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Born This Way - Jordan Barr

by Jordan Barr

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What is the human condition at birth? This song explores the spiritual state of humanity at birth in a confrontational yet hope-filled display of beats and flow. The song seeks to confront the cultural misunderstandings presented in Lady Gaga's song "Born This Way" with a Biblical understanding of how humans were not born perfect but depraved, cursed, and born into death. The song presents this reality while simultaneously presenting a great hope in the resurrection power to be "born again."

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My ancestors were Adam and Eve
And they say that the apple don’t fall from the tree

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Born in a curse. Born in a hearse
Spiritually dead with a heart that hurts
I was born this way. That don’t make it okay
Jesus said you need a rebirth

Verse #1

Now who said it? “Only God can judge me”
You bet it was Tupac Shakur and 4-Tay
But who are we to say that our ways are right?
Let’s go to scriptures and see what he’s like
How will he judge the world? What’s wrong from right?
Have you ever heard of the 10 commandments?
I’ve never heard of a man who was able to keep standing under them standards
Outstanding, it’s amazing how nobody ever taught me how to rob
It came natural to shoplift at 5 years old. Should I blame God? Nah

Verse #2

That was built into my DNA from the devil himself
When Adam and Eve handed the world over to satan and self
And so a sin filled nature has blazed a trail thousands of year later
Still chasing paper and mistreating our neighbour. Is there any undeserved favor?
Yes! Yes, there is. You could repent of your sins
Yes! Yes, there is. You could get born again
Yes! Cursed is the man who hangs on a tree
And he went through that for you and me. Now crucify him, bleed!

Verse #3

I was born with a flesh sinnin’
It wanted to sleep with a thousand women
Do I claim that I can’t change even if I wanted to?
Or do I put to death the flesh, every little bit of you
I spit a few bars to ridicule the old me. Here we go…
Cynical, hypocritical citric, credited to every dead work, putting me first
Riddled, belittled, and settled for shekels and shirts, even worse, under a curse
He put to death and buried that old me that loved sins
Now in Christ Jesus, I have a completely new identity. Love wins!

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released March 3, 2021
Produced by ItsRealFresh

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Jordan Barr Mission, British Columbia

Jordan Barr is a follower of Jesus living in British Columbia, Canada. Together with his family and network of friends, there is an organic movement of Christians who are actively making disciples of Jesus and seeing people's lives transformed by the power of God. People are getting saved, healed and delivered from darkness into the Light. He uses poetry/rap/hip-hop music to bring good news. ... more

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