(upbeat trumpet music) >>Good day, everyone, and welcome to "DMV:The Beat."

I'm your host, Tracy Morgan, and today we're featuring, out of the DMV, the high energy music of Restine Jackson.

So sit back, relax, and welcome to "DMV:The Beat."

(audience cheering) (upbeat piano music) >>Now listen, there's no need for you to be upset.

You gotta learn how to let it go.

Said why?

♪ Why are you so upset ♪ ♪ Just because someone, they owe you $6 ♪ ♪ Is it that serious ♪ ♪ Walking 'round with a frown ♪ ♪ Why should you be down when you've got power ♪ >>Power.

♪ To make devils delirious ♪ ♪ Your gift, it is mysterious ♪ ♪ People are so curious ♪ ♪ Haters, they get furious ♪ ♪ Because they cannot bury us ♪ ♪ Don't you cuss, fight, or fuss ♪ ♪ Let God handle it because he's smarter ♪ >>Smarter, heh, heh, heh.

♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ >>Said let.

♪ Let, let, let it go ♪ ♪ You don't need it no more ♪ ♪ God's got more in store ♪ >>Y'all know this?

♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Said let it go ♪ ♪ Let, let, let it go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ You don't need it no more ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ God's got more in store ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ I said give Him your hurt ♪ ♪ Give Him your pain ♪ ♪ Release the stress that's on your brain ♪ ♪ Let it go, don't go insane ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Maybe you need a new pair of shoes ♪ ♪ Ooh, you even got a light bill due ♪ ♪ Oh snap, even got a gas bill too ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Woke up this morning feeling kind of sick ♪ ♪ Got to work, coworker acting like a prick ♪ ♪ About ready to knock him in the lip ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Anger, anxiety, fear, and depression ♪ ♪ Let it go is the name of the lesson ♪ ♪ Take it from me, said my name is Restine ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Said let it go ♪ ♪ Let, let, let it go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ You don't need it no more ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ God's got more in store ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Just let it go ♪ ♪ Let, let, let it go ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ You don't need it no more ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ God's got more in store ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Give Him your weariness ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ Come on, clap those hands.

(audience clapping) ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Now, listen.

I know you might've came in here feeling a little bit weighed down, but it's time for you to, what you say, ladies?

♪ Let it go ♪ >>Let me hear all my ladies.

I gotta hear y'all sing it nice and loud.

Let me hear you say.

♪ Let it go ♪ >>You ain't gotta worry.

He can handle it.

Come on, said hear me say.

♪ Let it go ♪ >>Where my men at?

Where my men?

♪ Yeah, give it over to Him ♪ >>Yeah, oh I like that.

♪ Said let it go ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ Yeah give it over to Him ♪ >>Now we got one more part.

Let me hear you say.

♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ Yeah, give it over to Him ♪ >>Altos, He can.

♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ >>Hey!

♪ Yeah, give it over to Him ♪ >>Hey!

♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ >>Yes, He can!

♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ Don't you worry about it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ Yes, He can yeah ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ To trust in the Lord ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ And don't you leave ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ I said you don't have to worry ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ I said He ♪ ♪ He can handle it ♪ ♪ He can ♪ ♪ Handle it ♪ ♪ Say yes He can ♪ ♪ He can ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Handle it ♪ ♪ Say He can ♪ ♪ He can ♪ ♪ Handle it ♪ ♪ Said He can ♪ ♪ He can ♪ ♪ Handle it ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ >>Let it go, y'all.

(all clapping) Come on.

Let's, let's clap your hands to the beat, y'all.

Let's clap your hands your hands to the beat.

(clapping) I see my main man Ziggy out there.

I see my main man Brian.

Is that my girl Kaitlin?

Can't forget about Miss Herickson.

My old friends from Excel.

Here we go.

♪ Let ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ >>Come on, somebody scream!

(audience cheering) >>Restine Jackson.

>>Yeah.

>>My friend down through the years.

>>I know that's right.

(both laughing) >>You started your musical journey at a very, very young age, at the age of four.

Tell us about that.

(Restine laughing) >>Well, my father and mother had me in, I guess, piano lessons, and as I got older I kind of took to liking piano and started watching other musicians and church, of course.

I'm a PK, grew up in the church.

We had a small ministry.

I was able to make mistakes and play for the services and basically on-job training, get better over the years.

So come to find out my mother's the one who actually paid for my lessons.

And so that kind of took me on a journey, my musical journey.

>>Were your parents musicians?

>>Not really.

My father loves to sing.

So, my father was a Kappa, and he was known as the singing man.

So, he even had a R&B group back in the day.

Originally we're all from Detroit, Michigan originally and so big Motown, and he thought that he was gonna be the next Temptations.

So that was really his dream back then, and so once he got saved, got into the ministry, that music was still in him.

And so he was very influential in my life as far as praise and worship, leading worship, flowing in the spirit, all of those types of things.

So he loved to sing.

His favorite group was The Winans.

So I remember he- >>Who didn't like The Winans?

>>Yeah.

You know, but- >>Everybody liked The Winans.

>>We were kind of torn because growing up in Detroit you have some people who were like heavy Commissioned fans, and then you had other people who were really heavy Winans.

My father's more on the Winans side.

And me growing up, that's all he would listen to.

So I know like all the words to like all, every one of their songs.

>>Restine Jackson "Command My Soul."

(audience cheering) ♪ I command my soul to bless the Lord, yeah ♪ ♪ I command my soul to bless Lord.

I command ♪ ♪ I command my soul to bless the Lord ♪ ♪ I command my soul to bless the Lord ♪ ♪ I command ♪ ♪ I command my soul to bless the Lord ♪ ♪ I command my soul ♪ ♪ I command my soul to bless the Lord ♪ ♪ That soul, soul ♪ ♪ Soul, soul, bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Tell your soul ♪ ♪ Soul, soul, bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Come on and tell your soul ♪ ♪ Soul, soul, bless the Lord ♪ >>Come on, Christians.

♪ Soul, soul, bless the Lord ♪ >>Feet, feet!

♪ Feet, feet ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Come on and move your feet ♪ ♪ Feet, feet, ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>Come on and move those feet.

♪ Feet, feet, ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>Come on and move those feet.

♪ Feet, feet ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Said hands, hands ♪ ♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>Let me see those hands.

♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Let me see those hands ♪ ♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Let me see those hands ♪ ♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>Hands, hands ♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ ♪ Wave them higher ♪ ♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>Come on, Keisha!

I can't see those hands!

♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>I see those fingers and those hands.

♪ Hands, hands ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ >>Let the band play!

Listen, man, we came to have a party.

Lyric, I'm not going to let you sit there.

Christian, I'm not going to let you sit there.

Hey, hey!

I said grab somebody by the hand.

♪ Grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ I said grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ Grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ I said grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ Grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ I said grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ Grab somebody by the hand ♪ ♪ Come on, let me see you dance now ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, and dance now ♪ ♪ Let me see you dance now ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, and dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him glory ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him honor ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him glory ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him honor ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Said I gotta dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Da-da-dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Said you gotta dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Da-da-da-dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Come on and dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Come on and dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Come on and dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Come on and dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him glory ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him honor ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give Him praise ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ Give God glory ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ I gotta dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ I gotta dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ I gotta dance ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ ♪ I gotta ♪ ♪ Dance now ♪ >>Y'all ready to praise Him?

I ain't forget about the Ziggy.

♪ Praise Him all night ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ Night ♪ ♪ Long ♪ ♪ We're gonna praise Him ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ Night ♪ ♪ Long ♪ ♪ Praise Him all night ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ Night ♪ ♪ Long ♪ ♪ All night ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ Night ♪ ♪ Long ♪ >>Hey, we're gonna praise Him.

♪ All night ♪ ♪ Come on and bless Him ♪ ♪ All day ♪ ♪ Come on and praise Him ♪ ♪ All night ♪ ♪ Come on and bless Him ♪ ♪ All day ♪ ♪ Come on and praise Him ♪ ♪ All night ♪ ♪ I gotta pray ♪ ♪ All day ♪ ♪ I gotta get it out ♪ ♪ All night ♪ ♪ I've gotta pray ♪ ♪ All day ♪ ♪ Come on, clap those hands ♪ (all clapping) >>Now, listen, I wanna hear you.

♪ Singing all night ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ Night ♪ ♪ Long ♪ >>All right, come on, give God some praise.

(audience cheering and clapping) >>So I know you grew up a preacher's kid, a PK as we call it.

>>Right, right, right.

>>So did you choose gospel music, or how did you stumble into gospel music?

>>Gospel kind of chose me.

So that's the way I would look at it.

Actually, growing up, I was not allowed to listen to secular music.

So- >>So, wait a minute, that is unbelievable.

I'm gonna tell you why.

>>Why?

>>Because anybody that follows you, we know you do everything from Michael Jackson to Prince, so you were listening at some point.

>>Yeah!

I was.

So, I had to sneak.

>>Okay.

>>So I snuck and would, you know, listen to stuff, especially hip hop.

So, I'm really a big hip hop person.

Listened to, growing up, NWA, Ice Cube, Brand Nubian.

I can go down the list.

Leaders of the New School, A Tribe Called Quest, just all the different hip hop people.

And so I had a whole drawer full of cassettes at that time.

And I would go to the record store, and that's back when they had a record store, and we'd buy the cassettes, and I would hide them either in my drawer or underneath my mattress.

And one day my dad, somehow, I don't even remember how, but he found 'em.

(Tracy laughing) And so I'll never forget.

He took them joints and took the whole bunch of my cassettes and stuff and put 'em on the gas stove and turned the stove up and burnt up, burnt up my cassettes, man.

I mean, I was hurt.

But yeah.

So, I did listen.

And actually in high school, I had a rap group in high school.

And we went on "Teen Summit" back on BET back when they had "Teen Summit," back in the day, and really thought we were gonna get signed and almost did get signed.

But once again, Bishop Jackson stepped right on in and he scared the people right on away.

Yeah, my senior year of high school I had people calling me from major labels and they wanted to sign me as a producer, produce tracks and stuff of that nature.

And my father was like, "You know, if you wanna help my son tell him to go to college."

And of course they backed away.

And next time I talked to the guy, that's what he told me, "Go to college," and all this.

And so that didn't work out but from that my father said that he would support me if I did gospel.

At the time I, you know, I didn't really want to do that, and so I kind of just stepped back from music altogether.

And it wasn't a until sitting down with the late Bishop Peebles.

And when I talked with him, my father took me to a meeting with him and he kept asking me like, "Why you haven't started music ministry?"

And I was giving him all these excuses, and he told me that everything that I needed was in my hand, that I had everything I needed.

I told him, "Oh, I don't know the best musicians.

I don't know the best singers.

I don't know this."

And he said, "You have everything you need.

God's already supplied that."

(audience cheering and clapping) (upbeat music) ♪ I worship you, Lord ♪ ♪ And I bless your holy name ♪ ♪ You are the only one who can take away the pain ♪ ♪ Knowing that it's you, no one can do ♪ ♪ Me like you do ♪ ♪ I know you come through ♪ ♪ I said that nobody can do me like Jesus ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like Jesus ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like, let me hear you say ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like Jesus ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ ♪ Oh no, no, nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like Jesus ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ >>Do like this.

♪ I worship you, Lord, and I bless your holy name ♪ ♪ You are the only one who takes away my shame ♪ ♪ Know that it's you ♪ ♪ Know that it's you ♪ ♪ No one can do ♪ ♪ Scooby-dooby like you do ♪ ♪ I know you come through ♪ ♪ I said that ♪ ♪ Nobody can do you like Jesus.

♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ ♪ Said that nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like Jesus ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ ♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like Jesus ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ >>How many know that nobody can do you like Jesus?

♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ >>This is my favorite part.

Hey!

♪ I said that nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody can love me ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody can do me like the Lord ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody can help me ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody can love me ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ In the midnight hour ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ When I got tears in my eyes ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ You wrap your arms around me ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ And you tell me that you care ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ I said nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ Why, why does my daddy show me so much favor ♪ ♪ Why, why does He love me this way ♪ ♪ I said why, why does my daddy show me so much favor ♪ ♪ Why, why does He love me this way ♪ ♪ And adore me this way ♪ ♪ And more each day ♪ Come on, give God some praise in this place.

(audience cheering) >>What are some of the biggest lessons you've learned on your journey so far?

>>Mm hm.

One of the biggest lessons.

Ah.

I think one of the biggest lessons that I've learned is to enjoy the moment and to kind of live and be in the moment.

I think too often, I can't speak for other artists, but for myself and especially with social media now, you have a tendency to look at other people and not appreciate where God has taken you and what God is doing in your life because you could be looking at what other people are doing and saying, "Oh, I wish that I was on that platform.

I wish that I had that opportunity."

And we miss the blessing that God is trying to work in us.

And so, for me, it's really been to understand that God has me right where He wants me to be at, and that I can relax in the journey knowing that He's already made a way, already provided everything that I need.

And so you'll even notice that in the writing that I've done, the songwriting, as far as the messages are much more just, "Relax, God's got this," you know.

We don't have to worry.

We don't have to fret.

We don't have to feel like the opportunity has passed us by because at the end of the day, God's got enough for all of us.

There's enough money for all of us.

There's enough opportunity for all of us.

There's enough business for all of us.

So we don't have to fight.

We don't have to pull each other down.

We don't have to get jealous.

We don't have to get angry.

All we have to do is relax and be patient and keep the connection between us and God open so that He can flow and bring us into the right places that we need to be.

>>Yeah, yeah.

We're hearing your heart tonight.

(Restine laughing) >>Yeah.

>>What are you most passionate about?

>>Ah!

Most passionate about seeing lives transformed.

>>Yeah.

>>So, you know, music is cool.

You know, I like music and I love music.

I shouldn't say I like music, but I love music.

But I'm really passionate about God's Word, seeing lives changed through God's Word, through worship, through Word, through witness, because we could preach it and not live it.

So it's about really embodying what we say we're about.

And one of the big things for me now is to really embody faith.

It's so easy to talk about faith, but it's another thing to live it.

>>Right.

>>And it's also easy to live faith when things are all going well, but faith is being able to trust God when we can't see the way, when we don't know what's going to happen.

That's when we can believe in those times, that's when God can really move.

We could easily quote, "Well, faith without works is dead."

And oftentimes, though, we do the work without really believing, and we think because we're working that we're believing.

And God is saying, "If you have the faith of a mustard seed," but it really has to do with our belief and understanding that if we can just start with that little bit of belief, that it begins to grow.

>>And here's Restine Jackson, "Ain't No Half Stepping."

You're watching "DMV:The Beat."

(audience applauding) (upbeat music) >>Come on, clap.

Listen, I told you He'll never leave you nor forsake you, so you can sit back, know that God got your back.

Ain't no half stepping with Him.

WHUT.

♪ I ain't worried 'bout a thing ♪ ♪ Of whom shall I be afraid, 'fraid, 'fraid ♪ >>My God.

♪ My God provides everything ♪ ♪ Always making a way, way, way ♪ ♪ I ain't worried 'bout a thing ♪ ♪ I ain't worried 'bout a thing ♪ ♪ Who can I be ♪ ♪ Of whom shall I be afraid, 'fraid, 'fraid ♪ ♪ My God provides everything ♪ ♪ My God provides everything ♪ ♪ Always making a way ♪ ♪ Always making a way, way, way ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ God will ♪ ♪ My God always makes a way ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin', no, no, no ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ My God hears me ♪ ♪ My God hears me when I pray ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ Cool in the shade, drinkin' lemonade ♪ ♪ My God always makes a way, hey ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin', no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ My God hears me when I pray ♪ >>Things always work out.

♪ Things always work out for me ♪ ♪ I have no reason to ♪ ♪ I have no reason to fear, fear, fear ♪ ♪ I'm not moved by what I see ♪ ♪ I'm not moved by what I see ♪ ♪ God is always near ♪ ♪ God is always near, near, near ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ God is ♪ ♪ My God always makes a way, hey ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin', no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ Cool in the shade, drinkin' lemonade ♪ ♪ My God hears me when I pray, hey ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ My God always makes a way, hey ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin', no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Ain't no half steppin' ♪ ♪ My God hears me when I pray, ♪ ♪ Said they always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a, ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ I said they always ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Yeah, always ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a, ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Always ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a, ♪ ♪ Clap your hands ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a, ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ He got to pick you up ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ You know you can't have ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Way ♪ ♪ Way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ You know you can take it ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ He's right there by your side ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ ♪ Always make a way ♪ >>Listen, we came to encourage you.

♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ >>It doesn't matter, I know you might be going through some tough times.

♪ Always make a, always make a ♪ >>But God will always make a.

♪ Way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ Way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ Way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way, a way, way ♪ ♪ A way, way ♪ >>For more information about "DMV: The Beat," log on to WHUT.org.

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