The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations. They won Grammy Awards in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, and 2003 and have collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Don Henley, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller and Gordon Goodwin.
In 1980, Claude McKnight formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estate Quartet, at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, a Seventh-Day Adventist College, where he was a freshman. He auditioned fellow students for the hobby group. The Gentlemen were rehearsing in a campus bathroom (later said to be in Peterson Hall), getting ready for a performance, when Mark Kibble walked by and heard them singing. He joined the harmonizing, adding a fifth part, and ended up singing with them onstage that very night.[1] Mark later invited Mervyn Warren to join the group. The group performed under the moniker "Alliance".
The group performed in local churches and on campus over the next years, with members changing due to college's inevitable comings and goings. In 1985, the lower half of the group (bass, baritone, and second tenor) left upon graduating. At that time, Alvin Chea, Cedric Dent, and David Thomas joined.
The group was signed to Warner Brothers in 1987, and quickly changed its name to "Take 6" after a name search revealed that "Alliance" was already being used. Their eponymous debut album, released in 1988, won them two Grammy Awards and resulted in top ten appearances on both the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian Charts. Take 6's swinging, harmony-rich gospel sound attracted a flurry of attention, and the group went on to record or appear with a number of luminaries, including Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder.
In 1991, after the release of their second album, So Much 2 Say, Mervyn Warren left the group to pursue a career as a producer. Joey Kibble, Mark's younger brother, was invited to round out the vocal lineup. The group added instrumentation to their purely a cappella sound beginning with the record He Is Christmas; Join The Band and Brothers continued their streak of success, and Take 6 amassed a total of seven Grammys and eight Dove awards, as well as topping the Downbeat Magazine's Reader's and Critic's poll for seven years' consecutively.
Take 6's 1998 release, So Cool, brought the group back to its a cappella origins.
In 2006 the group launched Take 6 Records and the 2006 release Feels Good was released on that label.
The group currently lists Nashville, Tennessee as its home.[2] All members grew up Seventh-Day Adventist.[
Come On
Take 6 Lyrics
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And I will give you rest
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me
For I am meek and lowly of heart
And ye shall find rest unto your souls
Rest unto your souls,
Rest unto your souls,
For my burden is light
Repeat
It's easy
For my burden is light
Take 6's song "Come Unto Me" is a gospel music selection built around the invitation of Jesus Christ to all those who labor, inviting them to come to Him and find rest. Jesus refers to Himself as the giver of rest and assures all those who accept his yoke that they would find rest unto their souls. The lyrics of the song can be found in Matthew 11:28-30.
The opening line of the song comes from Jesus' words in Matthew 11:28, where he invited all those who were weary to come to Him for rest. The subsequent lines from the song draw inspiration from Matthew 11:29, where Jesus describes Himself as meek and lowly in heart, and then invites all who hear to learn from Him. The invitation to take His yoke and learn from Him is heard in the third line. A yoke is traditionally seen as a heavy burden, so Christ's invitation to take His yoke may seem paradoxical at first, but He describes His yoke as being easy, and His burden as being light.
The call to rest is repeated three times in the song, each time emphasizing that it is easy to find rest in Christ. The song's arrangers use harmonies and chord progressions to illustrate the peace that comes from accepting Christ's invitation. The lyric "It's easy" is meant to evoke feelings of comfort and relief, and the repetition of the line is meant to reinforce Jesus' promise of rest.
Line by Line Meaning
Come unto me, all ye that labor
Hey you, who's tired from all the work you've been doing. Come to me.
And I will give you rest
I promise to give you peace and relaxation once you come to me.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me
Let me show you my ways and teach you how to live a more fulfilling life.
For I am meek and lowly of heart
I am humble and kind, and I care about you and your well-being.
And ye shall find rest unto your souls
If you come to me, you'll find peace and tranquility within your soul.
Rest unto your souls,
Rest unto your souls,
It's easy
You'll find rest in your soul, and it's so easy to achieve.
For my burden is light
I won't give you more than you can handle. My teachings and guidance are easy to carry.
It's easy
For my burden is light
My ways are easy to follow and won't weigh you down.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: OMERROR C. III DAWSON
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