[Intro]
High energy, okay? Like mad high energy. Y'all ready?
I can't hear you. Y'all ready?
There it is, there it is. Come on, come on.
Clap your hands!
[Verse 1]
Yeah, yeah, come on.
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Yeah, yeah.
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
[Chorus]
Some says I came with praise on my mind.
I don't mind letting my light shine.
I'll tell the world He's been good to me.
If you don't know, I hear you.
Oh, taste and see the Lord is good.
Oh, good, good to me.
[Verse 2]
Come on, everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Come on, let me hear you clap, clap.
I came with praise on my mind.
(I came with praise on my mind)
I don't mind letting my light shine.
(I don't mind letting my light shine)
I'll tell the world He's been good to me.
(I'll tell the world He's been good to me)
If you don't know, oh, taste and see the Lord is good.
(The Lord is good)
Oh, good, good to me.
[Bridge]
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Now we don't want, we gonna say this right here, listen.
I'm here, I'm ready to draw near.
All cares aside, we're gonna lift Him high.
I'll tell the world He's been good to me.
If you don't know, oh, taste and see the Lord is good.
(The Lord is good)
Oh, good, good to me.
[Outro]
Come on, make some noise right there.
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Come on, everybody say it, let's say it, come on.
I'm here, I'm ready to draw near.
All cares aside, we're gonna lift Him high.
I'll tell the world He's been good to me.
If you don't know, oh, taste and see the Lord is good.
(The Lord is good)
Oh, good, good to me.
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Everybody clap your hands.
(Everybody clap your hands)
Everybody say, I don't know what you come to do.
(I don't know what you come to do)
I don't know what you come to do.
(I don't know what you come to do)
I don't know what you come to do.
(I don't know what you come to do)
Yes, somebody.
I don't know what you come to do.
(I don't know what you come to do)
I don't know what you come to do.
(I don't know what you come to do)
I don't know what you come to do.
(I don't know what you come to do)
We gonna lift Him, lift Him higher.
(Lift Him higher)
Lift Him, lift Him higher.
(Lift Him higher)
Say lift Him, lift Him higher.
(Lift Him higher)
Hey, higher.
(Higher)
He's my, He's my provider.
(He's my provider)
Say He's my, He's my provider.
(He's my provider)
It's just like, just like fire.
(Just like fire)
Fire.
(Fire)
It's just like, just like fire.
(Just like fire)
Fire.
(Fire)
He's my, He's my keeper.
(He's my keeper)
Keeper.
(Keeper)
Say He's my, He's my keeper.
(He's my keeper)
My keeper.
(My keeper)
My love grows, my love grows.
(My love grows)
Keeper.
(Keeper)
My love grows, my love grows.
(My love grows)
Keeper.
(Keeper)
He will never, He will never leave you.
(He will never leave you)
He will never, He will never leave you.
(He will never leave you)
He will never, He will never leave you.
(He will never leave you)
Hallelujah.
(Hallelujah)
Hallelujah.
(Hallelujah)
Hallelujah.
(Hallelujah)
Hallelujah.
(Hallelujah)
The Lord is good.
(The Lord is good)
Oh, good, the Lord is good.
(The Lord is good)
Oh, good, good.
(The Lord is good)
Real good, real good.
(Real good)
The Lord is good.
(The Lord is good)
Oh, good, good to me.
(Good to me)
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Praise on My Mind
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Oct 18, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Charles Jenkins + Fellowship Chicago turn a Sunday-morning call-and-response into a full-throated declaration of gratitude. The lyric opens with a demand for "mad high energy" and keeps the congregation clapping through repeated refrains, but the heart of the song is the simple resolve to arrive with praise already in mind and to let that light shine without apology. The confession "He's been good to me" is the hinge, repeated until it becomes a shared testimony rather than a solo line. The bridge shifts from celebration to posture: drawing near, setting cares aside, lifting Him high. Later, the song piles up names for God—provider, keeper, fire—and lands on the promise that He will never leave. The invitation to "taste and see" echoes a psalm, turning the whole track into a communal meal of thanksgiving. It's less a narrative than a gathered shout, the kind of song built for a room where everyone already knows the response and just needs permission to say it out loud.
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