Gospel diva Yolanda Adams believes that gospel music lyrics should appeal to everyone, and while her pop and worldly gospel song lyrics might not always appeal to a sanctimonious minority, it sure does to most folks!

Yolanda worked as a school teacher in the mid eighties and did some modeling work before she finally decided to concentrate on music. Her debut album, Just as I Am, appeared in 1988.

While her style was initially disapproved by the Christian community, the emergence of popular gospel lyrics in the 90's vaulted Yolanda into the forefront of mainstream popular gospel.

She later went on tour with Kirk Franklin & the Family and released the album Yolanda Live in Washington which was nominated for a Grammy award.

She then made Songs from the Heart, and then followed it up with Mountain High Valley Low which did win a Grammy award.

In 2000, Yolanda came up with a Christmas album entitled Yolanda Adams Christmas.

Her live CD The Experience came next and was well received.

Honored with a variety of awards, including 2000's Grammy award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album, five Stellar Awards, two Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, and five NAACP Image Awards, her new album, Believe, is the product of her intense song writing and collaboration with top record producers and promises to raise the bar in popular gospel song lyrics once more.

The tracks in the album include Never Give Up, I Gotta Believe, Fo' Sho, and A Song of Faith among others.

Now if you can't get enough of Yolanda or you want to cherish the message of her music, you can search and read the lyrics of her songs here! There are no pop-ups and no redirections here, just great song lyrics for everybody:

Be Blessed
Continual Praise
Fragile Heart
I'm Gonna Be Ready
Never Give Up
Open Up My Heart
Since The Last Time I Saw You
Still I Rise
Take Away
The Battle Is The Lords

Be Blessed

Verse1:
Too many storms have passed your way
And you’re all washed out cause it rained on your parade
Seems nobody cares about you anyway
Now you’re living your life like a castaway
Searched for strength inside was it all in vain
Cause the deeper you dig you find more and more pain
Don’t let your tomorrow be like yesterday
Cause I spoke to God, I called out your name
And on your behalf, I just asked if He would be there for you
I want you to

Chorus:
Be Blessed, Don’t live life in distress
Just let go, let God, He’ll work it out for you
I pray that your soul will be blessed
Forever in his rest, Cause you deserve his best no less

Verse2:
Enter a place where you never have to cry
Never have to live a lie, never have to wonder why
Never want for nothing you’re always satisfied
In the peace that his arms will provide
He will erase any guilt or shame, any bad habits you’ve got
You won’t wanna do em again, Yes we all can change, I can testify
See I spoke to God, I called out your name
And on your behalf, I just asked, If he would be there for you
I want you to

Repeat Chorus

My prayer for you today, Is that you trust and always obey
On this day keep calling (choir)
On this day keep calling (solo)
He’ll keep you from falling (choir)
He’ll keep you from falling (solo)
He’ll supply the answers (choir)
Yes He will, if you stand in faith and trust Him to make a way out of no way (solo)

Repeat Chorus

Be blessed from the bottom of your feet to the crown of your head
Your life be blessed
Your family be blessed
Your finances be blessed
Everything about you

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Continual Praise

(Verse)
For all You done and what You gonna do.
For all your blessings we give praise to you. Mercy loving kindness, and grace.
For directing our steps and guiding our way.
So with thankful hearts and spirits and all of our hands raised, we come to the throne of the Father and we give you continual praise.

(Chorus)
Continual praise let us all join together.
Continual praise from the past to forever.
We sere created like the angels to praise Him and lift Him high.
So let us all just lift His name high to the sky as we sing praise with all our might in continual praise.

(Verse)
The sun, the moon, and all of the stars display the awesomeness of our God.
His marvelous works and awesome display.
For His mighty acts we witness everyday.
So with thankful hearts and spirits…

(Chorus)

(Vamp)
Let your praise go on, praise go on.

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Fragile Heart

I remember the first time
You laughed with me
I remember the promises
You would never leave my side
Now I’m standing with the news
Of a tragedy
Standing here with a fragile heart
Ooh
See I never shedded tears
I stayed strong for them
Oh yes I did
When everybody disappears
It’s only you who keeps me strong
And I can’t imagine going on
Without you in my life
Going on with a fragile heart
When I think about, think about us
Lord I think of you
I forget about everything else
There’s only you and I
I can’t think about ever giving up
Can’t give up
The only thing that matters Lord is you
I ain’t got no time to pretend
That I’m not missing you
Oh no no no no
I know you’re in good hands
The same hands that hold my heart
And I’ll cherish every moment we spend
As a gift from God above
For He takes care of all fragile hearts
When I think about, think about us
Lord I think of you
I forget about everything else
There’s only you and I
I can’t think about ever ever
Ever giving up
For the only thing that matters
When I’m going through
Is giving my fragile heart right back to you
You see my fragile heart’s been broken
And you're the only one who can put it all together
So I’m trusting you Lord to see me through
There’s only you and I
I can’t think about ever giving up
Can’t give up
The only thing that matters
When I’m going through it
Is giving my fragile heart right back to you
When I think about my life
I forget about everything else
Only you and I...

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I'm Gonna Be Ready

Ummm Ummm
I say a prayer, every night
whatever I do, I'll get it right
with no regret, no guilt or shame
this time, no not this time
once I surrender, I won't dare look back
cause if I do, i'll get off track
move ahead in faith and patiently await
Your answer
what will it be?

Chorus:
Sight beyond what I see
You know what's best for me
prepare my mind, prepare my heart
for whatever comes, Im gonna be ready
strength to pass any test
I feel like I'm so blessed
with You in control, I can't go wrong
Cause I've always known
I'm gonna be ready

I was free to do, what I wanted to
lost everything, but I still had You
You showed me Your grace
now my life's renewed
and I thank You, yes I thank You
so I'll tell anyone who'll listen, I'll testify
about how good You were to me
when so called friends passed me by
the fact that You would show somebody so broke down, so much mercy

Chorus

So use me as You will, I'll pay the price
cause You made the ultimate sacrifice
it's all because of You that I even have life
and I'll give my love as a tribute to how great You are

Chorus

I'm gonna be ready (This time I'm gonna be)
I'm gonna be ready (Cause You live deep inside of me)
I'm gonna be ready (And I know it's in Your will for me to ready)
I'm gonna be ready (I'm gonna be ready)

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Never Give Up

1- Visions that can change the world
Trapped inside an ordinary girl
She looks just like me
Too afraid to dream out loud
And though it's set for your idea
It won't make sense to everybody
You need courage now
If you're going to persevere

V- To fulfill your life's purpose
You gotta answer when you're called
So don't be afraid to face the world
Against all odds

C- Keep the dream alive, don't let it die
If something deep inside
Keeps inspiring you to try, don't stop
And never give up
Don't ever give up on you
Don't give up...

2- Every victory comes in time
Work today to change tomorrow
It gets easier, who's to say that you can't fly
Every step you take, you get
Closer to your destination
You can feel it now
Don't you know you're alomost there

VAMP
CHORUS..don't ever give up on you..

B- Sometimes life can place a stubborn block in your way
But you've gotta keep the faith
Reap what's deep inside your heart to fly
And never give up, don't ever give up on you
Don't give up

3- Who holds the pieces to complete the puzzle?
The answer that can solve the mystery, yeah..
The keys that can unlock your understanding
It's all inside of you
You have everything you need....so...

CHORUS
BRIDGE..to the light...

And never give up
Don't ever give up on you, no....
Don't give up
No, no, no, no
Don't give up
Don't give up
Don't give up
Oh, don't, no, no, no, no
Don't give up...

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Open Up My Heart

O-o-o-o-o-oh
Talk to me

Alone in a room,
It's just me and you.
I feel so lost, cause I don't know what to do.
Now what if I choose,
The wrong thing to do.
I'm so afraid, afraid of disappointing you.

(chorus)
So I need to talk to you, and ask you for your guidance.
Especially today, when my world is so cloudy.
Guide me until I'm sure, I'll open up my heart.

My hopes and dreams,
Are fading fast.
I'm all burned out,
And I don't think my strength is gonna last.
So I'm crying out, crying out to you ooooohhhhh
Lord I know that you're the only one, who is able to pull me
through.

Repeat chrous

OH yeah show me how, to do things your way, don't wanna make
the
same mistakes, over and over again.
Your will be done, and I'll be the one.
To be sure that it's carried out and in me I don't want any
doubt

That's why I wanna talk to you yes I do, and ask you for your
guidance.
Especially this day, when my life is so cloudy, Lord guide
me until I'm sure, I open up my heart.

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Since The Last Time I Saw You

Since the last time I saw you
God has moved another mountain out of my way
Led me to green pasture, turned my midnight to day
Placed my feet up on a rock to stay

Since the last time I saw you
God has calmed another raging storm in my life
Led me into safety, turned my darkness into light
Now I stand in the power of His might

You would have thought that God already done enough for me
When He took my place at Calvary
But He's done so much more and more
Right before my eyes
And I have no other choice
But to stand and testify, stand and testify..

Since the last time I saw you
God has worked another wonderous miracle for me
Led me into triumph
Now my blinded eyes can see that Christ the Lord
Performs victoriously

You would have thought that He done enough for me
WHen He took my place at Calvary
But He's done more and more and more everyday
He makes a way adn He's made a way
Since the last time
I saw you
Things have changed
I'm not the same
Since the last time

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Still I Rise

Verse 1:
Shattered, but I’m not broken,
wounded, but time will heal.
Heavy the load, the cross I bear;
lonely the road I try, I bare.

Verse 2:
Shaken, but here I stand,
weary, still I press on.
Long are the nights, the tears I cry,
dark are the days, no sun in the sky.

Chorus 1:
Yet still I rise, never to give up,
never to give in against all odds.
Yet still I rise high above the clouds;
at times I feel low, yet still I rise.

Verse 3:
Troubled, but not in despair,
struggling, yet I make my way through.
Trials, they come to make me strong,
I must endure, I must hold on.

Chorus 1

Bridge:
Above all my problems,
above all my eyes can see;
knowing God is able to strengthen me,
to strengthen me.

Chorus 2:
Yet still I rise, never to give up,
never to give in against all odds.
Yet still I rise high above the clouds;
at times I feel low, yet still I;
I need to know which way to go, yet still I;
at times I feel low, yet still I rise;
yet still I rise.

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Take Away

Take away any desire in me that hurts You
Take away anything that stands between You and me
I want to be what You've created me to be
It's my desire that You find favor in me
Lord, take away anything that displeases You

Take away any evil thought within me
Take away anything that proves to break Your heart
I want to be in sweet communion with You
It's my desire that I do everything You want me to do
Lord, take away anything that displeases You

Lord, remove all doubt, all insecurity
Erase all hate, and all iniquity
Discard all the fear found deep within me
Lord, take away anything that displeases You

Lord, remove all doubt, all insecurity
Erase all hate, and all iniquity
Discard all the fear found deep within me
Lord, take away (take away Lord anything You find)
Take away (I'm sure there are a lot of things that You'll find)
Lord, take away anything that displease You(Lord, take away anything that displeases You)

Take away, Lord take away
(Father, take away my doubt, take away my fear)
Take away, Lord take away
(take away those things I thought had already disappeared)
Take away, Lord take away
(take away the hurt and take away the pain)
Take away, Lord take away
(take away all of the things that would stop me from praising Your Holy name)
Take away, Lord take away
(Take away any desire in me that hurts You
Take it away)

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The Battle Is The Lords

Leader - There’s no pain, Jesus can’t feel, no hurt, he can not heal, all things work, according to his perfect will, no matter what, you’re going through remember God, is using you, for the battle it’s not yours, it’s the Lord’s.

There’s no sadness Jesus, can’t feel, and there is no sorrow that he can not heal, for all things work, according to the master, Holy will, no matter what your going through, remember God is only using you, for this battle is not yours, it’s the Lord’s.

L - It’s the Lord’s
C - It’s the Lord’s
L - Yes
C - It’s the Lord’s, hold your head up high, don’t you cry, It’s the Lord’s........^

L - It’s the Lord’s
C - It’s the Lord’s
L - Yes
C - It’s the Lord’s………………………………..

L - No matter what
C - No matter what
L - You’re going through
C - Through
L - Remember, that God only want to use you
C - God is only, using you for his Glory

Adlib:
No matter what, you’re going through, remember, that God only want to use you, No matter what, you happen to go through, right now, remember that in the mist of, God only want to use you, No mater what it is, that you’re going through, hold your head up, stick your chest out and remember he’s using you,

(3 times)

L - For this battle it’s not yours
C - It’s not yours
L - This battle it’s not yours, No
C - Your’s
L - You can’t run, hand it over to my God’s hand
C - It’s not yours, It’s not yours, not yours……

Adlib:
No, no, no, no, this battle is not yours, the Lord is the only one who can fight it, He want to use you as his vessel, so be open to him, the Battle is not your…..it’s the Lord...

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