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

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" I hate systemic oppression in America. "

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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. "

" People who've only seen me perform might assume that I'm confident and that being ignored wouldn't bother me - but it does. "

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

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

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

" A girl invited me to come out to a Bible study, and I said, 'Why not? I don't have anything to lose.' I went, and to my surprise, I saw people that loved God, but they were not square or rigid. They were just people like me. "

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

" Jesus ain't American, you know what I mean? And there is gonna be more people in Heaven who don't speak English and are not white when we get there. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I spent some time in Cairo, and you see these Coptic Christians and Muslims holding hands. They got a rich history together of working together and cohabitating. You couldn't pay to see that in America. "

Working Together

" As children, we look up to people, for better or worse, and see them as the standard for how we should act and identify ourselves. "

" 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. "

" In Scripture, when something is repeated, especially a name, it shows an emotional connection, a deeper sense of meaning. "

" Life is a precious gift - a gift we often take for granted until it is threatened. "

Take For Granted

" If you subscribe to any moral code that says you should care for humanity, obviously black people will fit into that category. "

" Christians need to embrace that there need to be believers talking about love and social issues and all other aspects of life. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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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" I consider what I do soul music. It's music that is concerned with the soul. "

" I would say before I dedicated my life to living for God, I was really your average thrill seeker. "

" 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. "