Lecrae Discusses Why He Almost Walked Away From Christianity

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Rapper Lecrae is doing the media rounds for his latest project ‘All Things Work Together,’ and during a visit to the AOL Build Studios the rapper revealed that the lyrics to his song  off the album reference why he almost walked away from Christianity.

When asked by DJ Wade O  about the song lyrics, and his struggle with his faith, Lecrae openly shared that the way he was treated by other Christians drove him away.

“Gandhi said it, Frederick Douglas said it, a lot of people have probably said, ‘It’s not Christ that I have a problem with, it’s his people.’ And that was my struggle, it’s God’s people. I felt disenfranchisement, I felt so much abuse from organized religion because I’m walking in a direction that a lot of them couldn’t fathom and can’t understand,” he explained.

“It really drove me away,” Lecrae concluded.

Lecrae left and went to Egypt, which he documented on his Instagram account.

Here are some of the lyrics from ‘Destination: Can’t Stop Me Now’

“I spoke my mind, I got attacked for it/ Thought these people had my back boy/Then they tellin’ me I asked for it/ I guess I’m just another black boy/ And then they killed Tamir Rice/ And they just go on with they life/ They tellin’ me shut up talking ’bout it/ Like, I should just talk about Christ/ But the truth is I started to doubt God/ I started to question my purpose/ I started to act out.”

Check out Lecrae’s full response below:

What do you think?  Are Christians driving other Christians away?

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