Hi there! My name is Chris Agape I am a lover of God, people and music. I’m an indigene of Benue state Nigeria and currently in my penultimate year at the University of Lagos. For as long as I can remember I’ve always loved singing and music, since I was a kid. I joined my first choir at the age of ten and have been in various groups since then. I’ve also been writing and composing songs for a while now.
My greatest influences musically are Bethel music (I Love Amanda Cook!), Jesus Culture and Hillsong! Other major players are Marvin Sapp, Nathaniel Bassey and more recently Travis Greene. These guys make music that resonates in my heart.
Music for me is an integral part of my fellowship with God and a conduit for sharing that with people. Music is the wings upon which we can express our deepest desires and thoughts out to God and also to our world, it’s from this place I love to write my songs and Give You Praise was no different.
Give You Praise is a simple worship song, of the rock genre. It seeks to draw everyone to that place of freedom by bringing forth praise irrespective of our current situations. It aims at bringing you to that point where you can lift your praise relentlessly and experience the Hand of God while doing so.
Produced by Qase Beats, the song opens mildly with soft vocals saying “give you praise with my hands Lifted high unto you’. There’s such a beautiful drop that lets you reflect on who God is at the verse, from where it gradually builds up in intensity, climaxing at the vamp!
The inspiration for this song came, about 3 years ago, when I was jostling through a lot of pressure academically, financially and from home. I remember while working on some bracelets, I just started singing ‘Give You praise, Give you praise with my hands lifted high unto you”, and few moments later as I repeated the tune, I started singing ‘’ let me praise you now…” And With those words the song was birthed and so was freedom from all the pressure around me.
It is my desire for everyone who listens to this that you find freedom by lifting up your praise! As my pastor puts it, you can never go wrong with praise. Irrespective of the season we find ourselves, the best time to bring forth praise is now, not when things are better or worse. I pray this song will be a tool that helps you experience this freedom , the refreshing that comes when we magnify our God above every other thing.
Let me praise you now, I won’t wait no more, all my heart would shout you’re the one I adore!
Feel free to contact me through any of the platforms below; I would love to hear from you!
Download give You Praise Here
Also download the PDF with lyrics and the Praise Chronicles Here.
God bless you!
With great love
Chris Agape.
