((NOT AN OFFICIAL JAM)) Just some thoughts over beats by Dre Garcia. Read more at www.randymason.org/post/some-...
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I tried to listen to the diss records by Kendrick Lamar and Drake, but as expected the content was unbearable. The bars are nothing short of verbal violence. Heaping accusations, insults and threats. Still, I felt I there must be something of value in this. Sure enough, I came across something especially special.
Apparently J Cole got involved in the battle and released a diss record attacking Kendrick. I did not hear the record but I did watch a video of J Cole at a concert publicly apologizing on stage before thousands of his own fans for dissing Kendrick just days after releasing the song.
He went on to explain how he regretted his actions, how the whole thing made him feel terrible and how it disrupted his spirit, took him off of his path and robbed him of peace and sleep. He expressed love for Kendrick and that he wants no part of the negativity.
He admitted his foolishness and expressed a desire for God to help him get back on the right path. That was it! That is what I needed to see and hear. J Cole even went as far as to say if Kendrick wants to strike back he's okay with that and he'd be willing to take it on the chin, aka not retaliate aka turn the other cheek. Sound familiar?
I wonder how many marriages in crisis and on the verge of divorce would be saved if either partner were willing to do what Cole did. I wonder what would happen if leaders of warring countries followed Cole's example. How about political opponents? Religious groups? What if we were to humble ourselves before God in such a way? "Hey, I did that. I said that. I believed that. I let pride get the best of me. That was wrong. I was wrong. I want to make it right. I'm willing to wait if you're not ready for that just yet. "
"For our battle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places." -Paul
With this in mind I had a cup of coffee and wrote a few bars to a beat by my friend Dre Garcia.
It’s easy to rhyme
Hard to repent
It takes a lot to rise and shine
But not to fall and descend
Amateurs run when the damage is done
But to stay and say I’m weak
Requires all of my strength
To stay a day, a week
However long is the length
When I just want to respond
And I don’t want to rescind
The message already sent
This is no foreign offense
This is familiar
This familiar
This is formerly friends
This a florist in a forest
Trying to forage all this foliage
For a fit / Forfeit
the way to flourish within
They wanna know if I’m for or against
I told them neither
I’m not offended by what men did
I’ve been mended by Jesus
Walking with God in the garden again
Whether you measure action or the intent
Tell them that all of it’s meant
To bring together what we normally rend
Instead of running toward an ominous end
6 май 2024
