Look at me now

<p>Persecuted, criticized, been denied and abandoned<br/>Pushed away, given away, some days I couldn&#x27;t imagine<br/>Getting harder, getting colder, was hard for me to see<br/>Tired of runnin&#x27;, tired of hurtin&#x27;, even got tired of me<br/>Tired of cryin&#x27;, tired of tryin&#x27; to forget my mistakes<br/>Tired of bein&#x27; in this storm, how much more can I take<br/>Many nights in my life, tell me why<br/>I shed more tears, my eyes would allow<br/>And after all that<br/><br/>Look at me now!<br/>I&#x27;m stronger this time around!<br/>Not because I was so good, but somehow<br/>You looked past where I was<br/>And you knew I&#x27;d come through cause You loved me<br/>Look at me know!<br/>So many didn&#x27;t make it through<br/>That&#x27;s why this heart belongs to only You!<br/>How can I complain &#x27;bout the pain I went through<br/>Cause it grew me<br/>Look at me now!<br/>Had no hope, had no future, even too hard to dream<br/>No one told me, &quot;boy, you can be whatever you want to be&quot;<br/>Then You saved me and You gave me reason to breathe again<br/>Not perfect, ya&#x27;ll, but I&#x27;m gon&#x27; run &#x27;til I make it to the end<br/>(It ain&#x27;t easy when your life&#x27;s filled with wounds that won&#x27;t heal)<br/>And you fight through the lies trying to find what&#x27;s for real<br/>Everyone wants the prize but they can&#x27;t stand the pain<br/>The strength I needed it came that night I cried out Your name<br/>To my people in the struggle, all my soldiers and believers<br/>To my survivors of Rita, Katrina and even FEMA<br/>(All things are working together for our good)<br/><br/>Look at me now!<br/>I&#x27;m stronger this time around!<br/>Not because I was so good, but somehow<br/>You looked past where I was<br/>And you knew I&#x27;d come through cause You loved me<br/>Look at me know!<br/>So many didn&#x27;t make it through<br/>That&#x27;s why this heart belongs to only You!<br/>How can I complain &#x27;bout the pain I went through<br/>Cause it grew me<br/>Look at me now!<br/><br/>Yes, I&#x27;ve seen some hard times<br/>Some bad choices that I&#x27;ve made fell back on me<br/>But now it&#x27;s time to move on, move on<br/>Can&#x27;t let my past hold down my destiny<br/>And even though I don&#x27;t always know<br/>Why you allow the night to last so long<br/>But when I see the sunlight<br/>It was only to make me strong<br/>Look at me...<br/>Look at me...<br/>Look at me...<br/>Look at me, look at me<br/><br/>I&#x27;m better now! I&#x27;m closer now!<br/>I&#x27;m thankful now! I&#x27;m happy now!<br/>Look at me! Look at me!<br/>I&#x27;m stronger now! I&#x27;m patient now!<br/>I&#x27;m grateful now! I&#x27;ll praise you now!<br/>Look at me! Look at me!