American - Musician | October 9, 1979 -
My mother was a - she worked at a halfway house. And one of the former inmates slid me a mix-tape full of different hip-hop songs. And so that was my first kind of experience with rap music.
Lecrae
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I've always been the type of person - you know, I kind of am extreme. So you know, I'm not like, 'Oh, let me get one tattoo.' It's, like, my old whole arm has to be covered.
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In Scripture, when something is repeated, especially a name, it shows an emotional connection, a deeper sense of meaning.
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Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.
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My graduation was an amazing moment for my family, my community. In my early childhood, we lived on a subsidized income, with government assistance - at one point when I was growing up, my mother was making $14,000 a year. Now I had made it out of the hood, so to speak.
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My mother, my relatives, and closest friends have risked their lives in the area of law enforcement and corrections, so I never have and never will say, 'I hate police.'
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Honestly, the pains of humanity have been draining me.
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Hang out with me long enough, and I'm bound to let you down.
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I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely.
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I just don't want to be the artist who's out on the road and has no real perspective of what's happening at home.
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Faith is not about serving some tyrant in the sky that says, 'You need to get your act together.' Faith is about having a loving father who says, 'Hey, listen... I'm here with you. I'm going to hold your hand. Just rock with me.'
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I hate systemic oppression in America.
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