Some lyrics from the latest Plan B single, from 'Ill Manors', currently top of the album charts.
god said let there be light created adam and eve
then he gave them eyes and told them both to both belive
something they’d actually physically see
and then the devil came along and planted a seed
and down started growing from the ground like trees
right up to the sky so profoundly seen
to be the only thing in this life that wasn’t a dream
made from stone still and iron beams
the council blocks to defining mean
and bullied the sky so that everybody can see
some birds are caged and will never be free
and gradually people began to change there beliefs
until god was nothing more than just a fictional being
the worship and money merged all colours and creed
into one true religion that was driven by greed
corporate machines trying to sell you shit you don’t need
on television and the ad breaks in between
until people only cared about material things
not lives with other fellow human beings
and i’m guilty of it to or so it seems
lost my way,
fell down a hole,
no-ones gonna come,
and save my soul,
lost my way,
no going back,
i’m stuck right here and that is that!
if you don’t believe if something then you’ll fall for anything
and if that happens then you’ve lost your way
if you don’t believe if something then you’ll fall for anything
and if that happens then you’ve lost your way
if you don’t believe if something then you’ll fall for anything
if you don’t believe if something then you’ll fall for anything
if you don’t believe if something then you’ll fall for anything
fall for anything, fall for anything
it's not the first song he's done with a strong spiritual content, but to be honest his is an entirely different world to the one I inhabit. And there's no point Christians jumping up and down going 'hey look chart topping rapper mentions God!' because I can't think of many churches in a position to engage with the culture and issues he represents.
Is Jesus at the Olympics or in the estates just down the road?
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