Planetboom – LEMME TELLYA

For those who are familiar with the Australian band Planetshakers (see intro to review on You Call Me Beautiful), they recently created a youth outreach band: Planetboom.  Planetboom have two singles out, both of which were released in 2018.  One of them is Jesus Over Everything.  The other is LEMME TELLYA.

Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/Planetboom-lemme-tellya-lyrics.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

It is a message for the Christians to go out into all the world and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:18-20).    It then proceeds to explain who Jesus is and what He has done:

Attributes

• Only way to the Father
• Soverign over creation
• King of kings and Lord of lords
• Unique
• Eternal
• Unchanging in nature
• Holy
• Highest nam

Actions

• Overcame death
• Closer than a brother
• Does not forsake us
• Provider

It is due to His nature and goodness that compels us Christians to worship at His feet, joining the angelic hosts in eternally praising Him, proclaiming all the great things He has done.

Side Note: Planetboom cleverly used repetition by mixing rephrasing, utilizing the style of King Solomon and the Apostle Paul, with word-for-word repeats.  I would not have noticed had I not completed my Biblical review!

Score: 10/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

All of it agrees with Scripture.

[Verse 1]

Line 1: Planetboom opens the song with evangelistic effort: they intend to tell their audience about who Jesus is (Acts 1:8).

Line 2: They also tell us that their purpose in life is to bring God praise (Exodus 15:2, Deuteronomy 10:21, 1 Kings 8:56, 1 Chronicles 16:28, Psalm 75:1, Psalm 150:1-6, Isaiah 63:7, Jeremiah 20:13, Daniel 2:20, Ephesians 1:6, and 1 Peter 4:11).

Line 3: Quotes John 14:6 and touches on the doctrine of the Trinity.

Line 4: That is, the grave did not defeat Him.  He rose from the dead (Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20, Acts 1:3, Acts 3:15, Acts 4:33, and 1 Corinthians 15:3-8).

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Line 1: There is power in the name of Jesus!

[Chorus]

Line 1: See commentary on Verse 1 line 1.

Line 2: Both are titles given to Jesus based on 1 Timothy 6:13-16, Revelation 17:14, and Revelation 19:11-16.

Line 3: The uniqueness of Christ comes in many forms, including:

1. Only begotten (Koine Greek word “monogenes” meaning “unique”) son of the Father (John 1:14-18, John 3:16-18, and 1 John 4:9).
2. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:26-38, and Matthew 1:18-25).
3. Left heaven to take on human flesh (hypostatic union and communicatio idiomatum; John 1:1, John 1:14, Galatians 4:4,  Philippians 2:5-8, 1 Timothy 3:16, and Hebrews 2:14-15).
4. New adam (Romans 5:12–21 and 1 Corinthians 15:22).
5. Beginning and end (Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 21:6, and Revelation 22:13).
6. Forgives sins on His authority (Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26, Luke 7:36-50, and John 8:11).
7. Died for sins (Isaiah 53:1-12, Matthew 20:28, Mark 10:45, John 1:29, John 3:16, John 19:30, Acts 4:12, Acts 20:28, Romans 5:6-10, Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 1:3-4, Galatians 3:13, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 2:14, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 9:22, Hebrews 9:26, 1 Peter 1:17-21, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 1:18-19, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:1-2, and Revelation 5:9).
8. Sets the captives free (Isaiah 61:1 and Luke 4:18).
9. No other name by which we can be saved (John 14:6 and Acts 4:12).
10. Establishes the new covenant between Himself and the church (Jeremiah 31:31, Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:19-20, and 1 Corinthians 11:23-26).
11. Is the church’s bridegroom (Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, Luke 5:34, John 3:29, and Ephesians 5:25-27).
12. Sits at the right hand of the Father (Matthew 22:44, Acts 2:33, Acts 7:55–56, Romans 8:34, Ephesians 1:20, Colossians 3:1, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 12:2, 1 Peter 3:22, and Revelation 3:21).
13. Will come again to judge the living and the dead (Matthew 24:43, Acts 1:11, 1 Corinthians 11:26, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4, 2 Peter 3:10, and Revelation 16:15).

Line 4: See Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 21:6, and Revelation 22:13 for Alpha and Omega and commentary on Verse 1, line 4 for His resurrection.

Lines 5 and 6: Planetboom does not want us to forget His name.

[Verse 2]

Line 1: Alludes to Proverbs 18:24 in reference to Jesus as our friend.  Christ does not forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6, Psalm 118:6 and Hebrews 13:5-6).

Line 2: References Genesis 2:15-16, Genesis 9:3, Genesis 22:8, Exodus 16:1-36, Psalm 18:2, Psalm 34:10, Psalm 81:10, Psalm 84:11, Psalm 107:9, Proverbs 10:3, Malachi 3:10, Matthew 6:25-30, Matthew 7:7-8, Matthew 21:22, John 14:13-14, John 14:26, John 15:1-10, John 15:16, Romans 8:32, Ephesians 3:20, Philippians 4:19, 2 Corinthians 9:8, and 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Line 3: References Numbers 23:19, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8, and James 1:17.

Line 4: Combining Revelation 1:8 and Revelation 4:8, we can discern that the “Holy, Holy, Holy” reference points to Jesus.

The “Name above all names” reference combines the idea put forth in Matthew 6:13 and intermixes it with Philippians 2:9 that, although slightly taken out of context, is still nonetheless biblically accurate.

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Line 1: This is a title that belongs to God, indicating His sovereignty over creation (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 10:14, Joshua 2:11, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalm 29:10, Psalm 45:6, Psalm 50:7-15, Psalm 93:1-2, Psalm 115:3, Psalm 135:6, Isaiah 43:13, Isaiah 45:9-10, Isaiah 46:10, Lamentations 5:19, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:19-21, Ephesians 1:11, Hebrews 1:8, James 4:15, Revelation 4:11, and Revelation 20:11).

[Bridge]

Line 1: The Bible does not tell us how many angels exist, though Jesus once stated that He could call upon more than twelve legions of angels (Matthew 26:53).  In the ancient Roman army,  a legion is 3,000 to 6,000 soldiers, quantifying this as more than 75,000 angels.  A more reasonable intepretation is that Planetboom is stating figuratively an humanly uncountable sum of angelic beings.

Line 2: We will eternally praise God (Nehemiah 9:5, Psalm 30:12, Psalm 52:9, Psalm 86:12, Psalm 89:1, Psalm 115:18, Psalm 145:1-2, Psalm 145:21, and Revelation 5:9-13).

Line 3: Effectively repeats Chorus, line 2.

Line 4: The first part alludes to Christ’s eternality (John 8:58, Colossians 1:13-17, and Hebrews 13:8), the second is about God’s sovereignty and lordship, discussed previously in Pre-chorus 2 and Chorus, line 2.

Line 5: See commentary on Verse 2, line 4.

Line 6: Though a likely later insertion, this portion of Matthew 6:13 is not contrary to the spirit of the Lord’s prayer.

Line 7: Repeats Chorus, line 3.

Lines 8 and 9: We should all tell people about Jesus.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

As the recipients of the Gospel message Planetboom compels us Christ followers to preach to the lost.  Unbelievers should easily understand this benediction of Jesus, regardless of the many christianese terminology intermixed with common language.  As a bonus, they will also receive the Gospel message upon listening!

Score: 10/10

4. What does this song glorify?

God.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

Planetboom’s LEMME TELLYA is a great song.  Filled with Christ’s many Biblically-sound properties and behavior, it preaches the Gospel and implores Christians to pass it onto others, glorifying God.  This will not escape the notice of non-Christ followers who listen.

This is not a worship song per se, so it’s hard to recommend it under that vein.  It would be highly useful in concerts outside Sunday morning services and youth events, or perhaps as a “special” song (as my building of worship often does) between worship and the message.

I would love to hear this one at America’s Got Talent.  In this, I would rejoice (Philippians 1:18).

Final Score: 10/10

Artist Info

Track: LEMME TELLYA (listen to the song)

Artist: Planetboom

Album: N/A

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap

Release Year: 2018

Duration: 3:26

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Updates:

10/26/2021 – Per Artist Theology announcement, I expanded the red text to encourage others to study Planetboom’s theology.

03/25/2021 – Updated per repetition announcement.  I moved my commentary to a side note.