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Tuesday 18 January 2022

Joyful energy over Amazing Grace

Good news to dance about
Hyper Fenton is a rap singer among other things. His song on the theme of Amazing Grace certainly got the young video group moving. The Genius lyrics resource has this note on the song:
Amazing Grace is an upbeat electronic song showing off Hyper Fenton’s energetic side. He sings about life and the uncertainty of death, with the chorus headlining that God is the only one who is certain, saving us through His “amazing grace”.

The song was originally released as a single before being added to the Remembering Me tracklist. Spotify picked the single for their Top Christian playlist in the spring and summer of 2018, introducing Hyper Fenton to the playlist’s 1,000,000+ followers. As of August 2019, it’s both his and Moflo Music’s most popular song thus far, boasting over 450,000 plays on Spotify.
Rap songs in particular are saying something. Check out Fenton's message:

Verse 1
Okay, look, I'd never forget that day
In the 1990s, you know where to find me
Bein' born, I'm a millennial
Run for cover before he put you on Vimeo
Or the Twitter
C'mon y'all, get a grip
I don't give a flip, I just wanna live but
Better yet, I don't wanna die livin' a lie
Does anyone even realize I'm alive?
Chorus
Like stop, wait, hold up the club
I found somebody that I love
Like stop, aye, hold up the grave
I found somebody that can save
Like stop, dance, come get your mans
Bring 'em to the Man who atones for your sins
Like stop, aye, hold up your praise
Get a little taste of amazing grace like
Breakdown
Get a little taste of amazing grace like
Verse 2
Daddy, Daddy
I'm inadequate to battle
With the sadness
Saddled with depression
Misdirection of an addict
I've been wishin' as a mission
I would have somebody listen
And be born again a Christian
Maybe then they go the distance
As a disciple
Go and get your rifles
Bang bang you're dead, and I lay in bed
Wonderin' if you knew about Him
And let Him inside for eternal life
Last night woke up in a cold sweat
With the same nightmare that I had an old friend
Guess I should've told him that you never know when
God is gonna blow in, hopin' y'all told him
Chorus
I said stop, wait, hold up the club
I found somebody that I love
Like stop, ayy, hold up the grave
I found somebody that can save
Like stop, dance, come get your mans
Bring 'em to the Man who atones for your sins
Like stop, ayy, hold up your praise
Get a little taste of amazing grace like
Breakdown
Get a little taste of amazing grace like
Chorus
I said stop, wait, hold up the club
I found somebody that I love
Like stop, ayy, hold up the grave
I found somebody that can save
Like stop, dance, come get your mans
Bring 'em to the Man who atones for your sins
Like stop, ayy, hold up your praise
Get a little taste of amazing grace like

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