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FRIENDS SAY GO LEFT TEACHERS SAY RIGHT
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PARENTS SEEM UNCONSCIOUS OF A YOUNG MAN'S PLIGHT
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TV SAYS JUST DO IT WRONG OR RIGHT
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ALL THIS CONTRADICTION'S GOT MY NERVES PULLED TIGHT
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THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS FALSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS TRUE
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THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

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THIS WORLD IS SO CONFUSED THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
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I  CHOOSE TO LIVE FOR THE ONE WHO DIED FOR ME GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME

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BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN THE ENEMY'S IN SIGHT
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WAR'S ALREADY RAGIN' BETWEEN WRONG AND RIGHT
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NOT BY POWER NOT BY MIGHT
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ONLY BY HIS SPIRIT WILL WE WIN THIS FIGHT
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BUT IF WE DO NOT TAKE A STAND IF WE DON'T EVEN TRY
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THE BIBLE IS MY WITNESS FRIEND WE ALL WILL SURELY DIE
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CAUSE THEY CAN'T FOOL ME AND THEY CANT FOOL YOU
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MY JOB IS ALL LAID OUT FOR ME I KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO

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I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE
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I WON'T BE MOVED BY THE THINGS I FEEL OR SEE
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I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE
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WHAT I BELIEVE IS JESUS DIED FOR YOU AND ME

I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR WHAT IS TRUE
I DON'T CARE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT DO
I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR WHAT IS TRUE
IF YOU WILL I WOULD LIKE TO STAND WITH YOU

I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR GOD'S HOLY WORD
I'M GONNA LIVE BY THE TRUTH OF GOD I HEARD
I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR GOD'S HOLY WORD
I'M GONNA LIVE BY THE TRUTH OF GOD            THESE ARE NOTES
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I'M GONNA LIVE BY THE TRUTH OF GOD I'VE HEARD

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