Intro To Amazing Grace (Live)

I'm going to introduce to the rest of the world, my daddy
Come on Reverend Doctor W. L. Norful Senior
Would you please come on up to the stage?
Come, come, come, either way, either way, either way

I, um, when I, when I was little, when I was
Growing up, uh, in Oklahoma and in Arkansas
Um, I was always my father's chief psalmist

Now that was a burden and a blessing
Uh, I was the chief psalmist, I was the minister of
Music, I was the janitor, I was the van driver, I was

I was whatever I needed to be, um, because I was the pastor's son
And one of the things, um, that I remember is I, at one point
In my life, I decided that, you know, all my friends are doing
Their thing and I'm stuck at the piano every Sunday morning
I can't go out on Saturday night 'cause
If I'm late on Sunday morning I'm...
Y'all know what I'm saying
And I, I don't have to paint no picture
The truth of the matter is
I need counseling, I was abused

I don't know, it's something about them old school whoopings
It's just a whole different kind of ball game
Amen
Go get your own switch
That ain't big enough

When I was growing up I thought my daddy was Zorro
He'd undo that belt buckle so quick
All I see was leather going in the air
When it came back down it was "Hallelujah, thank you Jesus"
Oh, but it blessed me
I am who I am because they loved me enough to discipline me
Amen, amen

One of the phenomenal things that I recall about
Growing up as the PK and, uh, my father's chief
Psalmist and, uh, armor bearer and cup bearer and...

I remember when I was, um, probably about
What was that, seven or eight years old?
Um, we used to stand next to each other
He in his robe and me with my little suit on
You know the kind where you pull the
Pocket up and it's a handkerchief?
Y'all remember them, don't y'all front
Y'all had Easter suits just like that
You just pulled a pocket out and you had a pocket seal
Amen

But I remember, we even have pictures, we have photos of, of this
But my, I would stand next to him and he would open his hymn
Book and I would stand there with my little hymn book and
We would sing together and, and it was an incredible thing
Uh, it means so much more, Daddy, now than it ever did then
Uh, I was appreciative of the opportunity because I
Was gifted and anointed to do it and I just loved it
When you're anointed to do something you're passionate about it

And so I just loved it, but now I am so incredibly
Grateful to God to have had the opportunity
In hindsight, to serve in ministry with my daddy

That doesn't happen often anymore
Come on, let's be real

That, that's, that's not everybody's story anymore
But to know now that I stood next to him and he didn't
Just tell me how to do it, he showed me how to do it

It was an, Bishop, Bishop Green, it was an incredible blessing

So tonight, we gon' relive yesteryear
Me first?
Alright
I'm in charge now
I'm just playing, I'm just playing, I'm just playing
I'm just playing, Lord knows I'm just playing