The lyrics to Jesus Walks by Kanye West provide an avenue for him to express his religious views. Through his lyrics he also compares his views to society’s perspective. When Kanye says that the “devil is trying to break him down” he is admitting that he has made mistakes, but Jesus walks with him (“Jesus walks with me”). His lyrics show that he believes Jesus is conscious of his past mistakes and poor decisions, but continues to stay with him and guide him towards the right path. Even though, they haven't spoke in awhile “I want to talk to God but cause I’m afraid we haven’t spoke in so long,” God will still be there when he stumbles, “Jesus walks with me”. Kanye mentions that you can turn on able to turn on the radio and listen to a song about ``guns, sex, lies, video tapes'', but there are no songs about religion (at least they are not played as often). He wants everyone to know that because they may not attend church every Sunday that Jesus is “walking'' with them as well.
In conjunction with the lyrics of the song, the beat plays a major aspect in grabbing the attention of the listener. The song is held together by the continuous undertone beat (bum bum) that is sung by a choir of people. Kanye’s lyrics are another aspect of the song that holds the main beat together along with sounds from other instruments such as the piano and trumpet.
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