"Hello?"

"Ey yo Terrence, you finished working on that song you was working on yesterday?"

"Yea we just now finished it"

"Ey call the group in, I wannna hear it"

"Alright hold on"

"Everybody in now?

"Yeah, they're walking around now"

"Let me see what you all got so far"

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

"Go back to the beginning!"

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

"Would you like to hear the second part, right here?

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my shouts
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has brought you out

"Oh, y'all been rehearsing?"

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my praise
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has made a way

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my shouts
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has brought you out

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my praise
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has made a way

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

I've come to praise
Everybody let me see you raise
Your hands up high
Your hands up high

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my shouts
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has brought you out

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my praise
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has made a way

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my shouts
Let me see you do your dance
If the Lord has brought you out

Can't nobody take my dance,
Can't nobody steal my praise
Let me see you do your dance

I've come to praise
I've come to praise

"Hello, Terrence? Whats wrong with the phone? Take it off speakerphone"

"Listen, Because you the sun sets free, is truly free"

Can't nobody tell me how to dance
Can't nobody tell me how to dance

Can't nobody tell me how to shout
Can't nobody tell me how to shout

Can't nobody tell me how to praise
Can't nobody tell me how to praise

Can't nobody tell me how to lift my hands
Can't nobody tell me how to lift my hands

"Say that again"

Can't nobody tell me how to dance
Can't nobody tell me how to dance

Can't nobody tell me how to shout
Can't nobody tell me how to shout

Can't nobody tell me how to praise
Can't nobody tell me how to praise

Can't nobody tell me how to lift my hands
Can't nobody tell me how to lift my hands

"Listen, because, you don't know like I know"
You don't know like I know

Come on, you don't know how good God has been to me
You don't know like I know

You don't know where I was this time last year
You don't know like I know

You don't know some of the sins God has forgiven me for
Listen thats why,

Can't nobody tell me how to dance
Can't nobody tell me how to dance

Can't nobody tell me how to shout
Can't nobody tell me how to shout

Can't nobody tell me how to praise
Can't nobody tell me how to praise

Can't nobody tell me how to lift my hands
Can't nobody tell me how to lift my hands

You don't know
You don't know like I know

Come on, You don't know like I know
You don't know like I know

You don't know what I've been through
You don't know like I know

How you gonna judge my friends
You don't know like I know

Overall Meaning

The song “Praise Anthem” by James Fortune & FIYA opens with the sound of a phone ringing, followed by conversation between the artist and his producer who asks if they have completed a song they were working on the previous day. After the producer requests to hear the song, the artist begins the first verse by declaring “I’ve come to praise” and encouraging everyone to raise their hands up high. The chorus, which is repeated numerous times throughout the song, reiterates the artist’s desire to praise and his call to the people to “raise your hands up high”. The second half of the song features a continuation of the chorus, with an added verse encouraging listeners to dance and shout if the Lord has brought them out.

“Praise Anthem” invokes a sense of enthusiasm and joy in its listeners, inviting them to praise God with abandon. The repetition of the chorus serves to reinforce this theme, with the lyrics “I’ve come to praise” acting as a central message. The second half of the song serves as a reminder to listeners that they do not need anyone’s permission to praise God, as no one knows their journey and experiences better than they do. This message is particularly poignant as it reminds listeners that we are all uniquely different and that our individual relationships with God cannot be compared to anyone else’s.

Line by Line Meaning

I've come to praise
I am here to give praise to God

Everybody let me see you raise
I want to see everyone's hands raised in worship

Your hands up high
Continuing the previous line, raise your hands up high in worship

Can't nobody take my dance,
No one can take away my joy in praising and dancing for God

Can't nobody steal my shouts
No one can take away my voice in shouting praises to God

Let me see you do your dance
I want to see everyone dancing in worship together

If the Lord has brought you out
If God has brought you out of a difficult situation, let's celebrate together

Can't nobody steal my praise
No one can take away my worship and praise to God

If the Lord has made a way
If God has provided a way for us, let's give Him thanks in worship

You don't know like I know
You haven't experienced what I have, so don't judge me

Come on, you don't know how good God has been to me
God has been good to me and you haven't seen it all