Tamesha Pruett-Ray - Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed on Jesus) Lyrics

"Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed on Jesus)" repeats a simple morning declaration throughout, waking with attention already fixed on Jesus before any other activity begins. That repeated opening frames the entire song around a deliberate starting point for each day rather than an occasional thought.

Its later verses extend that same fixed attention into ongoing activity, walking, talking, singing, praising, each paired with the same repeated phrase describing a mind kept on Jesus. That structure, one consistent focus applied across different daily actions, treats sustained attention on Jesus as compatible with, rather than separate from, ordinary daily life.

Rooted in the African American spiritual tradition, the song functions as a declaration of constant, unashamed focus, its repeated assurance that "there ain't no harm" in keeping one's mind fixed this way responding to any suggestion that such constant attention might be excessive or strange.