Free At Last

Lyrics

[Interlude: Preacher & Congregation] Young people Welcome to the Close Cover Before Striking School of Heavy Machinery and Ministry tonight Won't you please turn in your hymnals to page 333? Sister Mildred, we're gonna play "Free at Last" Free at last, thank God Almighty Free at last, free at last I thank God I'm free at last Free at last, free at last I thank God I'm free at last [Intro: Veronica Petrucci] (Have you heard?) (Listen carefully) (I can't stop) (Yeah) Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah, oh-oh-oh Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, oh-oh-oh Oh oh, oh, yeah, yeah, ooh-ooh Thank You, Lord, oh-oh-oh [Chorus: Choir] Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free at last Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free [Post-Chorus: Choir, Michael Tait & Kevin Max] 'Cause I'm free, free, free at last And I'm free, free from my past And I'm free, free, free from sin And I'm free, free, and I ain't goin' back again Thank God I'm free [Verse 1: TobyMac, TobyMac & Choir, TobyMac & Veronica Petrucci] Shackles had me down but He gave me a new sound So reclaim my name from the lost and found Ya see, somethin's got me jumpin' and I think it's the way (Uh) That He can take a hard man and turn him into soft clay Out of the darkness (Ooh), the Father has sparked this (Ooh) (Uh) The Spirit's alive (Ooh) while the flesh is a carcass (Ooh) If you're seriously (Ooh) curious about my past (Ooh) Well, I once was lost (Ooh) but I'm free at last (Ooh) [Chorus: Choir] Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free at last Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free [Post-Chorus: Choir, Michael Tait & Kevin Max] 'Cause I'm free, free (Ooh), free at last (Uh) And I'm free, free from my past And I'm free, free, free from sin (Uh) Free, free, and I ain't goin' back again Thank God I'm free [Verse 2: TobyMac, TobyMac & Choir, Veronica Petrucci, TobyMac & Veronica Petrucci] Oppression was in session and my life was the term (Uh) But when I heard about the Word, I was willin' to learn About a flavor I could savor and a brighter tomorrow (Uh) 'Cause this could never be endeavored by a wish on a star The Father first receives us (Ooh), the Truth then frees us (Ooh) (Jesus) Forgiven, now I'm livin' (Ooh) like a man full of Jesus (Ooh) (Oh) It was Hell until I fell (Ooh) upon my knees and prayed (Ooh) But now the yoke that I was totin' (Ooh) has been taken away (Ooh) (Aw, yeah, oh) [Chorus: Choir] Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free at last Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free [Post-Chorus: Choir, Kevin Max & Michael Tait] 'Cause I'm free, free, free at last Free from my past Free, free from sin And I'm free, free I'm down on my knees when my life passed me by And I ain't goin', ain't goin' back again Thank God I'm free [Break: Choir] F-R to the E-E L-A to the S-T [Bridge: TobyMac, TobyMac & Veronica Petrucci] Out of the darkness, the Father has sparked this (Huh) The Spirit's alive while the flesh is a carcass If you're seriously curious about my past Well, I was once lost but I'm free at last (Huh) [Breakdown: Choir] I'm here to tell ya what He did for me and I'm here to tell ya that He set me free and I know that He can do the same for you too He did it, I'm wit' it, so come and get it Be free at last [Chorus: Choir & Veronica Petrucci] Free, free, I'm free at last (Oh, free) I thank God Almighty I'm free at last (Hallelujah) Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free (Thank You, Lord) Free, free, I'm free at last (Oh-oh-oh) I thank God Almighty I'm free at last (Yeah) Free, free, I'm free at last I thank God Almighty I'm free [Segue: Martin Luther King Jr.] …when all of God's children—Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual… [Chorus: Choir, Veronica Petrucci & Kevin Max] Free, free, I'm free at last (Oh) (Ho-oh-oh oh-oh) I thank God Almighty I'm free at last (Yeah) Free, free, I'm free at last (I'm free) I thank God Almighty I'm free (I'm free) [Post-Chorus: Choir, Michael Tait, Kevin Max & Veronica Petrucci] 'Cause I'm free, free, free at last Yeah, free (Free at last) 'Cause I'm free, free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free Yeah, free Down on my knees when my life passed me by (Hallelujah) And I ain't goin', ain't goin' back again (Ooh oh-oh-oh ooh) Thank God I'm free [Outro: Martin Luther King Jr.] "Free at last, free at last Thank God Almighty, we are free at last"