[Intro: Kirk Franklin]
For those of you that are going through it
I want you to wipe every tear from your eye, hahahaha
'Cause Jesus said he'd meet us someday, haha
Down by the riverside
Can I get a witness up in here?

[Verse 1: Choir, Kirk Franklin]
It's Friday and my bills are due
My three-month-old baby need some shoes
Can you feel what I'm going through?
Clock on the wall keeps tickin' tockin'
No stoppin' and somebody's knockin'
On the door tellin' me to go (Lord have mercy)
Brother, I can't take no mo'
So with my knees I hit the flo'
And say help me Jesus, help me Jesus
(Well, come on, y'all)

[Chorus: Choir, Kirk Franklin]
Let's go down by the riverside (Woo)
Leave your problems all behind
You can rest your troubled minds
Down by the riverside

[Interlude: Kirk Franklin]
I don't think you heard me the first time
So then why don't I say it one more time
Everybody, Jesus is gon' meet us down there by the riverside
One time for your holy minds
Come on
[Verse 2: Choir, Kirk Franklin]
If I concentrate on all the bad
And all the things I wish I had
How can the dark clouds ever pass?
(That's right, that's right)
Weeping may endure for a night
But joy comes in the morning light
God'll keep your spirit right
So, no matter what the people say (Ow, hahaha)-
Ain't nobody takin' this joy away
(This joy, you ain't gon' take it away from me)
In spite of everything I've been through, I can say
(What you gon' say?)
Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus
(Everybody)

[Interlude: Choir, Kirk Franklin]
Let's go down by the riverside
(Said I'm gon' meet you down there, my brother)
Leave your problems all behind
(That's right, my sister, I'm gon' see you down there)
You can rest your troubled minds
(That's right, that's right, come on and get your joy on)
Down by
(Let me say it one more time, everybody)
Let's go down by the riverside
(I'm feeling this thing up in here, Bobby)
Leave your problems all behind
(Put your hands together, everybody)
You can rest your troubled minds
(That's right, where you gon' rest today, uh-huh)
Down by
[Interlude: Kirk Franklin]
Wait a minute, I got something I wanna say up in here
Now listen, I know sometimes troubles come
Everybody goes through the storm and the rain
But listen, weeping may endure for a night
But how many of y'all know that joy cometh in the morning?
I need a witness up in here, Lord

[Chorus: Choir, Kirk Franklin]
Let's go down by the riverside
(That's right, that's right, come on, everybody)
Leave your problems all behind
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, come on and get your praise on)
You can rest your troubled minds
(Where gon' rest today? Where you gon' rest today?)
Down by
(I feel it, sing, one more time, family, sing)
Let's go down by the riverside
(Are you coming? Are coming with us? Come on)
Leave your problems all behind
(That's right, we're walking into a new thing)
You can rest your troubled minds
(Uh-huh, where we gon' rest today, family?)
Down by (Uh-huh, uh, where?) the riverside

[Interlude / Outro / Bridge: Kirk Franklin, Choir]
Oh, what you say now? (Wow)
Haha, I bet you won't say it again (Wow)
I bet you won't say it another time (Wow)
So this what I want you to do
Put your hands together
And this is what we're gon' do right here
Family
[Outro: Choir, Kirk Franklin]
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside (Huh?)
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
(Everybody say)
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now
There's a blessing in the water, y'all
(I feel like preaching up in here)
Down by the riverside
('Cause God's been good to me)
Say what now
There's a healing in the water, y'all
Down by the riverside
Say what now