I like rap music. Yes i said it, a 19 year old white guy from Topeka Kansas likes rap music. However I am not a big fan of just playing old school rap beats from old rap songs with no lyrics(volleyball/basketball games)!!!!
I get like listening to secular rap music, but their message is usually about having sex, drinking, getting high, or killing someone. It gets kinda old, but i still like them for some reason. Sometimes it gets hard to find good Christian rap music, but My good friend Tom Tatterfield pointed me to a good Christian rapper named Trip Lee. I started looking his songs up and it brought me to a group of christian rappers that like to mix their songs together. They are called 116 clique. One of my favorite songs of theirs is called Cash or Christ/Fanatic. It is a good song and the lyrics are amazing.
The song talks a lot about materilism. The lyrics are powerful and full of meaning that needs to be heard. "Intead of Ice, it be nice if we would try to invest in life"......"Got money, got quicks, got ice, still broke homeboy! No Christ!"......."The Dollar bill says in God we trust, its funny cuz money is the only god he trust"...."And when they die, not a dimes (is) gonna go. Now they phyiscally rich, but they spiritual poo(r)"..... "And they probably never heard of 1st corinthains chapta fou(r), cuz he said they can't imagine God's people being poo(r)."
The song goes on to say "I'm a F-A-N-A-T-I-C (fanatic) I rep Christ till I D-I-E (fanatic)" What does that really mean anyway? Fanatic for Christ? I rep Christ till I die? Do we treat God like God, or money like a god? What would happen if God's people truly did live a life that He calls us to live. Money may not be the wordly god in your life. There are plenty of other substitutes to fill in the blank. What are you a Fanatic for? Boyfriend/girlfriend? Money? Success? Sin? Or are you a F-A-N-A-T-I-C for the living God that was willing to die to give you eternal life? Will you rep Christ untill you are 50? Or will you start repping God when you are 30 and have a family and kids? Or are you Willing you rep Christ now and until till you D-I-E?
JIM'S BURN
I play a lot of ping pong during my free time. I'll get cocky on your for a second and tell you that im pretty good. I handle some of the best ping pong players (Charlie Landis, David Heffren, Ryan Hicks, Tyler Green and Monica Lanzone) on a daily basis. But there is this guy....His name is Chase Hill....Now Chase is a good ping pong player, but I don't think he has anything on me or any of the other people that I listed above. BUT for some odd reason that not even God can answer, I CAN NEVER BEAT THIS KID. He constantly makes me look like a 8 year old girl on the ping pong table. He does nothing special. He hits the ball back at me, and I just mess it up. What makes matters worse is that he is one of those trash talkers. I am constinly hearing, "Good try Jim....Maybe next time....or Hey do you think you will get double digits this game"? I know I am better than Chase, I just can't beat him! And I can never beat his ping pong disciple, Jackie Schargenaekgljaetkj either. And yes, I am better than you too Jackie.
