JayZ's death of autotune
is one of many auto tunes/
Spit out by an industry that
mocks Christ and glorifies fools/
Yet majority of his sales
comes from the so-called Christian/
Who think him and his wife's ego
are manna from heaven/
-Cross.Eyed
But hey, this post is not about my critique of JayZ & Beyonce, I've already been there numerous times. The new JayZ T-Shirt above just inspired me to start a discussion on one of the many "controversial" lines in his new CD - Blueprint 3. I want to know what his Christian 'fans' think, or just hear from some disicples.
So in his song entitled "Empire State of Mind", one of the lines states
"Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends".
What do you guys think? Was he just trying to rhyme. Was he using symbolism? Is he an anti-Christ? Is he just being sarcastic? Of course, you saw my opinion at the beginning of this blog, but let me know if I'm being "too dramatic" or looking "too deep"... LEAVE A COMMENT! :)
The complete verse:
[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
Mami took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends,
lyrics courtesy of killerhiphop.com
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien[Chorus]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel brand new,
big lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..
From battle rapper to Christian rapper?!
Jin initially gained his popularity as the "Freestyle Friday Champ” on BET's 106 and Park, then went on to sign with the Ruff Ryders. In 2004, Jin released his debut album, The Rest Is History, which garnered the lead single “Learn Chinese.” He also made his acting debut in a the blockbuster film 2 Fast 2 Furious. [AllHipHop.com]
But it seems a new day is dawning:
"My name is Jin Au-Yeung. Born and raised in Miami, Florida. I currently reside in Hong Kong. I love God. I love my family. I love music."
WELCOME TO THE LIGHT CLUB
"So I put up this new joint that I recorded about a week agao called "Welcome to the Light Club" and I've be getting alot feedback on it, and I just wanna say thanks for the feedback, good or bad. But what actually caught me off gurad and caught me by surpirse is there's been alot of websites to feature the song or write about the song as well.
Someone told me that there was a forum on a Christian Hip Hop site, HolyCulture.net where someone posted the link in a thread and they were just writing and talking and discussing about it, giving feedback, so shoutout to them. Another one that wrote about it was uh, someone told me about it, I didnt even see it myself but they sent me the link. AllHipHop.com wrote about it... good or bad they write about everything, so yeah, shoutout to AllHipHop. But they also did an article about Jin becomng a Christian Rapper.
So I just wanted to take a moment to talk about this. Because I've been getting alot of emails too, as well as on my MySpace page people asking, "So Jin, I'm hearing that you're a Christian rapper now, is that true?" That's a good question. And I don't think it's a "yes or no" answer that I need to give you guys. Actually, I just want to elaborate. Am I Christian.. yes I am. Do I rap.. yeah! I still do....
Yeah I still rap, Yes I'm a Christian. And does that make me Christian rapper? Hey, I'll let you call it: "
JIN SHARES HIS TESTIMONY:
You can find Jin at the following links:
http://AyoJin.com
http://www.myspace.com/therealjin
For those who want mp3s for "The Best" + "Welcome To The Light Club" just copy and paste the following link: http://www.mediafire.com/?qzzewyzzty1
One of my pieces that I recently did at work.. inspired by all my paper chasers.
Chasin' paper, paper chasin'
To all the ones running after Benjamins
You can gon' ahead and chase the wind
But I'ma chase the one who CREATED the wind
See, He's the Alpha, Alpha Ape, and Omega
THE source of evolution, not Darwin's conjecture
Greater, enthroned as The Official Rain Maker
Yes, Sitting on chrome above your favorite rain-maker
Listen, You don't have to trade God in to get your chips
Your intelligence and wits, a house and new whip
You dont have to trade God in to get your winners Tee
A resume & 2 degrees, to please your frat or sorority
Like a dog chasing it's tail, cats chasing their own glory
Running round in circles for their own success story
Their life is on lease, but wasting faster than a memory
Cause it was only meant to be used for the KING's glory.
Chasin' paper, paper chasin'
To all the ones running after Benjamins
You can gon' ahead and chase the wind
But I'ma chase the one who CREATED the wind
They've aboned purity for perversion, unity for division
All the while thanking the god they say blessed them
But I o know why they look up when they thank him
Cuz their god is is right there in their pocket next to 'em
Money's the god they trust, talk about him all the time
Mind on their money, and their money on their mind
Stacking up paper is what keeps them on the grind
Auctioning off their soul to the almighty dollar... SOLD!
to the man in black with the 2 red horns
He will bless em til they die to keep em from being reborn
Lest they take their eyes off their selves & see the Lord
And realize they're just a pawn in a heavenly war.
Chasin' paper, paper chasin'
To all the ones running after Benjamins
You can gon' ahead and chase the wind
But I'ma chase the one who CREATED the wind
Hopefully, I can post a video soon of me relaying the words live
