Higher Ground (Live at New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, MI - July 1987)

[00:00.06] Mm, well, mm
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[00:13.45] Lord, lift me up and let me stand
[00:17.13] By faith on heaven's table land
[00:20.65] A higher plane
[00:22.54] Lord, I found
[00:24.20] Oh Lord, plant my feet on higher ground (higher ground)
[00:27.76] Lord, lift me up and let me stand
[00:31.27] By faith on heaven's table land
[00:34.71] A higher place
[00:36.58] Lord, I found
[00:38.35] Jesus, plant my feet on higher ground (higher ground)
[00:42.21] Oh Lord (lift me up)
[00:44.13] Yeah
[00:45.21] Come on Jesus, come on now, mm, mm
[00:48.67] Lord, can you lift me?
[00:50.99] Oh Jesus, come on lift me up now
[00:54.49] Oh Lord, lift me
[00:58.09] Now Lord, come on, lift me up
[01:02.22] I need You, Jesus, oh, Lord
[01:06.13] Lord, lift me up
[01:09.88] When I pray, Jesus
[01:12.95] Cannot be found
[01:15.04] Lord, yeah
[01:16.91] And I'm almost down yeah, to the ground
[01:22.49] Lord
[01:27.12] Come on lift me up
[01:30.08] Lord, Lord, lift me
[01:32.56] Oh Jesus
[01:33.62] I need You to lift me up now
[01:35.51] Well
[01:37.62] Trials, oh Lord
[01:40.59] Who get in your way sometimes
[01:43.27] Sure enough it will
[01:44.45] Lord, lift me
[01:46.54] Jesus
[01:47.61] Come on, lift me up now
[01:50.35] Lord, I need you, mm, mm
[01:54.00] Lord, Lord, I need you
[01:56.58] Oh, yeah
[01:58.36] Come on, Jesus, and lift me, lift me up, mm, mm
[02:04.88] Social condition
[02:08.04] Might knock you down sometimes
[02:10.38] Yes, they will
[02:11.93] Family problems, they might drag you sometime, yeah
[02:18.85] Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, lift me up
[02:27.07] He might seem unreachable
[02:29.72] Oh, Lord, yes You do sometimes
[02:33.05] Well, yeah, I've got a Higher Power
[02:37.46] And I am going to seek, yeah
[02:42.84] Seek in prayer, sure enough
[02:45.78] Lord, lift me
[02:47.94] Oh Jesus
[02:49.29] Lord, lift me
[02:51.02] Lift me up
[02:53.35] (Lord, lift me up)
[02:56.49] (Jesus, lift me up, up, up)
[02:59.95] (Lord, lift me up)
[03:03.14] (Jesus, lift me up, up, up)
[03:06.83] (Lord, lift me up)
[03:07.68] Lord, lift me up, Jesus
[03:11.45] Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
[03:14.25] Oh, yeah
[03:18.08] Oh, oh, oh, oh, lift me
[03:20.92] Lord Jesus
[03:22.21] Come on and sing
[03:24.51] Keep on
[03:25.74] Keep on lifting me up, Lord
[03:27.96] Oh yeah, let me sing, mm, mm
[03:31.82] And Lord, lift them up, the Franklin family
[03:37.52] Oh, Jesus
[03:39.23] Oh Lord, oh Lord
[03:45.41] Oh, Christ, the Son of righteousness
[03:50.87] Oh, Jesus, off of the ground
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