Let us pray I thank you Lord for my birth, and everything that's followed I thank you Lord for today, and I will pray for tomorrow I thank you Lord for the love of my life and a friend I mad a promise-and I'm loving my wife till the end I thank you Lord for you guidance, 'cause it's all that counts And right here, right now? Lord, this is your house I thank you Lord for a dream that came true to light And I ask you to bless everybody in this room tonight I don't always do the right thing, and I ask you to forgive me 'Cause I need you here with me Without you in my life, it's empty I think back how some people did me like violence was the remedy And because I think of of that now, I pray for my enemy Not because of what I'll do, but because they don't know There's something better after here, but everybody won't go So I ask you to forgive them, and we'll hope they see And I thank you for the love that they've given to me I will not abuse it, nor will I lead them astray You see I love 'em like children that I see every day And I pray...No, we pray together If you get us throught the bad weather, and we love you forever Let your thought and my heart go hand in hand I first thought "But to start?" But I stand a man And for as long as I can, as long as you permit me Please give me the strength I need to live Bear with me Amen