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Philippians 3:10 |
Naw, ain't playa-hatin' here.
Just can't help but wonder : where's he stand from the Creator's perspective?
What good is it for 50 Cent to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?
Luke 9:25 NIV
Chester Higgins Jr. for The New York Times
Sorry to maybe bust the bubble and break the spell — but
50 Cent's script jus'
ain't big enough for everybody.
While his hard-rock life experiences might mirror
a lot of the realities brothers face all day long,
it isn't (and can't be) anyone's final reality.
Not even 50's!
Why?
It's a hard-rock life tryin' to keep up with a self-created thug image.
The script's gonna wear out somewhere along the way — 'n you with it.
Oh, to be part of something bigger 'n more durable than jus' me lef' to myself.
Check the Script
A bigger script 'n
story's been
goin' on long before 50 started sellin' mix tapes outta car trunks.
It'll go on long after
his spill's faded from outta the speakers in other people's car trunks.
We're talkin'
about a script and a story that 50
could actually become an important part of —
taking up his unique role in a long-runnin' piece that every man, woman, boy 'n
girl
has been invited 'n called — or oughta be — to play their important part in.
Each has a pivotal
role that only
they can play —
'n no one else.
The name of the piece?
His Story.
Ya see,
It's not about 50
Cent
or Eminem — or Dre.
'N please don' be mad,
but it's not about you.
And it's not about me.
It's about Christ, y'all.
His Story is the Final ( Ultimate ) Reality perpetrators are tryin' to compete with.
"No comp," says Christ.
His Story's got all ya
elements covered.
No matter what or how hard they are.
No matter how they came after you.
No matter how hard they hit you...
Christ's been there,
Dealt wit' that
Goes past ya t-shirt
and sees the heart
that tries so hard
to hold its own
against the One
Who holds the throne.
Our own stories find
their true meaning when they
find their place in the larger context of His Story.
We ain't playa-hatin'.
Life's 2 short.
Just want to see Curtis Jackson
( bka 50 Cent ) come to Christ.
Fact:
Jesus Christ died for this neo-gangsta 'n waits for the day
when son will say, "I give up my right to myself to You, Lord."
Some of 50 Cent's bullet
wound scars become visible
after he's started his set with a throwback jersey,
which he doffs to reveal a bulletproof vest,
which he removes to reveal a tee-shirt
which he sheds to go shirtless.
On his chest hangs a cross.
[ another one of hip-hop's incognito cultural representations illustrating Christ's incarnation ]
Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped,
but made Himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled himself and became obedient to death —
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place
and gave Him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11 NIV
Would that 50 Cent could
doff the old self
'n don the new man created to be like God
in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24
The cross behind — the crowd
before: which way do U roll?
Still
from the 2005 movie, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"
Pray for him.
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