As No Malice releases his solo debut album Hear Ye Him, it’s important to know that it’s a new day for the Clipse veteran. While his days as simply “Malice” were filled with bars about kilos and cooking coke, he always injected some mention to God in his words. An awakening changed his outlook, and God is his focus now. Hear Ye Him may be categorically religious, but it’s equally dope. We tallied up No Malice’s religious rhymes and have them for you to enjoy. Hear Ye Him, No Malice is back.

It’s of a Biblical proportion, what you are witnessing/Spiritual abortion, slaughter of innocents. – “Smoke & Mirrors”

No Malice’s opening bars on Hear Ye Him are proof that he’s here for one thing. And that’s to spread the word of God.

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Now I pray Father God you allow me to repent of it. – “Smoke & Mirrors”

While No Malice has expressed that he’s been saved, he’s still asking for forgiveness. This line right here is proof that’s he’s still repenting.

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Hell, even Esau had a Jacob/I ain’t trippin. – “Smoke & Mirrors”

For those not familiar with the Bible, Esau and Jacob were brothers. Just like No Malice and Pusha T. Well, kind of like them.

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Why such blasphemy and anger toward a God that you none hath seen?/Hmmm, leads me to believe that there’s a wee bit more to this Jesus thing. – “Smoke & Mirrors”

There’s more than a “wee” bit to this Jesus thing since there are several religions dedicated to him. No Malice is being sarcastic, guys.

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The line’s been drawn, and if you find it evil to serve the Lord, then choose this day whom you will serve. – “Smoke & Mirrors”

Be careful asking this question to the congregation, No Malice. The response might be, “I serve Candy Crush” or something.

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Only by his grace we escape judge and juror/One thing I’m sure of/Lord as my witness/Show me ten kingpins, I’ll show you ten snitches. – “Blasphemy”

Ten snitches? Cam’ron would be proud of this line.

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The Feds came knockin’ turned all my niggas Christians. – “Blasphemy”

Isn’t it always during the moments of complete fear that people start praying? If the Feds start knocking, you’d be praying too!

I know you see clearly, I'm coming for that spot/So, you need to fear me like I fear God. – “Hear Ye Him”

No Malice acknowledges that not everyone is God-fearing like him. So fear him in the meantime because he’s coming for the rap crown.

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The Gospel is foolish to those who are perishing/They nod and dose, minus the heroin/The truth's obvious, maybe too evident/But, clearly Malicious is something I should've never been. – “Hear Ye Him”

This line right here is a pun on No Malice’s former name. He used to go by “Malice” during his Clipse days, but he’s no longer “Malicious” as he puts it.

King me, as I bow to the King’s feet/Lord willing, we gonna come to the light/Now that’s a prophesy. – “Unforgettable”

No Malice is clearly down with the King. No Run-DMC.

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We all fall short of the glory that is God’s/But something about these rappers reek of a façade. – “Unforgettable”

Oop! No Malice is calling out the fakes. Shots fired? Perhaps.

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Late model cars, model broads everywhere/Careful where you tread, with every step the Devil’s near/Caution beware, for blinded is him who calls it a trap yet still enters in. – “Unforgettable”

There are probably a million and one people reading that line thinking, “What’s wrong with cars and models?” No Malice says it’s the Devil in disguise.

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God bless the child that got his own/I don’t look to mama, her baby grown. – “Bow Down No Mo”

No Malice is independent and doesn’t need his moms to help him out. Let’s not forget Clipse got him there though.

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He pardoned my wrongs, that’s what the father said/It’s like I had no soul, I was the walking dead. – “Bow Down No Mo”

No Malice says in his memoir that even during the highest moments as part of  Clipse, he felt the worst about himself. Check the book for more info.

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I was praising God, but living like the Devil/How could I meddle all them years I peddled crack/I did it the best, I dare not call the kettle black. – “Bow Down No Mo”

That was one of the great paradoxes Clipse presented. They’d always talk about God but then follow with some bars about cooking coke. Evidently No Malice got tired of that.

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Those were the days, I remember them well/At the Marriott layin up with Jezebel. – “Bow Down No Mo”

Jezebel died by being thrown out of a window. Hopefully No Malice let his girls use the door when they left.

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The price of hell has its benefits/I pray you not be ignorant/Clearly I am seeing with my all-seeing eye, no pyramid. – “Shame The Devil”

This feels like an Illuminati dis, considering the symbol of the Illuminati is the eye on top of the pyramid. Shots fired at the Illuminati, No Malice? You’re a brave man.

Led to the slaughter, precious is the blood. That stained the cross, there’s no greater love. – “Shame The Devil”

Clearly a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Christians believe when Jesus died it was him showing how much he loved them. No Malice agrees.

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I don't fear death, they tell me it come in threes/Be ye not deceived, we reap as we sow/Life, too, comes in threes: Father, Son, Holy Ghost. – “Shame The Devil”

It’s an old wives’ tale that news of death comes in threes. No Malice is relating that theory of death to the Holy Trinity saving his life.

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And I owe it to my Granny who instilled the fear of God/In the heavens looking at me, receiving this Grammy nod. – “Shame The Devil”

Isn’t your grandmother always trying to push some religion on you? In No Malice’s case he’s thanking her later like Drake.

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It is no coincidence that God choose to use my brethren/To show the magnitude of these ties I'm severing. – “Bury That”

This sounds like a shot at Pusha T, but apparently it isn’t. Everything No Malice is against his brother represents. The irony.

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Now I'm Holy Ghost filled like I'm haunted. A warning, it's time to fall before Him on your knees/It seem like everything that's real is what you won't believe. – “Bury That”

Being “haunted” by the Holy Ghost doesn’t sound like the most appealing imagery does it? Speaking in tongues might come next though.

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Judas kisses, lying to the Mrs. Racing to hit the street, looking for my mistress/Now look at me, looking for forgiveness/And trying to put my thing where I ain't got no business. – “Bury That”

This could mean No Malice cheated on his wife in his heyday. Possibly with a lot of women. His words, not ours.

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I had to break apart to honor who is above us/But you should take heart in knowing I got you covered. – “Still Got Love”

This is a sweet little ode to Pusha T, where No Malice says he had to leave Clipse to follow God. It doesn’t mean he’s not there for his brother though. Awww.

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And all is well with Pharrell, Star Trak forever/Promotion from the Lord so it was all for the better. – “Still Got Love”

So it’s all peace with Skateboard P. That’s good to know. No Malice had a bigger boss to answer to anyway.

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The money never made us so how could the money break us/It’s only God who sayshe would never forsake us. – “Still Got Love”

Everyone wanted to speculate about what kept Clipse together and what tore them apart. No Malice assures that it definitely wasn’t the money.

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I was dead wrong. Jesus come to my defense/and have mercy upon my soul when I approach that bench. – “Still Got Love”

Various religions believe in a Judgment Day. No Malice hopes Jesus has his back on that fateful day.

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So sold out for the Lord, I’m now chosen/Some friends were like baby shoes, I’ve outgrown ‘em. – “Different”

It’s interesting how No Malice relates the theory of “selling out” to following God. Typically when people hear an artist has “found God,” they give the same eyerolling reaction as when they’ve gone Pop. So it makes sense.

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The things I call regrets are the things that made me my best/He made a message out of my mess, so now my heart is under arrest. – “No Time”

Sometimes the worst mistakes teach us the greatest lessons, and in this case No Malice’s changed his life. He thanks God for turning his regrets into self-betterment.

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He gave me a voice when I should’ve been an echo, echo, echo. – “No Time"

Self-explanatory. No Malice has a brand new voice thanks to God. In his eyes, his previous message didn’t mean much, but there are millions of Clipse fans who might beg to differ.

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