WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.555 --> 00:00:03.726 line:90% ♪ My brothers livin' under the bridge ♪ 2 00:00:03.726 --> 00:00:05.765 line:90% ♪ Under the bridge ♪ 3 00:00:05.765 --> 00:00:08.083 line:90% ♪ So my Savior's livin' under the bridge ♪ 4 00:00:08.083 --> 00:00:11.820 line:90% ♪ My Savior's livin' under the bridge ♪ 5 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:14.410 line:90% You know, I've always been into rap music. 6 00:00:14.410 --> 00:00:16.130 line:90% Even in junior high school, 7 00:00:16.130 --> 00:00:18.890 line:90% we used to battle in the lunch rooms. 8 00:00:18.890 --> 00:00:21.980 line:90% Hip hop for me is a tool, its a gift. 9 00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:25.670 line:90% I met a pastor when I was in college who saw my gift. 10 00:00:25.670 --> 00:00:27.297 line:90% He named it in me and he said, 11 00:00:27.297 --> 00:00:29.370 line:90% "God's gonna use you to do big things." 12 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:31.233 line:90% And I was like, okay (laughs), 13 00:00:31.233 --> 00:00:33.970 line:90% not knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up yet. 14 00:00:33.970 --> 00:00:35.993 line:90% I felt like he really spoke that into my life 15 00:00:35.993 --> 00:00:38.127 line:90% and I said, okay this is what we're doin'. 16 00:00:39.430 --> 00:00:42.800 line:90% I took all kinds of different classes at Gustavus, 17 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:44.300 line:90% African American history, 18 00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:48.250 line:90% I took Latin American literature, Asian American Literature, 19 00:00:48.250 --> 00:00:50.020 line:90% Native American studies. 20 00:00:50.020 --> 00:00:53.730 line:90% I wanted to learn as much as I could about the world 21 00:00:53.730 --> 00:00:55.393 line:90% so that I could impact the world. 22 00:00:56.700 --> 00:00:59.100 line:90% I was reading a sermon in Garrett Paul's 23 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:00.910 line:90% religion class at Gustavus. 24 00:01:00.910 --> 00:01:02.430 line:90% The sermon was called Loving Your Enemies, 25 00:01:02.430 --> 00:01:03.640 line:90% by Martin Luther King, Jr. 26 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.087 line:90% He said, "Agape is an overflowing love, 27 00:01:06.087 --> 00:01:08.187 line:90% "which seeks nothing in return. 28 00:01:08.187 --> 00:01:11.270 line:90% "It's the love of God operating in the human heart." 29 00:01:11.270 --> 00:01:13.930 line:90% And I was like, that's amazing, I wanna do that. 30 00:01:13.930 --> 00:01:15.803 line:90% So that's when I chose the name Agape. 31 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:21.770 line:90% So music for me is, oftentimes it's a pedagogical tool. 32 00:01:21.770 --> 00:01:26.196 line:90% I use music to convey a message to a group of people. 33 00:01:26.196 --> 00:01:30.300 line:90% Hip hop is a unique thing because it uses repetition, 34 00:01:30.300 --> 00:01:33.280 line:90% it uses movement, storytelling, rhythm. 35 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:36.030 line:90% And we all have a story, and we all have a heartbeat, 36 00:01:36.030 --> 00:01:37.380 line:90% so we all have rhythm. 37 00:01:37.380 --> 00:01:39.930 line:90% And so it's about telling our story. 38 00:01:39.930 --> 00:01:42.690 line:90% And they trace the history of hip hop all the way back to 39 00:01:42.690 --> 00:01:45.610 line:90% West Africa to the griots, the storytellers. 40 00:01:45.610 --> 00:01:47.450 line:90% So it's about telling the story of your people, 41 00:01:47.450 --> 00:01:48.983 line:90% telling your own story. 42 00:01:48.983 --> 00:01:51.880 line:90% I feel like I have a really good story to tell 43 00:01:51.880 --> 00:01:53.192 line:90% and that's why I use hip hop. 44 00:01:53.192 --> 00:01:55.930 line:90% (hip hop music) 45 00:01:55.930 --> 00:01:57.720 line:90% What counts to me, I would say, 46 00:01:57.720 --> 00:02:01.330 line:90% is connecting people that don't understand each other 47 00:02:01.330 --> 00:02:04.320 line:90% and connecting them to a God that knows them 48 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:05.663 line:90% and loves them very much. 49 00:02:08.140 --> 00:02:10.550 line:90% I'm Dave Scherer, also know as "Agape", 50 00:02:10.550 --> 00:02:12.510 line:90% and I am a Gustie. 51 00:02:12.510 --> 00:02:14.140 line:90% Gustavus Adolphus College, 52 00:02:14.140 --> 00:02:15.769 line:90% make your life count. 53 00:02:15.769 --> 00:02:18.436 line:90% (hip hop music)