More DC Talk

The other day, I posted the lyrics to what I felt was one of the most unintentionally hilarious songs I have ever heard, by a Christian rap band called DC Talk. Since then, a few things have happened - one, I have been sent a few copies of the song, which I have not yet been able to listen to (I'm dogsitting in a house that's on dialup, see), but I imagine it's pretty unbelievable. And another is that a lot of people have reacted pretty strongly to it, mostly sharing their horror stories and experiences with DC Talk and Christian music in general, which I guess I should address some.

I realize that it might seem as though I am making some sort of statement on religion on the whole, and I'd like to stress that this isn't so. Belief is whatever you make of it, and that's fine - also, being a Christian-basher does not exactly put you at the avant-garde these days, folks. While I may see things pretty differently than, say, a member of the On Fire for Christ movement, I don't think they're a bad person for it.

With that said, I would also like to bring to light an observation which I have made: Christian rock, and really modern Christian music in general, totally sucks. Gospel's fine, and if you don't get a little bit of a twinge behind your ribs when you hear Patsy Cline singing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," atheist or believer or otherwise, then you, my friend, are not human. But things like DC Talk, and Jars of Clay and all that horrible crap - those are what I speak of. Show me a born-again Christian who writes rock songs about God and is not, at best, deeply embarrassing, and I'll show you a listener who's lying to himself.

Speaking of deeply embarrassing, I would like to hand the floor over to DC Talk's album Nu Thang, once again. First up is the cover of the album, and then we have a song called "No More," which is actually a lot worse than "I Luv Rap Music,' and again, I've never heard it, but I imagine I will have before the week is out. Remember, the people who wrote this were dead fucking serious. I have heard a lot of music in my life, and seen a lot of people make jackasses of themselves by being earnest, and even so, I can honestly say that the bit at the end of this song - well, I've read it over about five or six times, and I still cannot fucking believe it. I really can't. See if it has the same effect on you.



[DCT in effect!]

Now you were born right into a world of sin
Short of God, the Lord of all men
From the jump on the sixth day
A breath of life embarked a nu way
All they could want and so much more
Satan made a move to settle the score
Threw out a bait that still don't miss
A human want whatcha cannot have fix

(chorus)
No more givin' in
No more givin' in ta this thing we call sin
I'm sayin'
No more givin' in
No more givin' in ta sin

The fall of man cold lit the spark
And offspring gotta deal with a heart
Full of sin, all guilty at birth
Fight it like a habit for all you're worth
Until you find thatcha cannot stand
Super-natch defeats a mere man
But there's a way to get ahead of the sin game
Beat it down in the power of God's name

(repeat chorus)

(vamp)

This givin' in's gotta come to an end
Through Christ, we can say no ta sin
More of God, much less of me
Is the key thought to a victory
But it can't be done with an unsure vow
And you'll fail til ya choose to bow your head
But when ya finally do
You'll find the words of God to be true

(repeat chorus 2x)

Word up people, we ain't about sin no more
As a matter of fact,
We cold boycottin' sin right off the face of this Earth
Yo K-Max, you down with that?
[I'm steppin' to that!]
Yo T, you got my back on this boycott sin thang?
[Ya know it, holmes!]
Word up sin, you are history!

(repeat chorus)