Toby Mac & Lecrae: A Good Way to Testify

For several months, GRaBS (a community of youth Christians where I spend plenty of my time there growing up spiritually) has been playing videos of a Christian hip-hop artist/song writer/music producer/recording artist; Toby McKeehan (born Kevin Michael McKeehan; October 22, 1964) or better known as Toby Mac. Today, I met a friend who told me how one of Toby Mac's song inspiring him. The title of the song he mentioned is "FORGIVENESS". In this song, Toby Mac featuring Lecrae (a gospel rapper) present great messages to the whole world. Here we are, the lyrics:

FORGIVENESS

TOBY MAC FEAT LECRAE

'Cause we all make mistakes sometimes 

And we all step across that line  

But nothing's sweeter than the day we find, we find  

Its hanging over him like the clouds of Seattle 

And rainin' on his swag fallin' deeper in his saddle 

Its written on his face 

He don't have to speak a sound  

Somebody call the five-o for we gotta man down 

You can go and play it like you're all rock and roll 

But guilt does a job on each and every man's soul  

And when your head hits the pillow at the nightfall 

You can bet your life that its gonna be a fight ya'll 

'Cause we all make mistakes sometimes  

And we've all stepped across that line 

But nothing's sweeter than the day we find 

Forgiveness, forgiveness 

And we all stumble and we fall  

Bridges burn in the heat of it all 

But nothing's sweeter than the day, sweeter than the day we call out for forgiveness  

Forgiveness, we all need, we all need, we all need forgiveness 

Forgiveness, we all need, we all need  

Mr. Lecrae 

My momma told me what I would be in for 

If I kept all this anger inside of me pent up 

My heart been broken, my wounds been open  

And I don't know if I can hear I'm sorry being spoken 

But those forgiven much , should be quicker to give it 

And God forgave me for it all Jesus bled forgiveness 

So when the stones fly and they aimed at you  

Just say forgive they father they know not that they do 

Now you can go and play it like you're all rock and roll 

But guilt does a job on each and every man's soul  

And when your heat hits the pillow at the nightfall

You can bet your life that its gonna be a fight ya'll 

'Cause we all make mistakes sometimes 

And we've all stepped across that line  

But nothing's sweeter than the day we find 

Forgiveness, forgiveness  

And we all stumble and we fall  

Bridges burn in the heat of it all 

But nothing's sweeter than the day, sweeter than the day we call out for forgiveness  

No matter how LOST you are, you're not that far, you're NOT TOO FAR 

No matter how HURT you are, you're not that far, you're NOT TOO FAR

No matter how WRONG you are, you're not that far, you're NOT TOO FAR 

No matter who YOU are, you're not that far, you're NOT TOO FAR

From FORGIVENESS

Ask for FORGIVENESS 

'Cause we all make mistakes sometimes 

And we've all stepped across that line  

But nothing's sweeter than the day we find 

Forgiveness, forgiveness  

And we all stumble and we fall  

Bridges burn in the heat of it all

But nothing's sweeter than the day, sweeter than the day we call out for forgiveness 

Forgiveness  

We all need, we all need, all need forgiveness  

Forgiveness 

We all need, we all need 

No matter how lost you are, we all need forgiveness 

No matter how hurt you are, we all need forgiveness 

No matter how wrong you are, you're not that far, you're not too far 

No matter who you are, you're not too far, you're not too far  

We all need forgiveness, forgiveness  

We all need forgiveness, forgiveness  

We all need forgiveness, forgiveness  

We all need forgiveness, forgiveness

Toby Mac

*the yellow section is my favorite lyrics : )

FYI, Lecrae is the pioneer of gospel rapping.

Lecrae

Gospel rapping is hip hop music characterized by a Christian worldview, with the general purposes of evangelization (Christian mission work), edifying some members of the church and/or simply entertaining (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_hip_hop).
Guess what? Lecrae has taken over the top position on iTunes hip-hop/rap chart (September, 2012)! Read: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/06/everything-you-need-to-know-about-lecrae-the-christian-rapper-who-is-1-on-itunes/

He doesn't do typical rapping. But, he raps His faith in Jesus Christ.

"I think a lot of players have foundations in their faith... A lot of guys love hip-hop or rap music, but they tend not to have hip-hop or rap music that kind of co-signs their views on life. I think that's kind of what i provide them."

Lecrae Moore     

"Lecrae said it the best. He doesn't want to be a celebrity. He doesn't want to be a superstar. He just wants to be the middle man for tou to see God through him."

Bubba Watson     

Here is the video (Toby Mac feat Lecrae - Forgiveness) :

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Tea And Toast

Lucy Spraggan

Recently, I'm listening to some songs by Lucy Spraggan. Lucy is an English musician with her music mixture consists of folk, acoustic, and hip-hop. She tells great stories! Here is one of my fav <3 
Tea And Toast..

The first time I listened to this song I got nearly nothing. But when I listened again carefully, I found out that the song itself is a beautifully written sad-story. My eyes became glistening. I couldn't bear the emotion from the lyrics and catchy accompaniment. Well, you should listen it by yourself. Here is the lyrics:

Tea And Toast 

 Lucy Spraggan

Tom was born in 1942
With eyes of blue
And the doctors said that his birth was far too 

fast
His heart stopped twice
But yet he survived
As he took his first breathe
His mother took her last

And his father knew that he wasn't to blame
But he never quite looked at Tom the same after that
And he rarely spoke about her
But when he did
He said your mother used to say this

"When the skies are looking bad my dear
And your heart has lost all it's hope
After dawn there will be sunshine
And all the dust will go
Skies will clear my darling
I'll wake up with the one I love the most
And in the morning, I'll make you up
With some tea and toast"

When we met through a friend
Who introduced them
The first thing Tom said was would you like to dance?
They moved with each other and when the music got slower
He said don't let go of my hand
He said It's only polite if I ask you tonight
Would it be alright, if I could walk you home?
That night he told of of his birth
And said when it hurt
He thought about what his mother said about tea and toast

Two quick years went by
They were side by side
And without a plan, they conceived a little child
He said women I love you and this you know
But I only have enough for our food and clothes
But I love you and this baby
Until the day that I die
She said we'll take care of this little life
And we'll fall in love with her baby blue eyes
And we'll be alright from some advice that I know

She said I never got to meet her
But if I did, I'm sure your mother would have said this

"When the skies are looking bad my dear
And your heart has lost all it's hope
After dawn there will be sunshine
And all the dust will go
Skies will clear my darling
We'll show this baby all the love we know
And in the morning, I'll make you up
With some tea and toast"

Well he took those words
And he made them proud
He worked day after day
And hour after hour
So that they could buy a little house on the outside of town
The little girl grew up and so did they
They said that they loved each other everyday
And forty years later, that brings us to now

And as they're walking down the street
Her grip loosens on his hand
He puts his arm around her side as she falls to the ground
He hears her breathing and that's the only sound
Her body on the floor attracts a worried crowd
Tears rolls off his face as he says "don't let go, now"

And he's sitting by her bed in the hospital ward
Their daughter walks in with a family of her own
She says "dad, I don't know if she can hear you now
But there's one thing mum would want you to know"

When the skies are looking bad my dear
And your heart has lost all it's hope
After dawn there will be sunshine
And all the dust will go
Skies will clear my darling
Now it's time for you to let go
I go wake you up in the mornin' with some tea and toast 

 

 Here is the video:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If got something from this song. Tell me by giving some comments below : )