JAKARTA, POSKOTA.CO.ID- Penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat, Lil Nas X, baru saja merilis single sekaligus musik video lagu J CHRIST pada Jumat (12/1/2024).
Lil Nas X mengaku, lagu J CHRIST merupakan lagu favoritnya dan menjadi lagu utama di album terbarunya bertajuk Sophomore.
Lagu ini menuai kontroversi dari publik di seluruh dunia, karena memasukan unsur serta nilai agama dalam lirik dan video musiknya.
Ya, dalam video musik lagu J CHRIST memperlihatkan Lil Nas X yang menjadi Yesus dan Musa.
Video musik tersebut dimulai dengan banyaknya selebriti doppelgänger yang berjalan di tangga menuju surga.
Lagu J CHRIST sendiri ingin menceritakan kembalinya Lil Nas X ke industri musik, yang diibaratkan seperti peristiwa kebangkitan Yesus Kristus.
Lagu ini juga memiliki makna bahwa adanya perbandingan antara Lil Nax X dengan Yesus, khususnya mengenai kebangkitan yang dianggap sebagai bentuk dukungan kepada komunitas LGBT.
Nah, untuk lebih memahami makna yang terkandung dalam lagi J CHRIST milik Lil Nas X, berikut ini Poskota hadirkan liriknya.
Hey, look, look, look, but look
We going all the way up, man
We going past what we been like
Taking this shit back to the Westside
(Is he 'bout to give 'em something viral?)
Fine cash shit
Yeah, uh
Bust-down chain, that was thirty bands
Bust-down wrist, match my bust-down thirty-inch
Walk up in the club poppin' shit like it was Doublemint
Lookin' for a ten, we only settle when it's settlements
Uh, uh, uh, let 'em slide, yeah
Last year was a quiet year
Now I'm on Mariah
I'm finna take it higher, okay
Let 'em slide, yeah
Last year was a quiet year
T?ll 'em, "Come outside"
Baby, w? ain't tryna hide
You know what I'm on, I'm on a break
You know when I'm back, it's all for take
You know that I'm ready for everything
You know when I play, it's all for keeps, uh, uh
Is he up to somethin' only I know?
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the highnote?
Is he 'bout to give 'em somethin' viral?
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the high note?
Which way that we goin'? Hmm, this way
Took 'em to the telly and I told 'em it's a dizz-ate
Turn up, baby, we gon' have to check out at, like, six-A
Really, it's that eizz-ight, but your Uber on the wiz-ay
Back-back-back up out the gravesite
Bitch, I'm back like J Christ
I'm finna get the gays hyped
I'm finna take it yay-high
Back up out the gravesite
Bitch, I'm back like J Christ
I'm finna take it, uh, uh
I'm finna take it yay-high
You know what I'm on, I'm on a break
You know when I'm back, it's all for take
You know that I'm ready for everything
You know when I play, it's all for keeps, uh, uh
Is he up to somethin' only I know?
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the high note?
Is he 'bout to give 'em somethin' viral?
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the high note?
Is he up to somethin' only I know?
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the high note?
Is he 'bout to give 'em somethin' viral?
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the high note?
Oh-oh-oh, I'm in my prime
(Bitch, I'm back like J Christ)
Let's go-go-go, let's take 'em on a high
(Yeah, yeah)
Is he 'bout to hit 'em with the high note?
What? Yeah
Demikian lirik lagu J CHRIST milik Lil Nas X yang menuai kontroversi dari warganet di seluruh duina, karena memakai unsur serta nilai-nilai agama.