Clarity is the hidden gem of this age. While we place bets on our music, fashion, and overall artistic trendiness to communicate a message- let's remember the rescue mission.
lyrics
Ambiguous
Whaddup Hip hop, my favorite subculture
Where they smoke Cush, get hooks from frank ocean
Rock a Raider's starter and forever change Oakland
Every 5 years, revisit whose the dopest
Gotta few of our kind that's knocking
Tryna get an audience with the artists in the top ten
Tryna get an audience different from the norm
Finding that the ambiance is strippers n a Porsche
Ain't tryna raise the standard, aint tryna change the standard
They making sure the Truth stays the standard
Musically we done lessened the disparity
Now we hoping that you hear our messages with clarity
Tryna build real relationships on the surface
But best believe that we looking for conversions
That Don't mean it ain't genuine
We aint bait n switchin we just staying on mission
Hook:
It's more to this heat
It's a drought out here and they parched,
Yeah I gotta couple pails of water but it's dark
Who gon cut the lights on, Who gon light the path?
If we stay up in the shadows when they parched...they gon go thirsty
Have mercy-
Gotta get it when it's day
We gon need that sunshine
Lets tell em why we here, time to make it clear
This the postmodern age of non confrontation
Passive aggressive eggshell conversation
Easily offended, we rather stay PC
We rather being quiet then coming off preachy
Wait...y'all remember Paul's words to Timothy
Preach and exhort as vital to the ministry
We mis-quote St Francis of Assisi
And run the risk of Christians being branded as some sissies
When historically it's boldness that defines us
The Holy Spirit's work, He gives us words when the time comes
To share, to preach, to teach, declare
We all been equipped, there's grace when we scared
We don't really like the term holiness
Seem like the new evangelism is to coexist
God forbid. This ain't life from a test tube
It's radical depravity, and man we got the best news
He said its one God, many different paths
I said there's only one God, many different drafts
He took out a cigarette, he took a little drag
Said that's some real ish bro, I ain't even mad
So I chilled, yeah I chilled I ain't get up in His face
But I wondered if he caught that I was tryna show some grace
Like bro we not the same, dap me up n think it's cool
My heart is broken for you, man if you only know
I been tripping in my mind like, have I really showed
The difference- Love, joy, peace n self control?
I ain't tell him bout my church, man we ain't read no verses
I just hope he saw a sinner, stead of a religious person
I'm just tryna put a stone in his shoe
Waking up his conscience to think about what's true
Versus what's a lie, clearly examine
Just hope the seed planted turns back the famine
credits
from The Straw Man,
released November 28, 2013
Prod. by LexiBeats
Beauty and the Beast at the very beginning of the track, then a Christ-integrated message to top it all off. Nostalgic and Beautiful. To add more to the pie, the song and what it relates to is perfectly fitting for the theme of beauty in the midst of beastliness. It's just dope.
Thank God for this song. Donovan Lewis