Whats up Blog FAM! I'm up early this Sunday Morning doing a lot of thinking! I have been following this discussion about Love Songs in Church and I havent spoke about it. The argument that is being discuseed is, is Love songs needed in the church. PJ Morton has come out and said yes, and Tye Tribbett belives not so. I want to give my opinion about the argument. My Audience is young. I have been doing this since I was 15, so A lot of my fans are my age, we all grew up together. As we grow up of course we are going to experience things, 1 being
wanting to be in a relationship, wanting to date. Now when I first started ministering, I didnt write love songs. I was never and R&B artist, so I never had that in me to write. The one thing I did notice is, you can be saved all you want, but when your in a relationship and your going through a hard time "The Stuggle is Over" is not going to solve your problems in a relationship. Another thing I have notice is, my genration, the audience that listens to me are dating, and they will listen to me gor gospel but when they are with girlfriend/boyfriend they will play R&B. So once I notice that I said, why shouldnt I write a song or 2 about relationships, or about my feelings toward women. If they are going to listen to it anyway why not give them something they can play.
My first two attempts at this were very successful.On my first album "I Am What
I Am", I wrote two songs "Kick It With You" and "Are We Meant To Be". Kick it with you the chorus was cheesey, but it was real.I just want to kick it with you/and maybe one day this will come true/if you keep it real with me/I'll do the same for you/
I f you want this to work out/We have to let God get us through/
I was 15 when I wrote that, and although it wasn't about JESUS, HOLY, CHRST LIKE, SPEAK IN TOUNGES, etc. it still had the principles of what a God fearing relationship should be like, even at that premature age. In the second verse, I wrote "growing up as teenagers is such a race/but if we love each other like we say we do we both can wait/" Growing up, both of my parents are preachers, and I may not listen to them but if my favorite artist or athelete were to say that I promise you I would have. Just like in the Church today, adults seem to speak down to the youth instead of embracing their feelings. Truth be told at one time in your life, you were a teenager, and you wanted to date. My point is if the youth are going to go listen to it anyway why not give them a Christian point of view! I wouldnt dismiss it at all. Another example, I wrote "Are We Meant To Be" when I was 17 years old. I was in a serious relationship and to this day To God Be the Glory, Im still dating her. Now that Song in particular ended up beingthe prom song for my senior class, but it was Gospel and at the same time it dealt with a real life stuation. Also I believe the Gospel comes in diffrent forms than the pullpit. Doing songs like those introduced females old and young who's heart was broken from past relationships back to Christ. I have a lot more on this topic but i just needed to vent, I want to hear what my fam had to say about it....
