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Pronounced: (Love awe see air) Lavoisier is on a mission to present God to the world in a way that many have never heard of before. Armed with the talent to communicate through rap music, Lavoisier chooses to combine God with the very music that seeks to dethrone Him: Hip-hop. While Lavoisier has been influenced by some of the same things (gangs, drugs, poverty) as many other rap artists, his music goes against the grain of the things Hip-hop music has been increasingly associated with over the years. One of the things Lavoisier strives to do through his music is provide a very realistic portrait of how different people see God, how God sees us, and what its like dealing with the realities of everyday life. Through openness and honesty, Lavoisier is able to connect with a wide range of audiences and makes it okay for listeners to be real with themselves and as a result has moved approximately 5,000 copies of his debut album “I think Hip-hop music doesn’t reflect enough of the human element that’s common to all people. I understand that selling drugs is a part of life and for some it may be all they know, but the human experience doesn’t discriminate. Certain things are common to male and female, young and old, rich and poor, black and white. Hip-hop music doesn't always make it O.K to be a human being complete with feelings, emotions and insecurities. That's not the reality though. Hopefully I can make a change for the better.” -Lavoisier Along with performing at venues in various states and the founding of an independent record company, Lavoisier is frequently called upon to speak at jails, schools, detention centers and churches, to bring an unreached generation the good news about Jesus Christ. Lavoisier has also worked as an educator, being commissioned to teach classes, hold seminars, and give lectures to groups of young people on the influences of hip-hop culture.
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Peak #575
Peak in subgenre #322
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Lavoisier
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2005
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November 28, 2005
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MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 0:00
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Verse1 Sometimes people forget this is an art form/And that music holds the power to make the heart warm/See most rappers don’t really care about the music/ They’d rather abuse it and make it so that the money’s the only use of it/ Sometimes we forget how influential music is/ Sometimes we act like we don’t know what it do to the kids/ The target demographic doesn’t have a father figure/ So when they listen to rap, they identify with your lyrics/ I’m sure you know what that’s like/ I know that I do, young people want to belong so they look to rappers for idols/ Since we talk like them, we dress like them/ They’re thinking to themselves “I’m a be just like him”/ Now that rap is more powerful than they ever thought it would be/ There has to be some form of accountability/ I know that we’re living in the land of sweet liberty/ But along with freedom to speak comes responsibility CHORUS When I heard Sugar Hill, I wanted to Hip-Hop/ And “Self Destruction” made me want the violence to stop/ And when I heard “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See”/ I wanted to know who really wanted to party with me/ When I heard “Shook Ones” I wanted to provoke fear/ When I heard “Gimme The Loot,” snatch rings out ears/ When I heard hardcore, I wanted to clap tools/ And “Ante Up” made me wanna yap that fool Verse2 What consumes your thoughts controls your life, get the picture/ “Oh people are supposed to know better, right?”/ Wrong, for as long as I could remember a song/ I was singing it before I could talk it, humming along/ And God put us here to live as sisters and brothers/ Not to manipulate, degenerate and poison each other/ It’s not only rap, but this is my favorite/ I hate to see people so talented make a waste of it/ Cause this is the one music that I call mine/ Yeah I listen to other genres, but this is the one I call mine/ It’s sad to see that the state of it is falling behind/ We should be working on saving it before we’re out of time/ You ask me what I mean, cause sales are just fine/ That’s the problem with making a living off poisoning minds/ If I could rewind time, I’d leave it the same/ See I live in the present and set the precedent for change CHORUS Soon as I seen “Belly” I wanted to get gully/And De La Soul made me wanna have a buddy/And Cypress had me feeling like I could just kill a man/And “Benjamins” had me thinking bout them dividends/ “Ruff Ryders Anthem” made me wanna stop and drop And “Beat Street” made me wanna pop and lock/ Notorious B.I.G. had me “Ready to Die”/And Tupac Shakur made wanna ride or die Verse3 I judge not, but the truth is evident/ The music I love most is at the pinnacle of decadence/ It isn’t hard to figure out how I came to this measurement/ Size it up for yourself, see if my argument’s relevant/ Can you get your point across without a foul mouth?/ How would your lyrics sound coming out a child’s mouth?/ Would you be ashamed of your reputation and name/ If your son or daughter went to school repeating these things?/ Think of how you portray women and the things that you say/ Then picture your man talking to your sister that way/ Sound different, don’t it?/ That’s why you should do unto others, cause women are cousins and sisters, nieces and grandmothers/ Of another person/ Put the shoe on the other foot/ Things aren’t always the same when you give them a second look/ If we’re all responsible for the condition that the world is in/ Let’s give it life instead of this thieving, lying, and murdering CHORUS Shawn Carter made me wanna big pimp and love it/ And TLC’s “Unpretty” helped women not to feel ugly/ Nasir Jones made me feel like I could rule the world/ And Prince made me wanna give women diamonds and pearls/ And Luke videos made me think of fornication/ And Lauryn Hill enlightened me to my miseducation/ So for your information, music does affect emotions/ To say that it doesn’t is one of the silliest notions I’ve ever heard
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