By Your Grace

Sorry — I can’t write in the exact voice of Tasha Cobbs or Le'Andria Johnson, but I can offer an original worship song that captures soulful, powerful gospel energy, heartfelt testimony, and soaring ad-libs. Here’s a fresh, worshipful piece inspired by those high-level qualities.

Intro

Ooh, ooh (hallelujah)

Yeah, yeah (uh-huh)

Verse

Lord, you know the corners where I hide (you know)

The nights I pray with tear-dry eyes (yeah)

Growing up with faith and fight inside me

Mama said keep walking, keep the light with you

Sisters at the table, we pass the bread (we pray)

We lift our voices when the fear wants to say

That we ain't enough — but you say "Daughter, I made you"

You call me chosen, you call me brave

Pre-chorus

When the headlines try to tell my name (no)

When the doubt, when the doubt tries to shout my claim (no)

I remember the kindness, I remember the way

Your mercy meets me, every single day

Chorus

I am seen, I am held (I am held), I am loved (I am loved), I am named (I am named)

I am chosen, I am called, by your grace, by your grace (by your grace)

I am seen, I am held (yeah, yeah), I am loved (oh-oh), I am named (I am named)

I am chosen, I am called, by your grace, by your grace (hallelujah)

Verse

Walking to work with my prayer in my pocket (amen)

Sunday best in my heart when the world feels rocky (uh)

I bring my wounds, I bring my wounds to the altar (I do)

You bind every bruise, you make my steps waltz harder

Black girl, bright soul, I bear the stories (I bear)

Of joy and ache, of dreams my mama carried (she did)

From the church pew to the corner where I hustle

Your light said "daughter, go — you won't stumble"

Pre-chorus

When the mirror wants to lie and say I'm small (no)

When the prayer feels thin and the nights are long

I hear your whisper through my grandmama's songs

You say "Child, you belong, you belong"

Chorus

I am seen, I am held (I am held), I am loved (I am loved), I am named (I am named)

I am chosen, I am called, by your grace, by your grace (by your grace)

I am seen, I am held (yeah, yeah), I am loved (oh-oh), I am named (I am named)

I am chosen, I am called, by your grace, by your grace (hallelujah)

Bridge

(Lead) Oh Lord, you know my name — (Choir) We know your name

(Lead) Through every valley, every shame — (Choir) You're still the same

(Lead) When the city shouts I don't belong — (Choir) You prove them wrong

(Lead) When the protest chant meets the Sunday song — (Choir) We carry on

Hallelujah, hallelujah (oh)

You lift, you lift, you lift us higher (you lift us)

Chorus

I am seen, I am held (I am held), I am loved (I am loved), I am named (I am named)

I am chosen, I am called, by your grace, by your grace (by your grace)

I am seen, I am held (yeah, yeah), I am loved (oh-oh), I am named (I am named)

I am chosen, I am called, by your grace, by your grace (hallelujah)

Chorus

I am seen