be proud oh he wants to be proud he wants to be proud
He wants to be proud

Return and when I see you I'll come running

Oh I don't think I'm anything but a slave

Father will take you in
You're still his son
The cup he gives you to drink will always fill you up