I pre-ordered the new Lecrae album, Rehab, and have been listening to it since it came in. To be totally honest I am not much of a rap fan, but I have been lured in by the presence of reformed rappers such as Lecrae, Trip Lee and Shai Linn. The main reason is the sheer depth of the songs that they write. Rehab is a testament to this fact. Here is a great quote from the end of the song:

They say You came for the lame I’m the lamest
I made a mess but you say you’ll erase it
I’ll take it
they say you came for the lame I’m the lamest, I broke my life but you say you’ll replace it

Rehab speaks of the sinfulness of man, the need for a savior, our hearts who are evil and our savior is greater than all of these. The Album does a great job of pointing us towards the cross and the glory of Jesus. One of my favorite songs is, Just Like You. In this Lecrae talks about his jounrny and how many young man don’t have an example to look towards. He ends the song point out how he has now found the ultimate man to follow, Jesus.

This song further points to the dire need of our youth ministries to get the men and point them to Jesus!

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I got this emptiness inside that got fighting for approval cause I missed out on daddy saying way to go
aint get that verbal affirmation
know how to treat a woman
know how to fix an engine to keep the car running
so I’m look at the media
and I’m following what they feed me
rap stars, trap stars, who ever wants to lead me
Even though they lie, they still tell me they love me
they say I’m good at bad things
but atlas they’re proud of me

Here is the best part of the song, the place where he understands that Jesus is the one we were made to follow.

I was created by God but aint wanna be like em I wanted to be him
The Jack Sparrow of my Caribbean
I remember the first created being and how he shifted the blame on his dame for fruit he shouldn’t eaten
Now look at us all outta Eden
wearing designer fig leaves by Louie Vutton
make believing
But God sees through my foolish pride
and how I’m weak like Adam another victim of Lucifers Lies
But then in steps Jesus
All men were created to Lead but we needed somebody to lead us
More than a teacher
but somebody to buy us back from the darkness you can say he Redeemed us
Taught us that real leaders follow God
Finish the work cause on our Job
Taught us not to rob
but give life
love a wife like he loved the church
without seeing how many hearts we break first
I wanna be like you in every way
So if gotta die every day
unworthy sacrifice but
but the least I can do is give the most me
cause being just like you is what I’m supposed to be
They say You came for the lame I’m the lamest
I made a mess but you say you’ll erase it
I’ll take it
they say you came for the lame I’m the lamest, I broke my life but you say you’ll replace it