Kirk Franklin - Be Like Him Lyrics

Built around the promise of becoming like Christ, the song treats his return as the end of pain and the beginning of direct fellowship with him. The repeated declaration gives the lyric the character of a communal confession. Its short phrases focus attention on three connected hopes: Christ will come, his people will see his face, and suffering will not have the final word. The multilingual opening broadens that confession without changing its central message.

First John 3:2 closely matches the refrain by teaching that believers will be like Christ when he appears because they will see him as he is. The promise of no more pain also echoes Revelation 21:4, where death, mourning, crying, and pain pass away in God’s renewed creation. Rather than explaining the details of Christ’s return, the song responds to that hope through repetition and anticipation. Its confidence rests on transformation, restored sight, and freedom from suffering in the presence of Christ.