"Heavenly Divine" is a single by Hip Hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks is a hip hop duo with Vinnie Paz from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Jus Allah from Camden, New Jersey. The group was founded by two high school friends, rapper Vinnie Paz and former producer/DJ Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind...

, released in the summer of 1999 through the group's self-run label Superegular Recordings http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/267235. The track's violin and background vocals are both sampled from "Andante" by Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin

Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...

 and Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...

. The song marks the debut of Philadelphia rapper Jus Allah

Jus Allah

Jus Allah is a New Jersey rapper who made his official debut on Jedi Mind Tricks second album Violent by Design in 2000. He is known for his aggressive lyrics that are commonly Afro-centric...

, who temporarily joined Stoupe and Vinnie Paz

Vinnie Paz (rapper)

Vincenzo Luvineri, better known as Vinnie Paz , is a Italian-American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks...

 as JMT's third member. "Heavenly Divine" was the first single from the group's second album Violent by Design

Violent By Design

Violent by Design is the second album by underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. Despite never reaching any Billboard album chart, the album sold 50,000 copies in its first week on shelves. . The album was originally released on JMT's self-run Superegular Records on October 3, 2000. JMT's...

, followed by "Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan (song)

"Genghis Khan" is a single by Hip Hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. The original press, distributed through JMT's Superegular Recordings, was released as a promo in early 2000. The group's current label, Babygrande Records, re-released the single in 2003 with wider distribution. The track is named after...

" http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/808794 and "Retaliation

Retaliation (song)

"Retaliation" is a single by Hip Hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, the third released from their second album Violent by Design, following "Heavenly Divine" and "Genghis Khan". Released in 2001, the single was the group's last release on self-run Superegular Recordings . The following year, the group...

" http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/392078. The single's B-Side features the track "Trinity", featuring L-Fudge and Louis Logic

Louis Logic

Louis Logic is a New York City based underground hip-hop MC. He is a former member of the Demigodz, appearing on a number of tracks on their first album. He has also released albums as a solo artist, and as The Odd Couple with Jay Love. He has recently made his arrangement with longtime producer J.J...

, and the edited "Heavenly Divine (Remix)". Both were also featured on Violent by Design http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/240440.

Known as a "backpacker

Backpacker (term)

Backpacker is a term usually used for people who listen to underground hip-hop/rap.-History:"Backpacker" was originally a slang term from the 1980s for a graffiti artist who always wore a backpack containing his music collection and, more importantly, his spraypaint cans, markers, and spray tips...

 anthem

Anthem

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", "Heavenly Divine" has become recognized as JMT's trademark song. In the Violent by Design: Deluxe Edition album credits, Fat Tony states that the song is a "perfect blend of Jedi Mind's metaphysical, spiritual and street influences." The song marked group vocalist Ikon the Verbal Hologram's transformation into Vinnie Paz, debuting his new gruff, angry delivery and violent lyrics laced with Islam

Islam

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ic messages. Aside from the haunting production and aggressive deliveries, the song is also well-known for its offensive, unrelenting content, including lyrics such as "I'm with Allah

Allah

Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...

 'cause he chose me, broke into the Vatican

Vatican City

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, strangled the Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

with his rosary" http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/jedimind/violent/h_divine.jmt.txt.

A-Side

1. "Heavenly Divine" (Dirty Version)
2. "Heavenly Divine" (Clean Version)
3. "Heavenly Divine" (Instrumental)

B-Side

1. "Trinity" (Clean Version) (featuring L-Fudge and Louis Logic)
2. "Trinity" (Instrumental)
3. "Heavenly Divine (Remix)"

"Heavenly Divine"

• First verse: Vinnie Paz
• Second verse: Jus Allah
• Third verse: Vinnie Paz, Jus Allah
• Chorus: Vinnie Paz, Jus Allah
• Intro/Outro: Vinnie Paz

"Trinity"

• First verse: L-Fudge
• Second verse: Louis Logic
• Third verse: Vinnie Paz
• Chorus: Vinnie Paz, L-Fudge, Louis Logic