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What Will I Say
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A sobering country-gospel song set at the judgment seat. The singer imagines standing before God Almighty with every secret laid open and the books opened wide, and faces the only question that matters: did I take the gift He offered, or did I try to pay the price myself? Works, checks, and prayers never washed a single stain — the bottom line is whether I believed the Son and let His blood speak in my place. Christ already said “It is finished” on a hill outside the gate: either He paid every last debt, or I’m walking in too late. The whispered outro asks it one final time: “Did He pay… or am I about to pay.”
"Do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."
A song for the road you're on.
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What Will I Say Dirt Road Gospel Music DirtRoadGospelMusic.com [Verse 1] When I stand before the Father God Almighty on His throne Every secret laid out open Every road I walked alone He’ll look past the Sunday smile Past the songs I used to sing And ask me how I spent the years He numbered on my name [Chorus] What will I say when I stand before You When the books are opened wide Did I take the gift You offered Or did I try to pay the price Did I fall on Jesus’ mercy Let His blood speak in my place Or am I standing there with empty hands About to pay [Verse 2] I can talk about the good I did The checks I wrote, the prayers I prayed But works don’t cover what I owed They never washed a single stain The bottom line ain’t how I felt Ain’t how hard I tried to live It’s whether I believed the Son And let Him take what I could never give [Chorus] What will I say when I stand before You When the books are opened wide Did I take the gift You offered Or did I try to pay the price Did I fall on Jesus’ mercy Let His blood speak in my place Or am I standing there with empty hands About to pay [Bridge] He already said it is finished On a hill outside the gate Either He paid every last debt Or I’m walking in too late No more time to make it right No more stories I can tell Just one question left to answer Did I trust Him or myself [Final Chorus] What will I say when I stand before You When the books are opened wide Did I take the gift You offered Or did I try to pay the price Did I fall on Jesus’ mercy Let His blood speak in my place Or am I standing there with empty hands About to pay [Outro] God Almighty… what will I say Did He pay… or am I about to pay