Trip Lee - Built To Brag Pt. 1 lyrics

Nobody likes name droppers you know who I’m
Talking about those people who want
You to know that they know people
That you probably want to know
When I think "namedropper
" there’s one guy that immediately
Comes to mind i’ve
Only met him a handful of times
But every time we’ve talked
Half of our conversation is taken
Up with blatant name drops

He knows a good number of "big time" people
And he has an absurd ability
To sneak those names
Into any conversation here’s an
Example i say, "Hey
Man, what time is it?" His reply: "Oh
It’s about noon reminds me of
That time I played putt
Putt with Michael Jackson at
Noon in Paris" Word?

Honestly, it’s not just name
Droppers that irk us
Though it’s people who brag in general
We get tired of hearing grown men brag
About their high school football days
(it’s time to move on
Sir) we grow weary of our privileged friends
That find some way to tweet
About every exotic place they visit and
We don’t have much patience for
People who detail for us every
Expensive item they purchase
(unless they’re rappers
Of course) whether it’s covertly
Bragging about who
You know, or unashamedly pointing
Out all your accomplishments
Bragging just isn’t cool stop Bragging

Simply put, to brag is to "talk boastfully"
And all of us have
Been guilty of it at some point it always
Provokes an eye roll when others do it – so
Why do we still take part in it ourselves?

Bragging happens when you have something
(or do something) so amazing that you
Think everyone needs to know
About it and not only do they need to know
About it, they need to recognize how awesome
You are for having
(or doing) it if we’re honest with ourselves
We name drop and humble brag to
Our friends because we think
It makes us look good and
That’s exactly why it’s wrong

The problem isn’t that what you’re
Bragging about isn’t great
It might be the problem is that the
End goal isn’t so great anything you do for
The sake of personal glory is sin

Scripture speaks pretty strongly
About this kind of boastful talk one example
Is in 1 Corinthians 4: 7, in which Paul asks
"What do you
Have that you did not receive? And
If you did receive it, why
Do you boast as though you
Did not?" He’s basically saying
"Everything you have was given to
You so why would you
Brag when all you did was accept a gift?"
Each boastful word we utter is
A shot aimed directly
At our Maker every good thing comes from Him
Which means none of us can take the
Credit for it all the glory
In the Universe belongs to God
But we’re constantly trying to keep
Some for ourselves in the academic world
Taking credit for someone else’s work
Is called plagiarism in the real world
It’s called bragging

Start Bragging
Well that settles it then, right? Never
Ever brag!

I don’t think it’s quite that simple not only
Do I think you should brag sometimes
I think it’s what you were created
To do let me explain

Remember, the root of bragging is
Thinking something you have is
So amazing that everyone needs to
Know about it those
Of us who’ve been redeemed by
Jesus do have something to
Brag about – God Himself if we know God
We should be so blown away by Him that we
Feel compelled to proclaim His
Excellencies to others
He’s too great to keep to
Ourselves jeremiah 9: 23-24 sums it up well

This is what the Lord says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
Or the strong man boast of his strength
Or the rich man boast of his riches
But let him who boasts boast about this:
That he understands and knows me
That I am the Lord, who exercises kindness
Justice and righteousness on earth
For in these I delight, " declares the Lord

If you know God, I want you
To brag but when you do, don’t
Let it be in your wisdom, or
Your strength, or your riches instead
Brag about His boast
In the fact that you know the One
With perfect wisdom, all powerful strength
And never
Ending riches of grace instead of using your
Words to acquire your own fame
Use them to show off His

The Universe is like a display case
For God’s glory the Earth was
Created to show His power trees were
Formed to flaunt His beauty
Animals were crafted to point to His
Greatness and you? You were built
To brag on Him so if you do drop a name
Let it be His