Let It Whip - Lecrae

I love this song! I started listening to Church Clothes Vol 2 about a week ago in my car and have been loving it so much! This song has a fun beat and a play full vibe to it and throughout the whole song Lecrae and Paul Wall set the stage as of how you do not need a awesome car. This is gonna be the anthem for my old Volvo!

[Verse 1: Lecrae]

Yo, aye look

5th wheel straight hangin'

Grip the grain, I’m swangin'

It’s Texas all on my roots boy

Ain’t no point in me changing

On 45, trunk bangin'

From fair park to south acres

I hit big T’s then I hit kings

In the same day no playin

I’m whippin, I’m dippin though the great state of Texas

I used to rock the gold, tall t's with a necklace

My car wasn’t mean but I kept that thing clean

Paint chip, couple dents

And the brakes used to scream

Oh well, I still gotta let that trunk knock

Hear me beatin down yo block

And my car just stopped again

Mayne, my gas gauge don’t work

I can’t tell how much gas I got man

[Interlude: Lecrae & Paul Wall]

Let it whip

I let it whip

I said I let it whip

Hold up

Let it whip

Paul Wall, baby

All ready

[Verse 2: Paul Wall]

I pull up, trunk bumpin' like a bad shave

Speakers blastin' extra loud with the trunk raised

Four tires lookin fresher than a pair of J’s

Seven cars right behind me in this SLAB Parade

I’m a pro, I work the wood like a carpenter

Everybody tippin down, no bartender

Candy paint, make em take my picture, offered them

Money on my phone like a telemarketer

I weave the 'Lac through traffic like Malaysian hair

My fifth wheel bow down like it’s time for prayer

All speakers in the trunk, bro, no spare

Paint job, 10 racks for 10 thousand stares

[Verse 3: Lecrae]

Yea sir

Hey look yo car might be rusty

Your ride might be old

But that thing get you from A to B

So go and put the thing on the road

Mane you ain’t gotta be stuntin

Got a good job, a little money

Aye you don’t need no car note

You debt free and they frontin'

They strugglin'

You grateful you ain’t sittin on the bus, and

Got 4 wheels, I got a little bills and that’s so real, it’s 100

That’s factory, gon play that

That’s Japanese, well gon say that

Your leather cracked, and yo roof scratched

Well I’m cool with that so gon lay back

Don’t need a Benz and no Maybach

No CD player, got 8-track

You old school, thats yo cool

Don’t let nobody say jack

Just ride, don’t let them kill yo vibe

Yo air don’t work? Go and let them windows down

And let that thing whip

All is Great, Cause I am alive another day!

Paul Shackelford

Rise Again - Needtobreathe

I have been reading a book about the arts and Christians role in creating culture. Steve Turner, the author, asserts a major critique that modern Christian art does not speak about real life. The art created does not sound genuine or have any ties to real life that people outside the faith can connect with. While reading the book I listened through this album and I think that this song does a great job of breaking the mold. The members of Needtobreathe are all outspoken followers of Jesus but very little of the art that they produce mentions Jesus or Christianity at all. Instead they craft creative music, written from places of pain and joy. "Rise Again" steps through pain that occurs in life as we see relationships stretched and torn. The bitterness of broken hearts and friendships is then contrasted with the truth that we will get up from this pain and rise again. "I can see us moving on, I can feel that coming on strong", the joy that comes after the

Twenty-Four - Jess Ray

Lately I have been listening to lots of music and podcasts while working and biking to work. I was feeling a need for some new music so I turned to NoiseTrade to check out some new artists. My favorite thus far is Jess Ray because of the honest lyrics, tastefully simple musicality and overall enjoyable listening environment. While on my flight back to Atlanta I was struck by this song at first because of the drums that propel this song behind the walking guitar. If I were to add drums to a track like this it would have been done in a very similar manner. Once I got past the drums I was awe struck by the simple power of these lyrics, take a read below and follow the link to her blog to listen. To me it was not written for an outward expression of hope or encouragement but rather as a inward proclamation to the soul. As the psalmist often choose to sing, this song speaks inward in a call to stand up and be reminded of truth all to often forgotten. As I gear up for the star

You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Kraus

This song has so much power, even if you remove the lyrics. I just decided to take in the full potential of the song by turning the stereo all the way up and playing the song a few times. Before even looking for a video of this song I knew it was related to the Civil War and the separation that occurred between loved ones. This song starts out explaining the battle field and how the soldier has survived the terrors of war. As the song continues to build you can tell that the soldier wants to be with his love. They have been separated by this war and now he wants to be back with her. The last few lines portray his death and how he has been reunited with his "True Love". I believe that this song describes his "True Love" as God, our eternal True Love. He has returned to his maker after being killed in Battle and this song paints that picture so well. This song has tons of power in the music behind the lyrics, it adds so much to the meaning of this song!

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