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" For a lot of people, groups, Christians included, issues are homogenized. And so to be a Christian, I'm either this staunch, conservative Republican, or I'm this tree-hugging liberal. You're stereotyped. It's almost assumed that people know what your issues are going to be. "

Lecrae

Republican

Christian

Know

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" I'll put it to you like this: You can only go as mainstream as people will let you go. "

" What I bring is unique. No one else brings to the table what I am. "

Lecrae

Unique

Bring

" Christians have no idea how to deal with art. "

" Old habits die hard, and if you're not careful, the person you used to be can overtake the person you're trying to become. "

" I thought that God and rap would never work. I thought that God wasn't okay with rap. People knew I used to rap, and I went to the Bible studies. Someone said, 'Hey, you should rap about Jesus.' "

" Lecrae is not just, you know, church, church, church. "

" To realize that I had been living a lie, to realize that I was unsatisfied and I would never be satisfied until I came to Jesus was so revolutionary to me that I wanted everyone to taste it. I wanted everyone to see how awesome God was. "

Lecrae

Living

Realize

" Waka is really intelligent. A lot of people don't know that because he just gets people hyped up, but he's a dynamic individual, and once you get to know him, you get to see a lot of that. "

" Many people don't know that all Grammy awards are not created equal. An unspoken hierarchy exists in many circles, and some categories are more respected than others. "

Lecrae

People

Know

" History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard. "

" In order to cry out for my black brothers, I had to hate the police. "

" I live in Atlanta because Ludacris lives in Atlanta. And because T.I. lives in Atlanta and because Lil Wayne comes to Atlanta to hang out all the time and because Rick Ross' engineers are in Atlanta. "

" Christianity is the truth about everything. If you say you have a Christian worldview, that means you see the world through that lens - not just how people get saved and what to stay away from. "

" I'm in a very comfortable place, and some of that comes from the shackles of not having to be what people want you to be. "

" The biggest accolades aren't the Grammys for me. It's creating opportunities for people. "

Lecrae

Opportunities

Creating

" I know I'm wonderfully made, and nobody can take that away from me. So regardless of what I show you or expose to you, you don't have any bearing on my worth and what I mean. "

" I don't feel any sense of prioritizing white evangelicalism. "

" I love Lauryn Hill when she first came out with her solo project because it felt like she just knew what she was doing. "

" For me, 2016-17 was hell, and there's no way around it for me. I went through pain, depression, fear, doubt, and all of that was a journey that I was able to write through, and then I wrote when I was coming out of that dark place as well. "

" You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts, so I want to celebrate Jesus. "

" Honestly, the pains of humanity have been draining me. "

Lecrae

Pains

Humanity

" I'm not afraid of people; I'm afraid of not doing what God created me to do. "

Lecrae

God

Afraid

" I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely. "

" I always liked the content of a Common but the commercial viability of a Lil Jon. And I would say, 'Why don't those worlds ever come together?' So for me, it was like, 'Let's do that.' "

Lecrae

Why

Together

" My stepdad didn't have a father growing up, so he didn't know how to have a father-son style conversation. Plus, we had a tense relationship in which he never really offered me advice. "

" It is possible to call God 'Lord,' to feel emotionally connected to faith, to do the altruistic things and still not want God. "

" My mom was big on education, big on reading, so she was always pushing books on me: 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' like, 'Read these books.' And it was like, man, I'm learning stuff that I just can't get anywhere else. "

" Your identity is not wrapped up in how right you get it or how perfect you can posture yourself. But, your identity is wrapped up in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. "

" I feel fortunate to have a huge family that is beyond race, creed, culture, and have a Father who shepherds us all. When I think about that, my mind is blown. "

Lecrae

Culture

Family

" As we wrestle with questions of identity, we imitate those actions we think best fill an ambiguity we have within ourselves. And that goes for everyone; no one is free from this condition. "