LECRAE, RELEASES “FEAR NOT” SECOND SINGLE FROM CHURCH CLOTHES 4 MIXTAPE SERIES
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As Lecrae releases, Church Clothes 4, he boldly stands at the crossroads of sacred and secular, a lane he unashamedly accepts. In the ten years since the first Church Clothes mixtape (hosted by DJ Don Cannon) released in 2012, no one has been able to surpass the heights that Lecrae has reached crossing CHH over to the mainstream, planting his feet simultaneously in the street and the Church without compromising. While the critics blasted him for not picking a side, the people spoke even louder, downloading the music for the original Church Clothes over 100,000 times within 48 hours.
On November 4th, he brings the righteous and ratchet together yet again and this time for Church Clothes 4, the last of the mixtape series! He maintains the unashamed posture reflecting on Romans 116, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to EVERYONE who believes first to the Jew, then to the Gentile!’ emphasizing that his music also is not just for believers, but for everyone! In Episode 2 of his Church Clothes TV short airing on YouTube, Lecrae explains, “I’ve always been a combination of my roots and my faith. I love God but I grew up in hip-hop and the hood. People always want to put me in one camp or the other. Truth is you (with me), you can’t have the righteous without the ratchet. They’re two sides of the same coin.”
While Church Clothes 4‘s first single “Spread The Opps,” recognized the opposition, his second single “Fear Not” acknowledges that our faith in God is bigger than our deepest fears! On “Spread The Opps,” Lecrae stated “I’ve been running for so long from the opposition. Since I was a kid, there were enemies, both physical and spiritual, that were trying to destroy me. I decided to stop running. This song, “Spread The Opps,” is me knowing that even in the valley of death, God is with me. He’s scattering the opposition.”
On the second single, “Fear Not,” he shares, “Everyone deals with fear. I’ve met some of the most hardened criminals sitting behind prison walls confess their fears. Fear makes us run, or fight, or do nothing. I believe the cure is fear is faith. Faith in a God who is bigger than our biggest fears. We don’t have to be afraid of the dark. The dark is afraid of the light within us. Fear Not is the articulation of that.”
A verse in “Fear Not,” speaks to the illusion of fame! “They don’t even recognize me when they see me coming all they see is fame. They don’t know behind these Cartier’s, just a little boy full of pain.”
Church Clothes 4 is coming November 4th! Check out the “Fear Not” lyrics and put yours to rest!
Lecrae “Fear Not” lyrics
Intro
Candlelight shines inside this pumpkinhead
Waiting on the borderline
Please don’t be afraid, or it’s gonna end
Verse 1
I lied, I panic
My mind wreaks havoc
I cried, can’t manage
I did my damage
I came, I saw, I killed, I’m savage
My crime so heavy, my sin left baggage
Can’t stand it, a liar, cheater, and a killer
Never meant to cause them damage
Looking at me in a mirror
I see myself and start to panic
They don’t even recognize me when they see me coming all they see is fame
They don’t know behind these Cartier’s, just a little boy full of pain
Push me round, put me down
Touched the crown, took me out, yeah
Vegas nights I gave the dice to Satan twice
It’s crazy I ain’t dead
And I should’ve called James White
Flew into Memphis to hang out with soup and tell him that all ain’t right
But I was afraid
Confession bring you peace, secrets make you weep
The devil like to feast on all your sinful feats
One too many drinks, tell my mama peace
Death is on my feet, let me rest in peace
Interlude 1
[Speaker #1]
Candlelight shines inside this pumpkinhead
Waiting on the borderline
Candlelight shines inside this pumpkinhead
Waiting on the borderline
Don’t be scared, don’t be afraid
Don’t be scared, don’t be afraid
Don’t be scared, don’t be afraid
Don’t be scared, don’t be afraid
Verse 2
Don’t be afraid of them people
Don’t be afraid of the evil
They can mistreat us, but they’ll never take us from Jesus
He’ll never let them defeat us
They know that they’ll never beat us
God, washed away all my evil, turned me into a believer
You better believe it
Put some more time on my meter
I can not wait till we meet Him
They can not kill us, stop us, or condemn us
They want us living like we ain’t the winners
They keep on tryna tell us that they’ll never help us cause we all a bunch of dirty sinners
It go up, on my side
All this weight on my mind
Don’t you try, bring up my past cause God erased my timeline (I’ll be fine)
Ready for war, I put it all up on the line
Too scared to fight then go let David and kill Goliath
Walk through the valley, but the Lord is by my side
He heard my cry
Hold me down, hold me down, hold me down, hold me down
Hold me down, hold me down, hold me down, hold me down
Hold me down, hold me down, hold me down, hold me down
Hold me down, hold me down, hold me down, hold me down
Hold me down, hold me down, hold me down
[Speaker #2]
Please don’t be afraid, please don’t be afraid, be afraid
Please don’t be afraid
Don’t be scared, don’t be afraid
Please don’t be afraid, please don’t be afraid, be afraid
Please don’t be afraid, please don’t be afraid, be afraid
Please don’t be afraid, please don’t be afraid, be afraid
Please don’t be afraid, please don’t be afraid, be afraid
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ABOUT LECRAEA
Multi-Grammy Award-winning platinum-selling artist, Lecrae has evolved into a New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker, thought leader, and philanthropist.
Lecrae is the Co-Owner/Co-Founder/President of Atlanta-based record label, Reach Records. He made history as the first artist to have a #1 Album on the Billboard Top 200 and Gospel Charts simultaneously! His first book, Unashamed is a New York Times best-seller! He is involved and partnered in several community initiatives rebuilding the west side of Metro Atlanta.
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