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" I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely. "
Lecrae
Myself
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Just
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" Faith is not about serving some tyrant in the sky that says, 'You need to get your act together.' Faith is about having a loving father who says, 'Hey, listen... I'm here with you. I'm going to hold your hand. Just rock with me.' "
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" If my significance comes from God, then I know I'm always secure. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" College allows you to make better decisions, better friends, and a better future. There's only one catch: when the opportunity comes, you actually have to take it. "
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" Me and Kendrick Lamar have had conversations for years back and forth, so that's my dude. "
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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. "
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" I've always been the type of person - you know, I kind of am extreme. So you know, I'm not like, 'Oh, let me get one tattoo.' It's, like, my old whole arm has to be covered. "
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" Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together. "
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" 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. "
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" I function, I live life as a Christian, and me living life as a Christian doesn't mean I'm a sanitized person. It means that I readily admit I'm a jacked up person, and I need a savior. "
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" My mother, my relatives, and closest friends have risked their lives in the area of law enforcement and corrections, so I never have and never will say, 'I hate police.' "
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" Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others. "
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" Moving forward, hopefully the platform my career has given me will allow me to continue to be a voice in culture, whether that's doing lectures on campus or writing books or whatever that looks like. I feel like that's really the lane that I uniquely connect with. "
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" I would say before I dedicated my life to living for God, I was really your average thrill seeker. "
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" I love Lauryn Hill when she first came out with her solo project because it felt like she just knew what she was doing. "
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" Christians have no idea how to deal with art. "
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" When you're part of hip-hop culture but you're a Christian, people want you to be either-or. Or they'll create a category for you, like, 'Oh, gospel rap!' "
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" When you have legends who want to do music with you, and you befriend the Kendrick Lamars and the Chance the Rappers, that's due to you really being authentically hip-hop and not being contemporary Christian. "
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" There's a line between being egotistical and being genius or great. "
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" 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. "
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" My music is not Christian - Lecrae is. And you hear evidence of my faith in my music. "
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" 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. "
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" It's unfortunate that myself, as a black man, cannot care about the issues that impact the black community without being seeing as a race-baiter or without being seen as someone who doesn't care about any other ethnic groups. "
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" Pain can be a haunting reminder to appreciate every waking moment. "
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" I'm all about authenticity. "
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" In order to cry out for my black brothers, I had to hate the police. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm free. So, every time you hear me, just know that I'm speaking as a liberated person. "
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" Growing up in inner-city neighborhoods, there's a particular structure, which I'm sure is true of most social contexts. The type of person you are determines the role you play. "
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