I can't help but be amused by rap "artists". These jokers praise God in one line, then turn around and talk about violently doing another person harm in the next. Hypocrites, all of them. If you've evil then stick to that message. Don't do the "I'm gonna shoot you, then kill you, then shoot up....but all praise God!" thing. You can't have your gat and shoot it too. You're either a thug or you're not. If you're a thug, and you believe in an afterlife, take it from a relatively intelligent guy...I have a feeling that the pearly gates are not going to be very open to you. Dante's Inferno would be a good read for some of these "artists". If the bible won't work for them, perhaps Inferno will.

Cold as it seems, the more I read the lyrics of these "artists" the less I care about them as human beings. "I'm a product of my environment," they scream. So are we all, but some of us took charge of our lives and evolved out of our respective circumstances and rose above the coarse grime of our ugly surrounds to make something of ourselves. Glorifying violence only begets violence. You're doing a disservice to your weak-minded audience that can't think for themselves and is easily swayed by your hateful lyrics.

Don't shed a tear for these people while they're in jail. Follow the links and see what put them there. For such "God fearing" people they sure do some hideous things to others.

I'm no bible thumper. I'm not even very religious. The idea of cross-referencing rappers and God came to me one night while lifting at the gym. The guy watching the store at night often plays this gangsta crap that's riddled with cursing and violence. At times these rappers would throw in the word "God" and that got the wheels turning. It's not the fact that these jokers are committing any sort of blasphemy or anything like that. It's their hypocritical actions that make me cringe. Often these "artists" question whether or not what they're doing on the streets is the morally correct thing. If they're smart enough to do this, then they obviously have the mental capacity to arrive at the correct answer, but in every case they fail to answer their own question then amazingly forget that it was ever an issue and quickly get back to talking about killing people, doing various drugs and glamorizing a negative stereotype.

While researching this topic and reading lyrics I'm amazed at times that these people somehow made it through our public educational system (or did they?). I'm also surprised at the level of violence in the lyrics. If I were a parent I'd have some serious problems with my kid listening to this garbage. It's far worse than anything Marilyn Manson or (insert your favorite scapegoat band) could ever put out. These reactionaries should take note. And before you jump on the "he's a bigot!" bandwagon, I'm not a racist (unlike some of these "artists"), I'm not prejudiced towards any group, and I don't suffer from any sort of superiority complex. I deal with people on an individual basis. Like the song says, "love see no color". That's the way I live my life. In this entry I'm simply making an observation. If it's flawed, then it's flawed. I'm not saying in any way that my views are 100% correct. They're simply observations, nothing more. I'm sure you could make a case for rock'n'rollers/God, and if so by all means please go ahead. I'd be an interesting read. As for this, interpret the following as you will. I've limited my Artist/God equation to those "artists" that mention God in their songs and are in jail on violent charges.

While reading these lyrics, keep in mind how violent the words are, how hypocritical the artists are and at times how contradictory their messages tend to be. Do these rappers ever proofread their work?

As a side note: Running these lyrics through my spell checker nearly killed my computer. I have never seen so many red underlines and green grammar indicators before…

Artist: Shyne
Album: Shyne
Song: Commission
you fuckin' right nigga, it's the only thing
in God we trust, the Holy thing
I look into my enemy's eye
let 'em know you play fly you go out Kennedy style.

Song: Get Out
I'll do anything, orals to S and M
Keep you satisfied, back ?certified?
...
Tell ya friends I bent'cha, who sent'cha?
Must'a been God, my bedroom angel taken

Song: The Life
God forgive me...you've never seen a nigga like me in your life
...
I did that time...I flipped that dime...
shoot-outs, jet planes, cocaine and automobiles...
The Life...love it.

Album: Godfather Buried Alive
Song: Martyr
reality's fucked up, like a hard workin mother, losing her job
the battle of good and evil
like the devil, ain't losing for god, we on lucifer's squad

Song: Quasi O.G.
Look up above and pray to god he protect me
From these cold jurors and the heartless judge

Artist: Beanie Sigel
Album: The Reason
Song: Tales of a Hustler
So I kept guns in my palm like Mesiah scripts in Psalms
I should fear no man but God
So lord knows we could get it on

Album: State Property Soundtrack
Song: Trouble Man
Come on I need answers, is God gonna judge us
for turnin burners on niggas who tried to merk us
On the day of judgement - who knows?
Until then we'll never know so for now, I'ma do Omilio
Drunk than a motherfucker, disrespectin bitches

Artist: ODB
Album: Nigga Please
Song: Rollin Wit You
I'm the only black god, motherfucker!

Song: Dirt Dog
You can't control the black man's God!!!

Song: All In together Now
My Father Allah walk with Gods
Just like the dollar bill walk with God We Trust

Album: The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones
Song: Anybody
Only God can judge me now

Song: C'Mon
I'm the God who's ahead of the Lords

Album: Rawhide 7"
Song: Don't You Know Part II
Yo word to God man
Only thing I'm saying man, is use a Trojan

(Note: I'm having problems understanding what the Lost Boys are trying to say . It's like I'm reading some sort of illiterate high school drop-out moon language. The more I try to make sense of it the more I feel myself going stupid.)
Artist: Lost Boys (Ronald "Spigg Nice" Blackwell )
Album: LB IV Life
Song: 5 A.M.
Yo I feel you god, this rap life shit is really hard
I spent my money at the bar, but I still be large

Song: Risin To The Top
I'm tryin to keep it level headed but it's really hard
When niggas tryin to take what I be gettin, feel me god?

Artist: David Darnell Brown, AKA Young Buck
Album: Straight Outta Cashville
Song: Welcome To The south
I'm tryin to stay in gods plan
but I hadta show these faggots that your fuckin with a man, ya bitch!
I left them niggaz needin' path
and y'all probly won't live to see this weekend

Artist: C-Murder
Album: Bossalinie
Song: Freedom
Eliminate all my foes, we run violent thrusts
Excuse me for my crime but in God I trust

Song: Lord Help Us
And if you really believe in God, then you shall smile on judgement day
Cause at the crossroads ain't no hunger, and every man the same color
And when it's my time to open 'em gates cause uh
I really miss my brother
And you the only man that can judge me
So please guide me to the right direction
And why can't I put this gun up and use my Bible for protection
And it's an everyday struggle, don't expect nothing to change in a week
But Lord help us in this hopeless world
Cause I don't wanna die in the streets

Song: Murder And Daz
In God I trust, for them gats I bust
And fuck the world cause a gangsta bitch, I never trust

Song: Trapped In Crime
I put my faith in God's hands, it's a white man's land


Artist: Ja Rule
Album: The Last Temptation
Song: Murder Reigns
God only breathes with the best of them, bury the rest of them

Song: The Warning
Dear god, I'm gonna teach you in this prayer
And I thank you for all the food you've given me
....
And I beg your forgivness
For I sin everyday

Song: The Last Temptation
All y'all niggaz need to get off my dick
I spit it how I live it plus the flows real sick
...
Give me the reason I put a halo throw your mental
And give your the Holy Spirit and see you to gods temple
I'm the avenging angle and earth be thy claim

Song: Rock Star
God please shine down on me
I'm not the only nigga that prays every day for forgiveness
This life is makin me substance abusive
The media always wants the exclusive
Well here it is - FUCK 'EM ALL

Artist: Mystikal
Album: Let's Get Ready
Song: Ain't Gonna See Tomorrrow
God forgive me but you can't do shit no mo'

Album: Ghetto Fabulous
Song: I'm On Fire
Prayin, "Please God spare me; I don't wanna cook!"

Album: Unpredictable
Song: Ghetto Child
that's why I'm praying to God
Oh heavenly father, keep my head above the water

Song: Shine
No one can get ya', cause God is with ya'

Rapper Suni Clay out of jail
Clay has been in and out of jail since he was 14. He rattles off a list of offenses - auto theft, car jacking, breaking and entering, assault, assault with a weapon. "But I'm not a bad person," he adds. "These are the things I had to go through to get to where I had to get to."

(Note: Not a bad person, eh? Heh...this made me laugh. Thought I'd share.)

Artist: Flesh-N-Bone
Album: 5th Dog Let Loose
Song: Amen
Amen, Amen If you rollin' with God, say ... ...
...
It's gettin' colder, but ya keep on praying to God
Just like I told ya, and you will never walk alone

Song: Hero
My nigga Flesh pray to God with his niggas from Watts
...
when I pump I'm a send 'em a trip to the grave
I'm gonna pop on to dump 'em on a trip to the cemetery
Fairy tales of the crypt I'm the keeper;

Song: Say A Little Prayer
Watch out, wake up, stay woke
And gather more faith in Jesus, lead us
Get ready to do the will of God
So that he can keep us from the wrath of firey brimstones

Album: T.H.U.G.S.
Song: Playa Hater
You niggas can't touch me with a ten-foot rod (rod)
'Cause I'm rollin' with God
Peace be still, peace be still, make a move
And I'll have to hurt ya, dog
...
Buck 'em all down with the fo'-fo' blows
They're so far away, kill em all, kill em all

Song: Reverend Sun Sermon
God wants you to love your brothaz and sistaz
Dis is not a game of hurtin each other
It's a game of helpin each other
...
But I want you to know somethin
That God has completely turned my life around

Song: T.H.U.G.S.
Don't bring you gun, unless someone is giving you static
Then I suggest you pack it, when they run up on you
Pull it, and blast it, that automatic let that fool have it
No thang, for the trigger bang bang bang
Man, it's a shame, but you gotta do what you gotta do to maintain
...
We are all soldiers of God and gotta job
Connect to them souls
He want you to spread The Word about Him

Artist: Turk
Oddly enough I found no references to "God" in his lyrics. There's at least one rapper who stands up firm for his beliefs.

Artist: Styles P
Album: Money, Power & Respect
Song: I Wanna Thank You
To get next to me and possibly sex me
Then slip Ecstasy inside a nigga's Pepsi
Money'll never amount to respect, B
And you don't wanna test me
'Cause God blessed me.

Song: Goin' Be Some Shit
Well some faggit-ass reporter don, wrote in your life
I stop the presses, don't let this be your last interview you do
I say it straight, print it straight to avoid this bullet wound boo
...
I guess it was God that pushed my head down, cause I ain't know, word yo
And since then neither religious or christian, but I keep the faith in Him
Plus the desert eagle clan, so if niggas click they know by now they better

Album: We Are The Streets
Song: Felony Niggas
I hear niggas say my face is screwed
But I'll put six in your stomach nigga
lace your food
...
I pray to god that we make it to heaven

Album: Kiss Of Death
Song: Kiss Of Death
Im a man first tired of punchin niggaz
So ima shoot niggaz cause my hands hurt
And god I great guard your space
One hand wash the other both wash the face
And I head crack so much its hard to ace
38 revolver flow is hard to trace, wha