Music

Rod Wave Therapy

Healing through hip-hop

GrayMatter
4 min readNov 1, 2020

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Every single one of us takes music for granted. A lot of people do not understand the importance of what music can offer other people. I want to take a brief minute to address Rod Wave’s music and the impact it has had on my life.

Value

I have been listening to Rod Wave’s Ghetto Gospel album on repeat for the past few days, and it has hit me in so many different ways. Of course, the first few times listening through the album, it is enjoyable to listen to just based on the music alone. However, as I continued to listen more in-depth to it, a lot of the lyrics began to take hold.

The reason he is so important is for quite a few different reasons. For me, one of the main reasons is that he openly explores his only emotions and experiences without holding back. He demonstrates this rawness and genuineness with no shame. He speaks of his experiences growing up, the highs and lows, the grit, the strength, the mistakes, his abandonment issues, his passion for love in his life, and what he enjoys doing in life in general.

His music allows men like me to understand that it’s ok to learn how to open up about all different areas of life. It helps me feel more comfortable understanding that it is ok to share my most important times, the lowest…

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GrayMatter

Therapist/Client | Social Justice | Activism | Mental Health | Self-Discovery | Poetry | Editor of Authentic Diamonds.