CIA EXCLUSIVE | Dikky - TID > @Dikky_CIA @Ciaclique1

MUSIC: Dikky - TID (With Lyrics)

Onyedika Nwoji, with stage name DIKKY, is a Hip Hop Artist and Producer, and also a founding member of CIA Empire Entertainment in Nigeria. He is back with a brand new single, TID.

TID is an acronym for THIS IS DIKKY.

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On this Hip Hop song with a beat that would leave you involuntarily bumping your head to it, Dikky briefly talks about himself, more like a biography. He talks about growing up and how he started out his music career, and artists that inspired him. He also makes it clear what he stands for, his unashamed faith in Christ, and how he chooses to use his music which may not necessarily appeal to the average Christian. He chooses to express himself freely through music by keeping it real. So this is Dikky, meet the real him.

The song was written, produced, mixed and mastered by Dikky. Indeed, THIS IS DIKKY!

Twitter/IG: @Dikky_CIA, @Ciaclique1

The lyrics to TID is below:

VERSE 1: 

I'm that first son, first child out of 4 kids. 

Got a sister, and she's coming after me on the list. 

Nwoke Nise, that Awka boy repping Lasgidi. 

See me grinding with my homies as we riding through your city.

Ezigbo afam bu Onyedika Nwoji.

Devil wept, March 16 1990. 

Grew up never loving hip hop until I was 13. 

10 years later, omo see me doing big things!

Started with my first wack rhymes at 15.

Then I got better, wrote my first song, 17. 

I started making hot beats at 18, 

But Jesus come catch me inside that 18! 

Grew up loving Eminem, 50 Cent, 2Pac, 

DMX, Ludadris, T.I on my CD rack. 

Made me wanna hear myself through the speakers. 

Now my music stuck in your ears like stickers!

HOOK: 

Who be that guy? 

No be that bad sharp guy, wey dey rap die. 

Chai, guy. You think you know me? 

You no know me! 

Oya chill, come and get to know me

Now, this is Dikky, nwanne meet the real me, 

This is Dikky, nwanne meet the real me! 

This is Dikky, nwanne meet the real me. 

Nwanne meet the real me, this is Dikky!

VERSE 2: 

A lot of people think they know me, 

But a misconception is what they got about me. 

I hear a lot of stuff that they say about me.  

Let me clear the air so that you can get to know me.

First, I'm an UNASHAMED CHRISTIAN to the fullest. 

I'm repping CIA cause na Jesus be the surest. 

So all of una wey dey wait make I cool down, 

You go wait, grow methu, until Jesus come down.

And yes, I'm a Christian but not religious. 

So in my music, don't expect to always hear Jesus, 

Cause I got a lot of more stuff you can hear too. 

This is me, see through, so I keep it real dude.

I got a lot to address and express through my music. 

So don't get it twisted, this is how I use it. 

Just a little piece of who the kid is. 

32 can't give you all the details.

HOOK: 

Who be that guy? 

No be that bad sharp guy, wey dey rap die. 

Chai, guy. You think you know me? 

You no know me! 

Oya chill, come and get to know me

Now, this is Dikky, nwanne meet the real me, 

This is Dikky, nwanne meet the real me! 

This is Dikky, nwanne meet the real me. 

Nwanne meet the real me, this is Dikky!

POST | Stop Looking At Where You Came From!

STOP LOOKING AT WHERE YOU CAME FROM!

“...we were made in His image, stop looking at where you came from!” —Lecrae (Man Up Anthem).

God made man in His image and likeness, but He formed man out of the earth, from the ground, the dust, the dirt, the mess...you get the picture?

We've all been through some negativities in life; things that were unfavourable, painful, messy, and even life threatening. We've all at one point or the other been hit hard by life, knocking us down into hopeless situations, leaving us feeling helpless. It may all seem unfair and unnecessary, but not with God...He makes a purpose out of EVERYTHING we've been through.

“2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NLT) We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.”

“Romans 8:28 (NLT) And we know that God causes EVERYTHING to work together FOR THE GOOD of those who LOVE GOD and are called according to HIS PURPOSE for them.”

For every pain we go through in life, there is a purpose. But we may NEVER realize that purpose if we respond with the wrong attitude. One of which is having a victims mentality. That is a defeated mindset. If we keep focusing on the pain, we never get past the pain and allow God use it for our good, to make us better according to His purpose for us. The right attitude allows the pain to make us BETTER and not BITTER.

As I look at my own personal life, I've been through a whole lot, still going through a lot currently, and will still go through some more in the future. I've been through tough times, challenges, rejection, pain, hate, hurt, failures, trials, temptations, depression, loss, attacks, traducement, life threatening situations,...just name it. Looking back at my life now, I laugh at most of them because I see how they all played a part in making me become the person I am today. I can really laugh hard and make fun of it now, but then, trust me, it wasn't funny at all! I won't say more than that. But God uses bad stuff to make something good out of us, we just have to let go and let God!

“James 1:2-4 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.”

Like me, many of us have been though a lot and even more. I get it. Some have been through the hurt, pain, rejection, loss, depression, abuse, failures, addictions, messy situations, life threatening situations, broken homes, and every unimaginable negativity. It can be really tough dealing with the aftermath, but doing so WITHOUT GOD could drain you of life...literally. God indeed has a purpose for our pain, and it is to make us better and not bitter. But we have to ALLOW Him use the NEGATIVE to DEVELOP us more and more into His IMAGE...get the PICTURE?

I once watched Joyce Meyer talk about the sexual abuse she went through for years as a teenager in the hands of her father. She said sometimes when she thinks about all the messy situations she went through and the abuse, she thanks God for allowing her go through all that mess, because she's so sure if all that didn't happen to her, she wouldn't be the Joyce Meyer we all know today who has been a blessing to millions...including me. That's deep right? God comforts us in times of trouble and pain, and He expects us to comfort and help others going through the same situation we've been through. He didn't make us survivors to become victims. He made us SURVIVORS to become SAVIOURS!

“2 Corinthians 1:3-6 (NLT) All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer.”

All that we've been through wasn't designed to break us, but to STRENGTHEN us. But without allowing God work in us through all that mess, we end up with BROKEN LIVES. So STOP focusing on the past. KEEP MOVING FORWARD! God specializes in making something out of nothing. If He formed man out of the dirt into His own image, then He can use all the negative stuff we've been through in life to make us who He wants us to be according to His purpose for us. His plan for us remains of good and not of evil, to bring us to where He wants us to be, full of joy. Regardless of what we've been through or what we are going through right now, GOD IS STILL WITH US AND YES, HE IS STILL WORKING!

With God, we can ALWAYS find a purpose in our pain. He uses our pain to make something good out of us in order to be a blessing to people around us...ask Joseph. So end all that pity party and STOP LOOKING AT WHERE YOU CAME FROM!

—Dikky.

#FocusOnChrist

POST | Jesus Paid For His Sins Too!

JESUS PAID FOR HIS SINS TOO!

Jesus didn't only make a sacrifice for our sins, but also for His sins too! Shocking? I know! But just follow me closely so you don't misunderstand me.

A high priest is chosen by God to represent his people, offering their gifts to God and also SACRIFICES FOR THEIR SINS. He is gentle with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is weak. So he offers sacrifices not just for their sins, but his sins also (Hebrews 5:1-4, 7:27). Now we have an Eternal High Priest, Jesus Christ, who also understands our weaknesses, because He has faced all the temptations and sufferings we have faced in the flesh, yet He didn't sin, and He learnt obedience by the things He suffered. So God qualified Him to be a PERFECT High Priest to become the source of our Eternal Salvation (Hebrews  4:14-15, 5:8-9).

So how did Jesus sin in the first place to even pay for His sins? Good question. First payment was that He bought our sins and bore it on the cross. He played the role of High Priest and Lamb at the same time, by offering Himself as a sacrifice for our sins, thereby becoming sin itself after all our sins were transferred to His account. So He had to be charged for our sins which now became His sins. And that's why the Father forsook Him because God cannot behold iniquity! (Isaiah 53:10-12, Habakkuk 1:13, Matthew  27:46, Mark 15:34, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24)

Remember, the high priest also offers sacrifice for himself, so Jesus as the High Priest offered sacrifice for His sins too, and also being the Lamb, He laid His own life down. No one has the power to take His life. He is in charge of His life, and He has the power to lay it down and take it up again as He pleases. So Jesus as the Perfect High Priest, laid down His life for us and Himself as the Lamb to be the sin offering (John 10:17-18, John 1:29, 35-36, 1 Peter 1:18-21, Revelation 5:6-14). The wages of sin is death, so Jesus had to die because death is the penalty for sin, and without shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. So Jesus paid with His blood for our sins (and His) to obtain the free gift of God for us, which is Eternal Life (Romans 6:23, Hebrews 9:22).

Jesus paid for the sins of the world including His sins, that's why when He was raised from the dead, He became the firstborn unto Eternal Life! So He experienced Eternal Life first before us who now believe in Him (Romans 8:29-30). But the Ministry of Jesus didn't end at the cross, it still continues at the right hand of the Father (Romans 8:34). He is a High Priest FOREVER! He's always interceding on our behalf as our Advocate...our ONLY Advocate with the Father (1 Timothy 2:5, 1 John 2:1). And we know the Father ALWAYS hears the Son! (John 11:41-42). That is why the Sacrifice of Christ ONCE FOR ALL TIME for our sins (and His sins) was pleasing and acceptable to God (Hebrews 10:10). And all who come to God through FAITH in Christ shall be saved to the UTTERMOST (Hebrews 7:25). In Christ, we have forgiveness for ALL our sins! (Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, Hebrews 12:24). God isn't keeping record of our sins because the PERFECT SACRIFICE of Jesus Christ CONSTANTLY washes off our sins FOREVER because Jesus is our High Priest FOREVER pleading on our behalf FOREVER! (2 Corinthians 5:19, Hebrews 7:28, 1 John 2:1).

So in Christ, we have Eternal Salvation, and He has given us a New Life (2 Corinthians 5:17), the very life of God, which is Eternal Life that is at work in us, making us live righteously even as we are righteous by Grace through faith in Christ, not our works or effort (Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 2:11-12). Because of our faith in Christ, Grace has been made available to empower us, giving us EVERYTHING we need to exercise ourselves unto godliness (2 Peter 1:3-9). So no believer in Christ is going to hell. Jesus paid for His sins to be our Advocate, our High Priest FOREVER, and He also paid for our sins for us to have Eternal Life, so we'll be saved FOREVER. If Jesus can NEVER stop being our Advocate, then we who put our faith in Christ can NEVER lose our right standing with God. We can NEVER be condemned. We can NEVER lose our Salvation. God can NEVER stop loving us! He is more than able to keep us from falling away (Romans 8:1, 38-39, Jude 1:24).

The Father is always pleased with the Son, Jesus Christ. That's why no one can ever please God without believing in Christ by faith (Matthew 17:2-5, Luke 3:22, Hebrews 6:11, 2 Peter 1:17). No one who puts their faith in Christ shall be lost. This is because God is FOREVER pleased with the Believer in Christ, because He is FOREVER pleased with Christ!

—Dikky.

#FocusOnChrist

POST | Spirituality and Mental Reasoning

SPIRITUALITY AND MENTAL REASONING.

Often times you hear that you don't apply mental reasoning in spiritual matters. You just accept them the way they are and don't try to overanalyze it. This is true, and I believe this...to an extent.

Inasmuch as I believe human reasoning can't fully comprehend spiritual matters, I also believe that God didn't give us our minds without a purpose. You really can't separate the mind from spiritual matters. But often, people discard reasoning entirely to embrace a spiritual knowledge with little or no understanding of it.

Our minds have been given to us for evaluation. Our minds naturally analyze things, including spiritual matters...Yes, I said it. If it's not so, then why does God see the need for us to renew our minds?

“Romans 12:2 (NIV) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the RENEWING of your MIND. Then you will be able to TEST and APPROVE what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Our MINDS need to be RENEWED by God's Word so we can TEST and APPROVE. Some translations use "PROVE." ESV says “that by TESTING you may DISCERN...” This is done by actively engaging the MIND. A mind renewed by God's Word is a Spiritual Mind.

“Romans 8:5-6 (NIV)
5. Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their MINDS set on what the Spirit desires. 

6. The mind of sinful man is death, but the MIND controlled by the SPIRIT is LIFE and peace;” 

The Word of God is SPIRIT and LIFE! (John 6:63). That is why a mind renewed by God's Word is a SPIRITUAL mind, and being SPIRITUALLY MINDED is LIFE! The spiritual mind is capable of judging spiritual matters, because it will judge every spiritual knowledge with God's Word. Spiritual minds evaluate spiritual matters and non-spiritual matters (1 Corinthians 2:13,15).

It's not wrong to use our minds to analyze spiritual matters. In fact, a spiritual mind should intellectually approach spiritual matters. You can choose to call it SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE. That is why we don't just accept every "word of God" as Word of God. Spiritual intelligence demands that we test ALL spirits (1 John 4:1). To be spiritually intelligent means to be thorough in analyzing spiritual matters, especially from the Word of God with PROPER understanding, and proferring VALID scriptures to support a claim or counter a claim.

Our minds were not meant to be separated from spirituality, they are not mutually exclusive. For this reason, we are required to renew it with the Word of God, so that we can reflect the mind of Christ. To be spiritually minded can also mean to be spiritually intelligent. A mind that is spiritually intelligent cannot be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14). It analyzes every word (spirit) by the intelligence acquired by the Spirit of God's Word. Every believer in Christ should be spiritually intelligent. This is a core reason why we posses the mind of Christ. —Dikky. #FocusOnChrist 

CIA EXCLUSIVE | Dabz - Gold Dust E.P > @Dabz_CIA @CiAclique1

Dabz of CIA Empire Entertainment, proudly presents his debut E.P, GOLD DUST. In his characteristic way, he gives us nothing but the best of music. With the excellent work from his producers and his lyrical and vocal dexterity, expect nothing short of pure art. 

The E.P is available for purchase on spiricoco.com.

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CIA EXCLUSIVE | Dabz - Winner Man (ft. Propane) > @dabz_cia @propane_cia @ciaclique1

Off his soon-to-be-announced debut EP, Dabz gives us a foretaste of the glory to be revealed in his EP come 31st March.

Winner Man is a declaration of our total surrender to Christ and the reality of the victory that we have in Him. He featured Propane (@propane_cia) on this one. The song was produced by Dr.  Jay (@officialdrjay) and mixed and mastered by
Spane5 (@spane5mixline).

This is to all the Winners!

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POST | Na So e Easy? YES!!! Na So e EASY!!!

NA SO E EASY? YES!!! NA SO E EASY!!!

A few years ago, I once preached the gospel to someone on campus, a classmate actually. Guess what? He didn't agree to accept it, because it was "too good to be true." He was like;

“you mean say I no need do anything, just accept Christ and I done dey righteous for God eye? Guy forget that thing. Even Bible talk say person wey dey do good, make him dey do good... Dikky how far naa, if na so e easy, all man for done born again naa.” 

Kai! Smh. After hours of trying to convince a nigga, he still no gree. I just left him to the Holy Spirit because it turned into an argument, instead of an outreach.

Thinking about it now, I just realized how much a vast majority of the body of Christ have presented the gospel, making it seem so hard to accept that when you eventually show people how easy it is to accept the gospel and the love of God in their hearts, it sounds so strange to them, too good to be true, and they just feel you must be wrong because almost everyone isn't preaching what you are preaching. Some doubt, even after you've shown them these truths in scripture. This can get really frustrating because the "lawyers" and "judges" have really made our ministry very difficult for us who are trying to show people the love of Christ. They have so misrepresented God, and hammered wrong doctrines into our heads that unbelievers are scared to associate with God and the things of God, even going to church is hard for them because the thought alone fills them with guilt and condemnation, and they don't feel worthy enough to go to Church, into the "presence of God."

This is me apologizing to my unbelieving friends, on behalf of the body of Christ:

Sorry for making God look so far to reach, He is actually right there with you, longing for you to talk to Him.

Sorry for making God look like a tyrant, He actually loves you so much that He hurts because you haven't accepted His love which He has made FREELY available for EVERYBODY! Just accept His love and the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ for your sins, and you are good to go...a relationship with God commences.

Sorry for making God look like He only accepts "good people", which has actually made you stay away from God until you "get it right", or "fix your life" first...but it doesn't ever seem to be happening for you any time soon. God actually wants you to come to Him JUST THE WAY YOU ARE! You don't take a bath before you enter the bathroom to take a bath. That sounded silly right? Exactly how silly it is to think you should fix your life or get it right before you come to God. A broken gadget can't fix itself, the manufacturer does that. You are God's gadget (loved one for that matter) and He is your manufacturer. ONLY GOD can fix you, NOT YOU! Just accept Christ, believe in His Word and watch how He works in you to do good works, not your own good works, but Christ working these good works in you.

Now you see how EASY it is to accept Christ, my prayer for you is that you take this decision today and I promise you, you will NEVER regret it! Have a great life in Christ! I love you! —Dikky #FocusOnChrist

POST | Clever Distractions

CLEVER DISTRACTIONS

Clever distractions are simply what they are...clever distractions! They are clever because they are subtle, sly, cunning, smart, etc. The funny thing about clever distractions are they don't even look like distractions. In fact, most of them appear really good morally, and even spiritually. Yes! That's the danger.

One major clever distraction among believers is being BUSY! Busy doing God's work, ministry, missions, church work & meetings, etc. A few weeks ago, I was listening to a rap song by Andy Mineo titled "Death of Me", and every time I listen to it, these words from the song always hit me deep:

"Jesus retreated to speak with His Father, I know that I need it.
My career been growing, but tell me where I'm going if my time with God is depleted? (Nowhere)

God I'm sorry, I mean it. All I wanna do is walk with you...
But my priority is wrong, I talk about you more than I talk with you!"

Now that's deep! Ministry is good! Working for God is awesome! But WORKING for God comes secondary. WALKING with God is primary! That's the right priority. A lot of us are so bugged down with these clever distractions and are unaware that we are burning out spiritually. We are constantly giving out and not taking in. We spend very little or no time with God trying to do His work (without His wisdom and direction). Sometimes it doesn't work out as planned. Stop! Take care of your spiritual health FIRST!

I remember a friend of mine some years ago who was a leader in church. She told me something that struck me, though I didn't have much understanding then. She complained to me how church work was becoming a stress on her with the numerous meetings and all. Her concern was that she wasn't having time to spend with God and she felt like she was being drained spiritually while working for God. She decided to tell her leaders she can't continue (at least for the time being) just so she can get her spiritual strength back. She wanted to spend more time with God alone without these distractions...clever distractions. If you ask me, it was a very wise decision because it helped her.

Another instance, Nolly of CIA. We were talking a few years ago just when his music career began to boom. He said something that I still hold to heart. That season, he was getting invitations to perform at shows and to get featured on some tracks. He was like the popular demand (still is). Then one particular month, he said he was not gonna accept any invite to perform at any show or to get featured on any song by anyone for that whole month. He said that month was for his personal retreat  to recharge spiritually, spending major time with God studying the Word and praying. He felt like his "Oyel" well was drying up so he had to back out just to refill, so at least he can have some fresh spiritual content to put in songs. I don't need to say anything more, you know how Nolly has grown spiritually over the years, his songs reflect it. In other to refocus and be refreshed, we all need to take a break every once in a while, it's not a sin! Rest is spiritual!

The devil is after our faith as believers. He doesn't mind us doing God's work, ministry, missions, etc., as long as we don't get to spend quality time with God. In God's presence, our faith is built up, our spiritual man is renewed, we are anointed with fresh "OYEL" and power. The devil doesn't want this, so he keeps us very busy with these clever distractions. I won't forget to mention that some church doctrines are also clever distractions, especially most POPULAR DOCTRINES that are not always SOUND DOCTRINES. These doctrines don't magnify Christ and His finished works, but they magnify self, stuff, and other people. As a result, people end up playing church or religion because they have refused to build a real relationship with God by seeking truth for themselves, truth that is CHRIST. Most churches today are filled with many church workers, yet very few have a walk with God. We think we are engaged in some "spiritual" activity, but we lack spiritual sensitivity because we are not in tune with God's heartbeat. Our work for God never affects our walk with God, but our walk with God affects our work for God, because we work for God with the right attitude as a result of our walk with God.

My prayer is that we all are sensitive to these subtle, sly, cunning, smart, CLEVER DISTRACTIONS (relationships, career, business, dreams, ambitions, our past mistakes, present situations/circumstances, the future, friends, social media, naysayers, etc.) that keep us from enjoying God's best and experiencing the fullness of God. Our (good) desires can also be clever distractions. But the Kingdom comes first, and when we delight ourselves in God FIRST, He will grant us the (good) desires of our heart because all our needs are available in a rich relationship with God. However, seeking these needs and (good) desires of our heart independent of God becomes a distraction from God...clever distractions.

Again I will say, working for God is very important, going on missions, doing ministry and other stuff to promote the Kingdom is key, but let's be cautious not to lose sight of the major while focusing on the minor. Walking with God is major. This year, let's avoid every form of distractions and have a more intense #FocusOnChrist.