When we speak Your name
Something happens in the room
Our hands go up
We can’t wait to see what You’re gonna do
When we speak Your name
Power is released
As we bow down before You
Every demon has to flee
(Before we do anything else)
Yeah
(We call on You)
We call on You yeah
(Before we do anything else)
We call on You
We call on Jesus show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
Move how You wanna move
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
And You can do what You wanna do (do what You wanna do)
Oooh what You wanna do
We call on Jesus show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
Move how You wanna move
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
You can do what You wanna do (do what You wanna do)
Oooh (what You wanna do) yeah
When we
(When we speak Your name)
Something happens in the room
(Something happens in the room)
Our hands go up yeah
(Our hands go up)
We can’t wait to see
(We can’t wait to see what You’re gonna do)
When we speak Your name
(When we speak Your name)
Power is released
(Power is released)
As we bow down before You
(As we bow down before You)
(Every demon has to flee) yeah
Before we
Before we do anything else
We call on You
Lord before we
(Before we do anything else)
We don’t want to move without You Lord
(We call on You)
Ooooh
We call on Jesus show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
Move how You wanna move
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
You can do what You wanna do (do what You wanna do)
Yeah (what You wanna do) yeah
We call on Jesus show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
Move how You wanna move
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
And You can do what You wanna do (do what You wanna do)
Yes You can (what You wanna do) Yes You can
Before we
Before we do anything else
We call on You
We need You
(Before we) before we (do anything else) do anything
We call on You
Yeah
Before we do anything else yeah
(We call on You) we call, we call on You
(Before we do anything else) we call You, we call You
(We call on You) yes we do
We call
We call on Jesus show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
We need You to show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
We need You to show up
(Show up, show out Jesus)
Yes Lord
And move how You wanna move yeah
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
You can move how You wanna move
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
We trust You to move how You wanna move
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
(Move how You wanna move Jesus)
Yeah
(Heal who You wanna heal)
Heal who You wanna heal yeah
(Save who You wanna save)
Save who You wanna save yeah
(Do what You wanna do)
Do what You wanna do yeah
(Make a way out of no way)
Make a way in this place God yeah
(Heal who You wanna heal)
Heal who You wanna heal yeah
(Save who You wanna save)
You can save who You wanna save
(Do what You wanna do)
Do what You wanna do
(Make a way out of no way)
Make a way, make a way, make a way
(Make a way out of no way Jesus)
Lift your hands through every situation
(Make a way out of no way Jesus)
Lift your hands through every situation
(Make a way out of no way Jesus)
Make a way out of no way, out of no way
Before we do anything else
We call on You
(Before we do anything else)
We call on You
When we speak
(When we speak Your name)
Something happens
(Something happens in the room)
Our hands go up
(Our hands go up)
And we can’t wait to see
(We can’t wait to see what You’re gonna do)
We can’t wait to see what You are going to do
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Speak Your Name
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Sep 5, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Anthony Brown and group therAPy build "Speak Your Name" around a claim that treats Jesus's name as more than a label — something happens in the room, power is released, and specifically, every demon has to flee. That last detail lines up with James's instruction that resisting the devil causes him to flee, and with Paul's description of a name so significant that eventually every knee will bow at the mention of it, in heaven, on earth, and under it. "Before we do anything else, we call on you" reorders the usual sequence, putting dependence ahead of action rather than treating prayer as a last resort after other options run out. The repeated call-and-response — "move how you wanna move," "do what you wanna do" — deliberately withholds specifics about what's actually needed, leaving the request open rather than narrowly defined, which is part of what makes the song usable across very different situations. It's built less around a single testimony than a repeatable practice: speak the name first, and treat whatever follows as the evidence.
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