Lecrae - Take Me As I Am lyrics

Grace through faith
I talked to a cat the other day
And he was like, man I really wanna come to
Christ but I gotta clean my life up first
Get my sins together
I told him, I used to think that way too
I thought I had to change myself
Before I could come to
Christ, but Christ changed me, let
Me tell you my story, it starts like this

It's 5: 46 in the morning
Tossing and turning chest burning
Sermons in my head keep re-occurring
Having visions in my head of a kid
Crying at the feet of the Father
For all the wrong things that he did
Now I'm sweating in my sheets can't sleep
My mind keeps telling me I'm 6 feet deep
(don't remind me)
Even though I'm still alive I can't tell
The way I'm living my life I
Feel I'm going to hell
God they telling me I should accept You
That You had to leave the world
Cause the world left You
Reason I can't change, like a mystery to me
So I make believe there really is
A heaven for a G
Even though they say You loved
The world so much you shed Your blood
God, I feel I'm too messed up for love
They tell me come as I am
But I smell like smoke
My whole life's full of sin
Cause it's all I know
The Bible told me that You died for my sins
If I believe in Christ to
Save me from the end
But I'm scared to ask You, to save me
My heart so evil
I got thoughts that's full of hatred
Hurting people i thought that first I had
To clean up my life now I'm hearing
I just need to cling to the light
I'm ready to do it
But Lord I pray you understand
My life is a mess, will you take me as I am?

Will You take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own
Tryna make it alone i wonder
How could You love me when my life's so ugly
But You came down and died for me
Will You take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own
Tryna make it alone i wonder
How could You love me when my life's so ugly
But You came down and died for me
Will You take me as I am

I'm sick of tryna be the man that
My daddy never taught me to be
I'm grown up now
Life ain't what I thought it would be
I made, many mistakes in my past I can't fix
Now I'm staring at this crucifix
Tatted on my wrist
Is it true what they telling me
Am I just crazy?
Did You bleed on the cross for
My sins to save me?
But why would You die for me?
My whole life I've been working for Satan
While he fed lies to me
And now I'm hearing too much
Tryna get a true touch
Of a love that can change me
I'm all screwed up
Figure hell is what I deserve
But Your Word says we all fall short
So I guess we all ought to burn
Teach me I wanna learn
How You could save a wretch like me
Before death says it's my turn
I think I finally understand
No matter my past
You'll still take me as I am
Will You take me as I am?

Will You take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own
Tryna make it alone i wonder
How could You love me when my life's so ugly
But You came down and died for me
Will You take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own
Tryna make it alone i wonder
How could You love me when my life's so ugly
But You came down and died for me
Will You take me as I am

If I was dying and had a
Few last words to give
I'd be telling people the reason to live
The reason to die
United with the King in the sky
This life is passing us by
I got no reason to lie
You'll never give the world enough
They'll hunger for more they're fickle
Their ways are nothin' to the wondrous Lord
More security than the man that left you
More love than the moms who kept you
He'll always accept you
Be everything you're supposed to
Let Christ rule your heart, mind
Body and soul cause He chose you
And if the world don't know you
It don't matter, you're Gods child
And He'll never disown you
Your purpose, on Earth is, far from worthless
That's why you glorify like
Your life's been purchased
And it don't matter if the
World don't see us
We still mean the world to Jesus
He took us as we were

Will You take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own
Tryna make it alone i wonder
How could You love me when my life's so ugly
But You came down and died for me
Will You take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own
Tryna make it alone i wonder
How could You love me when my life's so ugly
But You came down and died for me
Will You take me as I am

We're saved by grace through faith
It's not works, ain't nothing you can do
Ain't nothing I
Can do that could get us this great salvation
That we got man, it's only Christ, so if
You feel like you gotta
Clean yourself up before
You can come to Him, forget it, just
Come to Him, He'll take you as you are
And He'll change you, from the inside, out