"God Favored Me "HEZEKIAH WALKER LYRICS Chords
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[D]
This is my testimony everybody
[D] How God [G] favored me in spite of my enemies and if [D] God did it for me, [G] he'll do the same thing for [D] you
[D] Don't [G] worry about your haters.
Your [D] haters can't do nothing with you
[G] Listen to these words
[D] [G] Love is felt [D] [A] [D] most
[G] [D] [G]
[D] I
Had my [D] share [G] of abuse Manipulated
[D] [D] And [G] [D] [A] I [F#m] [D] can't help [G] but to [Bm] give God
[Em] When [D] I think [Gm] about
[F#m] Oh, yeah, y'all [G] [Bm] I got a story
[Em] [A] And I [A] know
[D] You favor [Em] [D] me
[G] Because my enemy
[F#m] [D]
[Em] They did try
But they [Bm] couldn't try
Over me.
[F#m] Yes, they did [Bm] try
[G] But it [Em] didn't work
[D] I'm [G] still here
[D] I'm still [G] alive.
[D] I'm [G] still blessed
[D] On my way to my [Em] destiny
[D] Because [D] the favor of God [G] is on my life.
[D] Let me tell you [G] about love
[D] Love is patient
[G] Love is [D] kind
Love is [D] felt most when it's [G] genuine
I had a whole lot of [D] people in my life
[G] Who [Bm] abused my [G] love
[D] They manipulated it
[G] [Bm] And took the strength of it [E] and tried to misuse [F#m] it
[G] But [Bm] I can't help
[Em] But to give [A] God glory [C#] today
When [F#m] I [B] think about all [G] I've been through
[Bm]
[Em] And I still came out on the winning [A] side
[D] I don't know about you, but I [G] know
[D] He favored [G] me
Because my [F#m] [D] enemy
[Em] They did try
Sing it y'all
[A] [Em] But they [F#m] couldn't triumph over [Bm] me
[Em] Because greatest he that is in me
And he [D] that's in the world
That's what they did
[G] That's what they did.
They told a whole lot of lies
Favored me [F#m] my character [Bm] my [G] integrity
[D]
[G] But it would not [A] [D] [Em] [G] Compromise
[D]
[G] Me I spoke
[D] I [G] even spoke
[A] [E]
[A] They [E] whispered about me
[A] Conspired against me
[E]
[A] But God favored me [E] my character
[F#m] [G#]
[A] [E] [A]
[G#m] [E] [F#m] [B] [F#]
[B] [D#m] [F#] [G#m] [F#]
[C#] [F#] Compromise
Everything [G#m] was [F#] in question
[B] [F#] I [G#m] promised him
That I wouldn't compromise
[F#]
[B] Although I was going through
[C#] And I spoke life
And [G#m] I spoke prosperity
And I spoke hell
[F#] [B] Say yes [A#m] Yes
[B] Say [F#] [B] yes
[A#m] [G#m] Say yes Say yes
Don't leave [F#] me [B] be Say yes
[F#] [C#] Yes
[G#m] [F#]
Say yes
[A#m] [G#m] Say yes Say yes
[F#] I [G#m] [C#] don't know what you're going through
[B] [C#] But I want you to know tonight
You [F#] got favored [B] me
In your trial
[C#] In your [D#m] test
In [B] your hard time Don't worry
[F#]
[B] Attack [F#] your character
[D#m] Attack your [B] integrity Don't worry No no
[B]
Touch [A#m] your neighbor
Encourage the [D#] person next to [G#m] you
Tell them I got it
[F#] Tell them I got [B] it
I can say yes
[C#] To your will [G#m] Say [F#] yes
[G#m] [F#]
[B] Through my crisis [C#] Difficulties
[G#m] Through my [F#] hard times
Favor [C#] Favor
[G#m] I got it
I [F#] got it
I got it
I got [A#] it
[B] And [C#] the Lord gave it to me
[G#m] You know what y'all I got another witness
Come here [D#m] G.J. Rogers
[B] Wondering why I [C#] did not die
[G#m] I'll be happy to tell [F#] you why
I got favored [B] me
No Lord [C#] cry
[G#m] When fake friends say goodbye
I [F#] got favored [B] me
[F#] Some days the well was [A#m] dry
[G#m] But I got it
I have the [F#] same reply
I got favored [B] me
Evil wants to [C#] bring me down
[G#m] But [F#] God said
[F#] Again I
Yes
Come on [C#] everybody say yes
[B] Don't you got the evilness
Of your haters bring it [F#] down [B] Oh
[A#m] God [G#m] [F#] favored me
[D#m] Yes [C#] Yes
[G#] Favored [B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] me
[F#] Oh praise [B] God
[F#] [B] Thank God everybody
[F#] One [B] more [F#] time everybody
Lift your voice all over this [B] world
And say [F#] God favors [B] me
God [F#] favors me
[B] [F#]
This is my testimony everybody
[D] How God [G] favored me in spite of my enemies and if [D] God did it for me, [G] he'll do the same thing for [D] you
[D] Don't [G] worry about your haters.
Your [D] haters can't do nothing with you
[G] Listen to these words
[D] [G] Love is felt [D] [A] [D] most
[G] [D] [G]
[D] I
Had my [D] share [G] of abuse Manipulated
[D] [D] And [G] [D] [A] I [F#m] [D] can't help [G] but to [Bm] give God
[Em] When [D] I think [Gm] about
[F#m] Oh, yeah, y'all [G] [Bm] I got a story
[Em] [A] And I [A] know
[D] You favor [Em] [D] me
[G] Because my enemy
[F#m] [D]
[Em] They did try
But they [Bm] couldn't try
Over me.
[F#m] Yes, they did [Bm] try
[G] But it [Em] didn't work
[D] I'm [G] still here
[D] I'm still [G] alive.
[D] I'm [G] still blessed
[D] On my way to my [Em] destiny
[D] Because [D] the favor of God [G] is on my life.
[D] Let me tell you [G] about love
[D] Love is patient
[G] Love is [D] kind
Love is [D] felt most when it's [G] genuine
I had a whole lot of [D] people in my life
[G] Who [Bm] abused my [G] love
[D] They manipulated it
[G] [Bm] And took the strength of it [E] and tried to misuse [F#m] it
[G] But [Bm] I can't help
[Em] But to give [A] God glory [C#] today
When [F#m] I [B] think about all [G] I've been through
[Bm]
[Em] And I still came out on the winning [A] side
[D] I don't know about you, but I [G] know
[D] He favored [G] me
Because my [F#m] [D] enemy
[Em] They did try
Sing it y'all
[A] [Em] But they [F#m] couldn't triumph over [Bm] me
[Em] Because greatest he that is in me
And he [D] that's in the world
That's what they did
[G] That's what they did.
They told a whole lot of lies
Favored me [F#m] my character [Bm] my [G] integrity
[D]
[G] But it would not [A] [D] [Em] [G] Compromise
[D]
[G] Me I spoke
[D] I [G] even spoke
[A] [E]
[A] They [E] whispered about me
[A] Conspired against me
[E]
[A] But God favored me [E] my character
[F#m] [G#]
[A] [E] [A]
[G#m] [E] [F#m] [B] [F#]
[B] [D#m] [F#] [G#m] [F#]
[C#] [F#] Compromise
Everything [G#m] was [F#] in question
[B] [F#] I [G#m] promised him
That I wouldn't compromise
[F#]
[B] Although I was going through
[C#] And I spoke life
And [G#m] I spoke prosperity
And I spoke hell
[F#] [B] Say yes [A#m] Yes
[B] Say [F#] [B] yes
[A#m] [G#m] Say yes Say yes
Don't leave [F#] me [B] be Say yes
[F#] [C#] Yes
[G#m] [F#]
Say yes
[A#m] [G#m] Say yes Say yes
[F#] I [G#m] [C#] don't know what you're going through
[B] [C#] But I want you to know tonight
You [F#] got favored [B] me
In your trial
[C#] In your [D#m] test
In [B] your hard time Don't worry
[F#]
[B] Attack [F#] your character
[D#m] Attack your [B] integrity Don't worry No no
[B]
Touch [A#m] your neighbor
Encourage the [D#] person next to [G#m] you
Tell them I got it
[F#] Tell them I got [B] it
I can say yes
[C#] To your will [G#m] Say [F#] yes
[G#m] [F#]
[B] Through my crisis [C#] Difficulties
[G#m] Through my [F#] hard times
Favor [C#] Favor
[G#m] I got it
I [F#] got it
I got it
I got [A#] it
[B] And [C#] the Lord gave it to me
[G#m] You know what y'all I got another witness
Come here [D#m] G.J. Rogers
[B] Wondering why I [C#] did not die
[G#m] I'll be happy to tell [F#] you why
I got favored [B] me
No Lord [C#] cry
[G#m] When fake friends say goodbye
I [F#] got favored [B] me
[F#] Some days the well was [A#m] dry
[G#m] But I got it
I have the [F#] same reply
I got favored [B] me
Evil wants to [C#] bring me down
[G#m] But [F#] God said
[F#] Again I
Yes
Come on [C#] everybody say yes
[B] Don't you got the evilness
Of your haters bring it [F#] down [B] Oh
[A#m] God [G#m] [F#] favored me
[D#m] Yes [C#] Yes
[G#] Favored [B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] me
[F#] Oh praise [B] God
[F#] [B] Thank God everybody
[F#] One [B] more [F#] time everybody
Lift your voice all over this [B] world
And say [F#] God favors [B] me
God [F#] favors me
[B] [F#]
Key:
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G#m
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is my testimony everybody
[D] How God [G] favored me in spite of my enemies and if [D] God did it for me, [G] he'll do the same thing for [D] you
[D] Don't [G] worry about your haters.
Your [D] haters can't do nothing with you
[G] Listen to these words
[D] _ _ _ [G] Love _ is felt [D] _ [A] _ [D] most
[G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ I
Had my [D] share [G] of abuse Manipulated
[D] _ _ [D] And [G] _ [D] _ [A] I [F#m] [D] can't help [G] but to [Bm] give God
[Em] When [D] I think [Gm] about
[F#m] Oh, yeah, y'all [G] [Bm] I got a story
[Em] _ [A] And I [A] know
[D] You favor [Em] [D] me
[G] Because my enemy
[F#m] _ [D]
[Em] They did try
But they [Bm] couldn't try
Over me.
[F#m] Yes, they did [Bm] try
[G] But it [Em] didn't work
_ [D] I'm [G] still here
[D] I'm still [G] alive.
[D] I'm [G] still blessed
[D] On my way to my [Em] destiny
[D] Because [D] the favor of God [G] is on my life.
[D] Let me tell you [G] about love
_ [D] Love is patient _
[G] Love is [D] kind
Love is [D] felt most when it's [G] genuine
I had a whole lot of [D] people in my life _
[G] Who [Bm] abused my [G] love
[D] They manipulated it _ _
[G] [Bm] And took the strength of it [E] and tried to misuse [F#m] it
[G] But [Bm] I can't help
[Em] But to give [A] God glory [C#] today
When [F#m] I [B] think about all [G] I've been through
[Bm]
[Em] And I still came out on the winning [A] side
[D] I don't know about you, but I [G] know
[D] He favored [G] me
Because my [F#m] [D] enemy
[Em] They did try
Sing it y'all
[A] [Em] But they [F#m] couldn't triumph over [Bm] me
[Em] Because greatest he that is in me
And he [D] that's in the world
That's what they did
[G] That's what they did.
They told a whole lot of lies
Favored me [F#m] my character [Bm] my [G] integrity
_ _ [D]
[G] But it would not [A] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [G] Compromise
[D]
[G] Me I spoke
[D] I [G] even spoke
[A] _ [E]
[A] They [E] whispered about me
[A] Conspired against me
_ [E]
[A] But God favored me [E] my character
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ [D#m] _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ [F#] Compromise
Everything [G#m] _ was [F#] in question
[B] _ _ [F#] I [G#m] promised him
That I wouldn't compromise
[F#]
[B] Although I was going through
[C#] And I spoke life
And [G#m] I spoke prosperity
And I spoke hell
[F#] [B] Say yes [A#m] Yes
_ [B] Say _ [F#] _ [B] yes
[A#m] _ [G#m] Say yes Say yes
Don't leave [F#] me [B] be Say yes
[F#] [C#] Yes
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _
Say yes
[A#m] _ [G#m] Say yes Say yes
[F#] I [G#m] [C#] don't know what you're going through
[B] [C#] But I want you to know tonight
You [F#] got favored [B] me
In your trial
[C#] In your [D#m] test
In [B] your hard time Don't worry
[F#]
[B] Attack [F#] your character
[D#m] Attack your [B] integrity Don't worry No no
[B]
Touch [A#m] your neighbor
Encourage the [D#] person next to [G#m] you
Tell them I got it
[F#] Tell them I got [B] it
I can say yes
[C#] To your will [G#m] Say [F#] yes
[G#m] _ [F#]
[B] Through my crisis [C#] Difficulties
[G#m] Through my [F#] hard times _ _
Favor [C#] Favor
[G#m] I got it
I [F#] got it
I got it
I got [A#] it
[B] And [C#] the Lord gave it to me
[G#m] You know what y'all I got another witness
Come here [D#m] G.J. Rogers
[B] Wondering why I [C#] did not die
[G#m] I'll be happy to tell [F#] you why
I got favored [B] me
No Lord [C#] cry
[G#m] When fake friends say goodbye
I [F#] got favored [B] me
[F#] Some days the well was [A#m] dry
[G#m] But I got it
I have the [F#] same reply
I got favored [B] me
Evil wants to [C#] bring me down
[G#m] But [F#] God said
[F#] Again I
Yes
Come on [C#] everybody say yes
[B] Don't you got the evilness
Of your haters bring it [F#] down [B] Oh
_ [A#m] God [G#m] [F#] favored me _
[D#m] Yes [C#] Yes
[G#] Favored [B] _ [G#m] _ _
[F#] [B] me
[F#] Oh praise [B] God
[F#] [B] Thank God everybody
[F#] One [B] more [F#] time everybody
Lift your voice all over this [B] world
And say [F#] God favors [B] me
God [F#] favors me _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is my testimony everybody
[D] How God [G] favored me in spite of my enemies and if [D] God did it for me, [G] he'll do the same thing for [D] you
[D] Don't [G] worry about your haters.
Your [D] haters can't do nothing with you
[G] Listen to these words
[D] _ _ _ [G] Love _ is felt [D] _ [A] _ [D] most
[G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ I
Had my [D] share [G] of abuse Manipulated
[D] _ _ [D] And [G] _ [D] _ [A] I [F#m] [D] can't help [G] but to [Bm] give God
[Em] When [D] I think [Gm] about
[F#m] Oh, yeah, y'all [G] [Bm] I got a story
[Em] _ [A] And I [A] know
[D] You favor [Em] [D] me
[G] Because my enemy
[F#m] _ [D]
[Em] They did try
But they [Bm] couldn't try
Over me.
[F#m] Yes, they did [Bm] try
[G] But it [Em] didn't work
_ [D] I'm [G] still here
[D] I'm still [G] alive.
[D] I'm [G] still blessed
[D] On my way to my [Em] destiny
[D] Because [D] the favor of God [G] is on my life.
[D] Let me tell you [G] about love
_ [D] Love is patient _
[G] Love is [D] kind
Love is [D] felt most when it's [G] genuine
I had a whole lot of [D] people in my life _
[G] Who [Bm] abused my [G] love
[D] They manipulated it _ _
[G] [Bm] And took the strength of it [E] and tried to misuse [F#m] it
[G] But [Bm] I can't help
[Em] But to give [A] God glory [C#] today
When [F#m] I [B] think about all [G] I've been through
[Bm]
[Em] And I still came out on the winning [A] side
[D] I don't know about you, but I [G] know
[D] He favored [G] me
Because my [F#m] [D] enemy
[Em] They did try
Sing it y'all
[A] [Em] But they [F#m] couldn't triumph over [Bm] me
[Em] Because greatest he that is in me
And he [D] that's in the world
That's what they did
[G] That's what they did.
They told a whole lot of lies
Favored me [F#m] my character [Bm] my [G] integrity
_ _ [D]
[G] But it would not [A] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [G] Compromise
[D]
[G] Me I spoke
[D] I [G] even spoke
[A] _ [E]
[A] They [E] whispered about me
[A] Conspired against me
_ [E]
[A] But God favored me [E] my character
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ [D#m] _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ [F#] Compromise
Everything [G#m] _ was [F#] in question
[B] _ _ [F#] I [G#m] promised him
That I wouldn't compromise
[F#]
[B] Although I was going through
[C#] And I spoke life
And [G#m] I spoke prosperity
And I spoke hell
[F#] [B] Say yes [A#m] Yes
_ [B] Say _ [F#] _ [B] yes
[A#m] _ [G#m] Say yes Say yes
Don't leave [F#] me [B] be Say yes
[F#] [C#] Yes
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _
Say yes
[A#m] _ [G#m] Say yes Say yes
[F#] I [G#m] [C#] don't know what you're going through
[B] [C#] But I want you to know tonight
You [F#] got favored [B] me
In your trial
[C#] In your [D#m] test
In [B] your hard time Don't worry
[F#]
[B] Attack [F#] your character
[D#m] Attack your [B] integrity Don't worry No no
[B]
Touch [A#m] your neighbor
Encourage the [D#] person next to [G#m] you
Tell them I got it
[F#] Tell them I got [B] it
I can say yes
[C#] To your will [G#m] Say [F#] yes
[G#m] _ [F#]
[B] Through my crisis [C#] Difficulties
[G#m] Through my [F#] hard times _ _
Favor [C#] Favor
[G#m] I got it
I [F#] got it
I got it
I got [A#] it
[B] And [C#] the Lord gave it to me
[G#m] You know what y'all I got another witness
Come here [D#m] G.J. Rogers
[B] Wondering why I [C#] did not die
[G#m] I'll be happy to tell [F#] you why
I got favored [B] me
No Lord [C#] cry
[G#m] When fake friends say goodbye
I [F#] got favored [B] me
[F#] Some days the well was [A#m] dry
[G#m] But I got it
I have the [F#] same reply
I got favored [B] me
Evil wants to [C#] bring me down
[G#m] But [F#] God said
[F#] Again I
Yes
Come on [C#] everybody say yes
[B] Don't you got the evilness
Of your haters bring it [F#] down [B] Oh
_ [A#m] God [G#m] [F#] favored me _
[D#m] Yes [C#] Yes
[G#] Favored [B] _ [G#m] _ _
[F#] [B] me
[F#] Oh praise [B] God
[F#] [B] Thank God everybody
[F#] One [B] more [F#] time everybody
Lift your voice all over this [B] world
And say [F#] God favors [B] me
God [F#] favors me _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _