Quotes from Lecrae

Honestly, the pains of humanity have been draining me.

I'm in a very comfortable place, and some of that comes from the shackles of not having to be what people want you to be.

A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us.

I know where my bills get paid from, and that's God!

You take the negative, the bitter, the pain, the suffering, the depression, and all of those are ingredients for something far more purposeful than you can imagine.

College allows you to make better decisions, better friends, and a better future. There's only one catch: when the opportunity comes, you actually have to take it.

Many times, that's how people see Christian art or Christians making art: They see the art as having an agenda.

If you suffocate my blackness, you've got to realize that's supremacy.

Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.

We find worth in jobs, money, & performance so we can hide how worthless we feel inside. Acknowledge the pain to be healed.

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image.

God sometimes takes us into troubles waters not to drown us, but to cleanse us.

We fear circumstances so much because we fear God so little.

God is not bothered by your persistence. Keep asking.

When you're reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled.

Run after God. Be who you're created to be, and you'll run into the people who are doing the same thing, and those are the people that you'll want to be with.

You and I live to manifest the Glory of God.

When I think about Christian hip hop I think of an individual who is a Christian who is using hip hop to communicate things that God will endorse.

People who have stuck to their vision and mission no matter what. They inspire me. The people who wake up to non-glamorous lives to continue pushing to do what God has called them to do.

People are Gods masterpieces, created for the purposes that God has already mapped out.

If you want to put on a suit and come to church, fine. But it's a problem when you make people feel like, if you don't do this, you're not going to be accepted and God doesn't look at that.