The Christian rapper,
Lacrae, has got to be one of my all time favorite Christian artists. It was my freshman
year of college where my roommate, a huge fan, introduced me to Lacrae. I
instantly fell in love with his music. Lacrae’s honesty in his raps was really
refreshing to find in a Christian music artist. His lyrics are so real and talk
about many situations we, even as Christians, face.
Lacrae’s song, “Tell
the World,” is a song that emphasizes how big God is and how insignificant we
are. This song, “Tell the World,” is embedded with biblical truth from the very
first note to the last. “Now, I’mma tell the world, tell ‘emI’mma tell it everywhere I go”
The first verse to Lacrae’s song emphasizes his overwhelming love he has for God and the world in that he wants to tell the world the good news. He is a new creature in Christ, and because of that, He is ready to tell the whole world about God.
“I know one thing’s true: I don't even
really deserve to know you
But, I-I’m a witness that you did this, and I'm brand new”
This next part of Lacrae’s song gets to the heart of the gospel. Once a slave to himself, but now he is free because God took him out of his sin and cleaned him up. Yes, we are undeserving, but because Christ died for all our sins so that we could be set free. When God comes into our life, he makes us brand new. Lacrae emphasizes that thought through this verse.
“I can't offer you nothin’, but your care & kindness keeps comin’
And your love is so unconditional, I get butterflies in my stomach
I got the old me in the rearview, now the new me got a clear view”
The last part of Lacrae’s rap talks about God’s, although undeserving, unconditional love towards us. God’s love is so deep and there is nothing that can take that away. Again, Lacrae emphasizes he is going to tell the world and nobody can stop him.
The music video starts off with Lacrae and a
featuring music artist outside near a railroad track and throughout the song
continues to go back to that scene. But, I-I’m a witness that you did this, and I'm brand new”
This next part of Lacrae’s song gets to the heart of the gospel. Once a slave to himself, but now he is free because God took him out of his sin and cleaned him up. Yes, we are undeserving, but because Christ died for all our sins so that we could be set free. When God comes into our life, he makes us brand new. Lacrae emphasizes that thought through this verse.
“I can't offer you nothin’, but your care & kindness keeps comin’
And your love is so unconditional, I get butterflies in my stomach
I got the old me in the rearview, now the new me got a clear view”
The last part of Lacrae’s rap talks about God’s, although undeserving, unconditional love towards us. God’s love is so deep and there is nothing that can take that away. Again, Lacrae emphasizes he is going to tell the world and nobody can stop him.
It then shows him as
well as a few other people getting on an airplane and taking off. This happens
around the time Lacrae raps, “You set me free.” I think how that is done in the
music video is pretty clever.
"Tell the World” is the
main line in this song that gets sung. When this is being sung, the music video
shows a lot of different people in the world. The music video also shows
different encounters with people Lacrae has had at his concerts. I think that
is trying to portray Lacrae interacting with the world. The music video ends
showing Lacrae on stage and the thousands of people at his concert.
The song “Tell the
World” by one of most famous Christian rappers, Lacrae, is an encouraging song
that inspires you to, with confidence, tell the world about Christ. You have something to
say. So, tell the world.
Ariel, I agree I admire Lecrae's music and his truth in his lyrics! A couple suggestions for your blog; add a photo of Lecrae and even a link to his newest album. Or add a link to a Youtube video of his song Tell the World. Maybe this is what you did at the end, but I tried clicking on the picture/link and it did not take me anywhere. Lastly, the black text on grey was really hard to read, so maybe just stick with white text and then add in a lot more photos :)
ReplyDeleteAriel, great topic. I do not listen to a lot of Lecrae but the music I have listened to by him was pretty good. I like the way you put all the words together to make the blog seem like a vision in my head. The only thing else i wanted to see would have been a music video to see the vision come to life. I have liked your blogs about the music and i am excited to read the next one.
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