They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won't get played, huh?
This is how Kanye West, troubadour of gold diggers and douchebags and Lamborghinis, raps about faith. The irony of his 2004 hit "Jesus Walks" is that it's a direct challenge to radio stations and record studios—"well let this take away from my spins," West declares—but it won a Grammy and made it to the top 20 on the Billboard 100. The other irony of "Jesus Walks" is that West also has penned deeply profane lyrics like "put my fist in her like a civil rights sign." He may have rapped about Christianity, but few would call Kanye a Christian rapper.
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