Justin Martyr aka Justin-Credible has released the single "White Man’s Religion?" which is the second single for his upcoming album entitled NNSM (New Name Same Mission). A music video accompanies the song as well. “White Man’s Religion?” is a song that debunks the false, but well-known claim that Christianity is a religion that belongs to White (European) people. Many believe that the Christian faith was introduced to black people and other minorities primarily through slavery and colonization. Justin debunks this lie propagated by many black cults and Pan-African religions through biblical, historical and logical argumentation. The fact of the matter is this: Christianity is an Eastern and African religion from the very first pages of the First Covenant in Genesis to the conclusion in the book of Revelation in the Second Covenant.
Sadly, many people were introduced to an erroneous form of Christianity through the atrocities of slavery and colonization, however Christianity had been in Africa for over 1500 years before the infamous Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Jesus; the central figure of the Christian faith actually lived in Africa and the Gospel reached Africa well before it made its way to Europe. This is a work of art that is not meant to promote Black Supremacy, but biblical and historical accuracy. This song cuts deep and is sure to spark conversation as it touches on difficult subjects such as slavery, racism, colonization, black cults, ethnic identity and Christian unity. While many aspects of the subject matter are controversial; it is a necessary conversation to have nonetheless.
Lyrics
White Man's Religion?
Intro: You a Christian bro, man I can’t believe you worship that white Jesus!
Man, you need to liberate your mind, free yourself bro that’s your slave master talking!
-I don’t know what that was about, that was a good interruption but let’s just be real about it, Christianity is a White Man’s Religion
-There’s no reason a Black man should ever be a Christian! Have you ever heard of Marcus Garvey? Malcolm X? People like that? Man, that’s your slave master talking
-Free your mind bro, liberate yourself, you should read your history that’s the white man’s religion!
Hook: Christianity’s a White Man’s Religion! Stop lying, speak with precision/ Stop buying what they teach in the prison’s/ Don’t be deceived pick truth over fiction/
They say that Christianity’s a White Man’s Religion! Stop lying, speak with precision/ Stop buying what they teach in the prison’s/ Don’t be deceived pick truth over fiction/
Verse 1:
So they say that Christianity’s the White Man’s Religion (how?)/ when it started in the Middle East/
Jesus wasn't even white, he was man of color/ lies are being spread in the streets/
Christians been in Africa way before Europe/ I encourage you to look at facts/
We see Philip bring the gospel to an African/ in the 8th Chapter of the Book of Acts/ 8 Bars
Lots of Black Religions are poppin up in the new school/
and their main source of theology is YouTube/
who knew, so many would eat the doodoo/ a racist religion can't possibly be true dude/ 12 bars
discrimination is a hell of a prison/ now so many people of color left evangelicalism/
/Black America still searches for identity/
but you'll never find that yelling out obscenities/ 16 bars
Africans been selling other Africans for centuries/
it still happens today that's a fact that few are mentioning/
Hebrew Israelites been causing devastation/
but many of their leaders have 8th grade educations/
no degrees, no credentials/Wikipedia theologian your lies are monumental/
We're inundated, We don't need any more of them/ false gospel preaching Google historians/(24)
Nation of Islam, Kemets, 5 Percenters Moors/ your work’s-based faiths can't get you to the Lord/
man, I know you've been hurt and disappointed by the church/
We apologize but ur false religions make it worse/
most churches in the hood don't preach sound doctrine/
Still Yeshua's the only way, ain’t no other option/ (30 bars)
Hook: Christianity’s a White Man’s Religion! Stop lying, speak with precision/ Stop buying what they teach in the prison’s/ Don’t be deceived pick truth over fiction/
They say that Christianity’s a White Man’s Religion! Stop lying, speak with precision/ Stop buying what they teach in the prison’s/ Don’t be deceived pick truth over fiction/
Verse 2:
It’s crazy but most people haven’t seen this/
Africa was once home to Jesus/
Matthew 2 Yeshua lived in Egypt/ some haters wish this part of the Bible was deleted/
The Black presence in the Bible’s so evident/ Africans show up in the Old and New Testament/ Jethro, Zipporah even Zephaniah/ were among African leaders & biblical writers/ 8 bars
Simon of Cyrene who helped Christ carry the Cross/ was African don’t let that truth be lost/
Sadly, a lot of White Christians owned slaves/ but White Christians also helped to end the Trans-Atlantic Trade/
White Christians make love a priority/ many keep ignoring the pain of minorities/
we gotta bear each other's burdens/ so don’t continue to debate people while their hurting/
Hook: Christianity’s a White Man’s Religion! Stop lying, speak with precision/ Stop buying what they teach in the prison’s/ Don’t be deceived pick truth over fiction/
They say that Christianity’s a White Man’s Religion! Stop lying, speak with precision/ Stop buying what they teach in the prison’s/ Don’t be deceived pick truth over fiction/
-Christianity AIN’T the White Man’s Religion let’s just kill that forever, Thank You!