I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN
TO PRAISE THE LORD
I WASN'T RAISED
TO DOUBT
I WASN'T RAISED TO POUT
I WAS RAISED
TO SHOUT FOR JOY
FOR JESUS IS ALIVE
AND HE'S LIVING IN ME
HE HAS BROKEN
EVERY CHAIN
OF CAPTIVITY
I'M TOO BLESSED
TO BE STRESSED
YOU SEE
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN
TO PRAISE THE LORD
I CAN CONCENTRATE
ON THE BAD THINGS
I CAN WRITE ABOUT
THE SORROW AND PAIN
FOR I HAVE WEATHERED
A STORM OR TWO
BEEN CAUGHT
OUT IN THE RAIN
BUT I WON'T GIVE IN
TO DEPRESSION
I'M GONNA PRAISE
THE LORD
ANYWAY
FOR GREATER IS HE
THAT'S LIVING IN ME
THAN HE
THAT'S IN THE WORLD
TODAY
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN TO PRAISE
THE LORD
I WASN'T RAISED
TO DOUBT
I WASN'T RAISED
TO POUT
I WAS RAISED
TO SHOUT FOR JOY
FOR JESUS IS ALIVE
AND HE'S LIVING IN ME
HE HAS BROKEN
EVERY CHAIN
OF CAPTIVITY
I'M TOO BLESSED
TO BE STRESSED
YOU SEE
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN
TO PRAISE THE LORD
NOW I CAN SING ABOUT
GLOOM AND SADNESS
BUT NO ONE
WANTS TO HEAR
THAT OL' SONG
LEAST OF ALL
THE GOD I SERVE
WHO'S SITTING UPON
HIS THRONE
HE WANTS TO HEAR
THESE LIPS
ADORE HIM
HIS MERCY AND GRACE
PROCLAIMED
I'M WONDERFULLY MADE
TO BE A CHANNEL
OF PRAISE
THAT'S WHY I WANNA
PRAISE HIS NAME
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN
TO PRAISE THE LORD
I WASN'T RAISED
TO DOUBT
I WASN'T RAISED
TO POUT
I WAS RAISED
TO SHOUT FOR JOY
FOR JESUS IS ALIVE
AND HE'S LIVING IN ME
HE HAS BROKEN
EVERY CHAIN
OF CAPTIVITY
I'M TOO BLESSED
TO BE STRESSED
YOU SEE
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN
TO PRAISE THE LORD
YEAH I'M TOO BLESSED
TO BE STRESSED
YOU SEE
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WASN'T BORN
TO MOURN
I WAS BORN
TO PRAISE THE LORD
