Hear Lainey Wilson and Brandon Lake duet on ‘The Jesus I Know Now’

Just in time for Easter, Lainey Wilson and Brandon Lake have released a faith-based duet.

“‘The Jesus I Know Now‘ with my good friend @laineywilson is OUT NOW,” Brandon wrote on Instagram. “I hope it reminds you that, like my Momma used to tell me, ‘Jesus doesn’t just love you – He likes you.’”

“So excited to have this out,” Lainey wrote in the comments.

The song, written by Lainey, Brandon, Emily Weisband and Luke Laird, talks about the Jesus you learn about when you’re a child versus the Jesus you come to know as you get older.

“I was told He would save me/ If I showed up to church and I shut my mouth/ If I smoked, if I drank, if I cussed, I’d think/ I was on a long black train to Hell/ Yeah, I thought I knew Him/ ’til I met Him for myself,” they sing in the first verse.

In the chorus they sing, “But the Jesus I know now/ Ain’t shakin’ a fist, ain’t raisin’ a brow/ Yeah, the Jesus I know now/ Ain’t runnin’ away from a party crowd/ I found a friend/ Who hangs with the misfits, listens, forgives, then forgives again/ Can’t believe I was missin’ out/ On the Jesus I know now.”

In the song’s bridge, Lainey sings about success: “Yeah, I got what I wanted/ I heard my song on the radio/ Left me longin’ and lonelier/ Top of the world with an empty heart/ And nowhere left to go/ But back into the arms of the Jesus I know now.”

The song follows Brandon’s collaborations with Jelly Roll and Cody Johnson, “Hard-Fought Hallelujah” and “When a Cowboy Prays,” respectively.

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