Change Analysis

The song Change by Lecrae is a song which focus’ mainly on the emptiness without Christ. It tells how, although someone may look like they have it all, with money, women, and cars, their life is falling apart if they don’t have Christ. It focus’ on how so many people just want happiness and joy, how they want change.


In the first verse of the song Lecrae talks about how every one without Christ is just looking for change, something that will bring them peace, happiness, or joy, even if it is only temporary. He raps as though he is rapping about a single person who is struggling to find change through women, money, clothes, cars, or anything physical that will bring change but it just won’t help how that person wants it to.

During the second verse Lecrae tells of a more therapeutic change for the person saying that they got Oprah on, and that they even tried the church. At this point Lecrae brings up the point that some churches aren’t fully helping the Kingdom due to the fact that the way that they teach makes it seem as though they are simply giving someone a bunch of rules which usually will turn any new comer off from the church. Lecrae puts this into the song to tell the Christian community to try and watch themselves and to make sure that they are open to people coming in and that they will not just scare that person off. So many churches today speak of reaching out and living for Christ but the church is set up in a way that there is no way that any Atheist or Agnostic person would ever even think of going inside.

At this point Lecrae raps “ You tried another one though, it gotcha feeling good inside and gotcha runnin’ for mo.’” At this point Lecrae is starting to hint at the happiness that comes with Christ but right after this he turns back and says “but it's all about you, not God Not truth, just because you wear the suit, don't mean you been changed.” Here Lecrae is saying that just because a certain person wears their suit on Sunday and goes to church does not mean that they are saved or living by the blood of Jesus Christ and in turn, not experiencing the full joy that comes with knowing Jesus Christ. If this person is simply going on Sunday and then living out their life for themselves then it is likely that they will still feel as though they need change.

Near the end of the song Lecrae talks about the reason for life being so hard and full of pain and that if you would just give your life fully to God then you would find that peace and joy that you had been searching for. He is simply telling everyone that is looking for change that they can find it if they would just look to God.