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

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" 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. "

" Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together. "

" 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. "

" Many times, that's how people see Christian art or Christians making art: They see the art as having an agenda. "

" My music is not Christian - Lecrae is. And you hear evidence of my faith in my music. "

" A lot of times, when you don't have to deal with some of the circumstances that affect minority culture, you just don't think they exist. This is a conversation I have with lots of my white friends all the time. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Hip-hop is substance. It's social. It's science - that's what it started off as. We have fun, and we still having fun; ain't nothing wrong with fun, but we need that social, we need that substance, we need that science, and we need that spiritual. "

" Hang out with me long enough, and I'm bound to let you down. "

" 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. "

" A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us. "

" 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. "

" If my significance comes from God, then I know I'm always secure. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I hate systemic oppression in America. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I think complexity is beautiful. "

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" My graduation was an amazing moment for my family, my community. In my early childhood, we lived on a subsidized income, with government assistance - at one point when I was growing up, my mother was making $14,000 a year. Now I had made it out of the hood, so to speak. "

" Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others. "

" 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. "

" 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. "