Christian artist Micah Tyler recently released his second album, New Today, but given the current outcry for racial equality in America, the singer decided to pen a new song to honestly share his feelings with his black brothers and sisters.
Like his Christian music peers, Tyler was supposed to be on tour this spring, and while he and his family are quarantining at home in Texas, the musician posted his new song on Instagram because he believes music is of vital importance right now for all to find refuge, comfort, and peace while so many in the nation are in pain.
“I have struggled for the words this past week. I’ve felt sad, angry, confused, sickened, but more than anything I’ve just felt helpless,” Tyler wrote on Instagram with the premiere of his new song “Honest.”
He shared that he used Blackout Tuesday to “reflect, pray, and pause.” The singer spent time asking “God for the eyes to see what is going on and how I can represent the Kingdom in the middle of so much hurt.”
After reading and researching to help educate himself on the plight of his black brothers and sisters in America, Tyler said he was led to the Bible.
“I came across this scripture: ‘So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body,’” he said, quoting Ephesians 4:25.
“It stopped me in my tracks. I was born and raised in the South and have seen the cruelty and the disgusting effects of racism firsthand. I’ve never used racial slurs, never hated someone because of their skin color, never tried to punish someone because of their race or tried treating someone different because of the side of the tracks they grew up on.
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