{"id":53368,"date":"2014-09-10T08:21:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=53368"},"modified":"2016-08-14T16:34:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T20:34:58","slug":"rapper-lecraes-new-album-includes-song-on-abortion-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rapper-lecraes-new-album-includes-song-on-abortion-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Lecrae&#8217;s new album includes song on abortion experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>This past Tuesday (September 9), Christian rapper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lecrae.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lecrae <\/a>released his new album, <em>Anomaly,<\/em>\u00a0which addresses abortion in the song\u00a0&#8220;Good, Bad, Ugly.&#8221; Behind the hip hop beats and master rapping comes a tale of the artist&#8217;s life, including an abortion experience he&#8217;s been open about in past interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The verses of the song dealing with abortion details life over a decade ago when he was waged in a war between his new found faith and his sin. You can hear\u00a0the song in the video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pTnPgZWsZpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Sex on my brain, and death in my veins<br \/>\nHad a main thing, we stayed up &#8217;til 2 (Smokin!)<br \/>\nWaking and bakin&#8217;\u00a0we naked, yeah my body was lovin&#8217; it<br \/>\nSoul was hatin&#8217; it, man<br \/>\nTime and time after time, our bodies were close<br \/>\nThe girl was so fine<br \/>\nHeard a heartbeat that wasn&#8217;t hers or mine<br \/>\nThe miracle of life had started inside<br \/>\nIgnored the warning signs<br \/>\nSuppressed that truth I felt inside<br \/>\nI was just havin&#8217; fun with this, I&#8217;m too young for this<br \/>\nI&#8217;m thinking me, myself, and I<br \/>\nShould I sacrifice this life to keep my vanity and live nice?<br \/>\nAnd she love and trust me so much that whatever I say, she&#8217;d probably oblige<br \/>\nBut I was too selfish with my time<br \/>\nScared my dreams were not gonna survive<br \/>\nSo I dropped her off at that clinic<br \/>\nThat day, a part of us died<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lyrics reveal the struggle behind many abortions. Sadly, the song shows what happens often&#8211;when the selfish side wins, and when the truth lives to haunt us. Even underneath the fast music, the end of the verse (&#8220;So I dropped her off at that clinic\/<br \/>\nThat day, a part of us died&#8221;) strikes a chord that remain with the listener. A baby died&#8211;and so did a part of them.<\/p>\n<p>For the artist, his music is part of his personal story he chooses to share. Lecrae tells <a href=\"http:\/\/hiphopwired.com\/2014\/07\/31\/lecraes-anomaly-soul-with-conviction\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hip-Hop Wired<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;There are some stories that I\u2019m telling and there are some stories that haven\u2019t delved into just yet. I think that story is still being written. Being a father is still so new to me. My kids are really young, [and] I\u2019m still getting my footing together. I haven\u2019t seen how my actions have affected them. I haven\u2019t seen how my presence or lack of presence has really had an affect on their lives. But I\u2019m definitely, being really transparent about some other stuff. Me being abused as a kid, abortion, a lot of those issues that have affected me and I can see the effect of it now. I\u2019m touching on that all that stuff now. I think it\u2019s helpful for other people and helpful for me to get it off my chest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">Lecrae&#8217;s album <em>Anomaly<\/em> may be an anomaly in that he continues to reach deep into a place Christian artists might\u00a0not visit. <a href=\"\/\/hiphopwired.com\/2014\/07\/31\/lecraes-anomaly-soul-with-conviction\/#sthash.BLVIkGks.dpuf\" target=\"_blank\">He says,<\/a> &#8220;The songs on the album are very personal, and I don\u2019t mind taking some stands and making some statements that a lot of people won\u2019t make. So that\u2019s really what it is, it\u2019s about being an anomaly.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Perhaps some of his fans will hear these lyrics and embrace the truth about abortion and its chain of death, even for the living. With courage and truth, Lecrae adds to the artistry that shows a modern culture the reality behind the abortion clinic walls.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Tuesday (September 9), Christian rapper Lecrae released his new album, Anomaly,\u00a0which addresses abortion in the song\u00a0&#8220;Good, Bad, Ugly.&#8221; Behind the hip hop beats and master rapping comes a tale of the artist&#8217;s life, including an abortion experience he&#8217;s been open about in past interviews. 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