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" As a black man who doesn't know another black man who hasn't had strange run-ins with police officers, it's impossible for us not to think about whether that could have been us - based on our country, based on our culture, based on our past experiences. "
Police
Think
Man
" Before I walk onto the stage, it's about the centrality of Jesus and just really keeping a focus on Jesus as opposed to ourselves. "
Walk
Just
Focus
" Black art is not some kind of a magic wand: there still has to be a humble heart attached that's listening to it. And I know it's not a wand because plenty of fans love to turn on us as soon as they realize we are actual black people, with black concerns in our black lives. "
Black
Heart
Humble
" Every trip I made to Atlanta was crucial because it was so hard to get away from family and church duties. "
Church
Atlanta
Trip
" For me, as a believer, I found myself in between two worlds because I live in this world, this fallen world, and I want to glorify God here, and I want to point to Jesus here, I want to work here and live with my wife here, but I also look forward to the recreation of this world when the Lord Jesus comes back and makes all things new. "
World
God
Myself
" God created you to honor Him, find joy, and serve others. Don't sleep on that. "
God
You
Sleep
" I actually fell in love with hip-hop before I fell in love with Jesus. I'm a fan of hip-hop, I love hip-hop. I don't even necessarily want to call myself 'Christian rapper.' You know, I don't want to put myself in that little box. "
Christian
Want
Myself
" I always assumed I'd marry a black woman. "
Woman
Always
Assumed
" I don't' really have lots of hobbies. I like to read and hang out with my family. I'm a pretty boring person beyond that. "
Boring
Family
Person
" If I just point out the fact that black people hurt each other, too, then we can ignore the fact that other people harm black people. I think it's an irresponsible argument. "
Ignore
People
Think
" If you look at pop culture as the main picture you see of black men, all these kind of threatening pictures and - I think those of us who are artists and who are in media have to think carefully about what those pictures are. "
Think
Picture
Men
" I just never want to do anything that's going to compromise what I do. It would have to be a song where there would be honest discussion about something. "
Compromise
Honest
Never
" I know that everyone has their own ideas about what the good life is, and hip hop has especially strong ideas about it. It's been the same old thing for years and years: a bunch of females around you, nice cars and money. I wanted people to know what the good life actually is and challenge a lot of the lies that we're told. "
Money
Good
Strong
" I know, when I was growing up, a lot of the views I was listening to, it was a worldview that was not helpful. The world even sold me a false idea of what the good life was, and I wish that people would have helped me to think better about how to interact with that worldview. "
Good
Think
People
" I love being an example, that, hey, I'm young, I'm a rapper, and the gospel is the power of God for salvation even for me. "
Power
Me
Love
" I'm kind of a boring person. People think I get to travel the world and I rap or whatever, but I'm pretty boring. My life is pretty crazy enough, and when I'm not on the road or doing something, I'm kind of boring. "
Crazy
Life
People
" I'm not good at very many things. The stuff I'm good at tends to be the stuff that people know me for. "
Know
Good
People
" I'm very good at watching basketball and wearing basketball shoes. "
Basketball
Watching
Very
" I never want to give people something I've already given them; I wanna give them something new, you know? So the people who've been enjoying my music for years, I hope they continue to enjoy. "
Music
Know
Hope
" I put a lot of my studies into my music and my writing. I want to be able to address real life issues in a way that not only takes God into account but takes his perspective as we see in His Word. I have a strong desire to be pastor that - I do think it's in my future, but I'm not sure how soon. I do this as a season of preparation for that. "
God
Perspective
Music
" I think about the very truth that changed my life. I want to put good things in my music. "
Think
My Life
Truth
" I think if you were to ask me when I was much younger what my definition of the good life was, I think it would have sounded a lot like what most people would say - a life with all the things you want and everything you think you need to make you happy, and these sorts of things. "
Think
Happy
Good
" I think I used to not know if I could be a good pastor because I think I had some things in mind that I thought were part of being a pastor that don't necessarily have to be. "
Pastor
Thought
Think
" It was always very clear to me that God was sovereign in salvation. "
Always
Clear
God
" It would be really dangerous for us to assume that Christian hip-hop's popularity equals racial unity. "
Dangerous
Unity
Us
" I've definitely seen huge shifts, but the church is a little afraid of hip-hop, and hip-hop is a little afraid of the church. It's a weird middle area I'm often stuck in. "
Afraid
Stuck
Hip-Hop
" I've done admin work, preaching and teaching, youth ministry, marital counseling, etc. "
Work
Ministry
Done
" I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift: where, before, I was just kind of going to church every now and then; then, there was an actual change, where I actually understood who Jesus was, actually understood the message of the Gospel, and my entire life changed. "
Time
My Life
Loved
" I wanted to write a book specifically aimed toward young people. I wanted to write a book that anybody can read and enjoy, but I did want to aim it at young people and, even more specifically, urban young people. "
People
Enjoy
Book
" I was about 14 when I became a Christian. I had been going to youth group, and I'd heard the Gospel preached, and then suddenly it all started to click. God opened my eyes to see Jesus for who He really was. After I trusted Christ, the Lord changed my entire perspective on everything. "
Perspective
Youth
Group
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