Matisyahu Miller - This guy rocks big time

OK, I'm jumping on the bandwagon in a major way here, but I don't care. This is cool music and it actually has a positive message. I hope this guy is a success.

I heard Matisyahu interviewed one afternoon a couple of weeks ago on 99x, an "alternative" (it's mainstream) radio station in Atlanta. I was impressed by his maturity and the way he approached the interview and answered the questions. I hate to do it, but I'm actually going to have to give props to the local pop culture for introducing this guy's musical style to me (I don't get MTV, but I hear it's there too)...who would have thought...Hasidic Reggae.

Here are sample lyrics and a link to the live performance at Stubb's that is creating such a buzz. The link is to the Windows Media Player format.

From "King Without A Crown"
Strip away the layers and reveal your soul
Got to give yourself up and then you become whole
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low
You want G-d but you can't deflate your ego
If you're already there then there's nowhere to go
If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow
If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat
Ask Hashem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope
You're looking for help from G-d you say he couldn't be found
Looking up to the sky and searchin' beneath the ground
Like a King without his Crown
Yes, you keep fallin' down
You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown
Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground
Given up your pride and the you heard a sound
Out of night comes day and out of day comes light
Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray,
Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze


Image and video from Matisyahu's official website: http://www.hasidicreggae.com/