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[APPLAUSE]
OPRAH: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
PLEASE WELCOME WHITNEY
HOUSTON!
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC STARTS]
>> ♪ LOST TOUCH WITH MY
SOUL
I HAD NOWHERE TO RUN
I HAD NOWHERE TO GO
LOST SIGHT OF MY DREAM
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE END OF
ME
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER MAKE IT
THROUGH
I HAD NO ONE TO HOLD ON TO
I, I THOUGHT I MIGHT BREAK
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
AND I CRASHED DOWN, AND I
TUMBLED
BUT I DID NOT CRUMBLE
I GOT THROUGH ALL THE PAIN
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
SURVIVED MY DARKEST HOUR
MY FAITH KEPT ME ALIVE
I PULLED MYSELF BACK UP
HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH
I WAS NOT BUILT TO BREAK
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
FOUND HOPE IN MY HEART
I FOUND THE LIGHT TO LIGHT
MY WAY OUT OF THE DARK
FOUND ALL THAT I NEEDED,
LORD
>> HERE INSIDE OF ME
>> HERE INSIDE OF ME, YES
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER FIND MY
WAY
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER LIFT THAT
WEIGHT
I, I THOUGHT I MIGHT BREAK
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
I CRASHED DOWN, I TUMBLED
BUT I DID NOT CRUMBLE
I GOT THROUGH ALL THE PAIN
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
SURVIVED MY DARKEST HOUR
MY FAITH KEPT ME ALIVE
I PULLED MYSELF BACK UP
HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH
I WAS NOT BUILT TO BREAK
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES I
WONDERED HOW I'D GET THROUGH THE
NIGHT I
THOUGHT I TOOK ALL THAT I COULD
TAKE
DIDN'T KNOW, DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW
I GOT THROUGH ALL THE PAIN
OH, LORD, OH
I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH
>> SURVIVED MY DARKEST HOUR
>> YES, I DID
>> KEPT ME ALIVE
>> YES, I DID
>> PULLED MYSELF BACK UP
>> I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH
I GOT THROUGH ALL THE PAIN
LET ME TELL YOU
I DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW
MY MAMA SAID I WAS NOT BUILT TO
BREAK
[CHEERING]
DIONNE SAID I WAS NOT BUILT TO
BREAK
[CHEERING]
CLIVE SAID COME ON BACK AND
SING, YOU'RE NOT BUILT TO
BREAK
[CHEERING]
YOUR LOVE SAID...
[CHEERING]
YOUR LOVE SAID...
I WAS NOT BUILT TO BREAK
OPRAH SAID, GIRL, DO YOU KNOW
YOUR LOVE
NOW I KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH
♪
[CHEERING]
OPRAH: OH!
>> HA HA HA HA!
OPRAH: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH WHITNEY HOUSTON.
[CHEERING]