I don't make Christian rap, but I am a Christian rapper.
Chance the Rapper quotes
- Quotes
- 20
- Lyrics
- 15
- Interviews
- 5
Wisdom is the top theme (8 of 20), then life (7). 15 lines are lyrics: Blessings has 3, and 3 come from Coloring Book and 2 from Acid Rap. The lyric lines move between grief, such as a friend who died young and the summer deaths in Pusha Man / Paranoia, and gratitude. The 5 interview lines include four that cite americansongwriter.com and one from Teen Vogue, and mostly concern being a good person, faith without the "Christian rap" label, and art as a way of making people ask questions.
It wasn't until I left that I realized it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive.
My big homie died young, just turned older than him
Man I swear my life is perfect, I could merch it
If I die I'll prolly cry at my own service, igh-igh!
I don't make songs for free, I make 'em for freedom
Don't believe in kings, believe in the Kingdom
Something I try to instill in others is to just be a good person. It's a decision you make a million times a day.
Our summer die, our summertime don't got no time no more
Ain't no blood on my money, ain't no Twitter in Heaven
It seems like blessings keep falling in my lap
I speak to God in public
I speak to God in public
I think that's always the goal of art, is to make people ask themselves questions.
Brown boys are dying and none of 'em were for business
And all of em' love they momma and all of they mommas miss 'em
You don't want no problem, want no problem with me
'Cause everybody dies in the summer
Wanna say your goodbyes, tell them while it's spring
We don't do the same drugs no more
I grew tall overnight, I woke up one day a man
What happens when a star doesn't burn? A dream deferred
If you look up, that star gon' shine
I'm always in my glow
Run the light, no telling what life will be
But start and life will go
My three role models growing up were the three most confident, powerful, important, contemporary male black figures: Kanye West, Barack Obama, and Dave Chappelle
You gotta take the highs with the lows (The highs with the lows)