Stephen Wiley - "Bible Break" - The first Christian Rap song ever released!

[@bombbros7136]

I listen to this song as a child and it is The Reason I Know all of the books of the Bible. Bless him for encouraging me as a youngster to seek the LORD

[@sanya_red_bird]

This is how I learned all of the books of the Bible!

[@Brotherjayy1991-b1u]

Who remembers this song

[@WorkWorks85]

Yoooo this takes me way back

[@aar41093]

OMG!!!!! I haven't heard this in 30 years!!!!!! thank u so much for bringing back so many wonderful memories👍

[@pard3sh15]

"Praise the Lord for goodness sake! It's time to take a Bible break!" I'm an athiest and this song is the best

[@cuteandclassy9925]

Omg! This was my 1st christian rap tape! I preformed this track on children's day at church back in the day.Lol This was actually how I learned the books of the Bible. I'm 39 yrs old and I still remember all of the words! Now I'm actually a Christian rap artist spreading the Gospel through hip hop! Wow this is where it all started for me!

[@varkadegames]

I think this was every Christian kid’s first rap tape. 😂✌️

[@corianderson811]

This is the only Christian music I ever vibed with. Thank you Stephen for making it cool.

[@lozzapooli1912]

magnificent

[@candicehalison6065]

We would jam on Stephen Wiley!!!! I thank God for my upbringing!!!

[@ericMT]

Still holds up

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Yup. Absolutely

[@mdawntheillest]

Omg this takes me back!!!! I performed this at my schools talent show when I was super young. Love this!! ❤️❤️❤️ learned every book of the Bible from this tape. This and Rappin 4 Jesus!! 🔥🔥

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Yeah. I remember these songs also. He was the youth pastor at my church for a few years. That was a great time.

[@TdogSSC]

Back in 1990 my brother and I rapped this at a Block Party in Minneapolis, MN. The Anointing was on us with the speakers so loud. My brother and I were so stoked after that. You just Never know where God will you you.

[@mr.chriztian1406]

One of the best Christian rap songs I ever heard also one of the cheasyest but I still love because the way is it made and sung

[@kidologist]

Yo! I still have this cassette AND have it memorized and do it as a Children’s Pastor all the time 🎉

[@simonssays78]

My brothers and sisters rapped this while I was break dancing for my church! Brings back memories

[@akhirio547]

this is a certified hood classic

[@psalms4us]

this was the ONLY way I could learn the books of the bible! this was so hip back in the day, i felt like i had some soul to go with my spirit!! i learned EVERY word and got the shirt. I'm so happy to see this back on line! thx for sharing this!

[@IsraelMatthew-ys8dy]

Praise God for the simple - CLEAR - Word of God!❤❤❤❤

[@patsybehney3480]

My children learned the books of the Bible by singing them. Now my Grandkids are learning them the same way. Thank you!

[@mandatoryheat]

im 44 and i listened to this when i was like 13 and memorized it :) love this song

[@sxm76]

I'll be 44, and same here. I was about 8 or 9 when I first heard it.

[@abohall3416]

My daughter (9) is learning the books of the bible and I was like, heh, I know a song that can help! I even remembered the name of the artist. I'm 50 now and this song still helps me find where the books are to this day. TY for posting this, this song might just live in infamy. And yes, I also still have my cassette copy... along with all my Steve Taylor cassettes too... ;-)

[@varkadegames]

Listening to this in 2020. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@delealgladney2423]

We listened to this song every Sunday on the way to church. And here it is, 35 years later, I still have to recite this to know where a book is in the Old Testament!!!

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Lol. That's funny. I still hear this song in my head sometimes when I'm looking through my Bible.

[@Twizzledoc187]

I still know this song word for word. Played it on tape cassette at least 20 times per day when I was a teenager back in 1986.

[@Jaevan]

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER!!!!!!! I LOVED THIS, and even today when I'm looking for some of the smaller books I sing this in my head!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌄

[@missugarplum528]

Wowowowow!!! I'm 45 and I remember listening to this song in the car with my cousins when we would be at church in the summer ...I learned this song and this is how I learned the the books of the BIBLE!! GLORRY!! THANK YOU so much for posting this!!! ❤🎉🎉❤❤

[@jlynneia]

I love this guy~! We pulled so many kids in off the streets through his music. May God eternally bless Stephen!!!! I know He will!!!!!!!!!!

[@ToddAutry]

So glad to hear this.

[@alexanderthegreatxx1]

I still have this song memorized from like 30 years ago. 🖤🖤 Great memories! Thank you.

[@67LOCsiNYC]

This is how I learned all the books of the Bible as a kid, music is very special and powerful that's why we have to be careful what we listen to because those words stay with us, lucifer was in charge of music and when he was banished he was able to keep his God given gift/talent and that's why the secular music today is so demonic and we must be careful what we listen to,God bless you

[@kevinkemler1367]

I remember this!!! So great!

[@abrambardue]

My first as well, still have it memorized and this is still how I hear the books of the Bible in my head. So good to see this again!

[@taridean]

When I was in 5th grade, our class performed a cover version of this rap at our school's variety show in 1991. Boy did our voices sound so squeaky 😁

[@matt.rowell]

I literally just ran into him at a store here in Broken Arrow, and took a picture with him. Super nice guy!!

[@wendytriebernig3989]

I love this song sooo much!! I also listened to Steven Wiley everyday!!

[@spectralcodec]

Good stuff

[@ProverbNewsome]

Bible Break and Steven Wiley is why I got into Christian Hip-Hop! Thanks for posting this! I still own my cassette copy!

[@cuteandclassy9925]

Me too!

[@mhledm]

Me three! Jammed on it this morning, made me started dancing around my living room, been 30+ years since I heard it!

[@keefriffards]

Lots of fantastic memories of the youth lock in rapping to this!! God bless steve wiley!!

[@bboyclike]

OK...let me just say this, CLASSIC!!! im a bboy (breakdancer) and i must say this is definitely sumthin i can break to! im 25 and i was like 5 or 4 wen i first heard this song! i was born the same year this song came out! lol my bro and sis LOVED it as well and still do! crazy-clean track! ;-)

[@bobnewby616]

This is legendary👏🏻👏🏻

[@cwmims]

Wow...This brings back memories! This predates, Michael Peace, DC Talk, SFC, P.I.D, ETW, Freedom of Soul, Dynamic Twins, MC. RG, Dynamic Twins, AW Swift, D-Boy (RIP), Gospel Gangstas, T-Bone, The Crossmovement, and The Ambassador.

[@mr.pickle3580]

Christopher Mims JC in the boys Crew devastation

[@RAPierce]

Oh my gosh, this was my youth!!! I loved all of them!!🖤🎤

[@illgunz]

Yo I met Michael peace at a church camp back in the late 80s I remember all of them you just named off!

[@melvinhhcp3615]

@@illgunz Mike Peace was dope.

[@louisleone4221]

I was living in BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT. HE WENT TO RHEMA BIBLE COLLEGE. THEY HAD A ROLLER SKATING RINK WHERE HE PERFORMED A CONCERT THERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WAS BACK in 1985.

[@louisleone4221]

This is how I learned the books of the BIBLE ALSO!

[@JBTheWorshiper]

CHH’s first vessel for honor.... 2Timothy 2:21 “Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.” Stephen Wiley was just the first fruits to be gleaned from HipHop. This was the birth of a sub genre that is digging into the mainstream now and gains more and more momentum each year! #jbtheworshiper #holyhiphop #gospelrap #chh #hiphope God is GOOD!

[@Jay-sonm]

God bless everyone i love rap,im a song writer,compose,and have my lil recording studio and as i was making a videoclip for my song,the Pastor and I saw this man just looking at us and i kept watching him and wondering,as this man at the park starts to approach towards us,and he ask me are you doing a video for rap song ? I said,no but its Christian,we worship GodJesusChrist,and he was like oh wow,thats cool,he told us he wrote a song and sold it for like 500,back in the 80s, 500 bucks was good those days,and i can't remember his name nor the producers he sold it too,but he started rapping this song,he said he called it the bible break and i told him i was going to find it in KZbin,i cant believe i met the founder,the writer to this first Christian rap song,it was an honor,we kept talking about stuff,testimony and he left.As us,we were more blessed after that and kept shooting videos for my upcoming latin song.God bless you all.

[@addisondurant1104]

Had to come back for this

[@ojomupaul]

i listened to this rap as a teenager in Nigeria, memorised and sang it till date..just saw it again today after almost 30 years... great song....

[@jlfolds]

Haven’t heard this in forever! Loved this song! It’s also how I learned the books of the Bible!!!❤️❤️

[@marywalley4757]

Very good copy of this song. This is how we learned the books of the Bible as kids.

[@honiloveproductions]

This was how I learned all the books of the Bible when I was a kid. I still know the words to this song!

[@MrFinch-ni5mk]

My late father would play this LOUD on our long road trips back in the day. Thanks Pops.

[@jimmyjckjones]

Met this dude back in the 80s when he was touring with this album! Wore this tape out haha

[@bmcfonzie]

Thank you for this, apparently my cassette tape has not held up over the years. Tried playing it in the car (early 90s Camry), it was like listening underwater.

[@byrongonzalez8792]

33 now and still bumbin

[@richardbowman9432]

I listened to this song in high school.

[@BornAgain619]

This is how I learned the books of the Bible, and I have been singing it in my head for decades when I want to remember the order.

[@biblevideos1655]

This is my kind of jam

[@Mrivan504]

I haven’t heard this in 30 years. How in the world do I still know the words??? I had the tape back when it first came out. And he came to the hood and did a show at the park.

[@RIFICA777]

Christian rap done came a long way and Im glad it has lol. But I appreciate our roots as well.

[@tamarrahicks8122]

This brings back sooooooo many memories!

[@earlharmon9230]

I remember this song as a kid good memories. I could play this out loud in the house without headphones. I grew up in a Christian household!😂🤣

[@Harpiee2020]

Whoa! Takes me back, used to rock out to this song as a kid!

[@paulvoorhees333]

I had this tape in high school! Love it!!!

[@Odettesharesherheart]

My kids learned this song in their elementary school years & would sing it at family gatherings. I still teach it to my Sunday School kids. I now have 9 grandchildren who are blessed by this blessed song!

[@davidtaylorsr]

Thanks for posting this. I remember when my college roommate first got this. I searched for it years ago, must have been before 2011.

[@edearl8675309]

Thank you so much for posting this song! I have been looking for this song on the web for several months now with no luck. It brings back so many great childhood memories. I learned the books of the Bible to this song. SO COOL! ~Mark Lj

[@jzmt1987]

This Is Dope. 🔥😎

[@nchutchind]

Copyright 1985 Brentwood Records, Inc. Produced by Stephen Wiley Enterprises and Mike Barnes Productions. Lyrics by Stephen Wiley. Music by Mike Barnes. Instruments Used: - Yamaha QX-1 Digital Sequencer - Yamaha DX-7 Digital Synthesizer - Yamaha TX-816 FM Tone Generator - Oberheim DX Digital Drum Machine Recorded at Longbranch Studio, Tulsa, OK.

[@cogicmj]

Is there an album of this Brother? How could we find a copy of it?

[@Twizzledoc187]

Oh wow! Thanks for this info

[@arthurl.thompson4069]

I know this Man of God when he was with Kenneth E Hagin’schema Singers and Band in the early nineties.We had fellowship and Dinner for over a week in Ozark Alabama at GloryToHimFellowship. I missed him very much.A very anointed Minister. Our youth at Trinity Chapel in McDonough Ga..I love and enjoy his ministry I guess I will be making a trip to Muskogee Oklahoma soon

[@darengoudeau742]

I WENT TO LOVE CENTER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PASTOR WILEY WAS MY YOUTH PASTOR WE GOT TO SEE HIM START HIS RAP CAREER & HE WAS THE BEST YOUTH PASTOR I HAVE VERY GOOD MEMORIES OF THOSE TIMES

[@Yels167]

I give this a 10 out of 10 because I love Jesus.

[@lemurlover7975]

I like this song! :) Don't forget to take a Bible Break everybody during Covid19! For goodness sake!

[@livingproofoutreach3982]

This is a blessing he preaching

[@MrRandymens]

I used to rap this bible break in Ghana in 1990. Lyrics were given to me by German Youth with a mission in Ghana.

[@duckbanks2195]

Got that Rappers delight/double dutch vibe.

[@brendaberryman9976]

I remember going to Campmeeting in Tulsa ok. ANd we lived about 2 1/2 hours away by the tome my sister and I got Homs we learned this whole song. That was back in the 1980 abs it’s a great song.

[@kathywilson1933]

I remember this! This is how I learned to recite the books of the Bible!

[@timbunyon1]

one of my favorite and i believe the best gospel rapper out there, even to this day, i believe it!!!!!

[@mdavila1024ify]

My son sang this at a blood block party. ... I love it. Steve Wiley

[@retronostalgiafan8635]

Fun fact this song inspired DC Talks to make heavenbound

[@lorymcguire938]

Plan to do this for our kids's Sunday school with our young teen volunteers as the dancers. This is going to be so good! The kids are going to go crazy! And they are going to be learning the Books of the Bible!

[@odettedelrio5685]

That's great! I still have that cassette tape!

[@stezton]

This takes me back!

[@heatherjohnson-oe3jf]

I listened to this when I was 10.

[@victorcarr9803]

Wow! Here we are 30 years later! On of the reasons I knew the books of the Bible

[@the_trooper_72]

I remember hearing this back in the early ninties,. Loved it then and love it now!!!

[@Harpiee2020]

Literally how I learned the books of the Bible - this song.

[@bcp0047]

Wow I remember the whole Books of the Bible part lol. Memories

[@pipelinephil]

I still remeber this song and been looking for it forever just rapped the whole thig through in form t of my mom lol!!!

[@fredkingmusic]

I performed this live at the University of Cincinnati around 1987 with Sean Howard for a Campus Crusade group Choir concert called " Friends for Friends" 🤣

[@footmerc]

had all these tapes in south florida.

[@ronsjapan]

When I was in the Jr High youth group at my church, we'd perform this live whenever we had first time visitors. The other side of the tape had just the background track. I have been looking for this track for years.

[@johannstormenssonn6720]

I was a little kid. I used to love a mix tape with this song on it! Nostalgia.

[@lisakendricks7734]

I thought this was the greatest rap when I first heard it! This is why I know the books of the bible! ❤

[@freedomfrench]

LOVE IT!!!

[@CKdaGiftedOne206]

S/O to rapzilla for bringing me back to this

[@jesussavesnyc]

Love it! Wow.

[@edos9546]

Dear lord 🙏 been years

[@rawar777joshanderson]

Awesome! This was how I remembered the books of the Bible!! haha

[@rawar777joshanderson]

3:11

[@maribellevazquez]

Loved it from the first time I heard it.

[@tracyjstults]

LOVE!! Thank you!!