its sad when people think an intimate kiss=pre-marital sex...dang that "I Kissed Dating Goodbye"
and really guys...if you can't see God in all their songs then you need to read the lyrics again...trust me...i went through the whole iffy stage after they went to atlantic and started doing secular movies, and then i sat down and really read the lyrics, and read their articles, and actually talked to them...and i see nothing in them that is iffy at all
I'll go through Satellite's list, just to please all of you (oh and drop the whole jah argument...you're not going to win anything with that...it's a word that the Jews used guys...really, it is...they aren't trying to hide God...they've said what it ment in articles...so please drop that whole crap cause its pointless)
1) Set It Off--this song is telling Christians to stand up and not be ashamed for what they believe in...it also talks about how people of the world throw insults and think its funny, but in reality its not in the least bit
2) Alive--this song is actually a true story about a friend of theirs (and mine) that got in a really bad car wreck and came out of it with a whole new outlook on life...it's really not a song about someone who got saved...its a person that sees God in a whole new light after an extreme tragedy, instead of cursing God and being [wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth]ed at the world
3) Boom--this songs talks about he never believed that he would be traveling around the world spreading the word....direct quotes "Commit my life to rebirth, well respected, cause thats my word" " Me and my crew, we stay true, old skool or new, Many were called, but the chosen are few"
4) Youth of the Nation--I can't remember the school name, but this song was written the day that their was a school shooting in Cali. It happened practically right down the street and they were devisated cause it was their own home town (the guitarist sister went to the school) so they went in and wrote this song about how rejected youth are in todays world because of how they look, act, and dress.....says that maybe they just needed to be loved instead of pushed away
5) Celestial--musical
6) Satellite--the word Satellite, is just a symbol for God...the whole song talks about God is always above us watching over us...he talks about how he can feel the love of God constantly around him. Direct quote "Because I wont break (nah), and I wont shake (nah) With lifted hands to this Man (Jah), Ill stand in faith Ill make it through, my trust in you Close my eyes, make a wish, kiss the sky Hey there
I see you"
7) Ridiculous--this song is talking about how all these other bands go around and all they sing about is evil this, sex that, i hate you...and they see it as stupid...just pointless stuff that feels peoples minds
8) Messenjah--just going to use a direct quote on this song " This I pledge, and Ill take it to my death Ill lay my life down for you and die over again
I and I, Im not ashamed of the Most High Even if I die tonight, if I die tonight This I pledge, and Ill take it to my death You can bet your life on my words and everything I said You cant take away my love for this sacrifice Even if I die tonight, if I die tonight"
9) Guitarras de Amor-musical
10) Anything Right--this song is appropriate for this post...this songs talks about no matter what he does there are always people out there that thinks P.O.D. has sold out...there are always the "holy" people who look down on them and think they've strayed away from christianity
11) Ghetto--basically saying that he thinks that this world needs to get back to love instead of all the hate that is going around today (interesting fact..this album was released on Sept. 11th after it was pushed back from Aug. 28th...songs like Alive and Ghetto really helped me make it through that day...and i dont think this is streching things, but I really believe God had a reason behind moving it to that date)
12) Masterpiece Conspiracy--there are two different meanings behind this (both as basically the same)...one is the same as Anything Right...but some believe that it has to do with the Dove Awards...if no one knows...I'll tell the story...P.O.D. has always been the front runner of christian rock music...but they were never nominated for a Dove Award, while other, less hard, rock bands got nominated for best rock group, etc....and only when P.O.D. became big in the world's view to CCM try to accept them...so CCM nominated them for Artist of the Year and Group of the Year...that kinda got to P.O.D. (and would have me) if someone had accepted me, after 10 years of being together), only after I had made it big to the world...it just kind of seemed to everyone that they wanted to get on the P.O.D. band wagon while they could...anyways, P.O.D. didnt show up to the Dove's but instead they sent a guy named Chris Diaz who is one of their good friends...well P.O.D., having the second most nominations only to Third Day, left with one award, best Music Video...but the Dove's didn't like the fact that P.O.D. didn't show up so they took the award away from them and gave it to someone else.....this is what I believe Masterpiece Conspiracy is really about
13) Without Jah Nothing--just to clear it up, again, for all you skeptics---"Jah", which can be found in the King James Version in the bible in Psalms 68:4, is actually a transliteration of the Hebrew word Yah. It is simply a shortened form of the Hebrew word Yahweh which the KJV four times transliterates as "Jehovah" and elsewhere translates it as "the Lord".
14) Thinking About Forever--this is a song about his mother, who died of Cancer...the story behind his mother is an awesome story...she told Sonny that she would not die until she knew that she was going to see her in heaven...while on her death bed, Sonny went out to the hospital parking lot and prayed and asked Jesus to come into his heart...he walked back inside and whispered into her ear that everything was going to be ok...at that same moment she died
15) Portrait--lyrics are already posted in another thread...don't think i need to re-do it again