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I left a couple comments in the Good Music: Cruel Summer thread that prompted this post. Not to continue that train of thought, but to
get something off my chest before I disappear from the music forum. Music is supposed to do one thing: Lift up God. Something
my pastor and wife tell me all the time. The music I cherished, Hiphop, didn't really do that. It mention God here and there but I enjoyed it
for the art. The beats, cunning lyricism is what I enjoyed. I'm 26 and I all my life I listened (but not limited) to this music. BD Kane, Rakim,
Special Ed (- I got it made, was my favorite song for years) to Em, Biggy, Jayz (used to be my favorite mc ever), to DBLOK, Kendrick, Slaughterhouse
I can go on forever. But I consider myself spiritually conscious. I want to focus on things that I cant see, those are forever, versus the
things I can see, which die, deteriorate, and decay. I tried to be beyond the material world and have a good walk with God. I still sin as everyone else,
but I try to eliminate as much as I can. The push to find Godly music made little sense to me, my music wasn't harmful. It may be harsh, cruel,
explicit, violent, perverse and whole alot of other negative attributes. But, its just music right? It make you feel excited, hype, happy, calm , makes you feel good or
bring back memories. Music is pretty powerful since it can do all these things. So why must I change? Rap music never caught a murder charge,
or force anyone to steal, even if a song says it. It can't control you. It can only speak to you, right. I didn't understand fully until yesterday what I was letting
into my life all these years...I go to church every week, read my bible every morning and night and try to have a good heart and
reflect a good christian lifestyle. But I would bump TM103, or the latest mixtape in a heartbeat. This music wasn't in one accord with the lifestyle I wanted to live.
it wasn't cosigning the biblical message I was trying to get from church or from scripture. It was telling me the opposite. I was taking 2 steps forward, 2 steps back
and I couldn't see it until yesterday. After seeing the album art for Pusha T & Kanye's - New god Flow, my eyes were finally opened. You can say what you want about
me but God and my family are untouchable. Then I see my God being belittled and mocked and get his name misused and abused. This made me delete my music catalog of
over 500 albums from my hard drive and the 100 albums I keep on my droid. Music finally broke my heart. I ignored when Produgy dissed Jesus Christ on "Pearly Gates."
I just stopped listening to his music. But now I realize that rap, and rock are rebel music. They rebel against God. Not every artist, but the music
is so saturated which messages that don't life up God and sing his praises that at this point, I have to walk away. Music wont miss me, this forum prolly wont either.
This may never get read, but I just had to share my testimony on how the music I loved didn't love me back. I was sad initially because I love hiphop
beats in paticular, so much vibrance in them but my soul is more important. Now I can empty out my mind of these 100,000's of rap lyrics and refill it with God's word.
I would say it's been real, but it hasn't. For me, its been a maturing experience. God gets the glory all day!
P.S.
There's an attractive female out there you heard of that has intercourse with men for 4 hours,... and then kills them afterwards. She knocks at your door, do you let her in???
get something off my chest before I disappear from the music forum. Music is supposed to do one thing: Lift up God. Something
my pastor and wife tell me all the time. The music I cherished, Hiphop, didn't really do that. It mention God here and there but I enjoyed it
for the art. The beats, cunning lyricism is what I enjoyed. I'm 26 and I all my life I listened (but not limited) to this music. BD Kane, Rakim,
Special Ed (- I got it made, was my favorite song for years) to Em, Biggy, Jayz (used to be my favorite mc ever), to DBLOK, Kendrick, Slaughterhouse
I can go on forever. But I consider myself spiritually conscious. I want to focus on things that I cant see, those are forever, versus the
things I can see, which die, deteriorate, and decay. I tried to be beyond the material world and have a good walk with God. I still sin as everyone else,
but I try to eliminate as much as I can. The push to find Godly music made little sense to me, my music wasn't harmful. It may be harsh, cruel,
explicit, violent, perverse and whole alot of other negative attributes. But, its just music right? It make you feel excited, hype, happy, calm , makes you feel good or
bring back memories. Music is pretty powerful since it can do all these things. So why must I change? Rap music never caught a murder charge,
or force anyone to steal, even if a song says it. It can't control you. It can only speak to you, right. I didn't understand fully until yesterday what I was letting
into my life all these years...I go to church every week, read my bible every morning and night and try to have a good heart and
reflect a good christian lifestyle. But I would bump TM103, or the latest mixtape in a heartbeat. This music wasn't in one accord with the lifestyle I wanted to live.
it wasn't cosigning the biblical message I was trying to get from church or from scripture. It was telling me the opposite. I was taking 2 steps forward, 2 steps back
and I couldn't see it until yesterday. After seeing the album art for Pusha T & Kanye's - New god Flow, my eyes were finally opened. You can say what you want about
me but God and my family are untouchable. Then I see my God being belittled and mocked and get his name misused and abused. This made me delete my music catalog of
over 500 albums from my hard drive and the 100 albums I keep on my droid. Music finally broke my heart. I ignored when Produgy dissed Jesus Christ on "Pearly Gates."
I just stopped listening to his music. But now I realize that rap, and rock are rebel music. They rebel against God. Not every artist, but the music
is so saturated which messages that don't life up God and sing his praises that at this point, I have to walk away. Music wont miss me, this forum prolly wont either.
This may never get read, but I just had to share my testimony on how the music I loved didn't love me back. I was sad initially because I love hiphop
beats in paticular, so much vibrance in them but my soul is more important. Now I can empty out my mind of these 100,000's of rap lyrics and refill it with God's word.
I would say it's been real, but it hasn't. For me, its been a maturing experience. God gets the glory all day!
P.S.
There's an attractive female out there you heard of that has intercourse with men for 4 hours,... and then kills them afterwards. She knocks at your door, do you let her in???
