Lyrics
Chorus
Lord, I lift my hands
I give all the praise to You
Everything I am
You gave me the strength to do (Ayy)
Lord, I lift my hands (Lord, I lift my hands)
I give all the praise to You (I give all the praise)
This is my response (Ooh, yeah-yeah)
For making me brand new
Verse 1
(Ayy, ayy)
Lord, I can feel Your presence (Presence)
Putting all your peace in me (In me)
Lord, I can feel revival (Revival)
Breaking all the captives free
And though it sounds crazy
Man, I used to hate me
'Til I met somebody
Who told me how He made me
How He died to save me
And if you want the same thing
All you gotta do is just say
Chorus
Lord, I lift my hands
I give all the praise to You (Yeah, yeah)
Everything I am (Everything I am)
You gave me the strength to do (Yeah, you did)
Lord, I lift my hands (Lord, I lift my hands)
I give all the praise to You (I give all the praise)
This is my response (Response)
For making me brand new (Ayy)
Verse 2
And I can't help it, I'm just being real
I just walk up to the mic and tell y'all how I feel
Y'all think I'm religious, I'm just trynna eat a meal
But I don't live on bread alone, you hear it in my zeal
Down bad (Bad), but you got me better
G-O-D, that's the best three letters
The way you got me moving, I'ma need Rosetta
Keep your head up
Chorus
Lord, I lift my hands (Lord, I lift my hands)
I give all the praise to You
Everything I am (Everything I am)
You gave me the strength to do
Lord, I lift my hands (Lord, I lift my hands)
I give all the praise to You
This is my response, oh-oh
This is my response, oh-oh
This is my response, oh-oh
For making me brand new
Outro
Oh, what a friend I have in You
You tore the veil to let me through
All of my stains have been made new
All just because You wanted to
Open the gates and flood this room
Not even hell can hide from You
I feel the colors start to bloom
Tell me to leave and I'll refuse
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Meaning & Inspiration
Lift My Hands presents praise as a direct response to grace, renewal, and the presence of God. The chorus links raised hands with gratitude, giving credit to God for strength and a changed life. Rather than treating worship as performance, the lyric describes it as an answer to what Christ has done. Peace, revival, freedom for captives, and a restored sense of worth shape the first verse, while the confession that Christ died to save gives the transformation a clear gospel center.
The second verse combines conversational language with a reference to living by more than bread alone. Its testimony moves from discouragement toward confidence in God without hiding the singer’s former self-rejection. The outro broadens that testimony through images of friendship with Christ, the torn veil, cleansed stains, opened gates, and a room filled with divine presence. Together, these images portray access to God and new life as gifts received through Christ, making uplifted hands an expression of thanks rather than self-congratulation.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 134:2 The psalm calls worshipers to lift their hands and bless the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul describes life in Christ as new creation.
- Matthew 4:4 Jesus says that life does not depend on bread alone but on God’s word.