Raise Him Up — Randy Travis

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

HE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD

YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT JOSEPH A COUPLE THOUSAND YEARS AGO HE HELD A NEWBORN BABY HE NAMED JESUS HE SAID “HE MAY NOT BE BLOOD OF BY BLOOD STILL I'M GONNA RAISE HIM UP

I WILL 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.

33 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 AND I'M GONNA RAISE HIM UP”

I'LL PROVIDE FOR YOU WALK BESIDE OF YOU I AM STRONG ENOUGH I HAVE SEEN FROM YOU WHAT A SON CAN DO WITH A FATHER'S LOVE

ONE MAN CHANGED THE WORLD AND HE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD

BUT YOU GOTTA RAISE HIM UP RAISE HIM UP