Plato said "Let me write the music for the country, and I care not who writes the laws.".
Musician Nick Cannon has written a song and made a video that is not just open to a pro-life interpretation, but is unmistakeably, powerfully and movingly pro-life. It is called Can I Live?. In the song and the video, his spirit travels back in time to the day his mother went to an abortion mill and almost took his life. He pleads with her to think about what she is doing, and she literally RUNS out of the clinic and into a new life as a mother.
It is a stunning accomplishment, and not just in a spiritual and artistic sense; the video is ranked #2 on BET (Black Entertainment Television). Given the kind of amoral stuff I often see on BET, this is a very good thing.
Catholic Exchange has an article on the song, with lyrics and a link to go and watch the video.
I don’t know much about Mr. Cannon’s music outside of Can I Live?, but he has clearly set the bar very high now, both for himself and other artists. I’m going to buy the song, and possibly the album, after I check out the rest of the material.
Jimmy, can we start classifying Quicktime media files as an Evil File Format too?
No… because I can’t watch MS formats on my Linux machine.
iTunes lists his song as ‘EXPLICIT’! How ridiculous!
iTunes quite often will list all songs from one album as “explicit” even if only one of the songs contains what they consider explicit material, whether languate or content. Yes, it is silly.
It was available on windows media as well as quicktime. The link was just above quick time.
That was great! What a powerful message from a true survivor, both mother and child.
I Really Hate Rap Music
…But Nick Cannon could definitely change my mind. One of the big problems I’ve had with rap is not only the “just talking to the music”, but in the lyrics themselves. The majority of rap and “hip-hop” seems designed to give the totally nasty, and s…
So it is in windows media…so it is. Still, my original question stands. Great video, btw.
WOW! That was absolutely beautiful! God bless him and his mother. and God bless him for making this wonderful statement. People definitely need to hear it. I wonder if MYV will even allow this video on there network?
Folks:
If you are interested, follow this link to vote for “Can I Live” at BET’s 106 & Park online poll.
Also, here’s a link to Nick Cannon’s website.
Woah, that was very powerful. Brought a tear to my eye, actually. He did that very, very well. The shots at the end where he’s hugging his real mom does me in.
Amen. That was really cool how he included his mom in the video. How often do you see that?
Brought tears to my eyes too.
man with black hat: Word.
he is just a hnkj so gud coz he acts so well en even sings wit such a passionate voice u know!