Everything Rap Should Be

Rap music had humble beginnings. A good beat, two MC's free-styling and cutting each other up. Tupac was a respectable figure by anyone's standard, but from about his time on rap was downgraded to a playground for guys to rhyme about guns, gangs and girls (shout out to positive rap artists out there). I'm not hating, the fact is it's hard to think of a popular music genre that promotes any sort of good lifestyle. It's all fantasy baby. Rap just seems to get the most criticism cause the lifestyle it promotes is so blatantly dangerous and anti-society

Well yesterday i was surfing youtube (shout out to Selina, who successfully distracted me from my work and helped lead me to this diamond in the rough), and found what rap's been waiting for.

Ghost-riding.

It's not so much a rap with a dance, but a dance with a rap. Have you ever been driving your car down the road, playing your stereo loud and proud, getting into it, and saying to yourself, "man, I just want to get out of my car and dance." Well check it, these guys have made your hopes a reality.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YPNJjL9iznY


Dancing next to a driver-less moving car in a public area. "Pull up, hop out, all in one motion, dancin on the hood while the car's still rollin... [sic]" Couldn't have said it better myself.

You'd be hard pressed to find a better alternative to meet the current needs of your modern rapper. In fact, let's see how Ghost-Riding matches up to gangs, guns and girls in terms of meeting a rapper's need for adventure, identity, and a relationship with member(s) of the opposite sex.

NEED	OPTIONS	RELEASE	CONSEQUENCE
Identity within a community	Gangster Rap	Join a gang	At worst get shot, at best wear a big baseball hat
	Ghost-Riding	Dance with a moving car	Get mad props

NEED	OPTIONS	RELEASE	CONSEQUENCE
Adventure	Gangster Rap	Commit felony, fight the law, fight other gangs	Someone's going to shoot you
	Ghost-Riding	Dance with a moving car	Feel great

NEED	OPTIONS	RELEASE	CONSEQUENCE
Girls	Gangster Rap	... you've seen the videos..	Short-term relationships
	Ghost-Riding	Dance with a moving car	Probably get a girl who's not quite up to being a “ride or die chick” (gangster g/f) but is willing to date a guy who dances next to his car

Ghost-riding clearly wins in two out of the three given categories (I'm not sure which type of girl-friend is better). I think we just need to bide our time for this new phenomena to replace the destructive shallowness of gang-life with a few misnomers and broken bones.

Justified Sinner

This morning I put to use a Bible verse that I use once I begin to feel condemned. I like it because recognizes the darkness and guilt a person can go throw because of their sin, and provides a promise that the darkness will be lifted.

Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Micah 7:10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
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The promises of forgiveness and restoration are an ER unit to a guilty heart. So I'll say like the prophet, "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness," (Micah 7:18 ).