(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