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All Quotes by author - Lecrae

" A girl invited me to come out to a Bible study, and I said, 'Why not? I don't have anything to lose.' I went, and to my surprise, I saw people that loved God, but they were not square or rigid. They were just people like me. "

" A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us. "

" A lot of times, when you don't have to deal with some of the circumstances that affect minority culture, you just don't think they exist. This is a conversation I have with lots of my white friends all the time. "

" America has this fascination with glorifying the villain and not talking about the trials and tribulations. We tell the story of the successful villain a lot of times, but we don't tell the story of the people who don't come out so successful, and we don't tell the story of all the bystanders of that choice. "

" As children, we look up to people, for better or worse, and see them as the standard for how we should act and identify ourselves. "

" As we wrestle with questions of identity, we imitate those actions we think best fill an ambiguity we have within ourselves. And that goes for everyone; no one is free from this condition. "

" Atlanta, to me, has the sauce as far as urban music is concerned. "

" Being an outspoken Christian in the music industry means always feeling out of place. It's like whatever you have accomplished is less credible because of your faith. "

" Being faith-driven, being a hip-hop artist, being artistic in an urban context - all of those things make you unique, and you put yourself on the outside of what's considered the norm. "

" Christianity is the truth about everything. If you say you have a Christian worldview, that means you see the world through that lens - not just how people get saved and what to stay away from. "

" Christians have no idea how to deal with art. "

" Christians need to embrace that there need to be believers talking about love and social issues and all other aspects of life. "

" College allows you to make better decisions, better friends, and a better future. There's only one catch: when the opportunity comes, you actually have to take it. "

" Faith is not about serving some tyrant in the sky that says, 'You need to get your act together.' Faith is about having a loving father who says, 'Hey, listen... I'm here with you. I'm going to hold your hand. Just rock with me.' "

" For a lot of people, groups, Christians included, issues are homogenized. And so to be a Christian, I'm either this staunch, conservative Republican, or I'm this tree-hugging liberal. You're stereotyped. It's almost assumed that people know what your issues are going to be. "

" For me, 2016-17 was hell, and there's no way around it for me. I went through pain, depression, fear, doubt, and all of that was a journey that I was able to write through, and then I wrote when I was coming out of that dark place as well. "

" Gandhi said it; Frederick Douglass said it. A lot of people have probably said 'It's not Christ that I have a problem with, it's his people.' And that was my struggle: it's God's people. I felt disenfranchisement. I felt so much abuse from organized religion because I'm walking in a direction that a lot of them couldn't fathom and can't understand. "

" Growing up in inner-city neighborhoods, there's a particular structure, which I'm sure is true of most social contexts. The type of person you are determines the role you play. "

" Hang out with me long enough, and I'm bound to let you down. "

" Hip-hop is substance. It's social. It's science - that's what it started off as. We have fun, and we still having fun; ain't nothing wrong with fun, but we need that social, we need that substance, we need that science, and we need that spiritual. "

" History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard. "

" Honestly, the pains of humanity have been draining me. "

" Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together. "

" I always liked the content of a Common but the commercial viability of a Lil Jon. And I would say, 'Why don't those worlds ever come together?' So for me, it was like, 'Let's do that.' "

" I consider what I do soul music. It's music that is concerned with the soul. "

" I don't feel any sense of prioritizing white evangelicalism. "

" I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely. "

" I feel fortunate to have a huge family that is beyond race, creed, culture, and have a Father who shepherds us all. When I think about that, my mind is blown. "

" If my significance comes from God, then I know I'm always secure. "

" I function, I live life as a Christian, and me living life as a Christian doesn't mean I'm a sanitized person. It means that I readily admit I'm a jacked up person, and I need a savior. "

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