Trip Lee
William Lee Barefield III (born December 17, 1987), better known by his stage name Trip Lee, is an American Southern rapper, singer, poet, and author. Signed to Reach Records, he has recorded both as a solo artist and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. Originally from Dallas, Texas, he now resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a teaching pastor at Cornerstone Church. He first gained recognition after appearing on the Reach Records website at the age of 16. His third album, Between Two Worlds, was nominated for two Dove Awards and won the Stellar Award for Best Hip Hop Album in 2011.
Lee is a Reformed Christian.
Biography
Early life
William Lee Barefield III was born and raised in Dallas, TX. As a young boy, Lee had dreams of being a professional athlete or a famous rapper, and he began to hone his lyrical skills at the age of 12. "I rapped about random stuff… how hot I was, how many girls I could pull," Lee says. But upon giving his life to Christ, at age 14, his focus changed from fortune, fame, and women to serving and ministering the Gospel.
Because of You (Ne-Yo album)
Because of You is the second studio album by American recording artist Ne-Yo, released on April 25, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings in the United States. It features guest contributions from rapper Jay-Z on "Crazy" and singer Jennifer Hudson on "Leaving Tonight". Because of You debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling over 250,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 74/100 from Metacritic. It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
Critical reception
The album has drawn mainly positive reviews, with Entertainment Weekly magazine noting, "Indeed, the album is an unmistakable attempt to channel [Michael Jackson's early work such as "Off the Wall"]...and the effort often pays off beautifully...Ne-Yo's lithe falsetto puts the many others who've been labeled Jackson-esque to shame." PopMatters.com called the album "a masterpiece of a record" and praised the title track's blend of "upbeat modern-day funk tempo, beautifully melodic backdrop and love-sick (in a good way) vocals...[it's] the perfect lead single off an album that is filled with number-one hits".Slant Magazine also compared the album's sensual ballads to Janet Jackson.
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ALBUMS
- Rise released: 2014
- The Good Life released: 2012
- Between Two Worlds released: 2010
- 20/20 released: 2008
- If They Only Knew released: 2006
Between Two Worlds
Released 2010- Real Life Music (instrumental)
- Snitch (instrumental)
- Invade (instrumental)
- Prognosis (instrumental)
- No Worries (instrumental)
- Covenant Eyes (instrumental)
- Life 101 (instrumental)
- I Love Music (instrumental)
- Limitations (instrumental)
- Yours to Own (instrumental)
- Apathy (Interlude)
- Twisted (instrumental)
- Bear With You (instrumental)
- Show's Over (instrumental)
- The Invasion (Hero) (instrumental)
- My Lord (instrumental)
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Give Him Glory
by: Trip LeeYeah, if they only knew man.
Don't worry about who I am man.
Cause I ain't nothing but a tool for God's glory.
You know what I'm saying.
I'm not trying to get cash, this task
Hate to make our hits last (the world)
??? the beats so fast
Your boy got whiplash
We got different motives/ I ain't trying to get the dough/ it's switched and now we spitting flows/ and living just to lift Jehovah/
Forget my name and my face/ I ain't just an entertainer / we was made for the Savior/ to glorify His name bruh
So when we walk out we Walk it Out/ with crosses on our back/ and we live for the One we talk about/ and He taught us how to act bruh
We aint here for our pleasure/ we aint here to have fun/but to help them see our God better/ we aint trying to stack funds
I aint telling fairytales/aint just telling my story/cause my life aint worth nothing/if it aint giving God glory
So I aint got no songs where I repeat my name/ in every single song you're hearing Jesus reigns
No I aint much of nothing/ nothing but a sinner bro/ by grace I'm more/ I praise the Lord/ the only thing worth living for.
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Ay, I aint living for myself
No it aint about me
Anything the Lord do
He can't do without me
So give him glory (with your beats)
Give him glory (with your verses)
Give him glory (in the streets)
Give Him glory (in your churches)
We tryna lift His name up
We don't want you praising us
Putting Christ front and center
And we laying in the cut
So give him glory (with your beats)
Give him glory (with your verses)
Give him glory (in the streets)
Give Him glory (in your churches)
2nd Verses
When I eat, sleep, hit the streets/its only for His glory man/Plus I can grow each time I read/ He put it all before me man
Naw I aint gotta wonder how to please him with my life/ its in the Bible man I can model what I see up in the Christ
God came in the flesh/he's the best/ I can mock his living
And it was clear while he was here He was all about His Father's business
He wasn't worried about himself/ he was humble as a mug
He taught the folks how to act and was showing others love
We aint trying to promote self, naw
We giving cats the Bible
We aint trying to make dough/we trying to make disciples
Each time we learn we pass it on to a group of faithful men/we read it back/ we teach the cats/ we pray they take it in
And when we make decisions/each time we have to base them/ on how the Lord can get His glory/ out the situation
It says in Proverbs ???/ His glory is our purpose/ so if we living for ourselves/ our life is truly worthless
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So give him glory (with your beats)
Give him glory (with your verses)
Give him glory (in the streets)
Give Him glory (in your churches
So give Him glory every day man
Give Him glory in every way man
Don't start living for yourself homie
Don't get led astray