I’ve already known

(Verse 1)

Mama said this world’ll name you

Before you ever know your name

Everybody’s got an answer

Everybody’s got a claim

But I learned early on, boy

You don’t argue with the strong

What’s been written’s been written

Long before I came along

(Bridge)

They say time tells the truth

Yeah, it waits but it don’t lie

Every promise got a season

Every road’s got a sign

(Chorus)

I was already known before my first breath

Already loved before my first step

This world might shake me, break me, try to mold me wrong

But God don’t miss, and His word’s strong

People change, yeah, people go

But my future’s in the hands that hold my soul

I don’t need answers from a man-made throne

‘Cause my end was set from the start

Yeah, I was already known

(Verse 2)

I’ve seen friends turn to strangers

Heard the lies dressed up as truth

Watched the proud fall from their high horse

Like everybody eventually do

They tell me “Trust in what you see, son”

But I’ve seen enough to know

You don’t put your faith in people

When God’s the one in control

(Bridge)

He don’t speak and then forget

He don’t promise and delay

If He said it, He’ll do it

Even if I gotta wait

(Chorus)

I was already known before my first breath

Already marked before my first mess

This world might test me, press me, try to steal my song

But what He sends out don’t come back wrong

Storms may hit, nights get cold

But His purpose still stands when I lose control

I don’t need opinions that come and go

‘Cause my name’s written in His heart

Yeah, I was already known

(Verse)

I’ve learned to shut my mouth

Before I speak out loud

Open His word before I talk

So I don’t sound proud

He searches hearts, He weighs the mind

Pays back truth, not wasted time

Every step I take’s already drawn

Even when I don’t know why I’m gone

(Bridge)

They say “Follow your heart”

But my heart don’t always know

So I listen for His voice

When the road gets slow

This world brings trouble, that’s a fact

But He already won—so I don’t look back

(Chorus)

I was already known before my first breath

Already loved before my first step

This world might shake me, break me, try to mold me wrong

But God don’t miss, and His word’s strong

People change, yeah, people go

But my future’s in the hands that hold my soul

I don’t need answers from a man-made throne

‘Cause my end was set from the start

Yeah, I was already known

(Chorus Final)

I was already known before my first breath

Already saved before my last regret

This life may bend me, try to prove me wrong

But He works it all for good, all along

When the books are opened, when the truth is shown

I’ll stand on grace, not flesh or bone

I don’t need to be understood

By a world that comes and goes

Yeah, I was already known

(Outro)

So I commit every plan, every mile I roam

‘Cause He ain’t done with the work He’s sewn

If He formed me, He’ll see me through

Yeah, the end’s already written too