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letra de a letter to my friend - timothy brindle

[verse 1]
this is a letter to my friend, dear shai linne
though i said it when we met, now i send it with a pen
our friendship to me is more precious than a gem
so let me mention and begin with what a blessing you have been
seven weeks after i had come to the king
what a wonderful thing
you lovingly took me under your wing
stressing, “what does god’s revelation say?”
and ain’t it fitting that we met on reformation day?
2001, we were two rowdy ones
studied truth about the sun wеighing 2,000 tons
you discipled me through all the chaptеrs of romans
on how christ appeased the father’s wrath through atonement
justification, sanctification, learning precious words
in every verse and helped me get connected to a church
i was baptized and soon i ate communion
you were my best friend, my roommate, and groomsman
both redeemed from the underground rhyme scene
now with our minds clean, we devise rhyme schemes
to shine christ’s light brighter than high beams
to the eyes of the blind, we provided visine
regeneration was the major theme
of my first album, you helped me shape the great awakening
2003, not many fans know
you left rock soul to join me and josh on lamp mode
we did hundreds of concerts together
we rejoiced with one voice ’cause god’s words are treasure
through the gospel truths rooted in the reformation
the lord used you greatly in my soul’s restoration
but not once in our 20 years of ministry
was there an issue of racism or bigotry
a new reformation should be based on ethnicity?
well, i’m here to say publicly that i disagree
[chorus]
faithful are the wounds of a friend
painful are the wounds, but they’ll mend
by grace, for the truth, i’ll contend
because unity is only based on truth in the end
faithful are the wounds of a friend
jesus rose from the tomb to ascend
to give the spirit of truth to defend
so at times we must rebuke and reprove with the pen

[verse 2]
2020, i share with you more poignantly
i was grieved by your article “george floyd and me”
you interpreted his death based on appearances
seen through the lens of the past and shared experience
was it based on race? you’re the first to state your case
but it’s to your disgrace and shame when you make your claim in haste
that’s 18, 13, and 17 from proverbs
not sure this is justice that’s based on god’s word
as i began to refute critical race theory
you text me how you disagree, but still love me dearly
but if you disagree with crt’s destruction
it shows you must sympathize with some of their assumptions
then a couple weeks before the release of your book
you requested to include me, but i was grieved when i looked
“many parts are not honest, you’re bearing false witness
please remove my name, i can’t be involved in this”
i wondered if my thought lines were all mine and not kind
then voddie called you out for the same things in fault lines
this confirmed that i wasn’t nasty, uncompassionate
and that my concerns actually were accurate
“shai, please edit it before publishing” (no)
you claimed my concerns were ’cause i’m republican
i spoke as your best friend and not as your yes-man
but with great honestness, you’re binding saints’ consciences
bottom line, bro, your book, i can’t recommend it
we closed in prayer, i hugged you, but you were quite offended
your response didn’t show christ’s humility
in fact, you said perhaps i was showing white fragility
matter of fact, this ain’t a battle rap
but a plea to stop asserting your white brothers have a cataract
please join me in repenting from wokeness
together, let’s make the preaching of christ our focus
[chorus]
faithful are the wounds of a friend
painful are the wounds, but they’ll mend
by grace, for the truth, i’ll contend
because unity is only based on truth in the end
faithful are the wounds of a friend
jesus rose from the tomb to ascend
to give the spirit of truth to defend
so at times we must rebuke and reprove with the pen

[verse 3]
you wrote many gospel truths and new reformation
but didn’t expose wokeness as a huge desecration
is it pastoral to write on ethnic unity
but not refute crt infecting our community?
before getting to the bright themes of the gospel
the first half gives the sense white people are hostile
is it a fact that’s right you made a great sacrifice
to worship a master christ in churches that are white?
actually, white christians bended over backwards
fact, sir, you’ve been adored by reformed pastors
and, shai, not all your books’ words are valid
like how you racialize the occurrence of curtis allen
when some complained that he rapped at john piper’s church
to infer this was racism is quite berserk
’cause mad black churches didn’t want rap either
remember, g. craige lewis who’s a black preacher?
most of your examples of ethnic sins
are how whites are against blacks and oppressing them
my close friend, hear me, bro, sincerely
most concerning, though, is your low end theory
that since reformed folks were mostly socially elite
when it came to injustice, they’re more pr-ne to this deceit
they didn’t know there’s a need or they’d deceitfully ignore
’cause they lack the insight of the low end people who are poor
but what about all the calvinistic abolitionists?
perhaps this is a class narcissism that you’re giving us
but were they more pr-ne to nasty sins
than rival tribes kidnapping and selling of the africans?
your low end theory’s not a biblical equation
drop the strawman that i speak, political persuasions
claim we follow secular conservatives
but ain’t it secular liberals from whom you’re learning this?
a real concern is, “what does the word say?”
it’s either light or darkness, there’s no third way
the low end theory reeks of intersectionality
and you ain’t the only one to suffer partiality
years back, we’re invited to a college in kentucky
to minister the gospel, then they called me abruptly
“sorry, we’ll go with shai, the soli deo gloria fella” (why?)
“we prefer a person of color”
the blessing that you have been to the body is bountiful
but as a shepherd of souls, you must be held accountable
a little bit of leaven, it leavens the whole lump
you got some messages of leaven left from the old stump
wokeness, you’re too gospel to embrace it fully
but some old man ways remain i state it boldly
i believe the lord’s sanctifying grace will make us holy
then together, we’ll both behold the lord’s face in glory
[chorus]
faithful are the wounds of a friend
painful are the wounds, but they’ll mend
by grace, for the truth, i’ll contend
because unity is only based on truth in the end
faithful are the wounds of a friend
jesus rose from the tomb to ascend
to give the spirit of truth to defend
so at times we must rebuke and reprove with the pen

[outro: timothy brindle and shai linne]
and now, without further ado
before i ask you to give it up for the next brother
i just have to say
before you guys even heard of this next brother
in 2001, right after the lord rescued me from sin and brought me to
himself
before this brother was even known or put out songs
in his love for christ, he took me under his wing
and he walked me through the bible
he showed me christ in all of scripture
he taught me the book of romans every week
and he showed me, “tim, we can actually use our hip hop to edify the people of god”
and he’s been a dear friend and brother and mentor and encouragement ever since
i want you guys to give it up for a brother who needs very little introduction
give it up for shai linne
yeah
all right, all right, all right, all right
yo, grace and peace, bro
wait, where you going?

- timothy brindle

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