Knock me down, but I got up again

I'm standing stronger and I can face the wind

Made it through the night, now it's a brand new day

And it was only by his grace, now I can say

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... I made it, yeah

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... through all the pain, through all the pain, I ...

They watched me crash and burn, left me to die

It's nothing but the truth when I say I'm alive

A lot of people thought I'd run away

Nah, but I'm right here

Man I'm stronger than I was before because I know that he got me

And I ain't worried about a single thing, man I threw my past behind me

All right ... see I made it through that storm

Even though I messed up and I fell down, I needed help and he pulled me up

Now I'm standing here on higher ground; I got favor, I'm on the clouds

There's no limits, there's no limits; I made it through, what you talkin' 'bout?

When you see me now, I don't look like what I've been through

Only by his grace now I can say that I made it

Knock me down, but I got up again

I'm standing stronger and I can face the wind

Made it through the night, now it's a brand new day

And it was only by his grace, now I can say

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... I made it, yeah

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... through all the pain, through all the pain, I ...

Both sides of the family

Black sheep labeled 'cause nobody wanted me

Tunnel vision of rejection is all I could see

Temporary adoption became the plan for me

But now I'm grown up, a full man

God showed me it was all a part of his plan

I'm grateful my mother didn't abort me

I guess you could say she ain't killed my dreams

I pushed God through the muck of my clay

You can say I lived up to my last name

Don't you be deceived

The person who you see now is not who I used to be

Full of anger, full of pain, and full of misery

The enemy tried to take me out but now I ...

Knock me down, but I got up again

I'm standing stronger and I can face the wind

Made it through the night, now it's a brand new day

And it was only by his grace, now I can say

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... I made it, yeah

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... through all the pain, through all the pain, I ...

I remember praying "Father, am I qualified?"

Filling out them applications for a 9 to 5

Crying, dying at the bottom like the dotted line

Devil tried to kill me but you know the rest, I'm alive

That's the bottom line, guess it wasn't my time to die

Mercy said no no no no no, goodness was my entourage

Man I know I ain't above the law, grace it came and modified

Everything that I deserved, just look at what I survived

Now that I'm on the other side I'm at a loss, everything I did is wiped off the catalog

I ain't got the right to brag man no not at all, all in the name of love like Diana Ross

I'm still in awe of what he did

And I wrote this song so that I will never forget, I got up again

Knock me down, but I got up again

I'm standing stronger and I can face the wind

Made it through the night, now it's a brand new day

And it was only by his grace, now I can say

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... I made it, yeah

I made it ... I made it

I made it ... through all the pain, through all the pain, I ...