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Slaying Goliath Music Blog – Update

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Hello, God’s Creatures,

I know I haven’t visited or uploaded to this blog in a while, but I wanted to give you guys an update on what has been happening since I stopped posting on this.

This blog takes a lot of time and a lot o energy to upkeep. I was searching high and low for music from all around the world so we can come together as a collective to worship God despite having language barriers. I love the church body, regardless of where you reside, and I wanted music and worship to be a part of that. I enjoy searching for the different artists that I showcased. However, I do apologize for not asking for their permission to post on this site as well as on my YouTube channel.

After maintaining this blog for some time, I got discouraged by the lack of support I felt from mainly my friends and family, but people have been expressing how I need to restart this again and see what it turns into. So, I am hoping it turns into a community that comes together. I am hoping I can start multiple Spotify playlists organized by genre, maybe a podcast with different hosts, music interviews, concerts exclusive, etc. I am dreaming with God and being faithful to this.

Most of the comments were to put a face to this blog, but right now, I don’t feel like this like God is moving me in that direction just yet.  My desire is still to make this a worship community that travels across nations and genres. I don’t want to only explore music as a form of worship but it will be one of the foundations of something I am so passionate about.

Which is you will see me, in my free time, updating this blog website, and making the necessary updated changes. So, I do request that you be patient with me with all of this.

I love Jesus and I want this to be something where we can have honest music that explores our doubts, hardships, joys, victories, disappointments, and accomplishments. My goal is to give this blog life again.

I don’t know where this blog is going to go but I am trusting and partnering with God to find out.

Thank you all for being here and posting will commence on February 1st.

Thank you for being here.

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Underoath — Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape

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Underoath is an American Christian post-hardcore band from Tampa, Florida. Even though they are describes as a Christian metal band, their style is always evolving from metal to emocore to straight-up hardcore. This song “Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape” describes that love of the Father will not only love us in our unfaithfulness and even when we are unloving, but will teach us to do the same.

Buy this track on itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/underoath/id1750355

More of Underoath:
http://www.underoath777.com/

Photography by Doug Wallick:

Season's Greetings

Lyrics:
I heard a voice through the discord
Of a deluge of passersby.
I saw one gaze frozen in time
Watching me passing by.

I swear I’ll know your face in the crowd,
And I’ll hear your voice so loud
When you’re whispering…

Hey unfaithful I will teach you
To be stronger, to be stronger.
Hey ungraceful I will teach you
To forgive one another.

Here’s my kiss to betray
Desperate to brush the lips of grace.
Do you feel hollow when you think of how I’ve lied?

Oh sweet angel of mercy with your grace like the morning
Wrap your loving arms around me.
Oh sweet angel of mercy with your grace like the morning
Wrap your loving arms around me.

Hey unfaithful I will teach you
To be stronger, to be stronger.
Hey ungraceful I will teach you
To forgive one another.
Hey unfaithful I will teach you
To be stronger, to be stronger.
Hey unloving, I will love you,
I will love you, I will love you.

Hey unloving

I will love you

Jesus I’m ready to come home.

Thanks for listening.

For any suggestions for my blog or recommendations in music, you can email at slayinggoliathxmusicblog@gmail.com

Also subscribe to Slaying Goliath Music Blog on YouTube for more updates and playlists! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPCFxdcP8Y

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Rawsrvnt– I Got a Feeling/Take It All

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Lyrics:

(Chorus A)

I gotta feeling

That tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good, good night

A feeling (Woo hoo)

That’s Tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good, good night (A feeling)

(Chorus B)

Jesus we’re living for Your name

We’ll never be ashamed of You (Woah uh oh)

Our praise and all we are today

Take, take, take it all

Take, take, take it all

(Chorus C)

(Woo hoo)

’Cause tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah tonight’s gonna be a good, good night (Yeah)

(Verse 1)

I give You my heart my Lord (Hey)

I give you my heart (Woah uh oh)

I give You my soul my Lord (Hey)

I give you my soul (Woah uh oh)

I give You my mind my Lord (Hey)

I give you my mind (Woah uh oh)

I give You my strength my Lord

For You,  My God, I’ll only ever give my all

(Chorus B)

Jesus we’re living for Your name

We’ll never be ashamed of You (Woah uh oh)

Our praise and all we are today

Take, take, take it all

Take, take, take it all

(Chorus C)

(Woo hoo)

’Cause tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah tonight’s gonna be a good, good night (Yeah)

(Verse 2)

I give You my will my Lord (Hey)

I give you my will (Woah uh oh)

I give You my skill my Lord (Hey)

I give you my skill (Woah uh oh)

I give You my time my Lord (Hey)

I give you my time (Woah uh oh)

I give You my bank, my Lord

For You, My God, I’ll only ever give my all

(Chorus B)

Jesus we’re living for Your name

We’ll never be ashamed of You (Woah uh oh)

Our praise and all we are today

Take, take, take it all

Take, take, take it all

Take, take, take it all

Take, take, take it all

(Vamp)

I gotta feeling (feeling, feeling)

( Hey, hey, heyyyy (heyyyy, heyyyy)

(Chorus A)

I gotta feeling

That tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good, good night

A feeling (Woo hoo)

That’s Tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good night

Yeah, tonight’s gonna be a good, good night (A feeling)

Rawsrvt (Eddy Puyol) is a Cuban American that grew up in Miami, Florida. He has an incredible testimony about God’s grace and mercy that he has dedicated to intertwine with the Hip Hop culture and music scene. In 2002, Rawsrnt founded Soul Deep Ministries (SDM), a non-profit organization that is driven to share peace, grace, and love in a unique way to those within schools, neighborhoods, prisons, churches, and various pop culture marketplaces. Its continuing aim is to empower people from all walks of life with the understanding of God’s love and the value placed on their lives.

Rawsrvnt has fine tuned his craft enabling him to reach the masses, breaking through cultural and musical barriers. Throughout his music, one can experience the journey of a man who has tapped into his true identity and grown as an artist, a leader, and a man of faith. The artist continues to push the envelope in an attempt to bring people closer to their purpose and help them enjoy life the way it is meant to be enjoyed—“Raw.”

If you like this song, you can buy off of Itunes, AmazonPlay, and Rawsrvnt’s website: rawsrvnt.com

Thanks for listening!

For any suggestions for my blog or recommendations in music, you can email at slayinggoliathxmusicblog@gmail.com

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Kye Kye — Trees & Trust

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Lyrics:

You chased my heart so I could see, (1Jo.4:19)
but I stood unacceptable. (Ro.1:21)
you called my name with infinite time (Eph.1:4)
and I lost sight so easily (Eph.4:18)

then oh, I stood in the silence, I lay in the night, a voice in the stillness (Ps.46:10)(1Kgs.19:12)
“oh my love, you’re my child, take all these good things, soften your heart”. (Phlm:6)

Lord help me, Help me remember (Jon.14:26)
flesh is weak, my spirit’s strong, (Mat.26:41)
dressed the trees you saw their splendor
more to you, love I am more. (Mat.6:26-34)

You found me as an empty room,
walls with holes
so eagerly to say “oh love you own It all” (Gal.4:1) (Eph.1:3 & 2:6)
Inside of me, flows out of me. (Col.1:27)(2Cor.5:17)

then oh, I stood in the silence, I lay in the night, a voice in the stillness
“oh my love you’re my child, take all these good things, soften your heart”.

Walk with me, tell me the width and depth of the raging sea,
the deepest blue could never define you (Gal.1:11-12)(1Jo.2:27)

Kye Kye, which means Christ in Greek (pronunciation can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tSP7ZwWoso) is a band made up of the three Estonian-born Yagolnikov siblings Alex, Olga, and Timothy, and Olga’s husband Thomas. They are a refreshing band in the light to where Christ centered music is going. I encourage you all to check out their whole album!

If you like this band you can get there album Young Love off of Itunes, Amazon Play, and their band’s website: kyekyemusic.com

(P.S. I didn’t add those scriptures to the lyrics; they came like that!)

Thanks for listening!

For any suggestions for my blog or recommendations in music, you can email at slayinggoliathxmusicblog@gmail.com

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Citizens–I Am Living in a Land of Death

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Lyrics:

I’m living in a land of death
The trees are burnt and gray
There’s a smoldering smoke over head
And the night looks the same as the day
It seems the miracle that I can stand
When everyone I’ve known
Drifts up in the air with the ash
Every time that the wind starts to blow

But I feel alive with a life that’s not mine
Your law is a stream in this wasteland; my lifeline.
So much more than precious gold
Are Your promises my Lord
By them is Your servant warned,
And keeping them great reward

Your direction is my delight
Your law secures my roots
I will meditate day and night
And in season You’ll harvest the fruit
Though a poison should threaten to kill
I know my Savior reigns
And when the breezes of death leave a chill
I’ve got Jesus’ blood in my veins

So I feel alive with a life that’s not mine
And I’m believing that that was Your intended design
So much more than precious gold
Are Your promises my Lord
By them is Your servant warned,
And keeping them great reward

The kingdoms of man have all decayed
The ruins of progress turn to waste
The gods of greed lie in their graves
Darkness is everywhere
But there’s a path in the dark that has emerged
I can see a great light beyond this curse
A brilliant blaze that is Your word
A beacon of hope that burns

And I focus my captivated gaze
On the radiant light from Jesus’ face
The water of life is all I crave
Only Your word remains

So much more than precious gold
Is the beauty I behold
Give me the glorious reward
Of knowing You my King my Lord

Citizens (Or Citizens & Saints) is a gospel-centered and God exalting high-energy rock band from Seattle, Washington. They’re use of modern and contemporary musicality is surrounded by lyrics that capture the essence of certain Psalms.

If you like this song, you can get it on Itunes, AmazonPlay, or their band’s website: www.citizensandsaints.com/

Thanks for listening!

For any suggestions for my blog or recommendations in music, you can email at slayinggoliathxmusicblog@gmail.com

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Demon Hunter — Dead Flowers

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Lyrics:

I feel Ashamed,
With Abandon in my Heart and on my Face…
I’ve suffered the Blame,
I would show to you this way but I’m too late…

When the Sorrow it breaks them,
I will replace them
For You.

Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart.
Laid at the grave to heal a Broken Heart.
Let it Rain until it Floods
Let the Sun Breathe Life Once More…
Reborn.

I Wish You the Same…
To walk beside and carry on this Flame.
To see you again
With a Radiance of Pure and Holiness.

When the Sorrow it breaks them,
I will replace them
For You.

Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart.
Laid at the grave to heal a Broken Heart.
Let it Rain until it Floods
Let the Sun Breathe Life Once More…
Reborn.

Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart.
Laid at the grave to heal a Broken Heart.
Let it Rain until it Floods
Let the Sun Breathe Life Once More…
Reborn.

Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart.

Let it Rain until it Floods
Let the Sun Breathe Life Once More…
Reborn.

Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart…
Dead Flowers for the Torn Apart.

I know this isn’t the type of music that people typically enjoy, However, as a heavy metal and Christian artist begin to merge, I would say that there is more to come from this genre as a whole. Demon Hunter is a Christian heavy metal band that is based in Seattle, Washington. The band started in 2000 by brothers Ryan and Dan Clark. Their excellent use of guitar riffs accompanied by complex drum lines, the band is known for combing nu metal sounds with the qualities that are found in metalcore.  Plus, their lyrics are awesome!

You can get this song off of Itunes, AmazonPlay, or their bands website: http://www.demonhunter.net

Thanks for listening!

For any suggestions for my blog or recommendations in music, you can email at slayinggoliathxmusicblog@gmail.com

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Thrice — Words in the Water

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Thrice (which means three times) is a band from Southern California. This band uses intricate drumming that is accompanied by simplistic bass and guitar riffs. This record in particular is more mellow than their other works. It is atmospheric. This song is inspired from the narrator trying to live up to the word of the Law, that is presented in the Old Testament. It is very impossible for us to do. The words are “beautiful” and dread” but one will ultimately keep failing if one kept trying to fulfill the book of the Law. At the end of the song, it is when Jesus comes and saves the narrator from continuously failing. Jesus already fulfilled the demands and lifted the curse from his heart.

For more information on Thrice:
http://www.thrice.net
To support Thrice:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/thrice/id1663706
Photography by Gato:

in another time

Lyrics:
Standing knee deep in cold water, swiftly moving, somehow I knew I’d lost something
Wading waist-deep I saw a book there in the river, waiting for me to find it there.
I tried to read it, neck deep, treading water, but the tide pulled me out to sea.
Then, with water in my eyes, the words began to rise from their place.
They were beautiful and dread; I reached for them and fed on each phrase.
They were honey on my lips, but then a bitter twist in my side.
I knew they’d lay me in my grave, “Is there no one who could save me?” I cried.
Sinking, down deep through cold water and heavy silence, shadows stirring in the gloom.
What things that lay sleeping down deep in the darkness woke then, to find me in my tomb?
Then, with water in my eyes, the words began to rise from their place.
They were beautiful and dread; I reached for them and fed on each phrase.
They were honey on my lips, but then a bitter twist in my side.
I knew they’d lay me in my grave, “Is there no one who could save me?” I cried.
When I lost all hope to look, someone took that heavy book from my hands,
all its weight they set aside, after they had satisfied its demands.
I felt white and black reverse, and the lifting of a curse from my heart.
Then like one receiving sight, I beheld a brilliant light in the dark.

Thanks for listening!

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Jackie Hill Perry — Get There

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Can we just give a round of applause to Christian female hip hop artists! Jackie Hill Perry has an amazing life story, a true testament to Christ’s love and His transformation in all of us. Jackie Hill Perry uses intricate lyricism all accompanied by forgotten hip hop beats. You know, the simplistic beats that made many of us fall in love with the genre. She is truly a breath of fresh air to the hip hop world and a great guide to show us who Christ is and what He has done in her life. A natural-born poet and now a HumbleBeast artist, Jackie Hill Perry’s album can be see as giving birth to something astonishing in the Christian hip hop world.

For more information on Jackie Hill Perry:
http://www.humblebeast.com/jackie-hill/

To support Jackie Hill Perry:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jackie-hill-perry/id895014562

Photography by Allen Watkin:

6 months old

(Chorus)
(I just wanna get there)
God you making me better
You making me better
And You chose to do it however whenever whatever
(I just wanna get there)
(repeat 4x)

(Verse 1)
You don’t know what I’ve been through
you don’t know what I’ve been through
When the pain, cuts deep cuts deep
you would think it was jiu-jitsu
And me wanna meat from the a menu
instead of peps with the meat from the temple
Tellin me “to find joy in the midst”
This don’t seem that simple
Cause I do what I don’t want to do
what I do I do I what I want I do
what I do and I don’t do
cause it’s me not you
and it seems I’m not you
And I’m breeding my fruit
These are things that are not you
Seeing leaves that aren’t true [?]
Man..
Can’t fight the fight cause I’m too mad
The light to bright to drive you badge
My vision,
so distracted by tension
Condemnation placin’ faith in the weight of my sickness
life prescription distance, WAIT
my Physician is livin
“It’s finished” was the grace of my prison
the cake for the villas
I’m raised in His image
Some penicillin for the snake and his venom
I’m raised and I’m tempted
I’m race and I’m trippin’
Behavin like I wasn’t raised from the crypt
I gotta face it, I’m sick
Gotta face with me sit
waiting for me to see Jesus
gazing at His face till I get (get get)

(Chorus)
(I just wanna get there)
God you making me better
You making me better
And You chose to do it however whenever whatever
(I just wanna get there)
(repeat 4x)

(Verse 2)
you don’t know what we go through
you don’t know what we go through
See the rings
see the videos
see the means
see the dreams of the queens with a wish for the good life
really want to be a good wife
Really want to come home, wish it would have been a good night
But instead we had a fight, with a price
see a piece a piece of the wolf bite
I came home from that honeymoon
feelin high, feelin right, feelin like
our whole life was in front of us
till something nudge me ‘take a test’
Took the the test
it said, “yes”
I’m sayin, “naw this can’t be right.
Can’t recite. I’m tryin to live.
This can’t be life.
How am I a mother after 8 days of being a wife?”
I’m being invited to bring in a life
and I can’t focus on nothing else but me.
Till I realized, what’s living in me is gift
givin to me
from His wisdom
Livin
Swimming with fins, fishing with fin,
The shark, my hearts anxiety is bait tellin us…
“Wait, baby’s first name is ‘mistake’”
It’s a problem with the saints believe it
We slow dancin with sovereignty
till we gotta be
takin from this life like its robbery
we just pottery
the Joy is, that the clay is shape by Grace
and the Potter promised me that, “everything will work for good”
this ain’t lottery

(Chorus)
(I just wanna get there)
God you making me better
You making me better
And You chose to do it however whenever whatever
(I just wanna get there)
(repeat 4x)

To get this song or album you can buy it on Itunes, Amazon, or at humblebeast.com

Thanks for listening!

For any suggestions for my blog or recommendations in music, you can email at slayinggoliathxmusicblog@gmail.com

Also subscribe to Slaying Goliath Music Blog on YouTube for more updates and playlists! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPC

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My Epic — Alone

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As a band based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, this band of Christians captivates listeners with their powerful and moving lyrics as well as smart and intricate arrangements. This band uses truth, beauty, and goodness as inspiration for their lyrics. Many of their song are not only thought provoking but they are also drenched with tenderness, raw honesty, and apathy. This band is truly remarkable.

For more information on My Epic:
https://www.facebook.com/myepic

To support My Epic:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/my-epic/id200771801

Photography by Ana Sofia Guerreirinho:

kitty fails

Lyrics:
Am I a barren temple
Left for newer ways
Of speaking mysteries my veils cannot contain
Should i prepare
To winter spend again
Of silent centuries’ speech for only certain men
What if I wait to find You’ve gone?
What if Your presence was withdrawn?
And I was mistaken all along
To think I could become Your home

It’d be no surprise to finally know
I am truly alone
Come then but likely sooner I’ll be alone
You moved your temple
Inside our bones and limbs
So hard to trust that You won’t move again

For all eternity
You stood with Your Father in perfect unity
And when You walked the earth
You only went where He led
You only spoke what He said
So for everything You left
And all of the glory You forfeit
No matter how low You were sent

You still couldn’t know what it’s like to be alone
Disgraced but you were never alone
Betrayed but you were never alone
Tortured but still never alone
And nothing is worse than being alone

I have been thinking hard about us trading place
Maybe I can wear Your beauty if You put on my shame
Jesus I’ve been trying so hard to look like You
That I almost missed the worst of what I put You through
You didn’t die for sins
You died covered in them
A prideful lying thief gasping out my final breath
For that one moment
You looked just like me
Your Father left You

And You died completely alone.
For me You were alone
You couldn’t marry so He left You all alone
No better promise than sympathy
You conquered death all alone
Cause You know the deepest of all our needs
Never again, never alone

Thanks for listening!
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