Mandisa Album

Hey, heard you were up all night
Thinking about how your world ain't right
And you wonder if things will ever get better
And you're asking why is it always raining on you
When all you want is just a little good news
Instead of standing there stuck out in the weather

Oh, don't hang your head
It's gonna end
God's right there
Even if it's hard to see Him
I promise you that He still cares

[Chorus]
When the waves are taking you under
Hold on just a little bit longer
He knows that this is gonna make you stronger, stronger
The pain ain't gonna last forever
And things can only get better
Believe me
This is gonna make you stronger
Gonna make you stronger, stronger, stronger
Believe me, this is gonna make you Stronger

Try and do the best you can
Hold on and let Him hold your hand
And go on and fall into the arms of Jesus
Oh, lift your head it's gonna end
God's right there
Even when you just can't feel Him
I promise you that He still cares

[Chorus]

'Cause if He started this work in your life
He will be faithful to complete it
If only you believe it
He knows how much it hurts
And I'm sure that He's gonna help you get through this

When the waves are taking you under
Hold on just a little bit longer
He knows that this is gonna make you stronger, stronger
The pain ain't gonna last forever
In time it's gonna get better
Believe me
This is gonna make you stronger

Well, I'm tired of saying everything
I feel like I'm supposed to say
I'm tired of smiling all the time
I wanna throw the mask away
Sometimes you just have a bad day
Sometimes you just wanna scream
Tell me I'm not the only one
Tell me that you feel just like me

We keep tryin' to make it look so nice
And we keep hidin' what's goin' on inside
But what if I share my brokenness
What if you share how you feel
And what if we weren't afraid of this crazy mess

What if we were real
What if we were real

I'm over hidin' my tears
I think I'm gonna let em' go
I'm over actin' so strong
When I ain't even in control
We make it so complicated
But why does it have to be
Why can't we open our hearts and let everybody see

We keep tryin' to make it look so nice
And we keep hidin' what's goin' on inside
But what if I share my brokenness
What if you share how you feel
And what if we weren't afraid of this crazy mess

What if we were real

We'd think a little less of ourselves
We'd care about someone else
'Cause we'd know just how they feel
Maybe we could let someone love us
Maybe we'd a little more like Jesus
Why can't we learn to real

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na (yeah,yeah)
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

We keep tryin' to make it look so nice
And we keep hidin' what's goin' on inside
But what if I share my brokenness
What if you share how you feel
And what if we weren't afraid of this crazy mess

What if we were real

You've got to be real
You've got to be real
You've got to be real
You've got to
You've got to

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na...

I never liked Mondays or bad news
Or breaking in new shoes
And mornings when I can't find my phone
Nobody likes traffic or short nights
Or sit-ups or long flights
But sometimes that's just the way it goes
It's funny what you use to help me grow...

So I'll learn to love these days
Life along the way
In the middle of the crazy
God, your love is so amazing
Through the ups and downs
You're the only hope I've found
Lord, you meet me in the madness

I'll learn to love these days
I'll learn to love these days

I can see a silver lining
When the sun's not shining
Even when You choose to bring the rain
Oh, but there's freedom believing
And trusting Your leading
Cause You're Lord of all my joy
And all my pain

So I'll learn to love these days
Life along the way
In the middle of the crazy
God, Your love is so amazing
Through the ups and downs
You're the only hope I've found
Lord, you meet me in the madness

I'll learn to love these days
I'll learn to love these days

I could waste the hundred years
You gave me here
The days when You were near,
The days when I was out there
Looking for what comes next
‘Cause every minute, every hour,
Everyday is such a gift, and I'm content
I'm thankful for each breath

So I'll learn to love these days
Life along the way
In the middle of the crazy
God, Your love is so amazing
Through the ups and downs
You're the only hope I've found
Lord, you meet me in the madness

So I'll learn to love these days
I'll learn to love these days
I'll learn to love these days
I'll learn to love these days

If only I could see me as You see me
And understand the way that I am loved
Would it give a whole new meaning to my purpose
Change the way I see the world

Would I sparkle like a star in the night sky
Would I give a little more instead of take
If I understood I'm precious like the diamond
Of a worth no one could estimate
I'm a worth no one could estimate

You say lovely
I say broken
I say guilty
You say forgiven
I feel lonely
You say You're with me
We both know it would change everything
If only I believed the truth about me

I wish I could hold on to the moments
When my life is spinning but I'm peaceful still
Like a wind You whisper in the silence
And tell me things this world never will
You tell me things this world never will

You say lovely
I say broken
I say guilty
You say forgiven
I feel lonely
You say You're with me
We both know it would change everything
If only I believed the truth about me

I would sleep better at night
Wake up with hope for another day
I would love even if it cost me
Take a chance and know I'm gonna be OK
I would dare to give my life away..

Oh, I feel lonely
You say You're with me
We both know it would change everything
If only I believed the truth about me
If only I believed the truth about me

To the voice, to the liar in the mirror
Sayin' you can't ever change
To the guilt that's sittin' on your shoulder
Always keepin' you wrapped in chains
To the past that you can't undo
To the pain that you're walkin' through
To the small and the big mistakes
This is what love wants to say

Say goodbye
Say goodbye
To the one that used to be
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Everyday is a brand new mercy
Hello
Hello
This is where it starts now
Hello
Hello
Everything can turn around

In a moment, here's your moment
You can say goodbye

There is grace that you can't imagine
There is love you can't outrun
There is peace that you can hold on to
When your world is coming undone
You don't have to give into the fear
Don't have to have let your story stop here
And when the hand tries to pull you back
You don't have to go back, you don't have to go back

Say goodbye
Say goodbye
To the one that used to be
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Everyday is a brand new mercy
Hello
Hello
This is where it starts now
Hello
Hello
Everything can turn around

In a moment, here's your moment
You can say goodbye

To everything that breaks you down
It doesn't have to define you now
Jesus came to take it all away

Say goodbye
Say goodbye
To the one that used to be
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Everyday is a brand new mercy
Hello
Hello
This is where it starts now
Hello
Hello
Everything can turn around

In a moment, here's your moment
You can say goodbye

Say goodbye
Say goodbye
You're not the one you used to be
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Everyday is a brand new mercy
Hello
Hello
This is where it starts now
Hello
Hello
Everything can turn around

In a moment, here's the moment
Where you say goodbye

Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye

Wave away my yesterday
Cause I'm leaving it behind me.
Hello sunshine, come what may.
I feel something new inside me.
I hear the birds singing
Now my alarm's ringing
Get up, get up, hey!

It's a good morning!
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning,
I'm stepping, stepping on my way
Good morning,
You give me strength,
You give me just what I need
And I can feel the hope that's rising in me.
It's a good morning

Slow down, breathe in,
Don't move ahead
I'm just living in this moment
I've got my arms raised, un-phased
Jump out of bed
Gotta get this party going
I went to bed dreaming,
You woke me up singing
Get up, get up, hey!

It's a good morning!
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning,
I'm stepping, stepping on my way
Good morning,
You give me strength,
you give me just what I need
And I can feel the hope that's rising up in me.
It's a good morning

Now I'm smiling, and I'm kissing all my worries goodbye
Got the feeling, if I spread my wings I might even fly
You are my truth, my way
Give me the strength to say
Get up, get up, get up
Cause it's a good morning, hey

Mr. Mac to the mic

[Toby Mac]
Hey, top of the morning to you 'disa
You smoothie, me ice cold pizza
Cafe au lait, latte dah
You do the zumba, but I do not
Give me like half a marathon,
I'll give you the gospel of St. John.
Hits me like a wake-up bomb
Cuz' we both know that His mercy flows,
In the morning.

Wake up to a brand new day
This morning,
I'm stepping, stepping on my way
Good morning,
You give me strength,
you give me just what I need
I can feel the hope that's rising up in me.
It's a good morning
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning,
I'm stepping, stepping on my way
Good morning,
You give me strength you give me just what I need
I can feel the hope that's rising up in me.
It's a good morning

[Toby Mac]
Top of the morning to you 'disa
Hey, top of the morning to you girl
To-to-top of the morning to you 'disa
Morning little Miss Sunshine.
[Spoken]
Man, you morning people.
No, I'm serious.

Maybe tomorrow I'll start over
Maybe tomorrow I will finally change my ways
Said the same thing yesterday
Don't know why I'm so afraid
To let you in
To let you win
To let you have all of me

I can't live my whole life wasting
All the grace that I know You've given
Cause You made me for so much more than
Sittin' on the side lines
I don't wanna look back and wonder
If good enough could've been better
Everyday's a day that's borrowed
So, why am I waiting for tomorrow

Maybe today I'll start believing
That Your mercy really is
As real as You say it is
It doesn't matter who I used to be
It only matters that I've been set free
You rescued me, You're changing me
Jesus take everything

I can't live my whole life wasting
All the grace that I know You've given
Cause You made me for so much more than
Sittin' on the side lines
I don't wanna look back and wonder
If good enough could've been better
Everyday's a day that's borrowed
So, why am I waiting for tomorrow

Oh, I'm makin' this my moment now
To grab the hand that's reachin down
To save me, oh You save
Oh, I'm makin' this my moment now
To grab the hand that's reachin down
To save me, oh You save

I can't live my whole life wasting
All the grace that I know You've given
Cause You made me for so much more than
Sittin' on the side lines
I don't wanna look back and wonder
If good enough could've been better
Everyday's a day that's borrowed
So, why am I waiting for tomorrow

I'm gonna grab the hand that's reachin' down
And I'm not gonna wait until tomorrow
Oh, tomorrow

Why you gotta act so strong
Go ahead and take off your brave face
Why you tellin' me that nothing's wrong
It's obvious you're not in a good place
Who's tellin' you to keep it all inside
And never let those feelings
Get past the corner of your eye

You don't need to run
You don't need to speak
Baby take some time
Let those prayers roll down your cheek
It may be tomorrow
You'll be past the sorrow
But tonight it's alright
Just cry

I know you know your Sunday songs
A dozen verses by memory
Yeah they're good but life is hard
And days get long
You gotta know God can handle your honesty
So feel the things you're feeling
Name your fears and doubts
Don't stuff your shame and sadness,
Loneliness and anger
Let it out, let it out

You don't need to run
You don't need to speak
Baby take some time
Let those prayers roll down your cheek
It may be tomorrow
You'll be past the sorrow
But tonight it's alright

Just cry
Just cry

It doesn't mean you don't trust Him
It doesn't mean you don't believe
It doesn't mean you don't know
He's redeeming everything

You don't need to run
You don't need to speak
Baby take some time
Let those prayers roll down your cheek
It may be tomorrow
You'll be past the sorrow
But tonight it's alright
But tonight it's alright

Just cry

Why you gotta act so strong
Go ahead and take off your brave face

People going on and on
They don't know what they got wrong
This world won't keep you satisfied
They say you gotta buy this
Wear this, drive that car
'Cause that's the kind of thing
That makes you who you are
But don't keep throwin' that my way

No more temporary fills
I want a love that's real
Take everything I have and fill me up inside
I'm done looking for the quick fix
Jesus, Your love is all I'll ever need
No more temporary fills

I've turned every rock and stone
Gone everywhere there was to go
But I only felt better for a while
Cause nothing can replace You
Erase You from my heart
And that's the kind of thing
That makes You who You are
You're the reason I can say

No more temporary fills
I want a love that's real
Take everything I have and fill me up inside
I'm done looking for the quick fix
Jesus, Your love is all I'll ever need

And nothin' temporary could ever make me
Feel the way You do
'Cause what You've given to me
I know that it will last my whole life through

Woah, no more temporary fills
I want a love that's real
Take everything I have and fill me up inside
I'm done looking for the quick fix
Jesus, Your love is all I'll ever need
No more temporary fills
No more
No more
No more
No more hidin'

F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free

Gonna tell the world what He did for me

Don't worry, don't cry
That's the voice I hear inside
But it's hard for me to see
Tomorrow's but a dream
'Cause today's reality is right in front of me

They say I'll never make it
They say you can never change it
What you are is what you'll always be
They say that I should give up
Once you're down you'll never get up
But that's not the truth for me
No!

Who the Son sets free
Best believe it's free indeed
Gonna take it to the streets
My Lord delivered me

Who the Son sets free
Best believe it's free indeed
Gonna dance and shout and scream
I'm free indeed!

F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free

Gonna tell the world what He did for me

I've tried and tried and tried
To make this mountain step aside
Or to climb it on my own
But what You did was more than help
Did what I couldn't do myself
You said that I was not alone

When I thought I'd never make it
You came along and then you changed it
Made a way somehow and brought me through
As I was just about to give up
You took my hand said "Baby get up"
Now here I stand because of You
Stand because of you!

Who the Son sets free
Best believe it's free indeed
Gonna take it to the streets
My Lord delivered me

Who the Son sets free
Best believe it's free indeed
Gonna dance and shout and scream
I'm free indeed!

F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free

Gonna tell the world what He did for me

If you need a friend to the very end
To be there by your side
To get you through the hard times
The dark times of your life
To bring you in to the dawn
He's the One you're lookin' for
The Savior, your Deliverer

Lord delivered me
Free
Free
Free

Who the Son sets free
Best believe it's free indeed
Gonna take it to the streets
My Lord delivered me

Who the Son sets free
Best believe it's free indeed
Gonna dance and shout and scream
I'm free indeed!

F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free

Gonna tell the world what He did for me

F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free
F-R-E-E
Free

Gonna tell the world what He did for me

Here I am
Drowning in a sea of my own choices
Holding to hope by a thread
Yeah
I'm looking 'round
I'm calling out, fear pulls me down
When the waters rush over my head

You are my lifeline
You are my rescue
Strength in my weakness
Light in my darkness
You are my safety
Lifter of my head
The air that I need when
I can't seem to breathe in

You are my lifeline
You are my lifeline

How many times
How many turns will it take till I learn
You reach for me in my need
And when I cry I know that
I'll faithfully, find You
When life comes crashing on me

You are my lifeline
You are my rescue
Strength in my weakness
Light in my darkness
You are my safety
Lifter of my head
The air that I need when
I can't seem to breathe in

You are my lifeline
You are my lifeline

You're there in my brokenness
In my distress
My rock when I'm strong or when I'm powerless
You hold me in rushing tides when waters rise
And I'll always find

You are my lifeline
You are my rescue
Strength in my weakness
Light in my darkness
You are my safety
Lifter of my head
The air that I need when
I can't seem to breathe in

You are my lifeline
You are my rescue
Strength in my weakness
Light in my darkness
You are my safety
Lifter of my head
The air that I need when
I can't seem to breathe in

You are my lifeline
You are my lifeline
You are my lifeline
You are my lifeline!