Raise Him Up

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