I Believe

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This is a song of hope.
Originally written as an acoustic ballad but somehow wound up as a hip-hop tune.

Sims Runles creating and performing the rap.
MariAnn Jayme sings on the choruses and outro

Stephen J. Hadley composed this piece, programmed midi instruments and also sings on the choruses.

Ray Kainz played electric guitar, bass guitar. drum programming and mixed this sucka.

Violin - a very beutiful person and wonder ful talent.

artwork: Ray Kainz

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Lyrics

chorus:
sometime i'd like to talk to god
to try and see his face
cuz i wonder if he sees his face in mine
and i hope that i am here to make this world a better place
cuz i believe that we are so much more
than just the human race
i believe it
i believe it
i believe we can be so much

Song Stats

Hits: 7556
Comments: 44
Fans: 25
Plays: 2976
Downloads: 307
Votes: 61
Uploaded: Apr 19, 2005 - 08:45:15 AM
Last Updated: Apr 19, 2005 - 08:41:15 AM Last Played: Feb 24, 2010 - 11:41:22 PM

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Comments

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	The Best of All Worlds Wo. Total power. Great mix of TOP NOTCH performances, cross genre music support, fantastic production concept and execution. Sleek and passionate, care-filled and thrilling. Goodness... goosebumps, tears in my eyes, speechless. One world. Beautiful. Check out my latest song called Seafood Gumbo w/ AngelaHope

thetiler	thetiler said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	Very nice tune :) Like the talking mixed with the terrific back up harmonizations. Great words I think. I like how the harmonizations are fit with the lead vocal. Very nice. Also the how the harmonizers get the lead too. Good going. Check out my latest song called Porsche

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	Tobin always seems to be able to find words, but... I am speechless. Thanks to everyone who is spot. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

	said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	This "Y I Luv MacJams". Top-notch professional in every way. Ray...seems everything you touch turns to audible gold. Gonna have to nickname you Midas. Thank you for sharing your tunes here at MacJams. This is fantastic.

12m	12m said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	I second all said... "light at the end of the tunnel"... All our tunnels get dark, aint that the truth... Oh my god... then the female vocals, the baby... wow... This is beatiful... hiphop needs more ppl like u.. wow...powerful...(standing ovation) Check out my latest song called Understand my culture

Syncopatient	Syncopatient said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	You've nailed it! Incredible mix of lyrical style, message, musicality and expression. A most excellent track....blown away. A most excellent work. Check out my latest song called Jazz Praise

fairy beth	fairy beth said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	wooow pretty damn good. Great words, great tallent. Check out my latest song called Message No.1 - David Gwynne

Stun Nutz

Stun Nutz said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)

very ambitious...
...and touching, too! I think the thing that gives this
good balance is the rapping and hip hop elements.
The only thing that bugged me a little on my second
(and closer) listen was the high feel-good
background strings and the fact that the singing in
the chorus was a little too sweet and multilayered.
There is enough strength in the message of this tune
that you don't need to over-sweeten it. Overall, very
good work, though!

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K.I.S.KISMET	K.I.S.KISMET said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	Inspiring what a display of sheer talent. Simple yet complicated..everything in the right place.This is a perfect example of why music is able to knock down barriers. ~K Check out my latest song called 2M3NT4L (danceinthedarkmix)

mcsweb	mcsweb said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	A genre I could never touch. Great nuance, and exceptional delivery of the promise in your write up. Great work! Check out my latest song called CraZy

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	cool work from you all. Sims, you have a great voice with good vocal delivery. and Mariann, you have a gorgeous voice.. Steve & Ray,, excellent backing track... stunning SlimGirlFat Check out my latest song called Memory ( MJRF2010) Feat Alimar+Peter Greenstone

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1791 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	Wow! This Great Great lyrics/rhymes. Superp production and performances. A very inspiring and moving song. Really great job. Love how the chorus plays with the other parts, such a great warm groove. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

MissChaos

MissChaos said 1790 days ago (April 19th, 2005)

outstanding
Truly, this is wonderful. I love the way the strings build
during the verses. There's a transparent quality to this
that is so professional--like each voice and instrument
has it's own place, yet reflect off each other to create a
sparkling symphony of sounds. I, too, was left awestruck.
Hats off to all of you. Thank you for sharing this song.

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Scorpjammer	Scorpjammer said 1790 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	Great Talent Great lyrics, great vocals all around and great mix and playing by the genius Ray K...with artwork, to boot. Bravo to all invloved! Check out my latest song called Christmas Time Is Here

White Hawks	White Hawks said 1790 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	This is beautiful. this is awsome. very cool. nice rapping. very cool rapping. thanks for sharing. 10s and 9s. - Hawks. Check out my latest song called Shepherds Out in the Field

	said 1790 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	We all... ...need this song...

	said 1790 days ago (April 19th, 2005)
	sounds good to me I will have to run this a few more times to understand and digest the full meaning of the song. At a gut level, it sure sounds good. I like succinct delivery in a song. You sure deliver the goods here. This is energized flesh and blood.

coolio

coolio said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)

Grammy?
Mainstream perfect strike. Hardly a 10 for uniqueness, but
hits the bull's eye from many angles and has such fine
performances and production it is the closest to a
Grammy winner I've heard, which, again, speaks to its
effective whitebread parts, albeit puzzled together with
care. Isn't it interesting the we can tell (or think we can)
the rapper is black, the soprano is white, but what skin
color is the baby?

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Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)
	This puts me in a nice place! Being a constructive force in the world ... progressive! Check out my latest song called Growler

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)
	Solid Great mix and great message! Thanks for posting this! Check out my latest song called Smoove

said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)

Can't fault the production
But I really dislike this.

Don't like the rap-style singing atall.

The sentiment is too obvious. Like a children's pop-up
book. You can get your poinjt across without being so
obvious.

The baby talk- ugh. The word nausueating coems to
mind.

Overall, off the scale on the smarmy-o-meter.

Sorry, I've given your songs 10s int he past, but I won't
score ya this time . . .

Monophobe

Monophobe said 1789 days ago (April 21st, 2005)

Can't fault the production
I somewhat agree here. This song screams out for subtlety. You basically
dedicated it to anyone who have ever died...ever. It's not that I hate religious
music or even religious rap - one of my favourite tunes is actually a christian
rapsong - but it should be done without overly preaching.

But top notch production (if anything it does complement the sentimentality).
Peace out!

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SpasmodicMan

SpasmodicMan said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)

Pushing off from Troy
As a human being, I wonder exactly what "We are so much more than the human race" means. I'd rather have most of us live UP TO the human race, potentially speaking. Even though this is a very well done rap, much better than most (less violence language, although violence is a key to the reason to ask why; less victimization, although there is still that heavy woe is me from the neighbor going on), my favorite line is "Forgive me for my sins." I think this is more about man/woman than God/human or black/white, though: Passionate man gets caught up in artistic expression, angst and chain-bending, stuff happens, and then the beautiful woman heals it all with her nurturing and childbearing. The kid deserves the grammy, what a refreshing sound: laughter. Rap is almost becoming an art form here. You guys have talent.

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Tom Atwood

Tom Atwood said 1789 days ago (April 21st, 2005)

Pushing off from SpasmodicMan
Very interesting and thoughtful interpretation by SpasmodicMan, but I don't
think this song can be reduced to just man/woman alone. The line "more
than the human race" is in the song. What does that mean? How about "more
than matter?" This song is about Spirit, and ultimately about love. God's love
in us. That is my take. Again, a wonderful song, even if, as Troy has pointed
out, it is over the top at times. There are worse things.

Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

mandolinquent

mandolinquent said 1788 days ago (April 22nd, 2005)

Pushing off from SpasmodicMan
I'm glad that all these points are made both for and against. Great lyric
delivery; excellent production; as vibe it's sort of up there with Tupac's "Dear
Mama" and other pieces of emo hip ho (hey! I've just created a new genre!).
But personally too I find the sentiment too all-embracing
to mean anything to me. It's not just that there's too much - it's just that it's
undefined. It's just a general sense of violent death. And despite my folksy
stuff I post here, I'm a major hip hop head. But the sheer quality of this work
means that anything else I see here by spot is a definite MJ must-listen.

Check out my latest song called Had We But World Enough

Monophobe	Monophobe said 1787 days ago (April 23rd, 2005)
	Pushing off from SpasmodicMan Emo hip hop! That's priceless! Check out my latest song called Can I Turn Now (MacJams Re-remix)

Mr. S	Mr. S said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)
	powerful.... enough said. S Check out my latest song called Super Athlete

Pie	Pie said 1790 days ago (April 20th, 2005)
	respect... ...is due. REPECT! Check out my latest song called Kaleidoscope (Single)

TennesseeVic	TennesseeVic said 1789 days ago (April 21st, 2005)
	Great production This really sounds fantastic. Professional. But, eh, I'm with some of the commenters on how you're overdoing an obvious point. Your intentions are sincere, true, but the execution is not exactly subtle. Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)

	Dig Duo said 1788 days ago (April 22nd, 2005)
	Incredible. This really is a rap, some others i have heard dont even compare...great job guys...! Check out my latest song called Funky Fresh

jesushairdo	jesushairdo said 1788 days ago (April 22nd, 2005)
	look at this loooong list of fans! fantastic! no wonder youve got this loooong list of fans! now im a believer! Check out my latest song called Passenger

Del	Del said 1787 days ago (April 23rd, 2005)
	Reggea shining through I had a hard time understaning all the rapped words. I know they must be cool, considering all the comments and fans, and wish I could. And its even still early in the day. My favorite part is the reggae. Without that section, it would not have shined. Check out my latest song called The Androgyne

breezer	breezer said 1786 days ago (April 23rd, 2005)
	Fantastic song. I really enjoyed. Keep it up! Check out my latest song called Found Me A Sasquatch (Night Club 2009)

	handovergold said 1786 days ago (April 24th, 2005)
	usually I resist this type of music, but this one was really well put together in every way--very tasteful, a little saccharine at times, but hey, you can't always be dark when you're serious--the heart is definitely in the right place and POSITIVE--which I will always make allowances for! BravO! I'd say this one is "Spot ON!" Check out my latest song called The Tomorrow one

twonicus	twonicus said 1786 days ago (April 24th, 2005)
	as good as Nas i wouls pay to listen to this again. awesome. Check out my latest song called Say It Loud (MJRF)

	said 1745 days ago (June 4th, 2005)
	Why haven't I heard this on the radio yet? =) Beautiful song, excellent production, very inspiring.

	said 1661 days ago (August 27th, 2005)
	Why haven't I heard this on the radio yet? =) I agree --- Mungo

gregorio	gregorio said 1673 days ago (August 14th, 2005)
	out .. standing .. on so many levels. I love the mix of genres and the positive message.

	UHU_Glue said 1547 days ago (December 19th, 2005)
	Geez One word: DAMN!

ElPeruano	ElPeruano said 1507 days ago (January 27th, 2006)
	amazing production quality I am humbled. . . which is not saying ALL that much considering I'm about as new as they come with regard to production, but yea. . for what its worth the sound was so clean and. . . luminous. I felt like carribean beaches and angels. Now im just babbling, but great job. Check out my latest song called Mischievous (beat by G Regs)

ElPeruano	ElPeruano said 1507 days ago (January 27th, 2006)
	PS since ive been making comparisons on almost every comment i've posted. . this one reminded me of Where's the Love except more meaningful. I dont really like that song, but i definately think I Believe is great. Check out my latest song called Mischievous (beat by G Regs)

craft	craft said 1201 days ago (November 30th, 2006)
	great I like this one better. This one is terrific... Love it.. Check out my latest song called Vision

gregd	gregd said 1198 days ago (December 3rd, 2006)
	The bass . . . hits harder on this track. It feels better. The rougher mix sounds better to me. Good track in either mix. -g Check out my latest song called 08nov08

	King-of-Kings said 1002 days ago (June 17th, 2007)
	love it fantastic lyrics http://www.macjams.com/song/30521 Check out my latest song called Never Be The Same

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Name: Steve Hadley & Ray Kainz

Spot is the result of Stephen Hadley writing a song, grabbing whoever's hanging around his office with a little extra time between classes, record them singing and/or playing, then taking the tracks over to Ray Kainz's studio, and getting all hopped... [see more]

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