Listen to The Altar (feat. Marvin Sapp & Beverly Crawford) by Kirk Franklin

The Altar (feat. Marvin Sapp & Beverly Crawford)

Kirk Franklin

Christian & Gospel

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Marvin Sapp

Vocals

Beverly Crawford

Beverly Crawford

Vocals

Bobby Sparks

Hammond Organ

Shaun Martin

Keyboards

Charmaine Swimpson

Charmaine Swimpson

Vocals

Chelsea West

Vocals

Cheryl Fortune

Vocals

Doc Powell

Guitar

Eric Moore

Vocals

Faith Anderson

Vocals

Keith Taylor

Bass Guitar

Michael Bethany

Michael Bethany

Vocals

Myron Butler

Vocals

Nikki Ross

Vocals

Todd Parsnow

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Kirk Franklin

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Kirk Franklin

Producer

Bobby Sparks

Co-Producer

Shaun Martin

Co-Producer

John Jaszcz

Mixing Engineer

Rob Chiarelli

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

(Yes, God)

(Sing) At the altar

You can tell

Jesus

All about it

[Verse 2]

(At the altar)

At the altar

You can tell

What your heart has to say

[Verse 3]

(You can tell Him)

You can tell Him

(Oh, my, my, my, my, my) How you need Him

(My, my) How you thank Him

(Tell Him how you love Him)

And how you love Him

[Verse 4]

(Wherever you are, you can kneel down)

At the altar

(When you kneel) When you kneel

To pray (Ooh)

(Yeah)

[Verse 5]

So if your journey through life has been bittersweet

And the courage to dream has turned incomplete, oh, my

At the altar, your brokenness He will meet

Oh, there's joy in knowing he's near

[Verse 6]

(So on this life journey)

(Oh) So if your journey through life has been bittersweet

(Oh, it's been a little bad)

(The courage) And the courage to dream has turned incomplete

(Courage to dream, oh, my, my, my)

(At the altar) At the altar, your brokenness He will meet

(He's waitin' right there, He'll make everything alright for you)

(Yes, He will, yes, He will) There's joy in knowing He's there

('Cause I know there's knowing in knowing He's there)

Yes, He is, He's there (We're gon' shake it one more time)

[Verse 7]

At the altar

(You can tell)

You can tell

(Shh, Jesus)

Jesus (Nobody but Jesus)

All about it

(He knows how to handle every situation) Oh-whoa

[Verse 8]

At the altar (At the altar, at the altar)

You can tell Him (You can tell Him just how, oh)

What your heart has to say (What it has to say)

(What it has to say, oh, say)

[Verse 9]

You can tell Him (You can tell Him, go tell Him)

How you need Him (Tell Him how you feel)

(Oh, God) How you thank Him (How you thank Him for who He is)

(And what He's done) And you love Him

Oh (At the altar)

[Verse 10]

At the altar (At the altar, yeah, yeah)

When you kneel (Yeah, yeah)

To pray (To pray)

Thank you, Jesus (Oh, Jesus)

[Verse 11]

All you have to do is humble yourself right now

And just go

Down, (Oh) down (Who down, I'm goin' way, way down)

Down (At the altar)

At the altar (Come on, I'm not gonna be ashamed)

(My, my, my, my, my, my) Down

(At this point, I don't care who's lookin' at me)

Down ('Cause I've been goin' through, I been cryin')

(I been moanin' and I) Down (I don't know what else to do)

(Right now) At the altar (Yeah)

[Verse 12]

(My mama taught me a long time ago) Down (Hallelujah)

(That I can take my burdens to the Lord) Down (Yes, God)

(Yeah-hey, and leave them there, Lord)

Down (At the altar)

(And that's why I love Him, I love Him, I love Him, I love Him)

At the altar (I love Him, yeah)

(I don't care what He is)

Down (He has everything you need)

(You can get it, you can get it) Down

Down (On your knees at the altar, it's right there)

At the altar (Come on, just wait on Him)

Down (Whatever it is, He's got it)

(He's got it everything and I)

(He's got it, oh) Down (Come on, come on)

(Just wait on Him) At the altar

(Ooh, yeah) When you kneel (When you kneel)

(He'll make everything) At the altar (Every, every)

(Every, everything alright, yeah, yeah, yes, He will)

When you kneel (When you get down on your knees)

At the altar (Yeah) when you kneel (Oh)

To pray (Yeah, yeah, He will meet your need)

(I said He will meet your need) It's right there

(I said He will meet your need) It's right there

(Is there anybody here?)

(That tried the Lord, yeah?)

(Won't He make a way outta no way?)

(Won't he open doors no man can shut) Yeah

(It's all at the altar, He will meet your need)

(Ooh)

(Yeah)

Written by: Kirk Franklin

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