Check Me First Lyrics
"Before I ask for honesty... Have I told myself the truth?"
Check Me First
Album: Check Me First
Before I ask him to leave her,
Did I leave what was hurting me?
Before I ask him to choose me,
Did I choose me faithfully?
Before I ask for honesty,
Have I told myself the truth?
Before I ask somebody else to grow,
Have I outgrown my excuse?
Lord, before I point a finger,
Help me count the ones on me
Before I judge another harvest,
Show me my own seed
Chorus
Check me first
Before I check
I'll Go First
Verse 1
Before I ask him to leave her,
Did I leave what was hurting me?
Before I ask him to choose me,
Did I choose me faithfully?
Before I ask for honesty,
Have I told myself the truth?
Before I ask somebody else to grow,
Have I outgrown my excuse?
Pre-Chorus
Lord, before I point a finger,
Help me count the ones on me
Before I judge another harvest,
Show me my own seed
Chorus
Check me first
Before I check the world
Check me first
Before I correct a girl
Check me first
Before I demand what's due
What am I asking of you
That I refuse to do?
Check me first.
Verse 2
I want six figures from a company
But can I build six figures alone?
I say they should pay me what I'm worth
But have I learned what I don't know?
I criticize another's weakness
As though I walk above the test
Yet maybe what I call my greatness
Is simply favor, nothing less
Maybe the gift was never earned
Maybe the door was never mine
Maybe God opened up my eyesight
Where He left another blind
Bridge
Who hardened Pharaoh's heart?
Who gave one talent, who gave five?
Who am I to boast in vision
If God Himself controls the light?
Who am I to mock a struggler
For not seeing what I see?
Maybe grace is not a trophy
Maybe grace is mercy
So before I celebrate myself
Or make another feel small
Lord remind me every blessing
Wasn't mine to own at all
Final Chorus
Check me first
Before I check the world
Check me first
Before I measure her
Check me first
Before I ask for something new
What am I asking of you
That I refuse to do?
Check me first
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