Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and… Read Full Bio ↴Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and artist.
Donald Lawrence studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin.
Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director.[1] (NOTE: The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC.) The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts.[3] The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995.[4] It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records.
In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release, the album never materialized.
In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts. When tri-city4.com was finally released in 2001, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts. The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price.
Lawrence only waited a year before delivering the follow-up Go Get Your Life Back in 2002. "The Best is Yet to Come", a song sonically much in the vein of the previous smash "Testify," was chosen as the album's lead single. This release featured guest appearances from Ann Nesby (formerly of Sounds of Blackness) and gospel pioneer Walter Hawkins. The momentum continued with the 2003 release of Restoring The Years, a greatest hits album featuring two new songs.
The next album would mark a fresh start for Donald Lawrence. I Speak Life was his first solo album, the debut for his newly inked recording contract with Verity Records, and also the first release under his new sublabel Quiet Water Entertainment. Though the album was without The Tri-City Singers, guest appearances were plenteous. Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Faith Evans, Richard Smallwood, and Carl Thomas all contributed to the album. Even jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic "Don't Forget To Remember". The effort earned Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins.
In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording. Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006. Each release was a CD/DVD set that chronicled the audio and video of one half of the concert, with packages that locked into one another respectively. A special edition of Finale was later released with both CDs and DVDs. The blowout concert included guest appearances from Karen Clark Sheard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Daryl Coley, LaShun Pace, Darwin Hobbs, and many other gospel luminaries. The album's lead single "The Blessing Of Abraham" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in December 2006. His sophomore solo album, The Law of Confession Part I was released in February 2009. Donald said in an interview that The Law of Confession, Part II will be released soon, but he's focusing on other projects.
Donald Lawrence studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin.
Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director.[1] (NOTE: The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC.) The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts.[3] The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995.[4] It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records.
In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release, the album never materialized.
In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts. When tri-city4.com was finally released in 2001, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts. The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price.
Lawrence only waited a year before delivering the follow-up Go Get Your Life Back in 2002. "The Best is Yet to Come", a song sonically much in the vein of the previous smash "Testify," was chosen as the album's lead single. This release featured guest appearances from Ann Nesby (formerly of Sounds of Blackness) and gospel pioneer Walter Hawkins. The momentum continued with the 2003 release of Restoring The Years, a greatest hits album featuring two new songs.
The next album would mark a fresh start for Donald Lawrence. I Speak Life was his first solo album, the debut for his newly inked recording contract with Verity Records, and also the first release under his new sublabel Quiet Water Entertainment. Though the album was without The Tri-City Singers, guest appearances were plenteous. Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Faith Evans, Richard Smallwood, and Carl Thomas all contributed to the album. Even jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic "Don't Forget To Remember". The effort earned Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins.
In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording. Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006. Each release was a CD/DVD set that chronicled the audio and video of one half of the concert, with packages that locked into one another respectively. A special edition of Finale was later released with both CDs and DVDs. The blowout concert included guest appearances from Karen Clark Sheard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Daryl Coley, LaShun Pace, Darwin Hobbs, and many other gospel luminaries. The album's lead single "The Blessing Of Abraham" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in December 2006. His sophomore solo album, The Law of Confession Part I was released in February 2009. Donald said in an interview that The Law of Confession, Part II will be released soon, but he's focusing on other projects.
Never Seen The Righteous
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Never Seen The Righteous' by these artists:
The Tri-City Singers I was young and now I'm old Seen a lot of…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers:
And Yet I'm Still Saved Chorus: And yet I'm still saved, Not by my own power, not…
Best Is Yet to Come Hold on, my brother, Don't give up Hold on, my sister,…
Better You Afraid you Can't we play the game I afraid of pain Frea…
Bless Me Bless me, bless me Oh Lord, bless me indeed Enlarge my terri…
Blessed Blessed be the name Blessed be the name Blessed be the name…
Can I Lay In Your Arms Can I lay in Your arms Keep me from all harm Breathe…Carol of the Bells Hark! how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say "Thro…
Cast Your Cares Said you're trying everything To be a righteous one You're o…
Dance I am Tris Greene And I want to feel your touch,…
Deliver Me He leads me beside still waters He restoreth my soul When yo…
Don Don't forget to remember where your blessings come from. Do…
E-Mail Et on parlait de la baiser, on parlait de le…
Encourage Yourself Sometimes you have to encourage yourself. Sometimes you have…
Giants Giants, Do die. The bigger they are, The harder they fall. G…
Give Love On Christmas People making lists, buying special gifts Taking time to be …
God Oh thou who knowest my beginning Thou who created the plan W…
God Is God is the strength of my heart And my portion…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be li…
I Am God I am God all by myself, I don't need any…
I Can When I think about the state of the world Innocent victims,…
I Can Hear the Angels Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King Peace …
I Can't Complain When I think about the state of the world Innocent victims,…
If I Can If I can't say a word, I'll just wave my…
In The Presence Of A King You come from Royalty, An aristocratic dynasty The goal of t…
Intro I am God all by myself, I don't need any…
Intro: Matthew 28 Destroy this temple and in three days, I will raise…
It's Your Time Giแป nร y cรฒn gรฌ ngoร i chuyแปn tรฌnh cแปงa ฤรดi ta Stuck…
Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
Lord I Try Well, I cried and I cried Cried and I cried Cried all…
Love's Holiday C- Love's holiday Give some love away Touch somebody's life …
Matthew 28 Destroy this temple and in three days, I will raise…
O'Peter Cรณ mแปt khรดng gian nร o ฤo chiแปu dร i nแปi nhแป Cรณ khoแบฃng…
Outro You are an angel And you know that I'm one too So…
Restoring The Years Lend me your ears, thus said the Lord Just know that…
Seasons I feel seasons everywhere And I feel blessings in the air Th…
Sign Me Up Turn me up, yeah I wanna be the someone That the Man…
Stranger (feat. Brenda Waters) There is a stranger in town He's given…
Testify In the morning when I wake I'm so thankful for…
The Best Is Yet To Come Hold on, my brother, don't give up Hold on, my sister,…
The Blessing Of Abraham I am the Lord Who health thee. Oh that you only trust…
When Sunday Comes When Sunday comes My trouble gone As soon as it gets here I'…
When The Saints Go To Worship This song is never ending chapter of my love for…
You Are An Heir Don't you know That you are royal greatness Chosen to reign …
We have lyrics for these tracks by Donald Lawrence:
angels With all the good times, when you want some, where…
Back II Eden When God made man, He made a spirit It was His…
Beautiful Feet Beautiful are the feet of those which carry this gospel They…
Best for Last Just want to encourage you Remind you the best is still…
Best Is Yet To Come The Hold on, my brother, Don't give up Hold on, my sister,…
Bless Me Bless me, bless me Oh Lord, bless me indeed Enlarge my terri…
Blessing Is on You [Choir:] The Lord has made... a covenant with you He has p…
blessing of abraham I am the Lord Who health thee. Oh that you only trust…
Can I Lay In Your Arms Can I lay in Your arms Keep me from all harm Breathe…
Carol of The Bells Hark! how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say "Thro…
Celebrate I feel a celebration, show my appreciation He is the great…
Deliver Me He leads me beside still waters He restoreth my soul When yo…
Don't Forget To Remember Don't forget to remember where your blessings come from. Don…
Encourage Yourself Sometimes you have to encourage yourself Sometimes you have …
Giants Giants, Do die. The bigger they are, The harder they fall. G…
God Oh thou who knowest my beginning Thou who created the plan W…
Happy Being Me Baby, I'm thanking you Looking back on when I started Ha…
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be lig…
Healed Got a story to tell you about some things that…
Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth a rest, a rest For the people of God A…
Hebrews 4:9 "A Rest" there remaineth rest, a rest for the people of god a promise…
I Am God I am God all by myself, I don't need any…
I Can'T Complain When I think about the state of the world Innocent victims,…
I Speak Life We're livin' in a time Where everybody is strugglin' for the…
If I Can't Say A Word If I can't say a word, I'll just wave my…
In the Presence of a King You come from Royalty, An aristocratic dynasty The goal of t…
Instrument Giants, Do die. The bigger they are, The harder they fall. G…
Intro I am God all by myself, I don't need any…
Just Like The Air The promises of God are always there, Everywhere, just like …
Lamb Who'd ever thought a lamb would die for me? Who'd ever…
Law of Confession Man can't cannot live by bread alone But by every word…
Let The Word Do The Work One word away! One word away! The power of life and…
Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
Matthew 28 Destroy this temple and in three days, I will raise…
Mighty God What a mighty god we serve Marvelous in all his works Heaven…
Miracles And with all his facts He tins not to react He simply…
Overture When the saints go to worship That's when the King of…
Restoring The Years Lend me your ears, thus said the Lord Just know that…
Right Now Don't want to wait 'til tomorrow Why put it off another…
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose. And i…
Say a Prayer Lord I come to you I ask you to grant my…
Say Prayer Intro Lord I come to you I ask you to grant my…
Seasons I feel seasons everywhere And I feel blessings in the air Th…
Soulful Noel Shoo, bah-doo, dee, dee, dee-doo, doo-doo (yeah) Shoo, bah-d…
Speak Life We're livin' in a time Where everybody is strugglin' for the…
Stranger Thereโฒs a Stranger in town He's giving sight to the blind He…
Sweet Little Jesus Boy / We Didn't Know Sweet little Jesus boy, lying in a manger Sweet little Holy…
Testify In the morning when I wake I'm so thankful for…
The Best Is Yet Hold on, my brother, Don't give up Hold on, my sister,…
The Blessing Is On You (Choir) The Lord has made?a covenant with you He has promi…
The Blessing Of Abraham I am the Lord Who health thee. Oh that you only trust…
The Gift The gift it looks good on you The gift it looks…
The Law of Confession Man can't cannot live by bread alone But by every word…
There Is a King in You You come from Royalty, An aristocratic dynasty The goal of t…
Wailing' to Dancin' You turned my wailin' into dancin', Took my sorrow, gave me…
When Sunday Comes When Sunday comes My trouble gone As soon as it gets here I'…
When The Saints Go To Worship This song is never ending chapter of my love for…
Word of My Power (Choir and Lead) By the wordโฆof my powerโฆI speakโฆover you …
Word of the Lord The word of the Lord is great, eternal And it shall…
You Are An Heir Don't you know That you are royal greatness Chosen to reign …
You Cover Me I could have lost my mind Wanted to give up so…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Tri-City Singers:
Blessing Of Abraham I am the Lord Who health thee. Oh that you only trust…
Cast Your Cares Said you're trying everything To be a righteous one You're o…
Dance In The Spirit Make it the time naver to be wasted I knew that…
Don Don't forget to remember where your blessings come from. Don…
Encourage Yourself Sometimes you have to encourage yourself Sometimes you have …
Giants Giants, Do die. The bigger they are, The harder they fall. G…
God Oh thou who knowest my beginning Thou who created the plan W…
God's Favor I know that you donโฒt feel your best Hold on, Be…
Holy Rรกno vstรกvรกm, chystรกm kรกvu, pลรญstroj mele - ratata Asi vzhle…
I Am God I am God all by myself, I don't need any…
In The Presence Of A King Do you know what it is? Can I tell you how…
Intro I am God all by myself, I don't need any…
It's Your Time Giแป nร y cรฒn gรฌ ngoร i chuyแปn tรฌnh cแปงa ฤรดi ta Stuck…
Let It Rain Ayy You know itโs Lor Tri nigga Ayy Before I kill a opp…
Never Seen the Righteous I was young and now I'm old Seen a lot of…
Restoring the Years Lend me your ears, thus said the Lord Just know that…
Seasons I feel seasons everywhere And I feel blessings in the air Th…
Shut De Do La noche del 2 de Octubre Me juraste amor eterno…
The Best Is Yet To Come Hold on, my brother, don't give up Hold on, my sister,…
The Blessing of Abraham I am the Lord Who health thee. Oh that you only trust…
The Prayer Bless me, bless me Oh Lord, bless me indeed Enlarge my terri…
The Storm Is Over Wherever you are Whatever you've been going Through God…
When Sunday Comes When Sunday comes My trouble gone As soon as it gets here…
When the Saints go to Worship This song is never ending chapter of my love for…
You Are An Heir Don't you know That you are royal greatness Chosen to reign …
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@chana1692
This song popped in my spirit this morning and I know it was God.
Donโt laughโฆ but my dog ran out of dog food yesterday and was down to not even a handful at kibbles today - maybe 8 at most. I went to my Chewy autoship account and saw that my next scheduled shipment was for Monday. I selected the option to order NOW (which was Saturday afternoon) and received shipping notification this morning saying the delivery is scheduled for Tuesday due to the Memorial Day holiday.
My dog is on a special medicated diet for gastrointestinal issues so he canโt eat any and everything - which makes โover the counterโ dog food NOT an optionโฆ To top it off, the vet office is also closed on Sunday and for the Memorial Day holiday, reopening on Tuesday ..
This song popped in my spirit and i found it on YouTube to rock out, praise, and jam to, and while I am dancing around the house with my headphones on, I literally got a text message just now from my concierge lockers saying that a package was delivered at 10:37a this morning from chewy! ๐
Can I tell you have overwhelmed I am and how very good GOD is? I mean, He really cares about the little things that matter to us - even our dogs. โค๏ธ
I can truly say (again and again) that Iโve never ever ever ever ever seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed (or dog) begging for bread.
Thank you LORD, and please be encouraged to whoever is out there reading this. ๐โค๏ธ๐ช๐พ
@neurolect4843
Crazy story, I was 5 years old when this song was recorded. This recording was performed in front of me. I was there and watched this live. I had no idea how this song would touch me so many years later. Iโm now 23 years old and remember this like it happened yesterday. Stay blessed!!!
@MnyMar
How blessed you were to witness this masterpiece unfold in front of you
@BrooklynEli
Data mad fire!!!!! This song is fire!!!!!
@chrispleasantable
I was 6 when this song came out and I heard it a lot on the radio between 2000 and 2001. Speaking of which, in 2001 Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers closed out The 16th Annual Stellar Awards with this song
@Ology007
My man when the guitar solo went down did you feel something in yo soul?!? That part gets me every time!!!
@im4christ4life
Where was this recorded live at?
@sharonkimble7835
I am 67yrs old and I never seen it ๐๐๐๐hallelujah God will keep you
@anitadeanwilliams8973
Me either and I'll be 70 in 5 months. Glory Hallelujah ๐
@pchezzwallace8509
Pslams 37...Nor his seed begging bread! My LORD YOUR GOD!!๐ซ
@caitlin00
I just went through one of the roughest patches in my life. Tested me financially and tested my faith i felt like i was almost losing my will to believe and just like the old folks say โin the midnight hour Godโs gonna turn it aroundโ just like that he saved me and now i realize he had kept me the whole time. Donโt stop believing yโall. Keep your faith in God. Just like the songs says he will NEVER forsake you ๐๐๐