Quote Originally Posted by MrDank
yeah his band is great but he is just a gimmick sorry guys but he is.
he is exploiting his religion by dressing up and rapping.
he is no different to me than marilyn manson.
and he does talk against marijuana in his songs
"If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low"
well i get high and it doesnt keep me down, to me this is like him saying that all marijuana users are just fooling themselves and that we shouldnt smoke because it is no good.
i find that to be misleading information and i am against that.
I think the quote "If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low" is very valid. If you let drugs get the best of you in life you will stay low. He also never claims that what he is talking about is marijuana. I also think to say matisyahu is exploiting his religion is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Matisyahu used his religion to find meaning in his life. It gave him the passion to write his music. The popular music scene may use his "white jewish reggae" image as a gimick to sell records but his music comes from the heart.