in this medley of his classic hits, kirk franklin acknowledges >> everybody ready. ready for his glory. let me tell you the story. every place that's dark, he will bring it to light. can you make some noise tonight? >> can you make some noise? y'all doing up there? [ cheers and applause ] >> my grandfather passed in 200 200200 2000. when he passed, a couple times it didn't go right. people come over, leave, they got families. oh, we out of here. i realized it was up to me and my brother or my sister to kind of make sure that we keep the family alive around the holidays, if no other time. so this year, you know, for example, my sister hosted thanksgiving, i hosted christmas. we just make sure our family fa. class. all of us struggled to make it. there was times we didn't even know if we'd have new clothes for school. but god seemed to always sustain us and allow us to be the strong family that we are. we could be wrong, but our brother going to say we're right in public. fz it's that family we want to keep alive. we love getting together, cooking. just try to keep th