Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 12 · Words of Christ are set in red.
One song meets this passage
“Tell me why the fuck you niggas rap if it's fictional?”
squabble up · Kendrick Lamar
resonates with Matthew 12:34
Kendrick's demand for authenticity in rap actually aligns with the principle that words reveal what fills the heart, even as his own words here lean toward aggression.