Good, Bad, Ugly – Lecrae Confesses Abortion, Invites Others into the Light

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Lecrae put his story in the public spotlight voluntarily, and in a big way, in the track “Good, Bad, Ugly” from Anomaly (2014), an album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The first verse recounts the true story of his sinful relationship with a past girlfriend: I remember back in ’02 I was in school and actin’ a fool My soul got saved, my debt had been paid But still I kept running off with my crew Sex on my brain, and death in my veins I had a main thing, we stayed up ‘til 2 (Smokin!) Waking and baking we naked, my body was loving it Soul was hating it, And time and time after time, our bodies were close The girl was so fine We heard a heart beat that wasn’t hers or mine The miracle of life had started inside Ignored the warning signs Suppressed that truth I felt inside I was just having fun with this, I’m too young for this I’m thinking me, myself, and I Should I sacrifice this life to keep my vanity and live nice? And she loves and trusts me so much that whatever I say, she’d probably oblige But I was too selfish with my time Scared my dreams were not gonna survive So I dropped her off at that clinic That day a part of us died The arc of the story lands hard on the last line: “a part of us died.” Lecrae openly takes public responsibility for his sin, and he recently took time in Atlanta to share his story with John Piper and John Ensor. https://desiringgod.org/articles/lecrae-confesses-abortion-invites-others-into-the-light

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• Justice & Mercy