Before I Die

Brothers and sisters I'm feelin' real good 'cause it ain't over Right before I die I gotta live Live out my dreams So I can be what He planned for me Not just for me but so they can see Much more of Him and less of Right before I die I gotta Love my enemies, forgive the past And set 'em free so I can free Free up the things Every blessing God has for me See it's for me, not just for you I had to learn from what I've been through I can't go through that way again Be hurt by you that way again It's not the end I used to be afraid to die I used to be afraid to try 'Cause I was too afraid of knowing What failing looked like But the sun came to give me life Now I feel like I can touch the sky I'm ready if you're ready Get up and live Right now Get up and live Right now Right before I die I gotta Change, change how I think Change how I speak I'm not the same So when I speak You don't hear the pain No longer weak with no one to Right before I die I gotta Become more like you Take up my cross To count the cost 'cause I was lost That's why I praise you You're the only God I don't know what they do I used to be afraid to die I used to be afraid to try 'Cause I was too afraid of knowing What failing looked like But the sun came to give me life Now I feel like I can touch the sky I'm ready if you're ready Right now Get up and live Right now So the next time you think of me And you wonder where would I be Without each blessing that helped me to see Life is much more than things And how you live is more than how you sing When I die what did I really mean, I mean Say what now? Say what? Say what now? As we proceed, to give you what you need Somebody, anybody, everybody, scream I used to be afraid to die I used to be afraid to try 'Cause I was too afraid of knowing What failing looked like But the sun came to give me life Now I feel like I can touch the sky I'm ready if you're ready Right now Get up and live Right now Let's go Lord have mercy I told you it ain't over for you I see you livin' I see you makin' it, but you all Right before I live I have to die --- Before I Die - Kirk Franklin