Barbershop Rap Sessions EP seeks to reach out to non-believers who are aware that their way of life is
not in the way that God desires it to be and are trying to sort out their issues before surrendering their
lives to Christ. This EP brings to the light some of the struggles that some of the born-again Christians
go through on a day-to-day basis in an effort to encourage these non-believers that Christ did not
come for the perfect and that no one is perfect. It aims at enlightening them that Christ takes the
imperfect and perfects them through a process and not in a one-time event.

Sample the EP here. You can buy it if you like the sound.

Barbershop Rap Sessions EP Sampler

X-Po: Huyu msee sijamcheki kwa muda men. Yo Gregory! What’s good bro?/Gregory XIII: Am good bro
X-Po: How you doing on the real though/Gregory XIII: I know am a believer but I got some stuff dealing with son. Listen...
Verse1 (Gregory XIII):
I got a lot of things to let off my chest/turn the mic on/They call me Gregory just like the pope/it’s been a couple years since
being reborn/but living in this fallen world got me losing grip son/Still wondering why I’ve never been that stable/no angel/in
me, I feel like a horse/with a lot to work on/These TV screens got me falling like summer is just gone/I may act strong/like a
perfect son of God/but deep down, am all wrong/You don’t see it all/but what I do when all alone/estranges me to you all/I
got mass graves/in my closet/and I do pray/help me clean these skeletons/am getting critical/in my cynical/hypocritical
life/hate this sinful deceit that I call my life
Hook
Oh oh oh/as I am, as I am Lord/ Here I am Lord/as I am, as I am
Oh oh oh/as I am, as I am Lord/hey hey hey
Take me as I am Lord (Take me as I am Lord)/( Make me Make me)
Make me all new now (Make me all new now)
Would you, would you/would you take me as I am Lord/ (As I am)
Verse 2 (Gregory XIII):
Lord I’ve turned into an analyst of these feminine anatomies/and I feel like my flesh just resurrected right in the middle of an
autopsy/a hyperactive zombie burning too much calories/busy seeing what I ain’t supposed to see/and this ain’t Your call for
me/I need to take to take a break/pause… check on me/that’s better be now/before the Triple-X sites brought me down/Am
getting trapped with every click of my mouse/I need to break out/knees are hitting the ground/tear-soaked lashes and sweat
on my brow/I call on You now/talk to me now/even the smallest of sounds/All I need is a way out of this now/ am dying, come
to my rescue before am totally out/ I call on You now/come to my rescue before am totally out
Hook
Oh oh oh/as I am, as I am Lord/ Here I am Lord/as I am, as I am
Oh oh oh/as I am, as I am Lord/hey hey hey
Take me as I am Lord (Take me as I am Lord)/( Make me Make me)
Make me all new now (Make me all new now)
Would you, would you/would you take me as I am Lord/ (As I am)
Verse 3 (X-Po):
You desire truth in the inner parts/so I consume Your word till it’s born in my heart/in my mind, that’s where sex all
starts/colonized by sin so rebellion we spur/by the power of The Spirit, we break sin cycles, fornication makes your
relationships not last/you and her become one flesh says the Bible, your souls are tied, it wasn’t love it was lust/break-ups
and heartaches, it wasn’t God’s design/it’s problematic when we put God aside huh/the dating culture, trial and error, but the
just shall live by faith, mayne it’s better/you must break all soul ties/porn and masturbation, and idolatous lies/start praying
for the wife of your youth/don’t be a statistic mayne, please accept my rebuke
Hook
Oh oh oh/as I am, as I am Lord/ Here I am Lord/as I am, as I am
Oh oh oh/as I am, as I am Lord/hey hey hey
Take me as I am Lord (Take me as I am Lord)/( Make me Make me)
Make me all new now (Make me all new now)
Would you, would you/would you take me as I am Lord/ (As I am)

As I am Lord (ft. X-po & Cheri Kristina)

Free download off the Barbershop Rap Sessions...
Hiphop meets dancehall as we celebrate God's mercy and grace upon our lives!!

Dance Ya Hesus (Ft. Ayenzamse)

SINGLE OFF THE BARBERSHOP RAP SESSIONS EP
Even though I got born-again and am in the process of reforming into what my new faith expects of me, there are a
couple of struggles am battling and so does every born-again christian variably. I fail God in alot of my daily activities
as a christian and I do realize that I can’t make to be 100% practical with my faith without the help of my Holy Triune God.

LYRICS
Intro:
Yeah, a lot of us say we’re Christians, but the practicability of our faith is quite whack for lack of a better word. We fail God in
a lot of our daily routines, we owe Him… a lot and even much more
Hook:
(Lord I owe You) We say we’re Christians but homey let’s face it/(Lord I owe You) Fu… Fu… Full of myself, utasema mi ni
clone/(Lord I owe You) I feel like a white-washed grave and a half-baked cake/(Lord I owe You)I can win a war marching with
the KDF/but without you am at war and walking in death
Verse 1 (McMhubiri):
Misimu zimepita na, bado siko better/daily kwenye hustle, mwanangu mi ni-nateta/Modern-day-Israelite, always mi na
grumble/kama vitu haziendi venye mi nataka, humble/African, can’t say of myself/Spears ziko burning/warfare niko
yearning/ukinigusa buda, hii si vitisho/wasupa ka Britney Spears/bado wana-mess nami all this years/mrembo yuko lovely,
ooh! Biologia/siezi ona mbele men, psychologia/cycle iko here/Lord I owe you, kubadili njia/Full of myself utasema mi ni
clone/selfish to my wifey, undercover ka drone/na-bow before the throne/ya baba, have mercy on me and my issues/back
with the tissue

Hook:


Verse 2 (Gregory XIII)
We say we’re Christians but homey let’s face it/Talk about blessings and we all gonna seek it/Talk about sacrifice… we all
fidget/our faith is all midgets/giving to God to a point we don’t feel it/A grand for a Crae ticket but I can’t feed a widow in my
own village/it sounds silly/I feel like a white-washed-grave and a half-baked cake/I pay these taxes but not my tithe/still
arguing if it’s wrong or right/I put career first and not my God/and when I grab the mic, it’s rhyme over ministry/skill over
commissioning/it’s all about celebrity/it’s fame over everything/is this discipleship?... I ain’t feeling it/Lord, please come and
disciple me

Hook

Verse 3 (Blackskillz):
Lord You know I had issues like a magazine/on Your grace I would bounce like a trampoline/It’s by Your grace and Your
sovereign will/that You choose to heal/not by works or anything I feel/How you saved us from the word: You never knew
us/when we were close to righteousness like the lips of Judas/Godly sorrow fills the void of a soul that was hollow/but we know
human sorrow kills you tomorrow/See I can win a war marching with the KDF/but without You am at war and am walking in
death/You can take the talent, Lord just retain Your breath/thought I had it all, but without Christ, nothing is left/and though
I owe You Lord, I know I can never repay/the sacrifice that ensured I will never decay/so am just passing on the praise like a
relay/the Holy Spirit got me sold out better than E-Bay/so we say


Outro:
As Christians, we need not just declare our faith by mouth but to follow through with the nitty gritties of our actions. In the
book of James Chapter 2 from verse 14, … That in the same way, faith in itself with no action is as dead… as a dodo.

Lord I Owe You (Ft. McMhubiri & Blackskillz)

#SandCastles is Gregory XIII's take on any rapper calling himself/herself king of anything. He goes hard on this issue uncharacteristic of his regular laidback style of rap. 

Download FREE audio at https://mdundo.com/song/42361

#SandCastles

How about 32 barz to celebrate 32 years

LYRICS
They call me Gregory, was born sinner/
Am just in from the LAKE like pier TIMBER/I ain't CRYING A RIVER/
I got Christ man, and am a winner/
Like Joshua, march around the city seven times/
Blow the trumpets, see the walls down/
Down, Full body armor, am a soldier in the army of Jehovah uh/
Christ on my slingshot, like David, Victorious/
Murder that/murder what? Murder flesh/
Kill it everyday just to live a fresh/ New life
Born again, am born twice/Never gonna die twice/
So I kick bars, and drop rhymes/
It's a war zone, and thank Christ/am alive/
Heard them say Christian rappers sound too cocky/
Uliza Soxxy
I am an UrbanLight, born of another breed/
From the lakeside, I flow with a cool breeze/
On these KICKS, I don't SNARE, it's all Kung Fu kid,
they call me Bruce Lee/
Moving target, city streets/
REDbeams za DEVO/anatry KUNIMARKni kama WILMOTS/
Na ka haujaget, we uliza ORIGI/ 
hio ndio huitwa wordplay ile oriji/
They got WADA on our case, doper than Colombian coke/
Not by self homes, it's the power of The Living God/
We, mpe uzito/Matthew 5:14, huo ndo mwito/
Anasa za dunia nachorea ka Circle, UTIMO/
MWAMBA nami, vipi daddy, UMOJA 'di ukingo/
Na kila nikifall off ni Ye hunipa lift off, KQ
Mzazi ka Tuva, I don't curse on a track,
I sneeze on em, Akhchoo! Homey, God Bless you!
I move with no take two And remember to stay true 
To Him who's faithful

#32ToLife Freeverse [Single]

#32ToLife Freeverse

Uliza Maswali [single]

#UlizaMaswali

Written by: Gregory Juma-Wandera,  
(contains samples from an original composition, “Only Truth” by Acappella)
Performed by: Gregory XIII
Arranged by: Tommy Jesusman
Recorded & Mixed by: Danson Kiunge (Def Pound Africa Ent.)
Album: Rods & Cones LP

SYNOPSIS
The Truth, is the first single off my upcoming first album, Rods & Cones LP. The song is generally based on John 14:6 where Jesus says He is the way, THE TRUTH and the life and that no one makes it to the Father except through Him. Basically, what Jesus says here is, He is the Messiah. So this song proves Jesus is the Messiah by comparing the prophesies in the Old Testament about the Messiah and how they are fulfilled through Christ in the New Testament.

LYRICS

Intro
Gregory!! It's another UrbanLight Classic

Verse 1
So when You said, You are the way, the life, the truth/it ain’t no lie, it is, the naked truth/Though I see a lot’a cats just tryna dispute/and I feel like hitting the roof/Nuh nuh! I’ma proclaim it up in this booth/You’re the fulfillment of the prophesies/even the Pharisees keep doubting this/You’re the ruler of the ancient ages/Right outta Bethlehem just like Micah said it/In 5:/Matthew 2 never negated/That’s just one of the many, second, You were born of the virgin Mary/Isaiah 7 actually said it/What more they looking for? It’s all evident, You’re the image of the invisible God/Am on Colossians 1:15 to 24/I flipped modes and bust rhymes for You Lord 

Hook
All You ever said before no matter what it was/It was the truth (ever lovin' truth)/Every time You spoke a word the voice of God was Being heard/I know it was truth/It was the truth it was nothing but the truth/Only truth comes from You/It was the truth it was nothing but the truth /And it's all You can do 
 
Verse 2
When I read 2 Corinthians 5:10, Lord I did fret/Took a look at my life and all I saw was real death/My heart like Kevin, short of Your glory, up in heaven/Philippians 2:5 down to eleven/My knees hit the ground low/My tongue confessed You are Lord/I confess my sins take ‘em away please/Like 28th verse of Hebrew  9/Let me join your joyous celebration Lord Jesus Christ/John 12:12 was never a lie Zachariah said it chapter 9 and verse 9/Never wanna be dat sidekick like on Psalm 41 and verse 1/Later they called him Judas/Build that faith in me, my friends and all around us/please renew us/Lord rebuild us
Hook




Verse 3
One thing this world hates/accepting You’re God/1 Timothy 2:5, fully God, fully man, one who mediates/The one who liberates, souls and breaks chains/The one who takes time, washes us clean, we’re left with no stains/By His stripes we’re healed/strife with no pain/We overcome with the words of our testimony/We’re more than sharks with fake tales/ Can’t hold us down, we speak through duct tapes/till this world wakes to the reality that you are God/keep the G capital/like the mall on Mombasa Road/We’ll speak with authority coz we're ambassadors/City hopping and knocking doors/Matthew 28, we say yes Lord/We move when You say so/And we not stopping till you say so


Hook*2

STREAM ON YOUTUBE AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ68cQGsPc

First Single off Rods & Cones LP

The Truth

This is an urban guide to worship with elaborate sermons on what worship is, why we worship and how we worship. It also has a sermon on where we go wrong in worship and banging Hiphop covers of some the popular worship songs. A complete downloadable version of the mixtape with a pdf booklet of the project will soon be available FREE at noisetrade.com and discussion board to for everyone to share their views on worship will also be up soon on Gregory XIII's upcoming official website. Keep it here for details.

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Nairobi's Gregory Juma-Wandera aka Gregory XIII is a relatively new name in Kenya's Christian Rap circles, but he is a servant out on a mission.

Born in 1985 in Busia (Kenya) this highly lyrically-empowered emcee started doing music in Kampala (Uganda) in 2004 but emerged with the wake of the Kisumu-based hip-hop group, Tha Milli, in 2007/08. He absorbed the poetic and clever wordplays mastered by the group before he accepted Christ into his life in late 2010. He now employs those skills in a much improved way as he delivers The Holy Word to his audience. He works under his own indie label, Urban Muzik Gospel Recordings, in collaboration with the producers, Dan Kiunge Jr (Def Pound Africa Entertainment) and Tommy Owiti (LaFamClassic Beats).

The fifth born in a family of seven with a past in drug & alcohol abuse coupled with extreme teenage rebellion is now a changed man. Gregory XIII is now a loving husband to Ruth, a proud dad to little Kez Nasanta-Wandera and an active member of International Christian Centre (Kenya) which is a part of the Kenya Assemblies of God.

"I strive to use the gifts God gave me to give Him back the glory coz it is my role to and coz He deserves it", says the K Town-bred emcee who works as a creative designer at branding and signage firm in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

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