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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. "
Lecrae
Culture
Us
Family
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I'll put it to you like this: You can only go as mainstream as people will let you go. "
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" Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others. "
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" You take the negative, the bitter, the pain, the suffering, the depression, and all of those are ingredients for something far more purposeful than you can imagine. "
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" My mother was a - she worked at a halfway house. And one of the former inmates slid me a mix-tape full of different hip-hop songs. And so that was my first kind of experience with rap music. "
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" I'm all about authenticity. "
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" My mom had always been big on education. She was the first woman in our family to go to college, and she often reminded me that I needed to go to college if I wanted to really make it in life. "
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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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" Many times, that's how people see Christian art or Christians making art: They see the art as having an agenda. "
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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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" Being an outspoken Christian in the music industry means always feeling out of place. It's like whatever you have accomplished is less credible because of your faith. "
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" In Scripture, when something is repeated, especially a name, it shows an emotional connection, a deeper sense of meaning. "
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" I knew my ways were unfulfilling. I chased power, pleasure, possessions, something satisfying. I knew I kept getting let down. I knew it was insanity, and I was never going to find fulfillment, but I didn't know what else to look for. "
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" Atlanta, to me, has the sauce as far as urban music is concerned. "
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" 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. "
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" There's a line between being egotistical and being genius or great. "
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" I've done songs with legends like De La Soul with Pete Rock. I've done songs with B.O.B. I've done songs with Big Kit. "
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" I hate systemic oppression in America. "
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America
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" I don't feel any sense of prioritizing white evangelicalism. "
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" I think of people like Ray Charles, Otis Redding, and Isaac Hayes. They all came out of the South, and they followed a certain tradition and energy. That's no knock to groups like The Temptations or The Supremes, not at all, but they were way more polished in how they did things. "
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" Pain can be a haunting reminder to appreciate every waking moment. "
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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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" 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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" I'm digesting C.S. Lewis and Tim Keller and so on and so forth, Francis Schaeffer. I'm seeing how they've affected culture and politics and science and so on and so forth, with implicit faith versus explicit faith. "
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" Life is a precious gift - a gift we often take for granted until it is threatened. "
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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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