Lecrae discusses Ferguson, family, faith and what it means to be a true leader with HipHopDX.com

Why Lecrae Says, “I’m Not Religious At All”

DX: How do you balance God, family, and your passion for music when you’re on the road?

Lecrae: The good thing about God is that he’s everywhere already, so I don’t got to take him with me. That’s just a relationship. I’m not religious at all; I’m not into the routines and rituals. I have a relationship with God, and he’s with me everywhere I go, so I don’t have to force that. When I’m on the tour bus or on stage, we’re communicating, and you know, I can read on my bunk.

Family is the tougher part. I have to make them a priority, and I have to create boundaries so my family doesn’t feel like they take a back seat to music. I had a tour date that, well, we had to move the whole tour around because the last show fell on my daughter’s birthday.

Lecrae Calls Michael Brown’s Killing “Unacceptable”

DX: Lastly, on August 9, Michael Brown (an unarmed 18 year old) was shot just outside of St. Louis. What are your thoughts on the excessive force, police brutality, and blatant racism we’re seeing in today’s police forces?

Lecrae: I think it’s unacceptable. I think the government was created to serve the people, not to run the people. I think we’ve forgotten that the government works for us. They’re not in charge of us, we’re in charge of them and I think we’ve forgotten that. Some of us are under educated and we don’t know that. They work for us, we vote them in, we put them in their position, we create these laws, rules, and legislations and we have the power. I think we’ve forgotten that, it’s that slave mentality of “yes sir, you win, you rule.” Because of that authority we’ve given over, we’ve been taken advantage of. I don’t think that calls for street justice, I think it just calls for us asking for what already belongs to us. We’re law-abiding citizens.

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SOURCE: HipHopDX.com
Emily Berkey