The song is performed by musician and producer Master KG and vocalist Nomcebo Zikode.Īpart from the song’s omnipresence on the sound systems of a cross-section of socio-economic neighbourhoods across South Africa, it has become a viral dance phenomenon, drawing in a diverse global audience. In fact, I recommend it.There’s something seemingly novel about a song from South Africa going viral to the extent that the 2019 house music song Jerusalema has done in 2020. (I Corinthians 5, NLT)īy the way…it is okay to let that passage get stuck in your head. The old life is gone a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. ![]() How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. ![]() So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. So when the earworms of deceit and destruction start in your mind you can shut them down by simply stating the truth. I am a saint who sometimes sins, not a sinner trying to become a saint. And my mission is to allow God to love me and mature me into what is already true about me. When I hear those old tapes start playing I simply think or say out loud this simple statement of fact.īecause of Christ I am a new person. Their book and principles have helped me to recognize and repel Satan’s earworms. I will defer again to my friends at TrueFaced. And if we don’t have a defense plan they will rob us of our peace, joy and relationships. He will plant those damaging earworms in your heart and mind. Satan is even meaner than me humming the Chicken Dance. “God is tired of your failures and He is tired of you.” “You are not smart enough…pretty enough…tough enough…whatever enough” “Why even try? You will just fail again.” Those old lyrics get played and the spiritual battle earworm takes hold. These are the portions of our life history that get stuck in our heads. There are other earworms that damage our relationships and even our walk with Jesus. But musical earworms are generally annoying and not really dangerous. There are lots of other songs that you absolutely hate to hear because you know the “earworm” will bury deep in your brain for the rest of the day. Someone will start humming the song and catch themselves and begin agitated grumbling. I have been known to quietly hum The Chicken Dance (na-na-na-na-na-na-na) in a crowded office space and then listen for the earworm to take root. I have to confess to an occasional really bad Christian moment. ![]() “It’s a Small World After All” (“It’s a small world after all…it’s a small world after all…it’s a small, small world…”)įrom the Disney earworm file I would add the Pirates of the Caribbean (“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me…”) ![]() The Lion Sleeps Tonight (“We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way – drum fill – We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way…A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh”) Note: That also makes your spell checker go crazy. Kit-Kat candy-bar jingle (“Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break …”) Who Let the Dogs Out (“Who let the dogs out…woof, woof, woof, woof…Who let the dogs out…woof, woof, woof, woof…”) A survey of several hundred students came up with a list of the most insidious earworms.Ĭhili’s “Baby Back Ribs” jingle (“I want my baby back, baby back, baby back…”) An earworm is a term for a portion of a song that becomes “stuck” in your head and you cannot get it out of your mind. It brought to mind an article I wrote earlier about earworms. If I were ever captured a more effective way to get me to break would be to cue up a couple of TV preachers on a continuous loop. “I Love, you love me, we’re a great big family…” I am not advocating torture (see, I’m not such a bad Christian) but I have to admit that it is pretty funny that one of the songs they allegedly used was a Barney the Purple Dinosaur song. There have been many allegations by former prisoners that they were blasted with excruciatingly loud music for months on end - a tactic that is banned under the UN Convention Against Torture but not yet from the US Army Field Manual. backed a formal demand yesterday to be told if their songs had been used to torture detainees in Guantánamo Bay and Iraq. A coalition of musicians including Pearl Jam and R.
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