Lyrics
Verse 1:
This song was written to encourage you,
those of you that are really going through;
your mind might be filled with doubt,
your life may have been scarred,
but you can make it with the Lord,
(for I know you can make it with the Lord).
Verse 2:
My hope is built on nothing less
than the blood of Jesus and His righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
you can make it in my Savior's name,
(for I know you can make it with the Lord).
Chorus:
Be encouraged, don't be discouraged,
help is truly, truly on the way;
if you can take it, you can make it,
(you can make it with the Lord),
for I know you can make it with the Lord.
Verse 3:
They say there's a recession in the land,
(unemployment's on the rise),
there is crime on every hand;
find a solution, it's really not hard,
the answer today, I found it in the Lord,
(for I know you can make it with the Lord).
Chorus
Vamp 1:
You can make it,
you can make it,
you can make it,
make it with the Lord.
You can make it,
you can make it,
you can make it,
make it with the Lord.
You can make it,
you can make it,
you can make it,
make it with the Lord, oh yeah.
Vamp 2:
Yes, you can,
yes, you can,
yes, you can.
Vamp 3:
You can make it,
you can make it,
you can make it,
make it with the Lord, oh yeah.
Ending:
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Meaning & Inspiration
You Can Make It offers direct encouragement to people facing doubt, hardship, unemployment, crime, and other pressures. Its answer is not confidence in human effort alone, but hope grounded in the Lord. The second verse adapts the classic hymn confession about building hope on Christ’s blood and righteousness, giving the song a firm theological center. Repeated assurances in the chorus and vamp turn that confession into communal encouragement for difficult circumstances.
The lyric acknowledges scars and discouragement without treating them as final. Help is described as approaching, while endurance is tied to the Savior’s name and presence. Its references to economic and social trouble make the message concrete, yet the proposed source of hope remains spiritual rather than political or material. Repetition carries a pastoral function: the phrase about making it with the Lord is reinforced until it sounds less like optimism and more like a settled confession of dependence on God’s sustaining help.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 46:1 The psalm describes God as refuge, strength, and present help in trouble.
- Hebrews 10:23 Believers are urged to hold firmly to hope because God is faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 Paul calls believers to remain steadfast because labor in the Lord is not in vain.