Take 6 is an influential American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in … Read Full Bio ↴Take 6 is an influential American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1985 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama.

The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations. They won Grammy Awards in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, and 2003 and have collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Don Henley, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller and Gordon Goodwin.

In 1980, Claude McKnight formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estate Quartet, at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, a Seventh-Day Adventist College, where he was a freshman. He auditioned fellow students for the hobby group. The Gentlemen were rehearsing in a campus bathroom (later said to be in Peterson Hall), getting ready for a performance, when Mark Kibble walked by and heard them singing. He joined the harmonizing, adding a fifth part, and ended up singing with them onstage that very night.[1] Mark later invited Mervyn Warren to join the group. The group performed under the moniker "Alliance".
The group performed in local churches and on campus over the next years, with members changing due to college's inevitable comings and goings. In 1985, the lower half of the group (bass, baritone, and second tenor) left upon graduating. At that time, Alvin Chea, Cedric Dent, and David Thomas joined.

The group was signed to Warner Brothers in 1987, and quickly changed its name to "Take 6" after a name search revealed that "Alliance" was already being used. Their eponymous debut album, released in 1988, won them two Grammy Awards and resulted in top ten appearances on both the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian Charts. Take 6's swinging, harmony-rich gospel sound attracted a flurry of attention, and the group went on to record or appear with a number of luminaries, including Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder.

In 1991, after the release of their second album, So Much 2 Say, Mervyn Warren left the group to pursue a career as a producer. Joey Kibble, Mark's younger brother, was invited to round out the vocal lineup. The group added instrumentation to their purely a cappella sound beginning with the record He Is Christmas; Join The Band and Brothers continued their streak of success, and Take 6 amassed a total of seven Grammys and eight Dove awards, as well as topping the Downbeat Magazine's Reader's and Critic's poll for seven years' consecutively.

Take 6's 1998 release, So Cool, brought the group back to its a cappella origins.
In 2006 the group launched Take 6 Records and the 2006 release Feels Good was released on that label.
The group currently lists Nashville, Tennessee as its home.[2] All members grew up Seventh-Day Adventist.[

"Lamb of God"
Take 6 Lyrics

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Your only son, no sin to hide
But You have sent him from Your side
To walk upon this guilty side
And to become the lamb of God

Your gift of love, gift of love they crucified
They laughed and scorned Him as He died
The humble King, they named a fraud

And sacrificed the lamb of God

O lamb of God, O lamb of God
Sweet lamb of God, Lamb of God

I love that holy lamb of God
O wash me in His precious blood
My Jesus Christ, the lamb of God

Holy, holy, holy
Merciful and mighty
He’ s King of Kings and Lord of Lords

O lamb of God, O lamb of God
Sweet lamb of God, lamb of God
I love that holy lamb of God
O wash me in the blood…
That precious flow, oh the blood

My Jesus Christ, the lamb of God
My Jesus Christ, the lamb of God

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Take 6's song "Lamb of God" describe the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. The first verse talks about how God sent his only son to Earth to become the lamb of God, and walk among the guilty. Jesus is the only one without sin, and yet he was willing to be sacrificed for the sins of others. The second verse talks about how Jesus was crucified, and how people laughed and scorned him as he died. Despite being the only righteous one, he was given a criminal's death. The chorus and the third verse express the singer's love for Jesus Christ, and how only through his sacrifice can humans be saved. The final threnody praises Jesus as holy, merciful, mighty, and King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Line by Line Meaning

Your only son, no sin to hide
You gave Your son who was blameless

But You have sent him from Your side
You sent Him away from You to this world

To walk upon this guilty side
To walk among those who are full of sin

And to become the lamb of God
And He became the sacrifice for others

Your gift of love, gift of love they crucified
They killed Your son despite Your love

They laughed and scorned Him as He died
They mocked Him as He was dying

The humble King, they named a fraud
They disbelieved in the humble King

And sacrificed the lamb of God
They killed the Son of God

O lamb of God, O lamb of God
Oh, the sacrifice

Sweet lamb of God, Lamb of God
A gentle sacrifice given for us

I love that holy lamb of God
I admire the sacrifice that was made