Explaining the Lyrics Behind my Album Blameless

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I love me some gospel. All right. I kind of want to get straight to it. Why my lips so red? cuz I have a filter that made my lips red. That's why. And it might be partly how Lord made me. All right. So, y'all have been talking about having a a lyric breakdown for a minute.

So, we plan to shoot in two weeks a professional lyric breakdown with me and Ace since me and Ace, you know, we created this album together. But I wanted to do one on Instagram live because that would like this will be more thorough. So I kind of I want to go literally if IG will let me cuz I saw they gave a a thing that said I can't play music which is weird.

Uh so we're going to figure that out. But uh yeah, we're just going to go through the album, the whole thing. So if you don't want to stay for the whole thing, that's fine. I I'll I'mma post it on the thing. But we going to go through the whole album and I'm going to stop at parts that I think are harder to decipher or parts that I think are meaningful to communicate.

And I got my Bible. You know what I'm saying? I don't know why I ordered a cold brew with strawberry foam. Maybe because it's uh late. It don't taste good. It don't taste good. But that's okay. All right. So, y'all ready to start? Y'all ready? You are. I feel like I need to cast vision one more time.

This is I had an album come out a week ago called Blameless. Has a lot of metaphors, puns, double antandras in there. All for this sole purpose of creatively communicating God's truth. The whole purpose of the album is talk about how obviously all all of us are supposed to live holy and righteous lives.

We're supposed to be conformed to the image of God's son. That's why he saved us, i.e. blameless. But in our pursuit of blamelessness, we will soon recognize very quickly that we're not that. I'm not that. So, I wrote an album to communicate the goal, which is blamelessness, while also being honest about all the stuff that's in the way of the goal.

But the ultimate standard and encouragement and hope we have is Jude 1:24. Hello. That says, "To him who is able to keep us from stumbling and to present us faultless and blameless." I'll say it one more time. To him, God who is able to keep us from stumbling and to present us faultless and blameless.

Meaning because of Christ's death, we are made righteous in Christ. Being made righteous in Christ means we are not only sanctified but being sanctified. Hello. But when I die because I am in him, I will be presented blameless. So all of Jackie sins, all of your sins if you're in Christ were laid on Christ Jesus on that cross.

He took the propitiation, absorbed the wrath of God for your sins, died, went to the grave. And when he said, "It is finished," it meant it was paid for. Ah, it was paid. Okay? So, in your pursuit of righteousness and your pursuit of blamelessness, you have to anchor your sanctification in your justification.

Since you have been justified, you will also be sanctified. And because you are being sanctified, it is evidence that you will be glorified. That's Romans. So, in essence, that's the album. Um, I say all that to [laughter] say, let's begin. All right. ((music playing)) Can you hear it? ((music playing)) If you don't like when people start and stop, I'm sorry that if you want to listen to the album with without any interruptions, get off this live and just go listen to it.

I'm going to interrupt. My interruption is when I first heard this song, I said this sound like a movie. This sound like how you want an album to start. Take it cuz it got that like hm where is this going? >> ((music playing)) >> Yeah, ((music playing)) it's a rare house on the corner with the back window.

Kind [singing] of lot of crap. Now walk past with ((music playing)) my dog at the walls. Wonder what the cat found. I don't want to get involved, but I got a calling to stretch. So I hit 95, do 100 miles, feeling [music and singing] like a wretch now. small key. The the the guy who produced a bunch of songs all of Manora this uh a whole bunch of stuff.

His name is 95. So when I say 95, so I hit 95 100 miles. It's double where obviously I'm talking about being on a highway, but I'm also giving a shout out to 95 who wrote who did this beat. Who is it? ((music playing)) Me kids right under my feet turning this burning.

The owner don't want me to see living room where the living but I ((music playing)) slipped in anyway. Somebody home. I see a plate. They eating a piece of the pie. I think they are greedy and needed and greeding to keep them alive. Or maybe I find another room to investigate what the problem is.

Maybe they laying on the bed with a living bread where the knowledge is TV on ((music playing)) and it's Netflix like a necklace or a new shoes to the death is use ain't nothing but ((music playing)) a death wish when time flies. Wait a sec. It ain't this ain't it. I just want to teach on this one little section.

So I'm talking about I say uh maybe I'll find another room to investigate what the problem is. Maybe they laying on the bed with the living bread where the knowledge is TV on it. this Netflix like a necklace or a new shoes to the death issues. Ain't nothing but a death wish when time flies where the sec it ain't it.

Um that whole section. So obviously somebody I'm entering a house and I'm looking for the owner of the house and while I'm walking through the house I'm going through different rooms to try to find who lives here. But while I'm going through these different rooms I'm discovering Yeah, my hair did grow back which is crazy.

Uh while I'm going through these different rooms, I'm learning something about the person by proxy of what's in the room. So in this room, I'm seeing like, oh, maybe they in there on in the bed with the Bible, but what I see is they not in there, the TV on and it's Netflix, and it's like, what they doing?

That speaks to obviously the home is the introduction to me walking through my h the house is my heart. Okay. So each room represents different things that are in my heart because to become blameless we have to deal with in with it what's in our heart right [snorts] and so to say that the TV on this Netflix Netflix is to speak to the reality that sometimes what hinders our ability to grow in righteousness is o like in like excessive leisure like inordinate relaxation.

And so watching Netflix for four or five hours, even though it may not be as elicit as porn, it is still sloth. It's still keeping you from being more efficient and more like diligent with your time. And that's that can be a struggle of mine. I said this on the live before.

I was like, I do so much that often times I'll find myself scrolling or watching a bunch of TV just because I want to disconnect. when the Lord is like, "Yeah, I come to me who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest, not Netflix."

So that whole portion is speaking to like us just being lazy. ((music playing)) [singing] ((music playing)) cuz I'll never forget. >> And first when I first did this song, the beat was there the whole time. The bass was there. It was Ace's idea to take the the base out and drop it where it was.

That's why when you listen to my pitch, my pitch is as if like like I got high energy for some reason. This won't let me back up. That's mean. Well, sorry. I'm just going to go on. ((music playing)) living. >> This really won't let me know. >> All right. Small thing.

I'm not doing this. Well, I say uh what it say. The closet. The skeleton hanging. Is it a fit? Maybe it's drip. American language. I see it. It's all in the pit. Faces. I'll never forget. Maybe they need to forgive. If 77 and seven is heaven and triple the six number they summon and win.

All right. So we know that Jesus is uh that you know when Peter is like how many times I'm supposed to forgive? He says 77* 7. And so to say that they see a picture in my heart which a b with a with a bunch of faces is in al in essence to say like oh she got a lot of people she ain't forgave yet.

So and then the repent repent repent repent joint. Uh I first saw that when uh we did ask 242 and somebody put that sound behind uh like a montage of what was happening at the conference. And so when we did this song, I was like, "Oh, that'll be dope to put this on the end because again, you can't be blameless if you don't repent."

And so we hit up O Boy on TikTok and asked him if we could use his sound. And he said, "Yeah, cuz we don't steal around here." All right. >> Repent. Repent. Repent. Repent. Repent. Repent. REPET truly the transition. ((music playing)) You're going to have to start and stop a lot on this song.

In the end, in my blood, you can tell by the root. Sell ((music playing)) a dream. Catches [singing] everybody. Want to be a prophet till it's time to tell the truth. Phil Mitchell with the black hoodie. Tell the grim reaper. We can let him choose either way. Whether [singing] it's a grave or a pearly gate.

He going to have to move alian ((music playing)) [laughter] [snorts] in my blood. You can tell by the roots that's talking about hair texture. My uh is some Native American in my uh family. And so I'm simply giving a shout out to my heritage by saying it's Indian in my blood. You can tell by the roots which connects to ain't selling dream catchers.

Uh I mean I ain't lying to y'all like some of these prophets. Everybody want to be a prophet till it's time to tell the truth. Obviously we don't have to be blind to see that on Tik Tok and in conferences there's been this uptick in everybody somehow having a prophetic office.

And a lot of these people, if you check the fruit, if you check the receipts, they're lying. Many of them. Ooh, I just have to go there real quick. Many of these people are walking in uh where is that at? Yeah, I got to find it. I don't know. when when Paul was I talked about this on the other live when Paul was you know chilling in Acts and he walking and the girl with the spirit of divination comes and she starts to say true things about Paul and Paul recognizes the spirit calls out the spirit and the girl is delivered.

Okay. People have a really um people don't read and so they don't really realize that devils can tell the truth. But the fruit of the fruit of what they say, the fruit of how they live, the fruit of even how they say things reveals if it's actually true or not.

I say all that to say a lot of these prophets ain't prophets because they lying. They're literally either pulling from a spirit of divination, Acts 16, or they're, a lot of them are literally because they talked about me, they're literally making things up. They've said things about people I know.

I'm like, they're literally making things up. [laughter] People just be like, "Yes, the spirit of the Lord is speaking." And it's like, "That is a demon." Oh my gosh, it's cons concerning. [clears throat] Acts 16. What verse? Y'all tell me. Oh, there it is. As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl.

This verse 16. Who had a spirit of divination. Ha. And brought her owners a bunch of money by fortune telling. She followed Paul and us crying out, "These men are servants of the most high God who proclaim to you the way of salvation." Now, would you who would expect a spirit to say that?

These men are servants of the most high God to proclaim to you the way of salvation. That doesn't sound evil. That doesn't sound what like a what a demon would say. But the Bible says she had a spirit of divination. So somebody could have walked past her. Let's say we put her on TikTok today.

Y'all would call her a prophet. But somebody with the Holy Spirit can actually identify that that's not a prophet. That's a spirit. And you get that spirit up out of her, she ain't going to be [laughter] prophets. So read that for yourself. Uh that's what I'm saying. All right.

Everybody want to be a prophet till it's time to tell the truth. Phil Mitchell with the black hoodie. Everybody know Phil. Phil is my pastor. Pastor 2018. Phil Mitchell with the black hoodie which connects to Tell the Grim Reaper. Grim Reapers have obviously they wear all black with a black hoodie.

So, uh Grim Reaper with the black hoodie. Tell the Grim Reaper we can let him choose. Either way, whether it's a grave or a pearly gate, he going to have to move. Meaning, because you are in Christ and you have been given eternal life, whether it's when I die in the grave or when I get to the pearly gates, either way, death got to get out the way.

He got to move because I'm in Christ. Um, and then he going to have to move alpha and omega. We ain't even cues. Obviously, a reference to u for uh sorities, I mean fraternities. >> Only ((music playing)) Philly. I'm feeling like killing the ceiling. Is she a preacher, a rapper, a poet?

Maybe I'm one in a million. Stretching the body is I ((music playing)) have some children. They call me a villain. Tell me that I ain't deliver. While I'm in the river enjoying the fishes living water for ((music playing)) the ones that crush the fring. >> Okay. Say a lot there. All right.

Whole lot. Only Mason. I'm defending the Philly. I'm feeling like killing the ceiling. That's talking about Eric Mason. The Mason line also connects to the fraternities and sororities lines. I'm not trying to I'm not trying to have a whole conversation about fraternities and sororities, but a lot of them have their source and were influenced by Freemasonry.

And so to connect that, I'm saying only Mason I'm defending in Philly. I'm feeling like killing silly. And so I'm talking about masonry and Eric Mason um who was in Philly. And then I say, uh is she a preacher, a rapper, a poet? Maybe the one I'm one in a million.

I'll admit a little bit of a flex. The song is called Pride and Prejudice. Stretching the body is obby. I have me some children. So my ministry is uh I I stretch, exhort, help people grow, all this stuff. And then uh is living water for the ones that question the friendship.

They insecure. Is it they got the mamali that ain't about the body? This Isa Kendrick. [snorts] Um, if you know anything about like the last year and just a lot of the backlash that I got online, um, this is a response to that. And so there was a lot and still is a lot of conversation around my, uh, relationship with my best friend, Megan.

And so I'd say they insecure, which is a reference to the show insecure. They got them a Molly. Molly was Issa's best friend on Insecure. But I say they got them a Molly that ain't about the body. Meaning I have a Molly. I have a best friend that actually is doing work for the kingdom because I'm not ignorant to the fact that some of the push back is from envy.

Some of the push back is from jealousy. And so they got they ain't got a Molly that's about the body. That's Issa. So reference to Insecure to Kendrick. I say Kendrick because Kendrick just had the whole beef with Drake that lasted a whole year where he he he he had a he he killed that man.

So this Issa to Kendrick got Molly not about the body that's Issa to Kendrick. So it's just a connection and all the stuff everybody that I ain't the ((music playing)) special but baby I'm different. Y'all doing 360 my people 180 is half of your circle that need some repentance. [singing] I feed you the ditches is humbling. >> I'm sure y'all understand what that is.

Y'all doing 360 my people 180 is half of your circle that need some repentance. So, if y'all are doing 360, that mean y'all not repenting. Because if you say that you're repenting and you do a 360, that mean you return back to your vomit. You went right back to where you was.

But if you do a 180, that's actual repentance because you turn about face. That's what repentance is, is about face. It's a 180. So then the metaphor extends by saying, "Y'all doing 360, my people." 180 is half of your circle cuz a 360 is a circle. So it's half of your circle that needs some repentance.

So that whole scheme is simply about repentance. Got it. I'll give you the digits. It's humbling. This is pride and prejudice. ((music playing)) Maybe I'm just relevant. Maybe I'm just arrogant. Maybe y'all need a therapist. This is pride and prejudice. ((music playing)) Maybe I'm just relevant. Maybe I'm just arrogant. Maybe y'all need a therapist.

((music playing)) Maybe y'all need a therapist. Maybe y'all need a Maybe y'all need a therapist. Maybe y'all ((music playing)) need a Maybe y'all need [singing] a Maybe y'all need a ((music playing)) y'all need a y >> Now y'all know I'm silly. I was I purposely I told Ace I just want to say that in a obnoxious amount of times.

Like [laughter] I want I just want maybe y'all to be a therapist to be cemented in people's minds. So I'm like I just wanted to keep I wanted I want you to feel like oh stop. And it's like no I I want to I want to prove a point because some of how y'all be some of what y'all be doing online is because you're unwell.

Like I I be looking at some of these people and I'm like some people some of these people are unwell. They just go to church and they got all they got all the language and stuff, but they're not well. You understand what I'm saying? Y'all know I'm not playing.

Y'all know I'm maybe y'all you need Christ. You fully Oh, you need him. [snorts] But when you go to and pray to for therapist ((music playing)) Hey, I'm break. ((music playing)) We have become what evil wishes ((music playing)) for us to be and that is tortured and violent against ((music playing)) ourselves or against others. And if we understand the work of the gospel, it is that ((music playing)) he looks in your eyes and he offers you the tender ((music playing)) clear knowledge of what you have done, who you have harmed, how you have harmed your own heart.

((music playing)) And then what he offers is the promise of this. What the psalmist says in Psalm 139:17, "My thoughts about you are precious." >> The reason why I added that, that's Dan Allander. Dan Allander is a really uh well-known and just super helpful um therapist. And so a part that was a part of the clever is I wanted to end with someone who could offer you some counsel just like I said in the hook.

And so if you want to watch that whole sermon, it's really awesome. I would uh just Google or go to YouTube and type in Dan Allander and shame u because in that ending that whole sermon I I actually saw him do because he did that sermon at a conference that I shared with him and he just talks about shame and how so much of what we have inherited as far as like people shaming us, we end up always replicating that shame and how we treat other people.

And so even when I consider those who slander other people or those who talk crazy about other people, there is most likely some reality of shame that they've inherited and are now uh spewing back out into the world. And so for me to have this whole response about what people have said about me and about my friendships and about my relation, it's like I'm also recognizing that just unhealed shame.

And so um yeah, Dan Allander Shimmy shimmy shimmy shimmy pow pow pow. >> Look at the way that I walk. Yeah. ((music playing)) Look at the way that I talk. Yeah. You should have called it a cross. [singing] Yeah. You would have called it a loss. Yeah. I call it gain.

((music playing)) This world is insane and I want no part of it. I'm calling this calling the cost of it. The price going up. The dollar don't bother to follow. Contrition is what it gets. The thing I say about this song, bro, if you listen to song, the beat is so like hype.

The words really ain't like that. I Let me read it to you. It's like cuz I when I got this beat, I was going through something. And so even though the beat beat was height height, I'm like, "No, I'm going to talk about what I'm going through." So I'm like, "Yeah, look at the way I talk.

Yeah, you should have called it a cross. Yeah, you would have called it a loss. Yeah, I call it gain. This world is insane and I want no parts of it. I'm crawling this calling. It costs a bit. the price going up. That dollar don't bother the father.

Contrition is what he gets. Yeah, I'm talking about Psalm 51. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) If I'm a beetle, that linen he folded it easy the yoke I am owning it. Okay. The Beatles had a singer in there named John Linen. Jesus when he rose from the dead and they went inside the grave, what did they find?

They found that the linen that was on his body was folded. So I'm basically connecting Jesus resurrection and him folding the linen to John linen who was a beetle. And then I say easy the yoke because we know that Jesus says uh uh to all who are weary and heavy laden I will give you uh take my yoke upon you for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Easy the yoke I am owning it. That's a phonetic device. So when you say yoke I am owning you hear yoko owno. Yokoono is John Lenn his wife. Does that make sense? It's phonetic. So phonetic means it the sound it's not like a it's not a super onetoone metaphor, but when you say it, it actually references what you're trying to get at.

So easy to yoke. I am owning it. So that's what that is. He broke it and rose again. >> Look at the way that I walk. Yeah. Look at the ((music playing)) way that I walk. Yeah. Look at the way that I walk. Yeah. Look at the way that I walk.

Yeah. Look at the way that ((music playing)) I the way that I walk. Yeah. Look at the way that I walk. Yeah. Look at the way that I walk. Yeah. The way that I walk and I ((music playing)) talk, but only can see the spark in my heart. And I'm not here to paint a perfect picture for you.

Understand this is more than this art. I'm blood covered ((music playing)) in the seed apart. [singing] I've been set apart. Only two ways to go when it's time to part. Either up in the way or up under the hood like the car start. I ain't sticking with God for the luxury.

But the demon is under me and tricky and sticky like ((music playing)) honey and bumblebees trying to go through 100 keys. They praying for open doors. Should have been praying for what you need. Let's get a feather and tickle their nose. They looking for blessings. Make them sneeze. The way I walk.

((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Quick note. I I really enjoy Jersey Club music. I I wanted to find a way to put Jersey Club on this album and originally Shimmy ended here and then we stumbled on a random little Jersey Club joint and I was like, "Oh, let's just add that on to Shimmy to make it like an extended dance break and then we sat in the studio and basically pieced together the parts of Shimmy that we wanted to sit on top of that track.

Back forth, UP AND DOWN. BACK, FORTH, UP AND DOWN. >> UP AND DOWN. >> Look at the way that I walk. ((music playing)) Look at the way that I walk. Look at the way that I talk. Look at the way that I talk. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> I want to answer that question.

How will this glorify the Lord if they don't understand your lyricism? I'm explaining it. One, two. The difference between Even when you read the psalms, you don't understand the psalms immediately, right? [snorts] Even when you listen to parables, you don't you don't understand parables immediately because the point of those mediums is that they're understood through repetition.

They're understood through patient listening. That's why a lot of psalms have sa sa so you can stop and take note of what you just heard. And so the difference between a sermon and a and a song is a song you have the ability to listen over and over and over until you get it.

When you listen to sermons, especially my sermons, there is clarity because I am exhorting you and laying God's scriptures on your affections and on your conscience. Therefore, clarity is necessary. So, I'm not being unclear. I'm being creative because that's what we do with songs. ((music playing)) When I when I y ((music playing)) ((music playing)) up and down and down ((music playing)) up and down and down 95 95 95 When I heard this beat, I said, "This is 952."

I said, "Oh, this is this is something." And the po a part of a part of creativity for any artist whether you're a music uh musician whether you're a poet whether you're a writer like the whole thing about creativity is you're creating something out of nothing in a sense metaphorically Jesus I mean yeah Jesus because all things were made through him before him in Genesis God says let there be light and there was the whole Genesis narrative is God creating something out of nothing.

We have to gather resources, whether that's our history, whether that's paper, whether that's paint, whether that's all the things to create something. And so a part of a part of the fun is [snorts] you have to hear a beat and create a vision for it. So it's like, oh, what does this evoke?

What can the hook be? Who should I who should like you have to create this? You know what I'm saying? So if you take all of the pieces away and just listen to the beat, then you're in a position where it's like, "Oh, I got to make something out of something."

You know what I'm saying? And so for me, when I heard this beat, I immediately thought of like '9s hiphop that uh felt good. And I was I told Ace, I was like, I want this to sound like Mary J. Blige and Meth Man. I was like, that's what I want.

And I was like, and I I want I want to try to we had thought about I wrote the hook and I wrote I wrote the hook to sound like an R&B song from the '9s. But I was like, who can sing that? I can't sing it. And so I thought about Aza because when you even when you listen to Aza worship, Aza is her own person, but Aza, her tone, the ras, it it gives major Brandy vibes.

And so I was like, yeah, let's hit up Aza. And I said this somewhere else. I was like, sometimes when you work with gospel artists, you gospel artists can sometimes gospelize stuff where it's like I didn't I didn't I didn't want you to give me Dinda. I didn't want Dinda here.

I I wanted Jasmine Sullivan. I I I didn't want Clark sisters. You understand what I'm saying? I I wanted Tama. I I didn't want I love them. I didn't want Jacquin. I I love them in their rightful place right here. Right here, though. I wanted Drew Hill [laughter] and Aza accomplished that perfectly.

((music playing)) What's ((music playing)) it like to be lonely? You tell me. Is it like when they like you and spite you in time to get healthy? They childish and destined, but I'm rolling with it. It's Kelly. My life is an effort, ((music playing)) but I only feel it when Freddy kill my dreams of a better day.

Where you ain't known is still invisible. Living in an age where friends will follow, never visit ((music playing)) you. Sharing stories with each other. And the depth is fictional. We ain't open books, we broken. Look, it's all conditional. I just want to be alone. But that ain't that good for me.

((music playing)) That's what God said to him. What they got to do with me when they get in my space? I don't feel a nicer piece. ((music playing)) Yeah, I'm feeling paranoid. Head turning like the exorcist. I swear I'm scared of noise. That chat. I ((music playing)) just feel less. >> Pause. I don't feel like I have to explain a lot of that.

Uh cuz this song warranted just a easy plain flow, right? Uh Jackie, you too young to know about Drew Hill. You I I was born in ' 89. No, Drew Hill is legit one of my favorite um R&B groups. Probably because Cisco, when you listen to Drew Hill, I said this on the podcast one time, Drew Hill is highkey singing gospel riffs in every Drew Hill song.

It's like, oh, you you just wanted to lead worship. [clears throat] So anyway, with this hook, obviously, I'm painting the picture of what it's like to be lonely, what it's like to be introverted, just all the tensions and dynamics of that. I think anybody on planet Earth can relate to what it's like to want community but not want community or to want community and not have access to community.

And so it can feel disheartening. But I wanted to point out this one part. It's so subtle, but it's significant where I say I ain't crazy. Just talking to myself makes me feel less makes me feel less human, I guess. Because to be made in the image of God is to be made for community.

Okay. God said Genesis 1:27, "Let us make man man in our image." God is not an isolated being. He was one God who exists in three quote equal persons. God the father, God the son, God the holy spirit. They have always been in a community. They have always been in relationship.

So when God a commu like a a a a being who is three persons in one makes man then naturally that means man is not functioning at man's highest capacity. When man is alone seeing that God is never alone. So for me to say I ain't crazy just talking to myself makes me feel less makes me feel less human.

I guess that's why loneliness makes you feel crazy. If you watch documentaries of what happens when people go into solitary confinement, they lose their mind because it's literally not good for man to be alone. Makes me feel less human. ((music playing)) I guess I don't want to [singing] do I just want to see you when I do.

((music playing)) It all gets better. It all gets better. I don't want ((music playing)) to be here with you, but I can leave here with you. Stay here forever. ((music playing)) >> Real quick when I Oh, that feel good. It's just the song just feel good because that she didn't just She didn't just sing the song.

She She added arrangements and vocals around it and [singing] It's like, oh my goodness, when I when I wrote this hook, okay, I I think that's self-explanatory, too. I I don't want to need you, but I do. The hand can't say to the foot, I have no need of you.

I just want to see you when I do. It all gets better. Why? Because even if you don't want to be around people, we know that when we around people, stuff get better. [laughter] Like you, when I need comfort, the Lord uses people to comfort. When you need some joy, the Lord uses joy.

D. And then I say, "But I can't leave here if you don't stay here forever." That's that's kind of exaggerative, but you ever you I remember when I was a kid, anytime somebody would come over my house and leave, I would cry. And I think I've experienced some of that even as an adult where you just the detachment from people can sometime it's like, "No, I don't want I don't want you to leave.

I don't know." But it's because we're not we actually weren't communicate. We weren't created for that kind of loss. Does that make sense? Like we we were made to actually do life together forever. And so the grief you even feel when disconnected from community is actually a reminder that you weren't made to be disconnected for community.

And so I'm I'm basically saying like no, like we're supposed to be together forever. Um but we will in heaven. And so yeah, I'm going back to the beginning of the hook because ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> Okay, imagine getting this song from Aza. You driving in your car. You don't know what she did with this hook that you just sent her.

You just I sent her Meth Man and Mary J. Blah. And I said just do your thing and this is what you hear. ((music playing)) Makes me feel less human, I guess. I don't want to hear you, but I do. ((music playing)) I just want to see you. When I do, it all gets better.

((music playing)) It all gets better. I don't want to be here ((music playing)) with you, but I can't leave here if you stay here forever. ((music playing)) Stay here forever. I don't need you. Do you hear the vocals under there? Y'all don't hear the vocals under there. Y'all don't hear it. ((music playing)) >> What you think about handling mics?

It's like handling kites. ((music playing)) If I boast, I fly away. It ain't random. It's life at the throat of the Broadway. It exists in these preachers. I feel crazy when they pray. And I know it. ((music playing)) >> Okay. Context. This whole uh that feel good. This whole section is kind of talking about for me and I think uh those who have any Christian really any like how some isolation is a consequence of being faithful.

I said it like when you decide to lay aside certain idols and you lose friends because of it. when you want to teach the whole council of God and not a part of it and now you're at conferences where there are groups of preachers that don't rock with you because you're calling out even the idols that they have.

And so that's why I'm talking about Elijah. That's what I'm saying. Same team we not where it's like there are some there are there are consequences to being righteous, to being faithful, and to telling the truth. But that's all right because everybody ain't bowed their knee to bail ((music playing)) fighting with the price of the crisis.

When friends leave you cuz you like ((music playing)) to snitch like to fix your mouth like repent when idols leave you idol it get to invite the click that ain't even typing like the type I mean we translated. ((music playing)) >> All right that's a small creative part. Um, it's 7,000 that ain't bow to me.

So, this is reference to Elijah. The type that like the hitch, the type that like it French, meaning the type that like community partnership, the [snorts] type that like it French, I mean we, meaning the type that like it French connects to, I mean we, meaning it ain't no I, it's us, it's we, it's plural.

I'm talking about community, right? Um, and then I mean we translated ain't no uno out. I'm drawing four till I got a score that won't cut it out. So, I'm using the card game scheme to say like, "No, I'm getting I'm getting people because I need people, but I also need people that won't cut it out."

Meaning, I need people that's going to bother me. I need people that's going to be in my face. I need people that's going to be like, "Hey, man. I'm seeing how you talking to your husband. That's crazy. I'm I got people like, "Yeah, you ain't spend no time with your daughter.

You should probably do that." Like, that that's what I'm saying. So, press play. ((music playing)) >> I need you. ((music playing)) >> Yeah. I need you. I don't want to need you. When I do, I just want ((music playing)) to see you. When I do, it all gets better. It all gets better. I don't want to be here ((music playing)) with you, but I can leave here if you stay here forever.

((music playing)) You stay here forever. I don't need you. I don't need you. I don't need you. ((music playing)) But I need you. ((music playing)) I'm going say this. One of the most interesting parts of this album is placement because I just can't stand albums that just feel like one big mixtape. I just hate it.

It's like, so y'all didn't care nothing about the sequence, the order. You weren't trying to tell no story. You just like, "Oh yeah, I made 30 songs. Here you go." And so figuring out how to order this uh was interesting between me and Ace. And I but I I love I say that to say I feel like coming out of antisocial and going into North Side makes sense.

((music playing)) Quiet. ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> I remember days I ((music playing)) was in the grave like the walking dead. You better say when you in [singing] the days they messing with your head ((music playing)) the devil plays but this ain't a game ain't check cuz this is just levels to the devils. I'mma wrestle till I'm blessed Jacob or what you whipping the riches go get your cake up.

So what you get man ((music playing)) go give it for spirit wake up. Oh, so you finish. No, you weary or don't fear. Say I' been the real estate one. ((music playing)) >> Shout out to uh Living in Chicago. Got me using uh Joe and all of that. at me. ((music playing)) Yeah. Yeah.

Get at me. Yeah. Get at me. Yeah. ((music playing)) Get at me, >> folks. ((music playing)) I ain't got to explain that. That's an easy verse. Um, I've often felt like Christian music didn't mirror what I heard growing up or even what I wanted to hear now. It just felt very I'm I'm trying not to be shady.

It just gave suburbs. That's the best way I could put it. And that there's nothing wrong with the suburbs. It just it I just I just wanted ghetto [laughter] sometimes. I just in authentically like I just wanted you know what I'm saying? And so a lot of this album was me creating what I've been wanting to hear you know I just wanted to hear ghetto.

And so when I heard this beat because that was that was a Ace knew. Send me ghetto. Send me Memphis. Send me Send it. Send it to me. You understand what I'm saying? So when I heard this, I was on uh my anniversary trip in Jamaica. I said, "Oh my goodness." literally wrote the first verse on a shuttle bus from an excursion me and Preston was on on our anniversary.

I couldn't help but not right to this. So, I'm going to rewind it cuz I just I just think this is this is just the one. You understand? ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> I remember days I was in the grave like the walking dead. You better say when you win the days they messing with your head ((music playing)) the devil plays but this ain't a game ain't check cuz this is just levels to the devils.

I'mma wrestle till I'm blessed. Jacob or what you whpping the riches though? Go get ((music playing)) your cake up. So what you getting, man? Go give it poor spirit wake up. Oh so you finish. No you weary or don't fear it say so. I've been the [music and singing] real estate one. And to them fakers get at me f.

Yeah. Tell them haters ((music playing)) get at me. Yeah. Yeah. To them get at me f. Yeah. To them shakers get at me. Yeah. till the f ((music playing)) is getting at me folk. No sh ((music playing)) don't involve us. You ((music playing)) can keep that distance if it's you can call us. I don't do division mathematician.

I am taller because you know that ain't complicated. If it don't involve us, you can keep that distance. This ain't got nothing to do with me. But if it's tension, if it's an issue, you could call us. And that's not a threat. It's saying we're grown. Let's communicate.

If if there's an issue, just ring the line. If there's an issue, just send the text. If there's an issue, say, "Hey, man. You offended me. Bet. Let's talk about it." That's all I'm saying. So I'm not even trying to disrespect. So I was like, "No, if it's tension, if it ain't got nothing to do with me, it ain't got nothing to do with me.

If it do got something to do with me, you could call us." Why? Cuz I don't do division. Mathematician, I am taller. Meaning I'm It's above me now. But you can call us. I [singing] don't do division. ((music playing)) Mathematician, I am taller. Little petty boots. Steady with the small ones like you got a ((music playing)) cauldron.

The witch the wiz I wish the wicked with them brooms and tombs that's empty is lint is lit is fix y'all got that I love that first of all obviously it's a witch scheme saying like [clears throat] some people are addicted to division I think they love math or something I don't know but at some point Being divisive in a church, being divisive in a family, being divisive in a in a friend group is demonic.

It's evil. [snorts] And so I'm saying like, oh, like if you want to be like that is giving witch where where's some witchcraft? The whiz. Where's some witchcraft? Wicked. Two movies we are familiar with where there are witches involved. Got it. I wish the wicked repent. Them brooms ain't tombs that's empty.

It's lint. It's lit. Lent is a holiday in which we celebrate the resurrection of Oh Jesus. I just think it's I think it's fun to talk about the Lord ways on ghetto beats. ((music playing)) Like [singing] you got a cauldron. The witch the whiz. I wish the wicked were bit ((music playing)) them brooms and tombs that's empty.

It's lit. It's lit. It's fixed. It's fight like ((music playing)) a might [singing] night. I'm all ears till they bite. Call it night night. >> Uh what's his name? Mike Tyson. He had the fight with Evander Holyfield. I I guess he got hungry. He bit his ear off this fight. But what we also know about uh Mike Tyson is when he used to fight them fights wouldn't last that long.

Bing bop bam it's over. You done drove all the way to to your cousin house over there on the south side of somewhere and all of a sudden it's like dang I just got my drink and now the the fight is over. Meaning [laughter] this fight is a might this is a this this fight is over.

Huh? Because Jesus won it for us all. This fight is a this fight is over. This fight is like a mic night. I'm all ears till it bite. Call it night night. I don't know. It sound kind of corny when you say it without the beat, but here we are.

So, this second beat I got and I was like, I love songs. I love songs that have a beat switch. It's just my favorite thing in the world. So, when I did this song, I I heard that beat and I was like, those beats sonically make sense. ((music playing)) Night.

I'm all ears till it bite. Call it night. Night ((music playing)) 42 ((music playing)) in the 31 ((music playing)) with all them criminals. The only thing that we know they [singing] come for throw. The one with the bundles the thunder is something something broke. ((music playing)) Don't wonder if punches with thunder is coming. Graion ((music playing)) little >> before we get to my favorite part.

Uh obviously born in St. Louis. I'm just I'm just talking about how you know the environment I grew up in. I'm not going for nothing. I'm just saying like even for me to say born in 314 with all them criminals. The only thing that we know they come from their comfort throat.

The one with the bundles. Bundles as a weave. The one with the bundles under is under it. Something's broke. Don't wonder if punches with thunder is coming. Grab a coat. Meaning I went to a school where they was just fighting all the time. It's like you just couldn't talk crazy [laughter] and not think that something was going to happen.

You understand what I'm saying? So, I'm just kind of communicating that. But then when I finish this, I wish I could show you my my phone. When I when I look at my notes at where I wrote this verse, under it I put project pack question mark because I was like if he can get on this song, this song going to go up and the Lord saw fit.

((music playing)) >> Jesus died for my ((music playing)) sins. Took my crime to my place. So no [singing] punish spitting hell I have to face off. Eternity is real. Everybody got a data. You can't run from it. Everybody ((music playing)) going to meet they make my eternal light on me. If we stay Jesus Christ is Lord my eternal ((music playing)) king.

If this basketball he going to have every ring. All glory be to God. What the sing? I was broke busted. My life was so disgusting. ((music playing)) God came through. Now I'm soft up like mustard on a hot dog. From a puppet to a ((music playing)) big dog, not a honey hog.

I'mma give a give you blessings y'all. No more looking over. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> And that wasn't the original beat. We finessed the beat to uh boost his verse a little bit. And I just I it just I didn't care what he said. He could have said uh 1 2 3's after me.

Four, five, six. He's always tricks. Seven, eight, nine. He does it all the time. Hallelujah. Like he could have did that. I wouldn't even care as long as he said one two three four five six. Seven day nana. As long as he put that uh on there, I'm satisfied.

I'm happy. I'm good to go. [laughter] I So, I just love how surprised y'all were. I'm I'm thankful that the Lord saved him. We're trying to have him on the podcast at the end of October uh to tell his testimony because I just think if if you know anything about Project Pat songs back in the day, Giddy Green, Cheese and Dope, all of that, you know that man was out here.

H But the Lord's arm is not too short to save. Okay. Now, the transition into the chant, I wanted it to be quick cuz I want to keep that same energy going like when you was at the club back in the day. It was no l. You know what I'm saying?

((music playing)) >> I don't think y'all need explanations for this. >> Yeah. ((music playing)) Okay. I I'll tell you the the inspiration. So, I grew up on one of back in the 2000s. For any of y'all who understood who remember the 2000s, it was a whole era of fight songs that didn't have no no verses like that.

It just was a repetitive thing. So, 36 used to do that all the time where they they had songs that were just repetitive like whatever. Lil John did that all the time. Um, I think Pastor Troy might have had something. And so this that's what that that's what that reference point is for me is like when I would listen to songs that didn't have no hook, didn't have no verse, didn't have no refrain, didn't have no bridge.

It just was we fa type song. But I I wanted us to I want us to fight the devil. That's all. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Yeah. Yeah. Tell us who you running with. Tell us who you running ((music playing)) with. Now tell us who you running with. Tell us who you tell us who you tell us who you running with.

Tell us who you running with. Tell ((music playing)) us who you running with. Tell us who you tell us who you are. Shame the devil. Shame the devil. Tell the truth to ((music playing)) shame the devil. Shame the shame the devil. Shame the devil. Tell the truth the devil. The devil going out.

((music playing)) We going to run them out. We going to run them out. We going to run them out. But here we run them out. We going to run ((music playing)) them out. We going to run them out. We going to run them out. We ain't scared. We ain't scared. >> I am so sorry if some of y'all didn't say we ain't scared.

No. And you accidentally said, "We ain't scared." You mean we ain't scared? No. What you mean? We ain't scared. We ain't scared. We ain't scared. ((music playing)) What you mean? We ain't scared. What you mean? We ain't scared. What you mean? We ain't scared. We ain't scared. Devil get up off me.

((music playing)) Get up off me. Devil get up off me. Devil get up off me. Get ((music playing)) up off me. Devil up me. Devil upon me. Devil up me. It's nothing but the blood. ((music playing)) Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood. ((music playing)) Nothing but the Nothing but the blood.

Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood. Nothing. King Jesus. ((music playing)) King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. ((music playing)) King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. ((music playing)) King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. King Jesus. ((music playing)) King Jesus. >> With that part.

Uh, I thought about kids particularly. I thought about if I play this song for my kids, whose name do I want the kids to remember? because I feel like it's important like as a parent it's it's just it's it's been difficult where it's like man I want I want to listen to music that disciples my kids but I want it to feel and sound good you know what I'm saying so to have King Jesus be so repetition is a is the way you get retention you know we know that in communication so to say King Jesus as many times I'm pretty sure if you say if you play this song for your kids they just they're going to remember King Jesus and that's what I would love >> Christian rap is boring.

Christian rap is boring. Christian rap is boring. Christian rap is Shut up. Shut up. Because Christian hip hop IS LIT. I'M FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE AND Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BORING. SHUT UP. YOU'RE WRONG. >> Y'all might know the story. I shared it on my stories. So the young lady, I think her name's Bri, I'm not sure.

She when Shimmy came out, she tagged me in a video where she was saying that and I was laughing and then she followed up and was like, "If you want to put this on your album, you can." Cuz y'all didn't know that when we were doing shim when we released Shimmy and Antisocial, we were actually wrapping up the album.

Like the album was on its way to being finished. And so I hit up Ace. I was like, "Hey, what if we put this on the end of the chant?" Because we needed a break between the chant and exugesus anyway. And so we did. So, I just I don't know.

I love that she randomly said that and I was like, "Oh, that's a great idea. Let's do it." So, this next song I will probably need to explain a lot. So, here we go. Is my Is my Wi-Fi not working? ((music playing)) I'm holly melanin. Better when the weather [singing] been the dopamine.

I woke now. Love the day the ((music playing)) king reign. How many months? 12 tribes in Judah. Got the savior. Only the coldest one is God's gift. >> All right, let's start it over. Let's Let's just Let's just start it over. I Let's ((music playing)) melancholy melanin better when the weather been the dopamine.

I'm woke now. [singing] ((music playing)) How many months tribes got false? All right. The reason I wrote this song is because I we needed more lyrical songs on the album. It felt bop heavy and I was like uh yeah, I need a song where I'm rapping cuz you know I have Crescendo and Art of Joy.

My first two albums are way more boom bap than bop. And so I wanted to bring some of that back. All right. I'm melancholy melanin better when the weather bend the bend the dopamine. I'm woke now. Meaning, I can be a melancholic. I I could be a person who is depressive.

I could be a person that just is wrapped up in myself and feels sad. Joy is difficult for me on some days. And one thing I have found out is that the Lord not only uses prayer but the sun and by the sun I mean the actual sun that the the way the Lord has created his world that there are natural means or natural ways to get joy.

And so what I started to practice during the spring and during the summer is that instead of being in my bed, I would go outside and get the sun because when you get in the sun, it produces certain things in your mind that can help you have energy that can help lighten up your day.

And so that's why I'm saying I'm melancholy melanin better when the weather bend the dopamine. I'm woke now. Then I say love the day. So I'm woke now. Love the day. The king rain now. I just talked about weather. So this one is stock of stock full of stuff.

Better when the weather been the dopamine unwoke now. Love the day the king reign. So rain as in weather, rain as in his lordship. How [snorts] many months? 12 tribes in Judah got the savior on the coldest one. So how many months is he reigning? I connect that to 12 tribes because I'm talking about 12 years which is all year every year.

How many uh how many months 12 tribes in Judah got the savior on the coldest one. Obviously Jesus comes through the tribe of Judah. But I'm also saying like Jesus he's not born in December technically but the way we celebrated Jesus is born in December. I'm just using this interesting scheme to talk about months and calendars and the tribes and Jesus.

And it's like, yeah, Jesus was born on the coldest, but it's also like he cold cuz he Jesus. Does that make sense? [laughter] I don't think I can explain it. How many months 12 tribes in Judah got the savior on the coldest one is God's gift. All right. So, I just said Jesus was born through Judah in the month of December.

That's what we say. It's God's gift, meaning Jesus. And then I feel like I'm doing a terrible job. I should have thought more about this. >> God's gift. Presence will preserve you if you let it. But we lost wife. We back. ((music playing)) >> Pause. Presence will preserve you if you let it.

But we Lot's wife, we backspace. Okay. So, we all know about uh Lot's wife. Uh the angels come and they're like, "Hey, uh y'all need to get up on out the city and don't look back." Ma'am looks back. When she looks back, she's turned into a pillar of salt.

Follow me. Salt is a preservative. So she becomes not just She ain't like the salt you She didn't turn into the salt that you uh you pour on your fries. She turned into like a a a monument that people could walk past and remembers what happens when you don't do what God says.

Okay? And so I'm saying I'm connecting preservative with what happened to her, but with also what can happen to us if we spend time in God's presence. Okay? So presence will preserve you. It will keep you. It will protect you if you let it. But often times we are Lot's wife.

We want we become a preservative by way of disobedience. We lo we backspace meaning we look back. All right. Okay. This is probably one of the most complicated songs on the album. I promise the rest ain't like this. >> We got that. We ((music playing)) back. We got that MacBook.

How that fruit taste? You eat hell. >> We got that MacBook. How that fruit taste? This is a Mac. Hey, this is a MacBook. The fruit is bitten. But we also know that in Genesis the fruit was bitten. And backspace is on a MacBook. So we lock swipe.

We backspace. We go back. We got that MacBook. How that fruit taste a reference to Genesis 3 and the MacBook. Okay. All right. That's that's why people like why this song ain't longer because I I I was tired of thinking. I couldn't think no more. >> Blood that fruit taste.

You eat ((music playing)) hell. We drink wells. We got that bread. Got that body blood. >> Pause. We got that MacBook. How that fruit taste? You eat hell. So I just said how that fruit taste. The day you eat of this fruit, you shall surely die. So you you eat hell.

We drink Welch. We got that bread. Got that body blood. Oimp don't sell. I'm talking about communion. So y'all can eat all that other stuff. I'mma eat the body and the blood. Uh because that's that's going to that's that's what's actually going to quench all my thirst. And then I'm just being clever by saying uh we got that body blood.

Oimpic don't sell. Meaning like you know Ozimpic is related to people take Ozic [snorts] for their bodies and stuff. ((music playing)) >> Got that body blood. If he don't sell, you don't say I don't smell like fire. Yeah, I got close. That other Michael Jordan [music and singing] know I got smoke. We burn off.

All right. I don't smell like fire. Yeah, I got close. Okay. So, remember the three Hebrew Hebrew boys? They were in the fire and the Lord rescued them from uh the fire and they didn't smell like smoke. And so it's like, you know, as as Christians, it's like we actually we don't look like what we've been through.

[snorts] We should we should we should carry with like in in a certain degree we do, but we should carry with us what we've gotten close to. But the Lord's deliverance is so excellent that we we we literally are new people. And so I'm saying I don't I don't smell like smoke.

I don't smell like fire. Yeah, I got close. And then I said that other Michael Jordan know I got smoked which is the movie centers. U Michael Jordan the actor he played two he he played two different characters and one of them was named Smoke. So I'm saying Michael Jordan played two people but the other one was named Smoke.

And so I'm like the other Michael Jordan know I got smoke. We burnt offerings. Burnt offerings when you read Leviticus, you know what I'm saying? And the burnt offering is the one of the only offerings where the whole animal is consumed. So when the whole animal is consumed, the smoke goes up from the animal and the Lord uh takes that smoke and it's like a pleasing aroma in his sight.

And that is what Romans 12 tells us to be is by the mercies of living God to submit your body as a living sacrifice. So to say we're burnt offerings is to say we're supposed to be totally surrendered, totally consumed. Um like the burnt offerings ((music playing)) like fire. Yeah, I got close.

That other Michael Jordan know I ((music playing)) got smoke. We burnt offerings in strange fire when Moses taught you the alter. Even Aaron seen his parents grieve ((music playing)) a son. That's a Pharaoh. Y'all following me? Are we here? Y'all. All right. Y'all know I don't like when I don't I feel like I'm confused.

Yeah. I'm going to say this loud. No worries. All right. this whole so that's why I named this ex Jesus and filled it with a lot of Bible because I want the title to cause you to research and I wanted the metaphors to cause you to research scripture.

Okay, exesus is the process of pulling from extracting from scripture. Isogesis is the act of reading into scripture. So when someone is exoggetically teaching a text that means they are actually communicating what the text itself is actually saying. When someone is isoging a text they are reading into what the text is saying.

And so I wanted that to be clear but that was on purpose to have all of this Bible in it because I want us to read scripture. Okay. So I said we burnt offerings. It strains fire when Moses taught you to alter kin. Even Aaron seen his parents grieve a son.

All right. Strange fire. [snorts] Aaron's sons uh submitted strange fire. Uh like they they did some I could find it. I don't really feel like it. They uh in the Old Testament. It's somewhere in there. It might be numbers. I don't know. Exodus. It's somewhere in there. Google it.

We y'all got chat TB GBT for that. Talk about Aaron's son strange fire. They put strange fire at the Lord's altar. The Lord killed them for that. He like, "Yeah, no. That ain't what we about to do." And so it but I said is strange fire when Moses taught you to alter altar.

They they put strange fire at the altar but also Moses is the mediator of the law. And so being of the mediator of the law, he's giving you commandments that actually should help you be righteous. Alter kin. Your kin is that you're born of Adam. And so you you don't have it in you to know how to please God unless God communicates that to you.

And God communicated that to us through Moses by giving us the law. So Moses taught you to alter kin your nature. Then I say even Aaron seen his parents. Aaron is Moses' brother. Mo Aaron's sons are the one that surrendered uh that did the strange fire thing. [snorts] But even Aaron seen his parents grieve a son is to say that remember when Moses was born, his mama put him in the boat thing in the water and then Pharaoh's daughter took Moses into his house.

And so Aaron grew up seeing his parents potentially grieve giving their son away because obviously he was called to live in Egypt. Does that make any sense? You know what I'm saying? That's his brother. So he like, "Oh, like what happened to our brother?" Oh, he's in Pharaoh's house.

Oh, okay. Bet. There had we're human beings. There had to be some grief after his mama done weaned the boy and had to drop the boy off with the oppressors. So he he saw his family potentially grieve the loss of their son and what would that have been like for him to reflect on the loss of his sons.

[snorts] Even Aaron seen his parents grieve a son. Follow me. Son as in their child, a boy. That then connects to griev su n. That's ra to pharaoh. Ra r a rah was the son god in Egypt. So now I'm I'm all of my metaphor I do if you listen I use a lot of connecting metaphors.

So I use a word that connects into something else where I can tell a different story. So is ra to pharaoh in love with that starlight. Still talking about the sun till god brought him gotham. Now its problem is dark nights. So I'm talking about the plagues. One of the plagues was the darkening of what?

The sun. And that was God's way to say, "Y'all are worshiping an idol." As if that idol was giving you light when I'm the one that's giving you light. So, let me show you that Yahweh actually has more power over Rah. But I then use a cultural metaphor to talk about Batman.

We Oh, I skipped something. Close that other we burn off. It ((music playing)) strange fire when Moses taught you the alter king. Even Aaron seen his parents grief a son that's rid of Pharaoh in love with that star light. ((music playing)) So God brought them Gotham [singing] and now they problem nights. You clothing is righteous and go to threads just a star fights.

((music playing)) We lucking and bucking, man. We ain't virgins, we off white. We y'all with me? I hope you didn't expect us to figure that out on on your own. If you took your time, you might have. All right. And now they promise dark nights. You clothe in this righteous and go to threads.

That's easy. Just to start fights. So to say you're clothe righteousness, but you go into this app, Threads, Clothe Threads to start fights. And it's just like we supposed to be better than that, but we always we always popping at the mouth when we shouldn't be. That's very simple.

Like y'all y'all we we be doing too much on on the socials. You clothed in this righteous go to threads just to start fights. We knuck in the bucket, man. We in virgins. We off white. I'm saying two things here. One of them is like it's something that I'm saying and you Yeah.

Off-white. Like obviously we know when people get married uh they wear all white cuz it's supposed to represent purity or I was a virgin. Nobody is doing it for that. But it's supposed to represent virginity in some way. But I'm also referencing Virgil. Virgil created Off-White. So, I'm saying Virgin, but if you if you know who Virgil is, if you know what the Off-White brand is, then you also thinking about, "Oh, Virgin sounds like Virgil."

Um, yeah, shout out to him, man. ((music playing)) We offer lost light. We ask them, boy, I'm with the noise. >> Okay, I'm using certain terms on purpose. Okay. So to say hyperstatic, I'm like I want people to be like, "Oh, what's hyperstatic?" And then you find out about the hypoatic union that God is [snorts] he is one God with two natures.

So he is the God man. In John 1, it says that the word became flesh and dwelt among us. And so the hypothatic union is that reality that we serve a God who is both God and man. But then I talk about Athanasius. You're like, who is Athanasius?

Athanasius is a church father who debated and defended the doctrine of the natures of Christ. That Jesus is not begotten in the sense of created, but he is an eternal being. In the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was with God. And so I'm saying Athanasius because I want us to study.

I want us to read. And so Athanasius explained them nature's boy. That's what he did is explain the natures of Christ. I'm Ric Flair with the noise. Do we remember what Ric Flair's name was? Nature boy. So we asked Athanasius explain them nature nature's boy. I'm with Flair with the noise.

Ooh. He was like woo. But that didn't sound as cool. So I had to change it. ((music playing)) >> You got a choice. Choose the crystal with L or the way ((music playing)) where you cross Christ. Do we need a brain break? We need a brain break. Let's just pause. That one song alone cuz I want you to know this is an encouragement.

Whatever gift, whatever spiritual gift God has given you, whatever you touch, you can walk in that gift. So if you have the gift of discernment, you shouldn't just be using the gift of discernment in church. You should be using the gift of discernment on your job, in your school, on the phone with your friends, with your family.

If you have the gift of administration, putting order to chaos, you don't have to just use that at your 9 to5. You could use that in your church. You could use that when you go over your friend house and her kitchen is a mess and she got battery packs next to forks.

Use that gift there. You understand what I'm saying? And so when it comes to music, just because it's music doesn't mean I stopped being a Bible teacher. I'm just teaching Bible in a different medium. And so ask the Lord to give you wisdom on how to walk in your spiritual gifting in a variety of ways.

Okay. All right. [snorts] >> ((music playing)) >> Yeah, I'm uncomfortable. ((music playing)) He's proing parts of me the darkest scene. And part of me is scared of light. When the sun becomes ((music playing)) a knife, I reconsider these scriptures in my heart. The art of parsing what is written, but the calling comes with sentence.

I'mma pause. So, [snorts] this is obviously a more mellow part of the album. We're kind of calming down and then we'll go up again. [snorts] But this is really an important song because a part of pursuing blamelessness is the reality that that stuff hurts. You know, if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out.

That hurts. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. That hurts, right? Um this song is written with the idea of to whom much is given, much is required. And so it's just like it's it in John 15 uh Jesus says to those who bear fruit he prunes so that they'll bear more.

And so sometimes pain is not the Lord is mad at you. Is that pain is like oh I see you. You're you're producing a lot of fruit and I have to cut you so that you'll produce more. And so to say I'm uncomfortable is to say I I'm actually kind of tired of being cut.

Like I get it. I I appreciate you conforming me into the image of Christ, but it hurts a bit. And so I'm giving language to that. And so one of the things I said is when the sun becomes a knife, I reconsider these scriptures in my heart, the art of parsing what is written, but the calling comes with sentence.

Meaning, I've often felt like I'm called to a higher level of faith just because I know so much scripture. You know what I'm saying? So this the the thing that can be admirable to people is the thing that feels costly to me where it's like yeah you can't you can't be you can't be walking through texts and re and and and knowing Bible and writing sermons and writing books and not think that I'm not going to call you to believe everything that you say.

You know what I'm saying? Versus the person who may not be ignorant of scripture. they might have more room or flexibility to lack certain elements of faith because they don't know as much. But I I do. Some of y'all do. You know what I'm saying? Like I always feel like people who grow up in church, that's the reality.

It's like if you grow up in church, the Lord expects more of you than the person who don't know nothing. And so that's that's what I'm saying. It's just like, man, the calling comes with sentence. is like it is beautiful to see God, but it also means that I Yeah, you got Moses.

He over here hitting the rock. He hit the rock and the Lord's like, "Yeah, you can't go to the promised land." Why? Because he saw God's face. He knew more. You have You have more revelation than they do. Therefore, the consequence of your disobedience is a bit different.

That's what this is about. >> The darkest part ((music playing)) of me is scared of light. When the sun becomes a knife, I reconsider the scriptures in my heart. The art of parsing what is written, but the calling comes with sentence. I ((music playing)) can get away with half the ways of other Christians.

It's like the narrow way is more narrow for me. It ain't no way I'm the only one that feel that way. I can't get away with half the ways of other Christians. It's like the narrow way is more narrow for me. Y'all ain't never felt like that before. where it's like y'all just your conscience just let you do anything [laughter] I I respond to my kids wrong and the Lord is like I [laughter] I it's like goodness gracious or if you're in leadership there are some liberties that you have to restrain just for the sake of witness Whereas somebody else, they could just move around, do whatever they want to do, but you're a leader.

So you you got to be tighter in some ways than them. That's what I'm saying. Like it's like, dang. I feel like this street is real skinny for me. >> Running around the ((music playing)) block, but it's hectic as Tetris. He blocking moves like his chest and he checkped. Blessed the poor spirit.

Am I wealthy ((music playing)) or wretched? It hurts. I get why leaders don't finish. It's all pride. Them scriptures they was teaching they keep in their ((music playing)) own mind. The verses need rehearsals. Them verses it's on time. Driver waiting for priests meaning we all die. ((music playing)) So you think you can see God and he ain't going to change the way you see us.

Even outs ((music playing)) >> like Oh, I meant this so much. So you think you can see God and he ain't going to change the way you see us. even out your ways until you be odd. Meaning, if God has given you revelation of who he is, don't like you shouldn't expect that your vision about things is not going to change.

You know, Oz is obviously a reference to The Wizard of Oz, them living in this world that's a bit weird and strange and not real. Like, we live in a world that is just kind of crazy. But it's just like, no, like I reveal myself to you. So, why why are you why are you why are you confused that you see different?

You understand what I'm saying? And then the way you see odds, even out your ways until you be odd. A part of righteousness and pursuing blamelessness is that you're not gonna fit in. You're just not. You understand what I'm saying? Like, it's just not going to be a thing.

And so, do we freeze? I don't like when we freeze cuz I think comments matter to me. So, if we don't unfreeze, I'mma just have to do a part one and a part two cuz I already know the comments is going and I just can't see them. Yep.

That's what happened. All right. So, let's count this as part one [laughter] and then I'll re get on the live to finish the So, just to cast vision, if some of y'all are new here, I [snorts] released an album called Blameless a week ago. Uh with the aim of just communicating our uh the command to be righteous and holy, but also the wrestle that comes with that.

We're on a song called Uncomfortable, which is just communicating the difficulty of being pruned, the difficulty of being sanctified, and how it is uncomfortable, yet at the end of the day, it's like, hey, like I got to suck that up. So even though it's hard, even though I don't like it, even though I want to complain, even though I want to punch the air, I'mma [snorts] do what you told me to do.

And so that's what uncomfortable is. So I'mma start at the second verse. out your ways until you be ((music playing)) my thoughts are left or you think you can see God and he ain't going to change the way you see us. Even ((music playing)) out your ways until you be. My thoughts of life beyond his ways are like beyond.

Got to run smarter after prime. Shout out to Dion. What ((music playing)) are we on? It's titled entitlement. Isaiah's environment might inspire sip. The Bible supposed to die of idol tense. He coming for my neck. I'm hanging ((music playing)) on his word without the lynches like revival sense. Uh stay in the game.

He calling out the bench. Uh the spirit stain you then he's quenched. Uh ((music playing)) obedience is better than that sacrifice. The fact of life is you were born to die. Our biggest calling is the afterlife. Yeah. ((music playing)) Yeah. Our biggest calling is the afterlife. ((music playing)) >> Shout out to Trey Hein. uh he leads worship at 2819.

Trey uh is just a really talented, creative, and godly individual. And so uh it was really special to have him on this hook. Uh as far as like the words is like it's this it's supposed to communicate like um not a reluctant surrender, but just kind of a relinquishing of your own perspectives on what life should be.

You know what I'm saying? like to say we'll wait cuz this is your story. I know that you're working on me. Say save me from save me from something from running from it cuz I'm not going nowhere. Like that's real. You know what I'm saying? Like you are working on me.

Save me from running from you. But I'm also not going to go nowhere. Why? Cuz every scar that left me broken healed my heart. It's the difficult parts. It's the It's the affliction. It's the trials that it's the pruning. No, like no discipline is pleasing at the time.

Yet, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Every scar that left me broken actually healed my heart. And so, it's like, yeah, you're you you are in fact making me better. And that's what that's supposed to be. Um, yeah. Dang it.

I don't start. life. ((music playing)) This is your story. I know that ((music playing)) running from it cuz I'm not going ((music playing)) nowhere. >> That's the stuff I like to hear in songs are the little like nuances. Cuz while he was singing, I heard like And those are the little dynamics I think in songs that make them u special.

((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Me broken in my heart. Everyone left me broken in my heart. ((music playing)) Every storm that left me broken in my heart. Oh ((music playing)) yeah, my ((music playing)) ((music playing)) whole little part that that like end part we were in the studio and Trey anytime you seen Trey worship. He's I love worship leaders that are discerning like they they they're not just singing like they're sensing God as they sing.

And I'm like just I was like I want this moment to feel spacious to be a kind of sa where you leave room. Um and some of that influences Drake. um is scripture, but it's Drake cuz like when you listen to Drake, his uh one of his albums, he had a song that just had a lot of space to the point that it could feel a little uncomfortable because it's like I feel like you supposed to be doing something right here, but it was just space.

You know what I'm saying? And so I was like, Trey, just do whatever you feel led to do. And so when he said my answer is that's just him like just sensing what needs to happen. >> ((music playing)) >> Yeah, ((music playing)) it's a continuation of the intro track. So, the first in this first track is the heart.

Now, this is the home. Remember, we're walking through the home, trying to figure out who the homeowner is. And so now we're continuing that journey. >> Yeah. Seen a bunch of ((music playing)) pictures and I'm living with the mission. They'll be back soon with the backbones. Went into the kitchen.

See the nice ((music playing)) missing se be buzzing. Was a candy man mirror on the wall. I ain't take a glance. Was it cuz of fans buzzing? Got a drug. Was it ugly? What a scene that nobody seen? Why ain't it clean? Where's the owner? I'm roaming and going the base.

What I need to get to the bottom of this. >> That's a That's just a clever word, right? are roaming and going in the basement. I need to get to the bottom of this. Basements are at the bottom. And because it's like I walk through the house and it's like, why this why this house ain't clean?

What's going on? Oh, you want me you want me to break this verse down? Okay. A little bit. All right. So, remember the first track, walk through the house, see the Netflix, see the drip. D. Now, it's like, okay, went to the back room, seen a bunch of pictures, living with them.

Is it tension? Cuz we left off on unforgiveness. And so continue with I'm seeing pictures with people on them. That's unforgiveness. They'll be back soon with the back wounds went into the kinches, seen the knobs missing. So the reason why there's unforgiveness is because there's betrayal, right? They'll be back soon.

The owner with back wounds, meaning them been through some stuff, got some pain, right? Went into the kitchen, seen knives missing like like it's just a metaphor for that. Um seen a hive drives bees buzzing. was a Candyman. When you watch a Candyman movie, obviously Candyman was surrounded with like bees and stuff like that.

Was a Candyman mirror on the wall. I ain't take a glance. So, I didn't look at myself. And if I would have looked at myself, maybe I would have noticed that I'm the homeowner by now, right? [snorts] I'm not seeing myself. Uh went into the kitchen, seen the knives missing, uh seen the hive drives, bees buzzing.

Was a candyman mirror on the wall. I ain't take a glance. Was it cuz the fans buzzing? Got a drug? Was it ugly? What a scene. Um, one part of my writing is I I write according to sound. So that's a part of why my cadence is that way is is like I'm writing according to how it sounds.

But it's also saying like maybe you didn't look at yourself cuz you feeling yourself, right? I ain't take a glance. Was it cuz the fans buzzing? So we still connected to the bees. Uh, ugly. What a scene. Um, and then nobody seen why it clean. Where am I at?

Where's the owner? I'm Roman to go in the basement. I need to get to the bottom of this. If it is sodom, they got to repent. Meaning like obviously everybody know my story. I used to be gay. All the stuff where it's like, oh, is that the reason why they tripping?

Like is there some stuff going on? A lot of their problems is solved at the altar. The psalter. I'm salty. The fire is lit. Lower the higher it get. It's [laughter] [snorts] like it's just so Yeah. They got to repeat lot of they problems are solve at the alter the salt unsalty ((music playing)) the fire is lit lower the higher it get face down see letters ((music playing)) be better you better he never loved you you weather he warm you cold he sweater you ((music playing)) pleather you fake you lame you never be better shame >> so pause so they look the person walking through the heart walking through the house they see words and The words is like kind of giving like really uh negative like he never loved you.

You weather, he warm, you cold, he sweethe, you tether, you pleather, you fake cuz pleather is fake leather. Uh you lame. You never be better. Because in our pursuit of blamelessness, as we wrestle with who we are in comparison to who he is, a lot of times discouragement and despair and shame can set in.

And so as this person is navigating through this home, they're not only seeing disarray, they're also seeing shame. They're also hearing words that did not come from scripture, that did not come from God, but is coming from some other source. Because for the thing to say, he never loved you.

That's a lie. That's not true. And you feel like he doesn't love you because you're not like him. But that's the point of searching the house so he can get up in there. You understand what I'm saying? You lame. ((music playing)) You never be better. Shame is written all over the walls.

It's written all over the mission. ((music playing)) >> All right. So if sinning the mission, the mission is falled. The fall Genesis 3. It went through the walls. It went through the floor. the fall. Like I'm basically saying like this house is built like it is because of the fall of man.

Meaning sin affected our hearts. You understand what I'm saying? Sin is the reason why and especially indwelling sin. If you're a believer, you're no longer a slave to sin, but you still have an indwelling sin that you got to put to death. So to say the fall, it went through the walls.

It went through the floor. The falls the flaws. The falls is Paul's the glory. you all like it's like it's sin is so comprehensive that it just affects everything. I'm I'm just saying it affect everything. It's affecting the walls. It's affecting the floor. It's affecting the floorboards. It's affecting all the stuff.

And so like we got a big we have a big house project on our hands. The walls ((music playing)) and the floor thes you argue. You argue with you. ((music playing)) This house ain't a home. This prison with s is in it. The prison is ((music playing)) the enemy. >> Okay. This house ain't a home.

You ain't supposed to live here. Is prison with sentences in it. The prism is sentences written with him in it. Let him live in it. With sin is the tenant. The enemy in it. The inner me enter into living when I repented. Okay. So if sin is there, it got to be evicted.

Cuz if sin is there, you got another enemy that's trying to live up in that house. And one thing you don't want is the devil in your house, right? But when I repented, then it was free. You know what I'm saying? Like I don't know. I'm getting sleepy.

((music playing)) me into living. When I repented, this mirror is free. Hard as a house and knock and I need to see if the ted I breathe. I look in the mirror and see ((music playing)) it's me. I'm ready to leave. >> So I say when I repented, this mirror is free.

Like the Bible tells us to pray and ask God to search our hearts. You don't got to pay for that. Like it it it's not it's not going to cost you anything to allow God to show you you. It will cost you everything. But what it won't cost you is your life in the sense of Jesus died so you can see yourself and come to him.

You don't have you don't have to go to hell. [laughter] You don't have to. He paid that price. Right? So this mirror is in fact free. The heart is a house. So now I'm revealing what started in track one with this person walking through this house. You now realize that the house is my heart.

I've been walking through my heart trying to figure out why it is like this and who owns it. But now I see, oh, it's my heart. I live here. And I say, I breathe. I look in the mirror and see it's me. I'm ready to leave. Why? Cuz I got to get out of here.

This this heart belongs to the Lord. So let me go get up out of here and let him live in it. That is the essence of blamelessness. is like, "Lord, search my heart. If there's any unclean thing in me, get that thing on out and please fill me with like you feel me."

That what what does it mean to be filled with the Holy Spirit? If not that he is he is taking up space. He is removing those things in our rooms that is keeping us from loving him with what? Our whole heart. And so for me to love God with my whole heart, I got to get me up out of that thing.

I would preach more if I had more brain capacity, but here we are. All right. So, at this point now, we're shifting into the album. We had we started high, had a little low, and now we're going back up, but not back up super aggressively cuz that would be like that would be off footing.

((music playing)) ((music playing)) I know you done been through a lot. ((music playing)) Know you've been talking to God. Know you've been wanting it once. No wonder the enemy lies. You seated in heavenly places. The basis to look to the sky. [music and singing] It's sacred. The savior is mine. He waving it back. You gave it a try.

The heart of the father. You want to be out of your mind. You thinking too much thinking. ((music playing)) It's >> I I like that line cuz it's like Megan love this song. It's cuz I said you thinking too much or not thinking enough is No, I said look daughter, you ought to be out of your mind.

You thinking too much or not thinking enough is giving you stuck cuz like when you overthink there's this dynamic of you need to get out of your head. You ought to be out of your mind. You out of your mind over this negro, but you need you need to be out of your mind in a different way.

And so you thinking too much, but you also not thinking enough. Because when you, how do I say this? When you overthink, it isn't wrong to overthink, it's wrong to overthink about the wrong things. Does it make sense? So if you're thinking too much, it might be that you're also not thinking enough.

Because let's say you are spazzing out and spiraling about how is the Lord going to pay my rent? I don't know how this is going to happen. And if maybe if I do this and maybe if I go out and and and find that pole and spend on it a couple times, I'll get about $20.

And then if I go to uh Bay them and say I wash their kids and braid their daughter hair even though she only got a couple, you know, bangs, then I can get about 75. And then like you thinking, you thinking too much. But if you think on what's true and you think on what's right and you think on what's worthy of praise, right, then you start to say, "Yes, yes, my rent is due.

Yes, we are in a financial situation, but even the dang on uh uh birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap. Yet my heavenly father provides for them." So what would h what would happen if I overthought about the truth? Think about that. What would what if I spiraled out about the truth?

That's what I mean. Is you thinking too much, but you also not thinking enough. So therefore, it's giving you stuck. >> Not thinking enough. It's ((music playing)) giving you stuck. You love when you cuff. is giving the lust a love for the love for the brothers who running it up.

What if it's nothing new under the sun? What if the number you looking is one? What if the sun is the number you looking? ((music playing)) He running in one. So come again. You running this fun till he come again. He want you with something to come again. It's something I want you to love again.

Love again. ((music playing)) Love again. Know it's right up feelings. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) For the grown woman with her head straight and ((music playing)) her hands full in the red paid and a man who got a su. He was that dude when he got raised when he got praised. She was that fool undignified. [singing] We impact shame is ((music playing)) a cross on the back just laid when the boss on the back go when nobody see you.

It's high on the spell you win. Your god is a ((music playing)) keeper. He brought you up. I call him my twin cuz I know he'll do it again. Do it again. Do it again and again and ((music playing)) again. Yeah. I ain't got to break down none of these verses that this is a a radio a radio song.

I just said let let's keep it simple. ((music playing)) My god. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> All right. So, I want y'all to peep something. The album transitions matter. So, at the end of this, the beat shifts a little bit and what you'll hear is hints of the next song. Uh because you know when we go into I ain't worried, I wanted there to be a connecting piece or whatever.

Uh but yeah, I love this song. I feel like this song doesn't get a ton of attention, which is fine, but I'm like this song it feels good. Like it just it just it just feels good. That's all I'm saying. Shout out to Scooty Walk. ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> I ain't worried about ((music playing)) that.

About that. ((music playing)) >> I ain't worried about that. >> ((music playing)) >> All right. >> Hey, load it up. Before we >> I'mma be honest. I I had text Ace. I said, man, I just need one ratchet. I was like, I need another ratchet song, man. I said, I don't got enough of them.

Cuz practice had a bunch. I was like, I don't got I was like, I need another Leave Me Alone. And we stumbled on this masterpiece. >> ((music playing)) >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ((music playing)) yeah. Tell them what you wanted. ((music playing)) Tell them you want nothing. Tell them you want something that your money could not sum.

Tell them ((music playing)) about your body. Tell them ain't no hobby. Tell them you ain't thirsty living water. Yeah, you got it. ((music playing)) I can tell you like to party. Tell you get the chicken when the hit that body. Girl, they sleeping on you. Jesus ((music playing)) knew you so you got it.

Why you talking mess that ain't no face to spin that go when I spit the gospel? I ain't worried about ((music playing)) that. I ain't worried about that. Yeah, I ain't scared about that. ((music playing)) I ain't worried about that. Wayne said G's moving silence like lasagna. Got ((music playing)) four babies in the case.

Some people hate me, others love me. I'm a genre. Nerds about them birds. We can talk. ((music playing)) They just McDonald's. I ain't tripping off it. I ain't skipping tossing. I am not a genus. I ain't flipping off. I am ((music playing)) with a buying what you thought is wisdom. I ain't with your boss.

I ain't richest foster giant. This mighty tiny the Oh my gosh, the breathing that took was ridiculous. So, let me walk through that real quick. All right. Wayne said G is moving silence like lasagna. That's Wayne verse. I think that was on a Millie cuz the G is silent in lasagna.

So I ain't come up with that. That's Wayne. Got four babies and they crazy. Call me D. D son is Kanye. We all know what he on. My kids are just they wild. Some people hate me. Others love me. I'm a genre. Any genre has mixed reviews. That's all I'm saying.

Calm your nerves about them birds tweeting tough. They just mad. This whole section I wrote in 20 not the whole verse. So these four bars I wrote this in 2020. So if at any point you think I'm referencing someone, I actually wrote this during co that part. The second half I wrote when I got this beat because Yeah.

So, uh, I ain't tripping off it. I ain't skipping toss it. I am not a gymnast. I ain't flipping off. And I am went to cross and buying what you thought is wisdom. I ain't with your boss. I am rich is false. The giant is Golia tiny y'all.

So, it's like I think it's Yeah, I'm saying a lot, but it's just really word play. I am Winter Cross. ain't buying what you thought is wisdom. Like, I ain't on what you own. You might think I am, but I'm not. You know what I'm saying? I ain't with your boss.

I'm I am rich is false. The giant is Goliath. Oh my, he tiny, y'all. So, to say he's tiny is to say the Goliath was really big in comparison to Israel. He was not really big in comparison to the Lord of Hosts. And so, it's like when you compare God to your giants, your giants are actually very small.

That's that's the word there. >> ((music playing)) >> I ain't worried about that. Yeah, I ain't scared about that. I ain't ((music playing)) worried about that. I ain't scared about that. Okay, another beat switch coming. So, we finished. I ain't worried. And then I'm like, I don't know where we got this second beat from, but I was like, what if we put that after here? because I feel like I honestly feel like this song is a synopsis of the tone of the whole album.

It's this mixture of ratchet and just rap. And so I just I just love this beat switch. And this second verse is another verse I wrote in 20 probably 2021. I didn't feel like writing no more. So, I was like I was literally like I'mma go on Instagram when I was rapping in my closet and find a verse that I haven't used before and I'mma just put it over this beat.

And that's that's what happened. ((music playing)) Yeah, ((music playing)) this the place to throw rocks and high hands feeling like Medusa. Say it to my face like Isusa. Quick thing, that line uh say it to my face, tongues crazy like Isusa is a reference to the ISUsa street revival where there was the a lot of speaking in tongues.

So when I say tongues and says, that's basically what I'm saying. ((music playing)) >> So the lowest valley made me reach my hand out. Made me reach. The lowest valley reaches to the high. So the lowest valley made me reach my hand out. I'm just trying to help you. God from Chicago.

He want Chicago. ((music playing)) He want to step to R. Kelly got y already pedalling pedophiles that y'all witness. This is Armageddon. ((music playing)) I get it. I met this medicine for the coldarted. Warming up shooting threepointers for rose gardens. Planting seeds deep enough to see if it grows larger. You ain't deep enough to see if ((music playing)) it's pros or puns for some rose daughters.

And it ain't even Easter. Pastels don't cover blood. They just make it neater. ((music playing)) The money just another way to make money on Jesus. Shutting my Adidas three stripes. Was it Peter? Yeah. Why you confused about the ((music playing)) worst systemic? I read Genesis and I ain't see you in it.

But here you are acting different. You a sinner ((music playing)) cuz another person did it. It's a system you inherited. So again, I wrote this in 2020 where it was a lot of conversation around systemic injustice. And I just thought it was ironic that those of us who read scripture and have a conception of us all being born after Adam and therefore inheriting sin that we didn't actually commit.

Like we are born sinners because of Adam's sin. And so his history affects our now. His history affects our today. And so it's like in the same way I think it's strange to presume that the Jim Crow era or reconstruction or 400 years of slavery isn't still showing up in the systems of today even though it was in the past.

Our own Bible testifies to that as a reality. And so that I'm basically saying like I don't know how we can believe in original sin and not also see how that is similar to systemic injustice. like ((music playing)) you was Harriet family members better cherish it but we embarrassing ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> I love this part.

I really do. That's Ace and uh a young lady named Casey. Casey sang on practice nothing but but the blood. She was those vocals. And so Ace is a lead vocal and then Casey is doing like some mid and high vocal. It's just it's just a beautiful a beautiful shift.

Money ((music playing)) money. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Let me tell you two things you can do to deal aggressively with sin. Number one, increase ((music playing)) your love for the Lord Jesus Christ through prayer, through devotion, through reading, through worship. ((music playing)) Increase your love for the Lord Jesus Christ. The more you love him, the harder it becomes to sin against him because you don't want to keep hurting someone ((music playing)) that you love.

So increase your love for him. ((music playing)) It's one key in there. It's a key I can't I can't do I'm I'm not a singer, but it's one key in there that's just like that is so perfect. It's like a I don't know. Anyway, uh Phil right there again the the song the album is called Blameless, right?

And so we're I know we're about to move into Manora. Manora is a song that is very it's it's confrontational. It's it's Jesus low-key battle rapping to the churches. And so Phil is setting that up by communicating, no, if you want to love him, if you want to be blameless.

I mean, if you want to stop sinning, just love him more. Which connects to the first line of manora. Okay. So he said he talks about if you want to stop sinning, love him. And so listen to the first sign of manora and see how that connects. >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> This is wonder. >> Yeah.

You used to ((music playing)) love me. You used to hug me. You used to touch me. They have a garment. I could have sworn it. It filled the temple. And now you want it just to flaunt it. You getting rich from being ((music playing)) Christian. Is it cost of commas? I ain't your mama when you outside pushing you on the swings ain't ((music playing)) letting you slide.

This gym is a jungle. The only >> Oh, I forgot there's a lot of uh like raps in here. Okay. [laughter] You used to love me, you used to hug me, you used to touch me. Uh so this first verse is the church uh Jesus's letter to the church of Ephesus.

So the this first verse is church uh the letter written to the church of Ephesus in Revelation. The second verse is the church of Leodysia. Okay. And so to say you used to love me, you used to hug me, you used to touch me, the hymn of garment.

Uh that's the second verse. What I say? Uh I could have sworn in to fill the temple and now you wanted just the fl. It's like in this verse you see this this like affirmation of like oh no like y'all be doing some good stuff. Y'all be doing some right stuff, but you also lost your first love.

And so that's what this whole thing is basically uh Jesus coming for them. And then I said, "You getting rich from being Christian? Is it cross or commas? I ain't your mama when you outside pushing you on the swings ain't letting you kiddo slide." So it's like it's just a metaphor like I ain't I ain't here to play with you.

[laughter] The gym is a jungle, the only lion without a pride. So it's like, yeah, he's the lion of Judah with no ego, with no arrogance. And then opinions will crumble. The cookie cutter is cutting lives. Don't think it's sweet. I think crumble cookie is disgusting, but it made for a really good uh metaphor right here.

((music playing)) And now you [singing] just flaunt it. You getting rich from being Christian. I ain't your mama ((music playing)) when you outside pushing you on the swings. Ain't letting you kiddo slide. This gym is a jungle. The only lion without a pride. ((music playing)) Opinions will crumble. The cookie cutter is cutting lives. Don't think it's sweet.

I know you tell truth. I love that. [music and singing] You seen the priests going live and asking where the blood at. You seen these preachers throwing lies and asking where the glove at. They killed a bride and want a Johnny Cochran just to scrub that. They hands dirty. They hand virgin.

Y'all got that one? So he's affirming like, let me find it. I I want to read it so you actually see what I'm what I'm referencing. Y'all like crumble cookie. Yuck. It's like a I just I don't I don't understand it to be honest with you. All right.

So verse two, because if you if you read this passage along with the song, then it actually adds color to it. To the angel of the church in Ephesus, uh the ang verse two, I know your works, your toil, and your patient endurance, and how listen to this. how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not and found them to be false.

So, he's affirming, oh, you be seeing these people on TikTok and you know they off. You be seeing these people in the churches and you know they crazy. You you are rightly discerning false teaching. But verse number four, but I have this against you that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Remember the first verse, you used to love me. [snorts] And so he's like, that's cool. I am so glad that you are becoming one of the premier heresy hunters, but do you still love me? That's cool. I am glad that you are able to see where they miss the text a little bit.

I am glad that you're able to see that they got they're a little false prophet, but do you still love me? Because there's giving even in your ability to articulate where everybody is wrong. You in your heart don't love me like you used to. and I see it even if nobody else does.

So for me to start but for me to say you know I know you tell truth I love that you seen the priests going live part part of that is clever because I'm saying priests deal with live animals that they are supposed to kill. But I'm also saying you see people on live you see people online doing the most and you notice that it's crazy. you seen the priest going live and ask them where the blood at.

It's like, "Yeah, you supposed to be a priest, but you're not actually doing what priests do." Like, where's the blood? Where ain't you supposed to be slaughtering things and and and splattering it all over the altar, but you you showing up as a priest, but you're not doing your priestly duties.

That's interesting. You seen the preachers going uh you seen the priests going live and asking where the blood at. You seen these preachers throwing lies and asking where the glove at. They killed a bride and wanted Johnny Cochran just to scrub that they hands dirty. It's like yeah like you you seeing the preachers doing all the stuff.

You ask him like hey like what's going on and they killed the obviously we know OJ Simpson he got off on that. I kind of think he did it but I totally think he did it actually. Um but it's like that glove just because the glove didn't fit he got off but his hands his hands his hands ain't clean.

And I understand that you saw that and I appreciate it. But >> and as the glove at they killed a bride and wanted a Johnny Cochran just to scrub that they hands dirty. They hand virgin ((music playing)) a clan purchase with white sheets underneath this darker than playing searching for fan churches with Martin Luther ((music playing)) King version.

I seen curtains [singing] split into two natures. I being worthy to go man. >> Hypothetic union. I'm here to humble you. You comfortable. I don't mumble when ((music playing)) I come for you. I'm something wonderful. Stevie Wonder when you lost sight wax and cold right? >> Okay. So Stevie Wonder probably wonder when you lost sight.

We know Stevie Wonder can't see but it's it's that like Huh? You doing all of that but you not you not seeing right? You know what I'm saying? Is it frostbite love waxing cold? Love waxing cold. Is it frostbite love waxing cold that manora left? So when you read revelation when Jesus would uh rebuke the churches he would say and if you don't repent I will remove your lampstand.

Manora is another word for lampstand. Lampstand don't hit the same. So I said manura which should lead you into research. Again if you were to research manora you would find out when he's talking that's what he's talking about. And so I'm just saying I'm basically saying exactly what Jesus said at the end.

It's like, if you don't repent, I'm going to remove the lampstand, the manora from your midst. Second beat. So, all three of these beats I received separately. This is 95. And I I knew before I made this album that I wanted to make a a song that's like a a disc song from Jesus point of view.

And so when I heard all three of these beats, I was like, I'mma just put them all together and c and basically use the beats as a means to communicate in a different tone. And so I think it did that. ((music playing)) >> I got beef with you, too. I ((music playing)) got beef with you, too.

I got beef with you, too. I got beef with you, too. You think you love me. You think you hug me. You think you touch me. They him a garment you never wanted. ((music playing)) You only wore a uniform. Performing a sermon on when the [singing] service on you German copy Nazi just concentrate. >> Okay, this is the church of Leady Deia.

Jesus's beef with the church of Leadyia. The baseline is absolutely insane. Uh was that I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm and neither hot or cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

And so this whole verse is communicating to double-minded people who is like you doing this but you don't you don't actually love me like that. You know what I'm saying? And it's like yeah I might have been talking to Ephesus but I got beef with you too. You know and so the him garment you never worn it.

You only warm in uniform perform when the sermon on when the service on you German copy German copy Nazi just concentrate concentration camps. Then you might consecrate if you start paying attention. This is a a a bar I really like. Then you might consecrate. Then you might find the door.

I'm a rose that's applied to space. We all know that when we watch Titanic, we be like, "Girl, why you ain't scoot over for that man? That man is cold. He is a rose shivering cold." And she ain't scooted over. But Jesus like, I'm the rose of Sharon and I'm the door.

No man can come to Christ unless they come through Christ, right? He's the door. So, not only am I the rose, but I'm also the door that supplies the space. I'mma let you in. Huh? So, that's what that's what that line is. learning on ((music playing)) when the service on you German copy Nazi just concentrate then you might consecrate then you might find ((music playing)) the door I'm a rose that's a plot of space you think I'm joking look in the book then you'll find the ace that's obviously a card game I love card game so it's a card game metaphor you think I'm joking look in the book so when you play spades you win your hand you got a book you understand so look in the book and you going to find that ace cuz that's why I'm in it are not for grace.

Who runs a mug with a cringy ((music playing)) start? This is not a race. Or is it? Did I die or did it? D your brain on drugs. Double ((music playing)) minded with a biscuit. You ain't hot or cold. It's no wonder I keep spitting. Why you spinning? You think you think you spinning?

You think you winning, ((music playing)) but what's going to happen when you finish chatting big rapping smacking to tapping holy rolling Jesus is my homie. Only when he ((music playing)) asking me for me. Shout out to No Big Deal. So I knew from John I was like I want No Big Deal on this album because he can rap.

[laughter] And so I was like uh I basically hit him up and so the f again first verse church uh church of Ephesus. Second verse is uh the letter written all the line about your brain on drugs. I mean, when I grew up and we had to do the DARE program, they would have had this commercial where they crack a egg in a skillet and they're like, "This is your brain on drugs."

And so, I'm saying I have made the point of where is it at? I got to find it. I said, "This is not a race or is it?" That seems double-minded because it is a race. Hebrews 11 tells us that it's a race. And so I'm basically cleverly saying, is it a race or in it?

Is it uh did I die or didn't? This your brain on drugs doubleminded with a biscuit. And so it's just that was in my mind when I wrote it. It's just like you double minded with a with a biscuit. You ain't had a cold. It's no wonder why I keep spitting.

And so no big deal can rap. I I feel like his beat was my favorite beat of this whole little thing. and his task was to basically be the church responding back to Jesus's rebuke. So when you listen to his verse, you're listening as, "Oh, this is what repentance would sound like if Jesus came to our church and rebuked us." >> For me, ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> I used to hug you.

I used to touch you. I thought I loved you. I rather humble than let my sensitive heart rebuttle. I ((music playing)) didn't pay you no mind. And you said my mind was doubled. Honestly, [singing] I got on my ground. You see my decline was subtle. David son said to free myself from the major debt to David Ramsey.

He gave the keys ((music playing)) with the baby steps. I paid the loans and made a home and a baby next. Bought it cash on the dash of the Mercedes S O S. Wasted time on the Rolex. ((music playing)) I'll make it clean. Winning Rick James out of the Kodak. Pure religious caring for the widows [singing] and abortions.

I'm out in a war trying to live off the endorphins. Passing by a ((music playing)) bum on the corner asking for saw dad and daughter going to war about a horse. Took my phone out for ((music playing)) some content. And I could record it said limitations 3:24. The Lord is my fortune.

Amen. Built a ((music playing)) platform that was all sand. Get out of the mouth of the god man. Apathetic not apostolic. The ((music playing)) fact is catechism is catastrophic. Redacted. I'm the clay and you are the part of my father. I get my heart back to where it started ((music playing)) in living water.

A lot of hope from a little pain. It gets harder. A lot of growth, a little ((music playing)) Wayne, the six. Lord, forgive me for my sins and sensibilities. I get emotional when this ever gets brought up. I want to hug ((music playing)) you. I want to touch you. It's hard to love.

You said there's one thing you have against me. My heart is trouble. My zeal stronger without love. You made it simple. Noisy gong. A clanging symbol. A weighty symbol. Dog. I've been returning to my vomit. Rather take the kibble. Pray too little. ((music playing)) Emancipate from hate. I disgrace too little.

Yeah. Hell stone and brim fire. I got it backwards like the way I build my trip ((music playing)) wire. I've been known to kick a liar out the holy empire. But what you desire is a liar in the kids choir. A prostitute and one that's ((music playing)) going to sit by her.

Savior of all civilization, the better sid. Repent is all I had to ((music playing)) give. It's written on my face. I sit calm cuz I'm hidden in his willing grace. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) It just feels good. ((music playing)) All right. Shout out to No Big Deal. He He'll He was He had his Bible open in the studio.

One of my favorite parts of this album. Before we go there, I want to play something for you cuz many of you know not everybody does. I I just want to ((music playing)) just want to play this real quick. >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> How ((music playing)) can you feel when I walk down the street?

I can't ((music playing)) think of me when [singing] I came away. Turn my back on you. ((music playing)) The one [singing] who loved me first. ((music playing)) Seeking my own [singing] desires. knew ((music playing)) I I had to I had TO SHOW Y'ALL THAT cuz I saw that irritated me. [laughter] The phone fell and then when I picked it up, it cancelled everything and I thought like I was really dejing.

I was like, "Oh, that's tight." Like, "Show them commission and then like go back and then it's like it ruined it ruined the energy." But we're back. All right, we're almost done. We got about three songs left. Commissioned is a throwback and Commission sings this song called Running Back to You. that be it it just is it's that ((music playing)) >> you told me you told me you love me but I also go ((music playing)) >> I failed you failed [music and singing] you so much >> so much now I ((music playing)) don't know what [singing] to say using the same excuse >> so If if if any of you don't know what Madison was singing, that's the song.

Okay. Now, that's always been my favorite song to reorient my affections back on the Lord. The album's called Blameless. It makes sense. But I was like, you know, I feel like having Madison Ryan the Ward sing Fred the Hammond. It's just something about that cuz she just has this soulful depth to her voice, her tone.

It's just you're you're talking crazy. So, you're going to go bye. So coming out of Manura, this rap track that's supposed to provoke repentance, I wanted this song to exist by itself as an opportunity to give language to All right, Lord, let me respond to whatever it is that you're revealing about my heart.

Let me do all the things." And I I communicated to Madison that I like I wanted to keep the melody but also give her room to add her own creative thing, which she did. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> You ((music playing)) told me you could keep me, but I turned it ((music playing)) away. I failed you so much.

Now ((music playing)) I don't know what to say. Using the same ((music playing)) excuse that I am just ((music playing)) a man and take the steps. You tell me you've been there [singing] and hold ((music playing)) your nails [singing] so I can see ((music playing)) more time. >> Now I am free. ((music playing)) >> Run us over, Matthew. ((music playing)) >> I have to say this because it was intention.

So it starts I like music that feels like you're being drawn into a world and so it starts real kind of melodic. It's not a lot of instrumentation. Her her voice is the main thing driving and [snorts] then it just immediately gets big. You have all these additional vocals.

You have the the creepy strings. You have a cuz I I I wanted you to forget where you were. You know, like if you listen to this in the car, you can just forget where you are. And I feel like Yeah. >> Now I ((music playing)) am free and I ((music playing)) am running back [singing] to you.

I see you standing ((music playing)) there for me. Your arms are open wide. I don't have to cry ((music playing)) no more. You're standing there for [singing] me. I am running back to you. ((music playing)) Why do I go away? I know I'm no ((music playing)) good when I'm on my own. So I am running ((music playing)) back running back to you.

((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> It's just stupid. Madison is just all right. We almost there. If you've been following the storyline now, we on the other side of repentance. That's the whole point. And what happens on the other side of repentance? Lighthouse. This is actually This is actually the first song I wrote on the album.

((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> You start off like, "Okay, ((music playing)) what's going to happen here?" >> Yeah. Who the who the bully who going to bully me? I seen the jury shooting bullets. Pull it. ((music playing)) Watch me flee. Uh, watch me uh uh uh watch me stop the drop. I'm captain this blacking me.

I'm back against ((music playing)) I'm back. You back. [laughter] >> All right. Who the to bully? Who going to bully me? I seen the jury shooting bullets. Pull it. Watch me flee. Meaning, you know, who is to condemn those who God has justified? And so, it's like the the jury is the people who's going to say like, "No, you're guilty or you're innocent."

And it's just like, yeah, if you say I'm guilty, if shame says I'm guilty, if if if the devil says I'm guilty, if liars say I'm guilty, if I'm in Christ, I'm innocent. So whatever bullets you shoot, I'm going to avoid them every single time. And so it's like, you can't bully me.

Who who to bully? And then I say, uh, stop to drop the knee. I'm Kaepernick. In fact, in fact, this this black and me I'm back against. Y'all know Kaepernick uh was in the NFL and he would take a knee uh I think when it was like the national anthem or something.

And I'm like I'm talking about taking a knee on some like surrender type stuff. You know what I'm saying? And then I'm Kaepernick. In fact, this this black in me black in me as in indwelling sin in me that I'm back against. I'm back to sense. You back to sin is bad.

You back to sin is bad. This Michael Jackson bag you had offense. And so it's like obviously Michael Jackson had a song called bad sin is bad. And then I go on to you had a fence. Fred Hammond has a song called uh Jesus be offense all around every day.

I'm going just walk through the whole verse and then I'm playing it back. Is Fred Hammond Repent? Is Fred Hampton on your campus getting Panthers to fish? Fred Hampton was a part of the Black Panther Party. the police killed him because they believe that he was uh similar to Martin Luther King and that he was a black messiah figure.

Uh and so is Fred Hampton on your campus getting panthers to fish, which is evangelism. It's like no, I'm a I and Christian should go into spaces and actually turn people from false face uh to fishers of men. And the revolution revolution televised on Russian revolution televised is what Freay Hampton would say is that the re the re you can kill the revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.

Revolution will be televised. Tell Judas give me a kiss. Which is like kind of saying like yeah if you going to betray me, if you going to do like if you're going to come for me that's fine. I can't resist the Judases in my life. I can be wise, but if you gonna come do what you got to do, because at the end of the day, I'mma just be faithful because the Lord loves me.

Let me start the song over because y'all just got all the things. ((music playing)) [bell] >> ((music playing)) >> I love this. Shout out to Bunker Boy. ((music playing)) >> Yeah. Who the Who the bully who ((music playing)) going to bully me? I've seen the jury shooting bullets. Pull it. Watch me flee. Uh watch me. Uh uh uh.

Watch me [singing] stop to drop the knee. I'm cappa nick and fast ((music playing)) distance. Blacking me. I'm back against. I'm back to sense you back to this bad Michael Jackson back. You had a fence. It's free and repent. [singing] It's free on your campus getting pan ((music playing)) to fish. Revolution televised. Tell Judas give me kiss.

Come now of every blessing. Yeah. Steady wrestling. Ain't no second guessing to my heart to sing your praise ((music playing)) unless I give it away. Give it away. Give it away. Sometimes I don't want to stay. That's my way. Come now. So come now. Come now found of every blessing teach my heart [singing] to sing that praise.

Sh of mercy never ceasing loudest praise. Teach me some d. I love all kinds of music including hymns and Come now Found is one of them because it it has a line where it's like uh it's some line on there and I'm basically saying like yeah I I I be wanting to go it it's not even that I don't want to leave the Lord.

I love him. I just be wanting to let my foot off the gas sometimes because it's like yeah I just want to let my foot off the gas. I don't want to be as vocal about truth. I don't want to be as honest. I don't want to be as faithful sometime.

I just kind of want to be like, let me just stay at home, watch my kids, love my husband, be with my friends. I don't want no parts of what it means to be uh a faithful witness. Sometimes I don't I don't want it, but teach my heart to sing your praise.

Help me. Prone to wander. Lord, I feel it. [laughter] And so that's what that is. And then the give it away is obviously nirvana. Give it away. Give That's not Nevada. That's Red Hot Chili Peppers, I think. Or is it Nirvana? Give it away. Give it away. Give it away.

Now that's that's where that's coming from. Blessing ((music playing)) away. Sometimes I don't want to stay. That's my way. Yeah. Come now of every blessing. Yeah. Steady wrestling. ((music playing)) Ain't no second guessing to my heart to sing your praise. Less I give it away. Give it away. Give it away. Sometimes I don't ((music playing)) want to stay.

That's my way. Yeah. My way ain't with life out. But in mama, I'mma do [singing] it. Bring the knife out. Got a bunch of >> But in my doula head, I'mma do it. Bring that Nike. Nike, just do it out. Got a bunch of Isaac, but it's time to bring that knife out.

You will never notice, but my focus kind of bogus. I be floating past that lighthouse. I'm a ((music playing)) dois, but it's time to bring the knife out. You will never notice, ((music playing)) but my focus kind of broke. I be floating past that lighthouse. I need the ghost ((music playing)) of bringing life out.

I want the smoke. I cannot pipe down. >> I want the smoke. I cannot pipe down. It's on some. It's very much Jeremiah. It's like like fire. This song get me excited. Like fire in my bones. I just got to get it out. It's just like, yeah, cool.

Leave a comment. Say the stuff. Cool. I'm not I'm not going to be quiet. I want the ((music playing)) smoke. I cannot bite down. You want the yolk or I want the white house. You can't do my spouse. Don't play with my house. We never traded. Hope is not the same.

Mine [music and singing] is prayed. Yours is medicated in a state of envy. You ain't head to Vegas. Spirit levitated. Set aside. ((music playing)) People separated. Love the light. Ain't the dark. I promise this ain't segregated. ((music playing)) Okay. Replicated. Regulated. Blood pressure on my s is elevated. Ellie Ellie lost me. [singing] >> ((music playing)) >> The way KB destroyed this verse.

The way this man destroyed this verse. >> Sick of talking trying to demonstrate ((music playing)) it. Everyone around me had the bounty. Now we loudly through the county. We was lost. He did the founding where we abounded. Robert down. ((music playing)) This is iron man. You never break it. They never save us.

Father sent a saver. All they sent you was a better Satan running to ((music playing)) the lighthouse. I don't need no better favor. Intoxicated by a glory that is never faded. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) All right, we made it to the last song. For whoever been here this whole time, shout out to you.

All right. So, about a year ago, Megan sends me uh the Undead the Blood clip, and I hadn't heard it before. And I was like, "Oh, that's dope." And so, I sent it to Ace and I said, "Is there any way we can sample this?" And he was like, "Let's try."

He reaches out to pastor, I think it's pastor Gregory, and says, "Hey, Jackie O Perry wants to sample your song." So they jump on the call with him and his prayer warriors and they pray together and they process and they do all this stuff. And the Lord is kind where he was like, "A lot of people have tried people have sampled me illegally and a lot of people have tried to sample this song, but because I'm familiar with Jackie's ministry and I respect her, I will give clearance."

And so I just want to shout out to um him him giving us legal clearance to use this excellent excellent sample. I just want to speak to the creativity real quick which is I wanted the song to begin or end in a way that it didn't begin. You know what I'm saying?

I wanted I wanted it to start a certain kind of like I wanted to start a certain kind of way and it completely shift into something else and me and Ace were able to create a sound that I feel like was unexpected but also feels conclusive to the album because I wanted this song as I was writing it to just give God glory and it's not that the other songs didn't give him glory it's just I don't know it just was a very intentional like I wanted to feel like that and Under the blood. >> Under ((music playing)) the blood. >> Under the blood. >> Under the blood. >> Jesus cover me.

((music playing)) >> Jesus cover demonstr ((music playing)) time is a revelation. ((music playing)) Father got to give me salvation with the Holy Ghost ((music playing)) is what they told me. But if a get will it hold me when my mission ((music playing)) get different will it show me? I don't recognize sometimes. I know you lift it high, but ((music playing)) I lie sometimes.

I know I'm supposed to die, but I die sometimes. I know it's all pride when I cry. I just want to run it high sometimes. In my mind come lies. The devil was a lie. He disguise some lies. He mumbles to the wise to the blind sunrise. I ain't never ever going to run it high from a ((music playing)) fly.

We define what's live. The glory and the power we describe what's high. We look into the sky it divides. That's why we defy lies. Sunrise to every single one ((music playing)) in his eyes. That's the most high on his side. That's ((music playing)) putting crowns down on the ground. That's rise. When I die, I'm so I only have to die.

Before we go here, before we go here, I need you to see something. So, I'mma show you uh a cover. The cover that inspired the cover of a Andre Crouch song that inspired that portion. >> Got the new iPhone 17 Pro and Verizon pick. >> Okay, I got I got ads on.

Y'all just going to have to wait cuz [snorts] I think it's important for people to know where stuff comes from. I'm scared to turn the phone cuz we know what happened last time. ((music playing)) Let me see. Let's see if I can try. Y'all can just watch me find it. ((music playing)) >> What is that? >> I don't know what it is. >> Probably should have practiced this, huh?

There it is. Here it is. Yes. Yes. Okay. All right. So Miranda is literally one of my probably top two gospel artists and she did a cover of this song. It's called My Tribute. It was written by Andre Crouch. This song is is is classic. But I when I listened to this album, the way she sang this part, I said, "Girl, huh?

I almost drove off the highway." And so I had I had the way she did this in mind when I did uh Glory. And you might you know I don't sound like her but you might hear it. So listen to this. This is how she held this dangle note.

((music playing)) Heath raised me to be ((music playing)) the glory to God. >> ((music playing)) >> be the glory to God. ((music playing)) [music and singing] What I said Miranda. So when we get to this part, I am doing the Jackie Hill ver Jackie Hill paired version of of that. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Cuz that is me in the back with some autotune obviously.

((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> So I was inspired by the the way she just stayed in that same note without no like VBR. Heat. Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> Yeah. With this power, you ((music playing)) save me. With this power, you raise me. Yeah. Yeah. With this power, you ((music playing)) save me. With this power, you raise me.

Yeah. Yeah. With this power, you save me. With this power, you ((music playing)) raise me. Yeah. Yeah. With this power save me with this power ((music playing)) me. Yeah. Yeah. With this power save me with this power. Raise me. Yeah. Yeah. With this power ((music playing)) save me with this power me. Yeah. Yeah.

With this power me. Yeah. Yeah. ((music playing)) Save me. Raise me. Yeah. Yeah. under the blood. >> Jesus cover ((music playing)) me. >> Jesus, you may cover me. ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> That's it. So to end it that way with the last words are, you know, fight the demon, rip up Satan. It's kind of like some all right, go to work.

[laughter] You know what I'm saying? [snorts] So yeah, that's um that is blameless. Um, it was a lot of work, but we had a great me and Ace and 95 and Bunker Boy and Aza and Aha and Project and Trey and Scooty and Madison and No Big Deal. And it was it was a team effort.

You know what I'm saying? So, no artist in any capacity is just solo. like all music, all good music should be collaborative. You know, it's a bunch of different people that God has gifted or has graced to make a thing. And so, this really is I don't know, the Lord the Lord granted a lot of favor on all of us.

So, I just appreciate everyone who has listened to it, who has streamed it, who has promoted it. You know, I haven't done an album since 2018. This was my first time doing a full album and so it just felt good and it felt like a blessing to be able to create something that sounded like me but that I also believed would bring value to the church and to people in the world.

So yeah, that's all I got. We've been up all night, ain't we? And I'm still hungry. So all right, bye guys.