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Choose what matters beyond wealth and applause.
English acoustic folk gospel · guitar arpeggios, walking bass and male lead
This is a cover interpretation of I’d Rather Have Jesus, not a newly written original. The first verse sets aside wealth; the second, applause and fame, choosing to follow Jesus. It offers a particular value choice without requiring every listener to share the faith or rewriting it as a generic love story.
The published direction is acoustic folk gospel around 80 BPM in 4/4, with guitar arpeggios, walking bass and male lead, a plain hymn-like melody and no drums or percussion. The source’s run-together lyric format is preserved without invented words. The new art film answers the lyrics with ten leadlight stained-glass paintings; the Suno song doorway remains available.
Read the lyrics
[Verse 1]I'd rather have Jesus than silver or goldI'd rather be His than have riches untoldI'd rather have Jesus than houses or landI'd rather be led by His nail-scarred handThan to be a king of a vast domainOr be held in sin's dread swayI'd rather have Jesus than anythingThis world affords today[Verse 2]I'd rather have Jesus than men's applauseI'd rather be faithful to His dear causeI'd rather have Jesus than worldwide fameI'd rather be true to His holy nameThan to be a king of a vast domainOr be held in sin's dread swayI'd rather have Jesus than anythingThis world affords today
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