Jesus Muzic by Lecrae

So if you're anything like me, you love all kinds of music. I mostly listen to the music that comes on the radio stations like Air 1 and KLove, but sometimes when I'm driving on some long trips, I like to bump something with a little more energy. Lecrae never seems to fail in that category. Problem is I'm a white boy, so I have a bit of trouble keeping up. I also want to be the cool guy so I love to try and learn all the sick rhymes. So, for all my fellow people out there who might be in the same boat, here are the lyrics to one of Lecrae's classic songs, Jesus Muzic.


[Verse 1: Lecrae]
Yeah back on the grind again
I know it's been a lil while but it's time again
Folks askin Crae when ya gonna rhyme again?
I'm like hold up give me time my man
See a lot of thangs change some stay the same
Went from H Town to D Town to Memphis may'n
One thang that's fasho, everywhere I go
People caught up in theyself money, cars and clothes (yep)
They talk about it all the time and put it in they songs
They drive around and play it loud like it ain't nothin wrong
And all they talk about is sinful stuff,
Got everybody actin bad thinkin that they a thug (weeelll)
And they tryna drown me out, but nah they ain't gon count me out
I got a backpack full of tracks plus I keep a Johnny Mac so we can pound it out
Plus I'm bumpin dese JESUS BEATS
Whenever they SEEIN ME
People lookin all confused, cause every one of my tunes is screamin JESUS peeps
I was bumpin dat TRIP LEE
BJ rollin WIT ME
Both our heads noddin like we dozin or we TIPSY
But we ain't been drankin may'n
Nah this song just bangin may'n
Got us screamin JESUS out the window while we changin lanes, while we just

[Chorus:]
Rid-ridin with my top down listenin to this Jesus music
Ridin with my top down listenin to this Jesus music
Rid-ridin with my top down down top top down
Ridin with my top down
Listenin to this Jesus Music
Rid-ridin with my top, rid-ridin with my top down
Ridin with my top down down Jesus Jesus Music
Ridin with my top, rid-ridin with my top down
Ridin with my top down
Listenin to this Jesus Music

[Verse 2: Trip Lee]
If you hear that the bass bang, and you see us in ya streets
That stuff ya boy's playin may'n, it's gon be dem Jesus beats (ya'll ready)
That stuff we bumpin ain't that lean with it rock with it (nope)
It's that change ya life and please let the rock hit it
Now that stuff that we bump bring the sound of Christ (Christ)
116 our prayer to Christ
Was once lost then found now we down with Christ
In the dark hearts stop but we found the light now it's soundin right
Suicide to the good and the phantom life cause the gospel is good
In the past I don't think ya'll understood
Now ya got it messed up let us outta ya hood
We got the windows down and when we finna cruise
We tryna glorify the Lord with what we listen to (OK)
We bump dat Cross Movement, we bump that Lampmode (Lampmode)
We bout that Jesus musik get up yo hands bro (get up yo hands bro) yeah
It might be screwed and chopped, it might be east coast
Either way this Jesus musik's ho, t bump this in ya speakers bro (they laugh)
The Lord ain't pleased with that money and weed
So if you hear them 'sup and ya see us up in ya streets
I might be

[Chorus:]
Rid-ridin with my top down listenin to this Jesus music
Ridin with my top down listenin to this Jesus music
Rid-ridin with my top down down top top down
Ridin with my top down
Listenin to this Jesus Music
Rid-ridin with my top, rid-ridin with my top down
Ridin with my top down down Jesus Jesus Music
Ridin with my top, rid-ridin with my top down
Ridin with my top down
Listenin to this Jesus Music

[Verse 3: Lecrae]
You like music from rap to gospel
But ya prolly neva heard nobody rap the gospel
Different sound but the truth's the same
With no choirs no bands but the truth remains
We got fam and the clique set the booth on flames
St Louis others philly, like Duce and Flame
If ya lost in the flow don't lose the name
It's Jesus Christ the king of the jews my mayn
This ain't entertainment dawg it's timeless truth
Would you rather hear a song about shiny coupes, nope
Non-fat non-gat non-killa rap, 100% christ da blood spilla rap
Ya'll feelin that, rap wrapped up with the gospel, ay trip dawg run it back
Ya'll feelin that? Rap wrapped up with the gospel ay trip dawg run it back

[Verse 3: Trip Lee]
If in our car you hear that boom-bep
And you hear some dude's rep
It ain't dem folks that boast, it's folks that tell you where the truth's at
We don't wanna hear about dimes and dope (nope)
We don't wanna hear about nines and smoke
We don't wanna hear about movin packs and foolish cats who lie and boast
We do wanna hear about Christ the king
Do wanna hear how lives is changed
We do wanna hear how God is pleased
And theology of the Bible mayn
This Jesus music turn heads, so turn it up and let em know
In all we do he's first and, this Jesus music's better bro (yeah)

[Chorus:]
Rid-ridin with my top down listenin to this Jesus music
Ridin with my top down listenin to this Jesus music
Rid-ridin with my top down down top top down
Ridin with my top down
Listenin to this Jesus Music
Rid-ridin with my top, rid-ridin with my top down
Ridin with my top down down Jesus Jesus Music
Ridin with my top, rid-ridin with my top down
Ridin with my top down
Listenin to this Jesus Music

What’s All The Noise About Christian Rap

The hip-hop movement has been something that has been said to have influenced a lot of today’s culture. Things like how people talk, how they dress, how they act and even how they perceive other people around them. A multi-episode special on VH1 that aired recently called “The Tanning of America” would even suggest that hip-hop is the reason that our society has elected President Obama. So it’s no surprise that somewhere along the line the urban scene would trickle in and be introduced into the Christian music market. Even though the world is pretty accustomed to hip-hop music, it seemed to not be that popular amidst Christian circles.

Christian hip-hop got its start back in the early 80’s, with some of the first rappers like MC Sweet, Stephen Wiley and the group JC & the Boyz. As a sub-genre to the bigger Contemporary Christian Music market, it started out really trying to bring the gospel into a part of our society that was in desperate need of it. Though this is seen today to be more acceptable, it was not, however, as widely accepted as a form of ministry in the early years. Should Christian hip-hop have stayed on course with this original intent, it might have become a totally different beast from what it is today.

As more and more time progressed, the development of Christian rap grew to be a massive underground movement. It was in the midst of this movement that things started to shift around and produce what might be seen as even more unnecessary scrutiny. New artists began to emerge who would profess themselves to be Christian, but would not label themselves as a “Christian artist” so not to be limited to the CCM market. This is only speculation and opinion, but this could be part of why so many take issue with this style of music being called ministry. At first glance, it does seem to take some of the importance off of spreading the good news and place it on the desire to make more money.

Today, after many years of struggle and progression, Christian hip-hop has made leaps and bounds. Some rappers, such as Lecrae, have even outperformed some of the bigger secular rap artists on record sales over the past few years. But even though this might be a sign that the genre has reached its seat with the other styles of Christian music, it is still predominantly an underground entity. The breakdown of radio stations that play Christian hip-hop are staggeringly low compared to all other types of CCM music, and of the stations that have achieved syndication who play Christian hip-hop, a majority of their music is streamed online.

It’s been a crazy road so far, but as time continues to pass, one can only hope that there will continue to be movement and recognition for the artists that have dedicated their lives to the call of ministry through the means of urban music. God only knows how hard it must be to be seen as an outcast among your own people, when the truth is what you’ve come to bring. If you haven’t already, find you some of this Christian rap music and take the time to listen. You might be surprised with just how authentic it can be.

Where To Download Christian Music

It occurred to me that there are a lot of folks out there looking for some free music downloads. Now as a musician, it kind of gets under my skin a bit that we work really hard to make the music and spend a lot of money, and then people will go download it for free somewhere. But the thing I've come to realize is that there isn't really much that can be done about that. I can also understand how music is such a big part of life and it can sometimes be hard to scrape up a continual stream of extra dough to keep the music coming.

So, I would like to offer a bit of a thought if your browsing around right now looking for a way to score some free music, and in a way that still benefits the artist. The trick is to dig a little and you will probably find loads of free music being offered by theartists themselves! If it's really just good music you're after, you might try widening the net just a bit and try listening to something off the beaten path. What I mean is that there are a lot of bands out there that aren't your big famous artists that are simply trying to get their music out and circulating so they can one day make a career out of it. And we're not talking cruddy demos, we're talking some actual great tunes man!

Here’s the deal. All you have to know is that there is a ton of music out there just waiting for you to discover that is absolutely free and is completely sanctioned by the artist and creator of the song. Limewire and all the other torrent sites are completely despised by musicians and take away from what they work so hard to achieve. So if you just can’t spend the money to buy the music, instead of ripping it, just go look for a way to get free music from other artists and then buy other music as you can.

If you are interested in how you can widen your net and find some of this FREE music that is out there, check out this article that will help you figure outwhere to search!