Jesus Freak

I was browsing through the music videos of contemporary Christian artists that I have gotten from Alvin and a few of them really amazes me. Just by glancing at the surface, one would assume that those are just a typical music video that people see every time at music shops or MTV but look deeper inside, the lyrics are actually fueled with Christian contexts. It's great to see that Christians are making full use of the talent of creativity which God had given them. There was one song from quite some time ago which I kinda like. It's dc Talk's 1995 hit "Jesus Freak". I think that's a masterpiece which falls under the genre of rap rock like RATM. There's also some elements of Nirvana's punk rock style in there. The common meaning of freak is "unusual" but another meaning found in the dictionary also shows it to have the meaning of an "enthusiast or a devoted follower". Thus, the term Jesus Freak became part of a Christian subculture and it fortified to become a compliment following the success of dc Talk's album in 1995. The verses of the song is kinda like a poetic rap and the chorus is a super shout-out which goes like this:

What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak?
What will people do when they find that it's true?
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus Freak.
There ain't no disguising the truth

tobyMac, one of the members of dc Talk still uses the term and perform the song in his concerts as a solo artist. Haha..it'll be great fun if either CF or GFS can put up a band to perform this song. It's a wonderful song to rock out to and it gets everybody jumping..hehe :)

The other music video and song which is I think has a powerful and serious message in it is KJ-52's "Life After Death". This song is more of a pure rap song and the song really has this "in your face" kind of message shoved to the listener. It's direct and unbashfully straightforward. The first half of the song and rap narration gives me the creeps. It's basically down to two choices and the individual has to pick one. The chorus does provide some reflective and provocative thoughts :

Whatcha gonna do when there's no time left?
Whatcha gonna do when ya take ya last step?
Whatcha gonna do when breath ya last breath
Out the chest and you find that there's life after death?

Something to think about eh? :)