- published: 22 Jul 2009
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Kurt Carr (born on October 12, 1964) is an American gospel music composer and performer. While living in the city of Hartford, Connecticut he served as Minister of Music at The First Baptist Church of Hartford located at the time on Greenfield Street. Kurt credits Archbishop LeRoy Bailey as a positive influence in starting his professional gospel career, as Archbishop Bailey enabled Carr to perform his own music during church services.[citation needed]
Kurt Carr was born in the early 1960s in Hartford, Connecticut, where he grew up in a family who believed in Jesus, but was not deeply involved in church. At the age of 13, Kurt found himself being increasingly drawn to the church. In his early teen years, he performed as an actor and dancer at the Hartford Stage Company in a Broadway musical called "On the Town," which was directed by the late Clay Johnson. He became an active member in his church's music department. At the age of 17, he realized that he was being called to do something even higher with his life. After high school, Kurt entered into the music program at the University of Connecticut, where he studied classical music and earned a Fine Arts degree. Carr is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
(LEAD)
HOW COULD HE LOVE ME
HOW COULD HE KNOW ME
HOW COULD ONE SO AWESOME, EVER CARE SO MUCH FOR ME.
HOW COULD HE LOVE MAN, ENOUGH TO REDEEM MAN
HOW COULD HE SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON TO SET ME FREE
THAT’S JUST THE WAY THE FATHER IS, HE’LL BE YOUR FRIEND WHEN YOUR NOT HIS, THAT’S JUST HIS WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY HE IS.
HE’S NOTHING LIKE YOUR OTHER FRIENDS, HE’LL BE WITH YOU UNTIL THE END, THAT’S JUST HIS WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY HE IS
WHY DID HE CHOOSE ME, AND WHY DOES HE USE ME? HOW COULD HE PUT HIS TRUST IN ME TO CARRY OUT HIS WILL?
HOW COULD HE LOVE ME, KNOWING ALL HE KNOWS ABOUT ME
HOW COULD HE LOOK BEYOND MY FAULTS AND FIND SUCCESS IN ME
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THAT’S JUST THE WAY THE FATHER IS, HE’LL BE YOUR FRIEND WHEN YOUR NOT HIS, THAT’S JUST HIS WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY HE IS.
HE’S NOTHING LIKE YOUR OTHER FRIENDS, HE’LL BE WITH YOU UNTIL THE END, THAT’S JUST HIS WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY HE IS.
(LEAD):
HE’S GREAT AND HE’S FAITHFUL. HE’S GREAT AND HE’S FAITHFUL MORNING BY MORNING. A BRAND NEW MERCY I SEE.
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THAT’S JUST THE WAY THE FATHER IS, HE’LL BE YOUR FRIEND WHEN YOUR NOT HIS, THAT’S JUST HIS WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY HE IS.
HE’S NOTHING LIKE YOUR OTHER FRIENDS, HE’LL BE WITH YOU UNTIL THE END, THAT’S JUST HIS WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY HE IS
THAT’S JUST THE WAY, THAT’S JUST THE WAY THE FATHER IS (UNLIMTED)
ADLIB (WHY DOES HE LOVE ME AND WHY DOES HE CARE FOR ME. WHY DID HE SAVE HIS ONLY SON TO DIE FOR ME ON CALVARY? I DON’T DESERVE HIS GOODNESS. AND I DON’T DESERVE HIS GRACE WHY DOES HE LOVE ME WITH AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE)
ADLIB:
I DON’T ALWAYS LIVE LIKE I OUGHT TO LIVE, BUT HE LOVES ME. I DON’T ALWAYS PRAY LIKE I OUGHT TO PRAY, BUT HE BLESSES ME ANYWAY. GOD DIDN’T’ GIVE UP ON ME NO. AND HE DIDN’T TURN HIS BACK ON MY NO. HE REACHED WAY DOWN, SAID HE REACHED WAY DOWN AND HE PICKED ME UP TURN ME AROUND PLACED MY FEET ON A SOLID GROUND. HE’S A GOOD GOD, HE’S A GREAT GOD, HE’S AN AWESOME GOD, YES HE IS, YES HE IS, YES HE IS.
THAT’S JUST THE WAY, THE FATHER IS.