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When I first met his momma, she was just 19
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Couldn't say for certain who the father was
Bm Esus E
But I have known him since he was a pup
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And I'm gonna raise him up
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If you never knew your daddy like I never knew mine
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It feels like everybody knows you're fatherless
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This boy may not be blood of my blood
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But I'm gonna raise him up
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I'll provide for him, walk beside of him, I am strong enough
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Cause it's time he knew what a son can do with a father's love
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He can change the world
You have to look at joseph a couple 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
Chorus
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
Chorus
And he can change your world
But you gotta raise him up
Raise him up