Fred Hammond

I don't think that that's going to be allowed, guys.

But we would eat lunch together and, you know, sing a few Fred Hammond tunes and yak it up.

So good times.

So, yeah, that's how I ended up in Yale.

Wondering why I'd driven so far, worked free on my day off in the middle of a ministry tour.

Then Fred Hammond's Your Steps Are Ordered came on.

Somewhere between the rain and those Mississippi trees, I started singing with Fred and started crying, not sad crying.

I'm talking about those tired tears of surrender and relief that come when your soul finally understands what your brain has been arguing with.

Who you listen to?

Fred Hammond.

Okay, Fred Hammond.

Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin.

I was just listening this past week...

Oh my God, you know what I...

in a, in a, in a Walmart warehouse where nobody knows who you are, [laughs] where you work a night shift.

And, um, yeah, me and you are gonna do laps, and, and, and, and you're gonna be picking orders for Walmart, listening to, listening to Is and listening to Fred Hammond and listening to Marvin Sapp say there's a king in you, and you're gonna be listening to Bishop Jakes, and you're gonna be doing all that stuff."

Wow.

But it was just a season of, like, utter wilderness, and-

Jakes, didn't he have that little s- the, the sex album?

Fred Hammond.

Fred Hammond.

Fred Hammond had that.

No, T.D. Jakes has a album.

He have one too?

It came out in '99.

How nasty does it get though?

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We had to give you a little extended edition today of Fred Hammond, Bless, because, man, that's what he does, man, that song.

It's like going to a rock concert.

But before we do that, let us go to the Lord in prayer.

But traditionally, I listen to gospel.

When I'm getting ready in the morning and I want to feel good about life, I go to a good trusty favorite of Fred Hammond, No Weapon Formed Against Me.

And I listen to it on repeat.

Like those are that's where I am right now in this season.

Some of the songs weren't my favorite, like Church on Sunday.

And, you know, but I did like Fred Hammond.

I liked, there's a lot of songs I like in this joint.

Again, what's the joint with Pusha T? That's, the joint with Pusha T is one of, man, I'm trying to tell you.

guy is who does it, but he is outrageously awesome.

Anyway, of course, that's Fred Hammond because he's my favorite and because you know Fred.

Anyway, I haven't stopped listening to it.

It's so great.