This is Why We Pray
Quanda isn't the nicest person. Actually she has a nice limit. The limit is 1 day of niceness. So when she interviewed T-Bone awhile back, he caused her to reevaluate her ugly demeanor. She came to the conclusion the Lord doesn't make any mistakes. In order for balance in the world there is light and there is fire. T-Bone and Electra represent the light. Steups and I represent the fire. Always willing to be part of God's wonderful plan, I had to share a Christian rap with our readers. Because many of us have Jesus in our lives ...but many of us need to have him in our hearts.
I don't pretend to be a hip hop professional know it all. Mr. Q holds that title. He is the Matt Pinfield of Hip Hop. There is a plethora of unbelievable hip hop knowledge stored in his head. In spite of having limited rap knowledge , I still have an opinion. (Quanda is a Murs, El-P, Common and Lady Sovereign type of rap fan.)And I like T-Bone's flow and song. T-Bone was kind enough to answer my question regarding his song, ' This is Why I Pray.' (right-click to download directly)
Why do a Christian rap song?
" It goes back to wanting to be positive. Often the youth listen to music that leans more towards the negative in this world. Rap is a power medium. It permeates throughout our society. It crosses racial, cultural, and social-economic lines. I thought why not use rap to share with the youth some of the words God has to share with them. I am from New York and a lot of cats have some rapping skills. Why not use my skill to send out a positive message to the youth? I am a big believer in community work. I want to be able to reach the youth. Many kids may not know their time tables but they can recite multiple rap songs word for word. They know those lyrics. It's time to feed our children positive knowledge. It's important to have a positive impact on their lives. So I wanted to share a message of love. We all have a small part in making society better."
Well that about sums in up for me. And I thank T-Bone for keeping it positive. In spite of certain powers *coughs VH-1 coughs using special effects to make him appear to have a wondering eye *coughs when he doesn't.
Credit: Meale & Steups
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