My music was written as a testimony of my life. To show you that God can save anybody who comes to the Father through His son Jesus Christ. I spent years chasing the "meaningless" like girls and smoking weed. I was basically living for myself. In 2005, I was addicted to drugs, I smoked weed almost constantly, my grades were slipping in college, I was skipping most of my classes, I was lieing to my parents and stealing from them basically doing everything possible to ruin my life. I remember one day in November of 2005, just feeling depressed, looking at what I had been doing for the last 3 years with my life. My best friend and girlfriend had just left me, I had recently stopped doing drugs and I was having trouble eating. I was stressed out and lost. I lived with my parents so of course my mom noticed, she didn't know what to do so she suggested I go to the church by my house, Eastside Foursquare Church. At first I fought it, I wanted nothing to do with it, but I couldn't ignore the fact that I was desperate, and later that day I went and checked it out. I met with the college Pastor DJ Vick. We had a lot in common, mainly our passion for basketball. But he shared with me his testimony, he counciled me, mentored me, talked to me and told me about Jesus. Over the next few weeks I started to read the bible and attended the college nights at the church. At first, I didn't give up smoking weed completely, but every time I smoked I would feel convicted and guilty. I also started coaching basketball around the same time for my high school's youth select program and that too convicted me, cause I thought to myself "how can I be doing these things and pretend to be an example for the kids". I struggled with it for a little while but I couldn't do it any longer. That month or so was a process. As I became a part of the church I became more sensative to my faults and sin and became more aware of the change I needed to commit to. That Decemember of 2005, I gave my life to Jesus Christ and asked for the Holy Spirit to live inside me and deliver me from my sin. I was baptized on New Years Eve and started a new life as a born again Christian. But living as a Christian wasn't simple, in fact it is very much the opposite. Everything from the past didn't go away, my urges to smoke weed, hang with the same people, or even doing the little things like swearing and listening to underground hip hop were still very much a part of my life. But over time as I attended church, read the bible, and my personal relationship with God grew, I became better at controlling myself. Two of the most crucial steps I ever made, was throwing my away all of the rap CD's I owned (over 400 mainstream and underground) and erasing all of the phone numbers on my phone of anybody that could influence me in the wrong direction. Even if they were my close friends. I had to eliminate anything that prevented me from succeeding. Jesus died for my sins and gave His life for me so I can live and once I fully embraced that and understood what it really meant, my life became what it is today. Over the last few years, I have progressed in my faith, I learned how to depend on God for all of my needs. I still attend Eastside Foursquare Church. I've coached basketball for the last 7 years and it has allowed me to reach out to others in my community. He's worked through me using what I went through, my pain, my mistakes, He uses them everyday for His purpose. God has blessed me to the point where I can't do anything else but serve Him and live for Him. He has given me everything I have, my wife and kids, my family, this great life that I almost threw down the drain; and it was only possible when I learned to surrender and submit to God. That is why I decided to share my testimony and His truths through music. It's a way for me to worship and glorify God; to boast about what He did in my life and what He can do in the lives of those who listen to His plan. I grew up on Hip Hop, as a part of the Hip Hop culture. So He's using my background for His purpose, and I have to listen to that calling. His will is all I know and I want you to know His will too. I know He can do the same thing He did in my life, for you and your life. I hope that during whatever you are going through, good or bad, that my music will get you hyped up to live better or motivate you to be a better person. Or at the least, give you some music to bump instead of that mainstream hip hop. I'm not out here trying to save your soul. I'm not here to do that, only God can save you. I'm just here to play my part in God's plan by being an example through sharing the Gospel. I'm not perfect, I still face challenges and temptation everyday, but I'm telling you, everything in your life will be better if you commit your life to Christ. I'm not saying you won't have bad days or everything will be perfect, but if you can find a way to ask Him in your heart and believe in Him, the hard days are easier and your life will improve more then you could imagine. The key to happiness is being content, and you can only be content by having a personal relationship with God. He is enough! Thanks for taking the time to read my testimony. Please take a look at my page and listen to my tracks. I'm here if you want to connect with me or talk about anything you are going through. I'd love to hear your feedback, your testimony, or your music or you could just post a comment below my tracks. Whatever you feel like. If you want to contact me for any reason, email me at akburns11@gmail.com or call or text me anytime at 425-466-2487 Thanks for the support! Andrew