Special to Inside The Pew
Minister Aaron Moses — the next big thing in Christian rap — wants those within an ear shot of his voice to know that their dreams, fueled by their faith, will come into fruition, if they dare to stand unmoved by circumstances that may suggest otherwise.
“Believe beyond measure; never stop believing,” said the Baton Rouge, La., rap artist and founder of HopeMusic & HopeMovies Entertainment. “Philippians 1:6 tells us that He who began a good work in you shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
And that strong conviction that he preaches is what his audience hears emphatically throughout his album Manifestation, which was released in May and can be purchased on iTunes or Amazon.
In talking about the title song Manifestation, Moses, 26, shares how it depicts his life’s transformation.
“At this stage of my life (six years ago), I had totally made up my mind that I was no longer going to prostitute my gift to the world, and I was going to present it holy before Christ,” Moses said.
He shares the meaning of the opening stanza in Manifestation. The line goes: “The realest quote I ever wrote, didn’t bother to put friends on it, it’s time for it to manifest, my whole family depend on it …”
“What I meant by that was my life had to change in order for a lot of people around me to change,” said Moses who’d lived a hard life, having battled drug addiction and having buried his mother who died of AIDS at age 45 in March 2006.
“I was always a leader of men,” he said. “But being intricately involved with the yoke of bondage and contrary spirits, I allowed myself and those who were around me to become isolated and stagnated (regarding) the things of God.
“So, when I speak of ‘I didn’t bother to put no friends in it,’ I’m speaking of the time when I no longer needed to be validated by people who were around me to accomplish that which I was created to,” Moses said. “In other words, the life that God created for me to live was more important than the opinions of those who were around me.”
And when Moses began to put things in to their proper perspectives, he began to see the physical manifestations of the promises of God in his life. As today’s youth would say, “This CD go hard.”
There are 12 tracks on it. Each offers a candid look into this artist’s heart. Each one ministers greatly to the souls of its listeners while captivating them with hardcore beats and a voice that sounds fresh off the streets.
The first track on the CD, “Welcome,” introduces listeners to an album that promises to sustain their attention with “custom-made” beats that keep their heads bobbin’, anointed lyrics that spit Holy Ghost fire and heart-felt messages powerful enough to make a thug weep. Those who are about that (thug) life, after listening to these songs, will receive an impartation of wisdom that is sure to redefine their definition of manhood.
The lines in the song are “a representative of the struggles that I came through as a child,” said Moses, who wrote his songs and is the album’s executive producer. “And also, the song represents me as a person beyond music. It represents me as a preacher, my testimony. And also I wanted people to be able to see Christ in me without the commercialized version of Christ.
“I wanted people to be able to take someone like me (as a positive example) who abused ecstasy pills, smoked marijuana, who dropped out of high school, who made countless bad decisions and completely turned my life around for His glory,” said Moses, who will be getting his associate’s degree in entertainment technology from Baton Rouge Community College in the fall.
On the third track, “Keep Me Going,” Moses shares, “It might be your grandparents, it might be your kids, there’s somethin’ that’s inside of you that’s tellin’ you don’t quit.
“It might be your old man, it might be your pastor,” he said in the song, “there’s somethin’ that’s inside of you that’s tellin’ you don’t slack up. Go hard or go home, or play sick and stay home. Better bring your A game. I’m Monday night in the Super Dome. I keep going for the prostitutes, keep goin’ for the drug addicts, keep goin’ for the drug dealers, my momma had a drug habbit. I seen victory and I liked what I saw, so He must keep showing, it’s that thing that keep me goin’… ”
In other words, there’s something on the inside of individuals, the song explains, that gives them that extra incentive to strive for a better life and refuse to give up.
“This brother is real, and I’m feelin’ that,” said Baton Rouge radio personality Guy Brody.
Moses said the chief thing his music is written to do is point people to the Lord.
“Christ has made salvation available to any and everybody who is willing to receive Him in their hearts, according to Romans 10:9,10,” Moses said. “That is what’s most important.”
Visit Moses on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter at @hopemusic. To book him, call Lakeisha Moses at (225) 278-1789 or e-mail themanifestation@yahoo.com.
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