You've Got to Give ©

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CHORUS
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE AND LET THE WORLD GO BY,
IT'S HARD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR BUT YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA TRY,
GOD SENT HIS SON TO SAVE US AND IF YOU LOOK AT HOW HE LIVES
A LIFE OF LOVE AND TIME TO GIVE.
 

NOW YOU CAN GIVE A MILLION OR YOU CAN GIVE A DIME,
BUT TAKE A LOOK INSIDE YOU, IN YOUR HEART TO FIND.
DO YOU GIVE TO EASE YOUR CONSCIENCE? DO YOU GIVE TO CLEAR YOUR MIND?
JESUS SAYS, “GIVE ALL THE TIME.”
 
 

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR MONEY, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PRIZE.
SOMETIMES A THOUGHTFUL NOTE OR JUST THE KINDNESS IN YOUR EYES,
SHOW YOU CARE ENOUGH; DO A SIMPLE CHORE,
AND WHEN YOU GIVE, THEN GIVE SOME MORE.
 
 

YOU THINK YOU'D BE EMPTY WITH NOTHING LEFT TO SHOW,
BUT HERE'S A LITTLE MYSTERY THAT COMES FROM GOD, YOU KNOW.
THE MORE YOU GIVE TO OTHERS THE MORE THAT YOU RECEIVE,
TAKE TIME TO GIVE AND YOU WILL SEE.
 

THERE'LL BE A TIME IN HEAVEN WHEN THE SAINTS ARE GATHERED IN.
DID YOU WALK IN JESUS’ FOOTSTEPS OR LEAD A LIFE OF SIN? 
YOUR LIFE IS OPENED WIDE ON THAT JUDGEMENT DAY,
TAKE TIME TO GIVE, HERE WHAT I SAY.
 
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