Onoliko dugo koliko se sjećam, hip hop je imao opsesiju sa Bogom i religije. Ne mislim da ukazuju na to da svi reperi su vjerske bhakte. Ali malo reperi - ili bilo umjetnika što se toga tiče - može uzdrmati potrebu uključiti Boga negdje u svojoj umetnosti. To je prirodno i dobro za nas da govorimo o Bogu, ali pitanje je, šta mi govore? Neki će reći, "To je samo muzika. Ne uzimajte to tako ozbiljno!” Ali ono što je reper kaže na mikrofon je ozbiljnije nego što mislite.
Neki su koristili hip hop da izraze svoje iskrene veroispovesti ili nedostatak iste. islam, The Five Percenters, hrišćanstvo, agnosticizam, ateizam, i druge religije su sve promovisan kroz umjetnost obrasca. Mislim da je hip hop je jedinstveno prikladan da izrazi lojalnost i odanost sve smo strastveni o. Dijelom zbog uvjerljivih sirovost kulture i dijelom zbog toga što hip hop omogućava više riječi, na taj način možete zapravo "naučiti.”
Ali većina hip hop vrijeme je više kao berbernice od Sunday School klase. Reperi nepromišljeno pobegao u usta, da li znaju o čemu pričaju ili ne.
iskrenost vs. nesmotrenost
Postoje neke čije rime odražavaju iskreno - iako ponekad pogrešno - potraga za i bore sa istinom. Ja to poštujem. One thinks of The Roots’ “Dear God 2.0,” or Kendrick Lamar’s “Dying of Thirst”.” *Čak i kad se ne slažem s njihovim pretpostavkama ili zaključke, Uživam slušajući iskreno lutanja. I to me često kreće da se molim za moje kolege Emcees.
Hip hop je uvijek imala tamniju stranu, iako, gdje umjetnici tretiraju Boga i religije s nepoštovanjem i nepoštovanje. Reperi kao da kaže sve što reči u redu u ovom trenutku - bilo da su ih zaista vjeruju ili ne. I u "post-Christian” nacija kao što je naša, ovi nesmotren napadi su obično usmjerene na Isusa i Njegove crkve.
Naravno, postoje neke stvari - kao što su licemjerstvo i novca gladni "propovjednika” - Koje zaslužuju da se rugao. ali, nažalost,, biblija, crkve, i Bog se često tretiraju kao beznačajan znakova u fikciji priči. priznajem, sluha reperi govoriti o "freaky” djevojke u crkvenom horu me bojati se, ali ništa mi tuguje više nego ruganje sam Isus.
Mnogi reperi su sebe nazivali Boga, stavio se na nivou sa Isusom, i su hvalisavo uzeti ime Gospodnje uzalud. Oni su izgrađen cijeli albuma širom irreverent vjerskim temama. Oni su iskoristili svoje Bogom dano kreativnost vrijeđati svoje Creator. How ironic.
Kao sljedbenik Isusa, Ja sam osobno uvrijeđen što sam čuo, ali više od toga bojim se za one koji bljuju ove bogohulne riječi. Mi bismo svi se bojati za čovek koji je pljunuo u lice predsjednika, ali treba biti još se za čovjeka koji pljuje u lice Svemogućeg Boga.
Uzvratite Grace
Pa kako bih trebao odgovoriti? Nisam mogao početi kampanju za bojkot njihovu muziku. ili, kao reper sebe, Mogao bih da napišem oštar Diss rekord za uzraste. Ja ću vam odlučiti da li bilo koji od tih pristupa su u pravu ili ne. ali iskreno, Ne mislim da će učiniti mnogo za rješavanje pravi problem.
Muziku repera pustite je odraz njihovih srca. Naše riječi su uvijek savršen sliku onoga što se događa unutar nas. Jeste li ikada sapleo dok drži čašu vode ili soka? Bez obzira imate u staklo prospe napolje na zemlju. Kao što svi znamo, naša nespretnost ne proizvodi tečnost, to nam samo pokazuje ono što je u čaši. To je ista stvar sa našim riječima. Kada govorimo, ili rap, sadržaj našim srcima je rasipala. Govor i glazba ne čini nas grešne, ali to ne izlagati ono što je u našim srcima i mislima (Matthew 12:34).
U svjetlu toga, slušajući neke od repera koji zauzimaju vjerske teme mi govori dvije stvari.
prvo, oni ne razumiju koji je Isus. Ako jesu, oni nikada ne bi govoriti o njemu na ovaj način. Naravno, znaju Isus je bio jevrejski čovjek koji je bio raspet prije dvije hiljade godina. ali, they don’t truly understand Him.
No muškarac ili žena pri zdravoj pameti će pokušati da se stave na nivou sa apsolutni vladar ako ga zaista shvatili da bude takva. Niko ne bi ga poštuješ od Njega povezujući bludno seksualni čin ili nasilje ako su shvatili da je bio vječni sudija njihovih duša. Oni ne bi baciti njegovo ime oko kao da je niko i tretira Njegovo ime s takvim lakoumnost i nepoštovanje.
Kada ste zaista vidio Isusa, vi shvatiti da On je neuporedivo. Kada zaista znate King, vas podnijeti njegove vlasti, ne osporavaju to. Dakle, jedini zaključak mogu izvući je da oni nisu ga vidjeli za koji On.
Sekunda, trebamo ljude koji ne znaju Isusa da progovore. Ne samo u pjesme i blogove, ali za stolom, u sali, i u učionici. Zašto? Jer ovo neznanje i nepoštovanje nije jedinstven za repere. Reckless umjetnost je samo jedan izraz to. Živimo u kulturi upoznati sa istinom (2 Corinthians 4:4).
Otvaranje Blind Eyes
Dakle, ako znate Isusa, recite svojim prijateljima i porodicom istinu. Bog ne treba se igrati sa. On je da se klanjali, voljen, poslušao, i uživao. On je stvaran. On mrzi grijeh i poslao sina da to nekažnjeno. Zapravo, Njegov sin je umro i uzeo kaznu za grijeh, tako da ne bi morali da. And God raised Him from the grave so that we could live with Him forever.
Pass ove dobre vijesti o drugima! ali, molim vas, učiniti sa grace. Stop viče na ljude, i počne da ih voli. Ako ste vidjeli Isusa za koji On, to nije zato što si bolji od bilo koga. To je zato što je Bog otvorio svoj slijepi oči. Moli On bi to isto za svoje prijatelje i porodicu.
A ako ne znate Isusa, trebalo bi da ga znati. On je neopisivo dobar, i više nego dostojan naše predanosti. Nema ni jedan od nas koji mogu priuštiti da zanemari Boga ili tretiraju Njegovog Sina kao samo još jedan dude. Naša vječnost zavisi šta vjerujemo o Isusu. A istina je, da li vjerujemo u Njega ili ne, ćemo suditi prema Njemu.
Dakle, ono što je Bog na nevjernik te pitam? tvorac, Potporna, i sudija. I ako ćemo se okrene i vjerujem - Spasitelj.
*odricanje: Ja ne preporučuje da slušaju pjesme navedenih. Jedan od njih sadrži psovke da neće biti prikladno ili korisno za mnoge.
“We would all be afraid for a man who’d spit in the face of the
President, but we should be even more afraid for a man who spits in the face of Almighty God.” – That sentence is very powerful!
Thank you for this article Trip! I really enjoy Christian Hip Hop because I always felt that lyrically it had much more content and teaching than normal CCM praise music.
Ironically, I have never liked secular Hip Hop because of the constant repeating lyrical content of sex, droga, self exalting, itd. That has been true even before I became Christian.
Zapravo, I grew up listening to punk rock and was always a rocker. When I found Christian Hip Hop, Svidjelo mi se! My friends were dumbfounded that I was listening to Hip Hop since I had always disliked it, at least secular Hip Hop.
Keep on doing your great work and I shall too my brother! For the Glory of God and our beloved Saviour Jesus! :D
Amen!
Hej Trip,
I agree that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, so naturally the words to songs are going to be about whats going on in a person.
I would also like to add that many Country singers as well talk about Jesus as some one they would drink with? Ummm yeah right if they saw him they would become humble and would not think much about drinking. Or would try to hide from his presence.
I would like to share on here and with you that I have been called to speak to people about His Love. His Spirit told me that He would speak threw me to people. I am not perfect and I do try to stay unstained by the world, and am growing like other Christians also.
I wanted to share with you some of my testimony of Gods goodness in my own life.
I had always felt like I could feel God watching me even as a youth. I would sing to Him and get lost in the day thinking about His love. When I was 15 the Lord literally showered me with His love and Spirit and I received the Holy Spirit that day. My mouth was used by the Spirit to answer questions that was on others in the room hearts. And He spoke to me threw my heart telling me He had come to live in me and would protect me and would speak threw me when the time was right. I remember when I was in 9th grade and these people came with trash cans full of condoms to our school. Robert E. Lee in Tyler Tx. They showed us many pictures and the deceases that sex would bring. They told us to fill free to fill up small brown trash bags of condoms and take them if we needed them. They were telling us that we could go to the nurses office and get some also if we did not want to take them right then. When they said,”Sex is the best filling that you will ever fill.” I stood up in-front of the whole 9th grade class and these people and proclaimed. “No God’s Holy Spirit is the best thing you and I will ever fill.” They had police escort me to the office until after they had finished there spill. I remember a few students stood along with me and said she is right. This was the beginning of my journey.
Later on in Life I was at an apartment where there was drinking and card games. I remember I felt like I needed to flee this place this feeling overwhelmed me in my heart. I noticed a man on a karaoke machine started to say my name and spoke things about me that I did not know how he could know. I watched him and noticed I could see horns coming out from his head I asked my friend if she could see what was happening also, she replied no, but that she felt uneasy about us being there. I knew I was seeing a spiritual thing happening then. I saw more things razor sharp teeth and and claws, and at that point I ran to the door to get out. The man on the karaoke machine called out to a women to close the door on me and not let me leave, she was not able to and he hurried to the door and stood in-front of the door closing me inside. I was in complete shock at what happened next. I saw the ugliest demon possible come half way out of this man as if to devour me right there, and at that moment a beautiful white covering came down over my entire body and in an instant the demon flew from this mans body. The man could not stand and slid down the door into a sitting position and I saw tears run down his face. I was then able to open the door even with this man sitting in-front as easy as if he were not sitting there, and began to run as fast as I could out of this apartment complex.
I at this point I felt as if I needed to ride my self from all the people in my life that would even consider to put me into a room with people that were demon possessed. And so I fought my way away from gangs and bad influences. I did not really give my whole life to God at this point and would like to add I am still in training in this area also. But for God to protect me in this way even though I was young and in need of so much mercy and grace, still baffles my mind to this day. His love is Amazing. I have only encountered one other demonic spirit to which I could spiritually see. I was driving down the hwy 155 and I noticed a car plate that said “Vampire” on it, as I passed the car I looked at the driver and saw a demon right there in the mans body. I speed up to get on down the road away from this one.
Another example of God’s Protection in my life. When I was younger some time after I received the Holy Spirit I was riding in the back end of a pick up truck in Louisiana and it was me and three cousins all very young in the back and three cousins in the front. I felt the Spirit move me to sing He has the whole world in his hands, And I stood up and raised my hands to God. At that moment as my cousins in the back are looking at me like why is she singing that, my cousin who was driving was passing a truck to our right and we are in a curve and a truck was in the lane ahead coming straight on. My cousin who was driving said, “Dear God what have I done.” and my other cousin in front said, “My God.” and I was just lifting my hands to God and singing. I saw a beautiful rain-bowed hand slash cloud come down in an instant and remove the truck that was to head on collide with us. I remember seeing the truck behind us on down the road as if nothing had happened. When we got back to my aunts home my cousins said, “We would all be dead if not had Cherish been in the truck.” they asked me what I was doing back there and I said singing hes got the whole world in his hands. My cousins and I are still in Awe of God for his protection of all of us that day. I told them it was not “mene” ali “bog” who had protected us.
This is just a couple of the many times God has protected me, showed mercy to me and kept me from harm.
With all that said I hope this encourages someone out there, and Loving Jesus is not just about “seeing” something happen for we know Scripture says Blessed is the man who has not seen and yet still believes. And that is only a part of that scripture fyi. Anyways I wanted to share this and say I Love Jesus, I believe and testify to his protection,mercy, and Love. I want everyone to know our King has a wedding feast He is preparing for His beloved. We as His Church are his beloved and He wants you and me and anyone reading this to prepare themselves for His appearing, and to repent from there sins and follow Him. I Love your music Trip. It has blessed my life and others around me. I pray that you will continue to Put Matt 6:33 into practice and live a life testifying to our Kings goodness. I am so thankful for good beats with God loving words that I and my young family can enjoy as we wait upon Him. Cherish :) I AM UNASHAMED!
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Talk about this rapper . He had a “Jesus walks” vision in the Hip-hop industry as you have but what happened? “failed” if you so to speak. What went wrong?…These are the questions you need to find answers to.
Sitting back and analyzing What’s happening to Jesus “image” wont change a thing. As a matter of fact that CANT alter Jesus’ Isuse!!.
He was crucified by some bunch of cheap Romans soldiers and that even led to the prove that He Jesus is God after He Resurrecting.
Go get a record deal from YMCMB and Preach the Truth in a raw manner, and see whether you will survive as a rapper.”say what the world wants to hear” business…smh
They are so use to the world and it systems: Getting money, fornicating, itd. to the extend that even if Jesus manifest Himself physically to them today, they will unconsciously slip back into there old ways later.
“You can easy destroy a tree at it nursing stage but not when it has fully established as a Timber.” and the only way to get rid of a Timber completely is by destroying it root.
So do what you ought to do to destroy the root of the problem as a “saved” being. Tell the world what they’ve not heard before.. A material proof of Jesus’ Existence, Power and Glory “new light”
Some friends of mine recently commented that the best way to recognize falsehood is by learning to recognize truth; I think that wisdom applies here. One could go about creating a campaign against this godless music, but even better is to keep producing God-centered music.
I’m not much of a rap fan myself, but I am tremendously grateful that there are individuals such as yourself who are serving as a sort of indigenous missionary and reaching into that culture with the love of Christ.
An awesome, well-thought-out perspecitve from Trip Lee!
Beautifully and powerfully said! Thank you for declaring truth!
uredu. it is time for “Christian rappers” to mock their (world) god(satan). its as simple as that.
If you think our Jesus is being disrespected/mocked then you rappers are in the best position to also render their satan powerless by insulting/disrespecting satan the hard way twice.
In my book Rap and Religion: Understanding the Gangstas God, I write about how rappers see themselves as Jesus because he was oppressed like they are. Check out. http://rapandreligion.com
da! Thanks for sharing Dr. Utley! I heard you speak at North Park University last fall and was impacted by this connection.
Wow Will…..I do appreciate how powerful and subtly you used words to put through your thoughts [shows whats in your glass :) ]…I wanted to voice similar opinions, you really brought clarity into this topic using good examples.
Hvala još jednom,
Terence.A
there be gods MANY and lords MANY. (1Co8:5) aHaYah asher aHaYAH, TELL the CHILDREN of YISRAEL I AM HATH sent you. (Ex.3:14) & moreover the El of Avraham, Yitschak, n Yaacov (Ex.3:15).. YmmanuwEL, YesHaYAH HaMashiyach.
PRAY & read your Bible intensely and the Holy One of YisraEl WIL reveal the answers from OUR Father which ART in heaven… Salvation the Saviour is comin back for His ppl… “The TWELVE Tribes of YisraEL” & those that BELIEVE the WORD of aHaYAH.. search for Yesha – Salvation as a HIDDEN treasure… Bless aHaYAH – He Who IS, He Who WAS, & He Who IS to COME. (Rev1:4) even so come, YesHaYAH. Amen.
Dakle, ono što je Bog na nevjernik te pitam? I say ask them back, What’s a non believer to a God? ;)
this is really a great message
inspired me to write something today, don’t let some negative people or comments sway you from speaking the truth. I know that there are some out there that might try to get on your nerves. I am here to say Keep it up you are making a difference
When I was if the world, I was a heavy hip hop enthusiast because of the artistic creativity and mainly because of content. Listeners gravitate to words that appeal to the heart. tako, in essence, as long as there are darkened hearts, there will be those that gravitate to the message. This article just serves notice on us who believe because “we are made to light it up a city on a hilltop” and we want people to ‘hit us up when they feel lost’ SO that we can navigate them tithe savior. You’ve outlined our sole mission in this article- thanx! P.S. LOVE THE CUP ANALOGY!!!! AWESOME. nazdravlje
priznanje: Rebel Rapper Trip Lee Talks About Rap & religija - YES FM
I love the thought process of Mr. Lee, I’ve been a follower of Trip from the jump, When he asked the question “Pa kako bih trebao odgovoriti? Nisam mogao početi kampanju za bojkot njihovu muziku. ili, kao reper sebe, Mogao bih da napišem oštar Diss rekord za uzraste. I’ll let you decide whether either of those approaches are right or wrong.” I think a response with a diss record is very appropriate, I see it as an opportunity to do exactly what David did to Goliath. He had the chance to shut the mouths of the one who was speaking against his GOD. Now with the influence and the amazing GOD giving talent Trip has, I see it as a golden opportunity to Infiltrate the Industry.
May GOD Bless- Good Blog!
GREAT TRIP PRAISE GOD!!!!!!