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This song from Lecrae’s Gravity album explores the potential pitfalls associated with worldly power, especially the kind that the rap game often promotes.

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This is off Lecrae’s album, Gravity. It is one of the bonus tracks off the iTunes deluxe edition.

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Lecrae is a full-on Christian rapper, and he is not ashamed, not one bit! So why would he want to turn back?

Even if he leads the whole world in press. He will not put Christianity and God aside, and rest from Them.

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This line is from OutKast’s song “B.o.B” (Bombs Over Baghdad)

but in this line, he changed “nigga” to “brother”, for good reasons. (he is a Christian rapper)

“Cure for cancer, cure for AIDs”
And if there were a cure for cancer and AIDs, the world would be changed forever and be less worried about those types of deaths.

“Make a brother wanna stay on tour for days, When I get home and things are wrong”

When he’s on tour he’s dealing with his music and enjoying himself, doing what he loves. But when he gets back home and faces reality its difficult and he just wishes he could be at peace again

“There’s two shot dead right around my zone”
Even on Lecrae’s on streets, there’s mass murders and serial killings, when he gets back home

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