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andy mineo

yeah

everybody wanna be heard. everybody wanna be seen. everybody wanna be known

and everybody got some dreams

we wanna be understood

not overlooked

and when we fall

who gon' carry us? underwood. we need love and affection

time and attention

affirmation

acceptance

someone to give direction

set apart from the rest and we wanna stand distinguished

and be the cool kid like they're chuck inglish

been on a quest for this

ever since genesis

but settling for fools gold

instead of what the treasure is

chasing after numbers yo

this must have been our exodus

we don't want no jesus 'less he's chillin' on our necklaces

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way before the moment i was born

i'm not an accident or a clone

yeah

the one that made me gave me purpose

now i don't gotta go on searching

formerly known

way before the moment i was born

i'm not an accident all alone

yeah

the one that made me

gave me purpose

now i don't gotta go on searching

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yeah

whoo

what you lookin' at now

not what i always been

i ain't braggin' on my past

but buddy i was trapped in sin

no power in myself

to overcome my flesh

i bought clothes to get undressed

but god revealed my nakedness

a hostile enemy

speech was all venom-y

jesus was a nice guy

but wasn't no friend of me

my lips said i loved him

my actions despised his reign

i had my own agenda

i was my own king

then he came

i was changed by grace through faith

every dollar that i owed it was payed

payed

payed

payed

sin bill was something i couldn't pick up

now i got my hands raised high like a stickup

he know me even better than i know myself

every hair on my head

every need i felt

so before i'm gone

gotta get to know him

c-lite no more but the light still on

formerly known

way before the moment i was born

i'm not an accident or a clone

yeah

the one that made me

gave me purpose

now i don't gotta go on searching

formerly known

way before the moment i was born

i'm not an accident all alone

yeah

the one that made me gave me purpose

now i don't gotta go on searching

formerly known

before i'm gone

gotta get to know him

c-lite no more but the light still on

formerly known

way before the moment i was born

i'm not an accident or a clone

yeah

the one that made me gave me purpose

now i don't gotta go on searching

formerly known