"Daddy's DNA" lyrics

"Daddy's DNA"

I thought the world had something special I was missing
My daddy told me not to chase it. Didn't listen
Fell downhill a mile a minute
Before I knew it, I was livin'
In a pig sty a long, long way from home

I went runnin' like a rebel
Racked up debts I couldn't pay
I went dancing with the devil
With one foot in the grave
How the Heaven did I get here?
Went and threw it all away
All I've given You was trouble
All You've given me was grace

And the freedom I was chasing felt like prison
Lord, I've done so many things, wish I didn't
And after all the risky business
Could I ever be forgiven?
I'm afraid to even ask to come back home

'Cause I went runnin' like a rebel
Racked up debts I couldn't pay
I went dancing with the devil
With one foot in the grave
How the Heaven did I get here?
Went and threw it all away
All I've given You was trouble
All You've given me is grace

Given me is grace

When I sobered up, and came back to my senses
I was too far gone to make up all the distance
I gambled all that I'd been given
I was broke, alone and wishing
That I could turn around and go back home
When I heard the sound of footsteps down the road

And You came runnin' like a rebel
Paid off debts I couldn't pay
You went dancing with the devil
Sent that liar to his grave
How the Heaven did I get here?
Where every sin has been erased
All I've given You was trouble
All You've given me is grace

There was something in the marrow
Always coursing through my veins
But buried deeper than the rubble
Is my daddy's DNA


Writer(s): Hank Bentley, Brandon Lake, Jacob Sooter, Solomon Ray, Zak Dillon, Leon Gregory, Elizabeth Hashley
album: "King Of Hearts" (2025)
Brandon Lake - King Of Hearts album cover
1,000,000 Reasons Why
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Golgotha
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
As For Me & My Home (Remix)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Daddy's DNA (American Idol Version)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
SEVENS (Live)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
But God (Live)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Daddy's DNA (Live)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Hard Fought Hallelujah
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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