Sanctified – English Lyrics

• By: Justin Timberlake, Tobe Nwigwe
• Album: Everything I Thought It Was

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the path to redemption and spiritual awakening through Justin Timberlake's "Sanctified." Featuring Tobe Nwigwe, this song blends gospel and rock elements to explore themes of forgiveness and personal transformation, offering a powerful message of hope and renewal.

[English]

I was acting like I didn't know who it was, but okay

I know, I, I know, I know who's up there, y'all

The guy is right up there

Th-th-that, th-th-that right there is the mighty, mighty JT, JT

You know I'm an animal (animal)

I belong in the wild, wild, wild

When I get out of control

Ain't no bringin' me down, down, down

Yeah, you know I go crazy

I go off the wall, no MJ, but I'm walking on moons, it's amazing, baby

I know you're a good one (good one), closest thing to a saint

So I come alive every time we interchange

Yeah, don't condemn me

I get down on my knees and confess to your temple

You take me and serve me mercy

Somеthing about how we break all of the rulеs

Make a sinner feel so blessed

You take all of my wrongs, move right along

Take me and fix my mess

Get me up when I'm low, hand on my soul

Like you see right inside

I come out a new man, no blood on my hands, uh

Sanctified

Rid me of my sins, then you forgive them

Make me a new man and I'm

Sanctified

Sanctified

Rid me of my sins, take and forgive them

Can I get a witness?

Sanctified

Ooh, sanctified

Eeh, yeah

Ooh, I gotta come to you (only you) when I wanna repent

Surrender my all right at your throne and do it again

Yeah, you crucify me

Burn me up until there's nothing left inside me

Right hand to your every word (every word)

My religion, my love

Baptized in your ocean, willing and open, never enough

Yeah, you never judge me

You just take your halo, put it right above me

And there's something about how we break all of the rules

Make a sinner feel so blessed

You take all of my wrongs, move right along

Take me and fix my mess

Get me up when I'm low, hand on my soul

Like you see right inside

I come out a new man, no blood on my hands

Sanctified

Rid me of my sins, then you forgive them

Make me a new man and I'm

Sanctified

Sanctified

Rid me of my sins, take and forgive them

Can I get a witness?

Sanctified

Ooh, sanctified

Eeh, yeah

I get down on my knees every night and I pray for you (I get down on my knees, yeah)

Don't you see you're my savior? I'm made for ya, yeah

I get down on my knees every night and I pray for you (hallelujah, hallelujah)

Don't you see you're my savior? (Look, I swear it's only right that I)

Hold the toast just for my protection

Need the Holy Ghost 'til the resurrection

But I still might beckon angels

My complexion to swoop down your direction and make your connection to me

Yeah, just a bit stronger

I know it's wrong to sit back and conjure

A million ways for you to heal the monster

That has been postured inside my loins

Yuh, boing

That's what it do when I see you

I know you see through me and I ain't see-through

But you never treat me like I am fecal matter

Wow, had to smile

I know I ain't spoke to you like this awhile

I know you cried me a river like the Nile

But hell, I got baptized in it and came out

So, so, so, so much better

Know that I could never try to measure the weight of your glory

But sometimes, with you, it's like my head's in the pool

And my eyelids have opened in chlorine

Ah, that hoe can burn

But in return, all I discern is to be different

One has to unlearn and just be

Sanctified

Rid me of my sins, then you forgive them

Make me a new man and I'm

Sanctified

Sanctified

Rid me of my sins, take and forgive them

Can I get a witness?

Huh, sanctified

Ooh, sanctified

Eeh, yeah, huh

Ooh, sanctified

Eeh, yeah (okay)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sanctified /ˈsæŋktɪfaɪd/ B2	adjective - made holy or sacred
rid /rɪd/ A2	verb - to free someone or something from
sins /sɪnz/ A2	noun - an act that violates moral or religious law
forgive /fəˈɡɪv/ A2	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense
witness /ˈwɪtnəs/ A2	noun - a person who sees something happen
crucify /ˈkruːsɪfaɪ/ B1	verb - to kill someone by nailing or tying their hands and feet to a cross
baptized /bæpˈtaɪzd/ B1	verb - to admit someone into a Christian church through baptism
confess /kənˈfɛs/ A2	verb - to admit that one has done something wrong
mercy /ˈmɜːrsi/ A2	noun - compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish
blessed /blɛst/ A2	adjective - holy; sacred
sinner /ˈsɪnər/ A2	noun - a person who commits sin
discern /dɪˈsɜːrn/ B2	verb - to perceive or understand something obscure
unlearn /ʌnˈlɜːrn/ B2	verb - to forget or discard something previously learned
conjure /ˈkɒndʒər/ B2	verb - to summon (a spirit or ghost) by magical or supernatural means
postured /ˈpɒstʃərd/ C1	verb - to assume a particular attitude or position
discern /dɪˈsɜːrn/ B2	verb - to recognize or find out