Extraordinary/Ordinary Written by Kimberly Ann Goins

Being ordinary is not acceptable. It is not acceptable because God created us to be extraordinary. We are a part of a royal priesthood. We are precious gems in the eyes of our Father. So why is it that so many Christians have decided that it is okay to be ordinary. Being ordinary signifies complacency. Christians need to get out of their comfort zones and use all of those gifts that the Lord has planted within them. Why are you just sitting in the church pews every Sunday, but Monday through Saturday you aren't making any sort of positive difference? This is a song that is meant to shake some of us up a bit. I can't speak for anyone else, but as for Kimberly Ann Goins, I was not created to be ordinary. I have never been ordinary, and I never will be. I am EXTRA-ORDINARY! This is not arrogance. I am extra-ordinary because my Father says so!

Verse 1
So many people settle for mediocrity
That's a shame and a travesty
When God intended so much more for them,

Are you one of those people I'm talking to?
If so, you probably already know
What I'm about to say next,

You have so much to be proud of
You have accomplished so much
But it isn't enough for you
And you're wondering why is that,

Chorus (2x)
It's because you chose to be ordinary
Rather than extraordinary
You chose to be ordinary
When instead you should have chosen to be
Extra-ordinary!

Verse 2
Extra ordinary
That is what you should strive to be
The world says to be ordinary is just enough
And you know that you're not cool with that,

See people told me to just do well in school
Graduate and get a job and make a lot of money
That's fine and everything, but I knew for me
There was so much more to life than that,

Chorus (2x)
Why should I choose to be ordinary
Rather than extraordinary?
I will not choose to be ordinary
Not when I can be so much more
Not when I can be
Extra-ordinary!

Verse 3
What am I talking about?
I know that you are feeling confused
About what I mean when I say
Extra-ordinary,

What I'm saying is this
God has blessed you with all kinds of gifts
I think that's worth repeating
With all kinds of gifts,
He gave you a gift for intercession, girl
He gave you your beautiful voice
To sing and to speak and to preach
But wait, I'm not done just yet
He gave you your gift for dreams and visions
Not to mention interpretation
He gave you your gift for movement and form
Oh you didn't know, there's a dancer in you too!
Not only that, but he gave you some artistic
Qualities that you haven't even been introduced to yet
But that He will reveal in due time
Can't you see, that's just a fragment of the gifts that He's blessed you with?
So why are you settling to just be someone else's perception of you
You know that you are more than any of them even know
They don't even know what is going on with you on the inside
All that spirit
Has to come out

Chorus (2x)
Don't you settle for ordinary
Not when you are extraordinary
You were never created to be ordinary
Not in this life nor in the life to come
Because you are truly
Extra-ordinary

So go on and be what God wants you to be
You aren't meant to be ordinary
You are EXTRA-ORDINARY.