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THE ORPHANS, LOVING GOD, MAYBE DIALOGUING WITH OTHER
PEOPLE, RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT SONG CAME FROM.
AND THEN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SONG ABOUT-MAN, I LOVE TO
WRITE ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW GOD
PLAYS A ROLE IN IT, HOW WE FIGHT.
HOW WE GET PRIDEFUL AND SELFISH, BUT THEN WE GO UP
IN THE WORD, AND THEN WE FEEL BAD, AND THEN WE GO
MAKE UP.
- AND THAT'S WAY LIKE ABOUT YOUR STUFF IS YOU WRITE
ABOUT A LOT LIKE I DO, REALITY.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE RELATE TO IS WHEN
THEY SEE, MAN, THIS GUY GOES THROUGH THE SAME THING
I GO THROUGH.
I CAN RELATE TO THAT.
HE'S STRUGGLING WITH MARRIAGE, IT'S NOT SAYING
YOUR MARRIAGE IS STRUGGLING, BUT I'M SAYING JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THINGS,
RELATIONAL ISSUES.
YOU MIGHT BE FEELING DOWN.
YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH A WHOLE THING.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN?
YOU'VE BEEN REAL SUCCESSFUL, AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT
I HAVE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HOW LONG
FIRST OF ALL?
- MAN, I GUESS WE SIGNED A DEAL IN ú89.
- OKAY, ú89.
THIS IS WHAT MARK STEWART SAYS, HOW HE DESCRIBES YOU.
EVERY TIME HE SAYS, "TOBYMAC IS LIKE A ROCK COCKROACH
THAT WILL NOT DIE.
YOU CAN TRY TO KILL HIM, BUT HE AIN'T DYING."
HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU SEE YOURSELF CONTINUING TO DO
CHRISTIAN MUSIC?
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH LONGER IS IT UNTIL THE
FLAME RUNS OUT.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THAT WAY.
HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU KNOW YOUR FUTURE, WHERE DO YOU
SEE IT GOING?
- YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN MAN.
I MEAN, I PROBABLY LIKE ME.
I KNOW YOU PRETTY WELL.
AND WE DON'T JUST LIKE CHART OUR OWN COURSE.
WE REALLY SIT BACK.
LIKE MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN THIS FROM D.C.
TALK TO TODAY.
I'VE SAT BACK AND LOOKED.
WHEN I STARTED D.C. TALK, I TOLD MY DAD, "DAD, GIVE ME A
YEAR AND-A-HALF, TWO YEARS IN THIS THING, I'LL BE BACK,"
TO DO REAL ESTATE WITH HIM IN D.C.
BUT I ALWAYS SIT BACK, AND WAIT, AND I WATCH.
I'M LIKE, GOD, WHAT DOOR ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN?
WHATEVER DOOR YOU OPEN, I'M WILLING TO STEP THROUGH.
AND HE JUST CONTINUES TO OPEN DOORS.
I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO DO A SOLO JOINT.
THE ONLY REASON I DID IT IS BECAUSE AT SUPERNATURAL, ALL
THE RAP GOT ZAPPED OUT OF IT.
SO BY THE END OF THAT, KEVIN AND MICHAEL WERE DOING SOLO
RECORDS, AND I'M LIKE, MAN, I MISS HIP HOP A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE MY VERSION OF HIP HOP, BUT I
NEEDED TO GET BACK IN THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
IT'S JUST GOD.
AND YOU KNOW IE DOORS, I'M G
TO KEEP STEPPING THROUGH THEM.
I THINK YOU KNOW ONE DAY IF I'M EMBARRASSING MYSELF,
TELL ME.
- PEOPLE LOVING YOU MAN.
THEY'RE READY TO KEEP HEARING MORE OF YOU, AND
YOUR CAREER JUST KEEPS GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER.
SO GUYS WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK TO TALK SOME MORE ABOUT
TOBYMAC'S CAREER, HIS LIFE, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON
SO STAY TUNED.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE ON REAL VIDEOS.
WELCOME BACK DID REAL VIDEOS.
I'M HANGING OUT HERE WITH MY MAN TOBYMAC.
WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME TALKING ABOUT HIS NEW RECORD
AND PORTABLE SOUNDS.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SONGS AND
WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS ON THIS, RECORD AND THE SONGS,
AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOU'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE
SAME PRODUCER.
HIS NAME IS CHRIS STEVENS.
TELL ME ANOTHER SONG THAT YOU DID WHICH YOU WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT WHICH WAS.
- WHICH WAS "LOSE MY SOUL".
"LOSE MY SOUL" IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I
HAD--YOU KNOW, I LOVE GUESTS LIKE YOU USUALLY GUEST ME.
KIRK FRANKLIN IS ON THE SONG AND SO IS MAN DISA FROM
AMERICAN IDOL.
- THAT'S THE THIRD TIME YOU HOOKED UP WITH KIRK
OR THE SECOND TIME?
- THE SECOND.
WELL, TWO ON HIS AND TWO ON MINE.
- SO FOUR TIMES?
- YEAH. KIRK AND
I SEE OURSELVES AS BRIDGING--SORT OF BRIDGING
BLACK GOSPEL AND C.C.M.
YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW ARTISTS, AND I'M NOT JUST
SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR SHOW, BUT YOU'RE ONE OF
THE FEW ARTISTS THAT YOU WALK IN BOTH WORLDS.
I'VE NEVER GOTTEN ANY LOVE FROM BLACK GOSPEL.
KIRK'S GOTTEN SOME LOVE FROM C.
THINK IT'S A SHAME.
SO WE'RE JUST ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE TO BRIDGE IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A SONG THAT'S SIMPLE.
ON THE BACK OF MY DAD'S--MY DAD WAS A REALTOR IN D.C.
ON THE BACK OF HIS CARD WHEN I WAS 9 OR 10, I REMEMBER HE
HAD ON THE BACK OF HIS CARD "WHAT DOES IS IT PROFIT A
MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE HIS SOUL?"
WHICH IS FROM MARK, THE BOOK OF MARK.
AND I JUST ALWAYS REMEMBERED
THAT. IT'S ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME, AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HE STILL HAD IT ON HIS CARD. ,
HE'S STILL GOT IT ON HIS CARD TODAY.
BUT IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE THOUGHT, BUT IT SORT OF SUMS
UP ALL OF US BEING SORT OF NOT OF THIS WORLD BUT IN
THIS WORLD TRYING TO SURVIVE.
WHAT DOES PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD?
SO THE CHORUS IS SIMPLE.
I DON'T WANT TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND
LOSE MY SOUL.
AND THEN MY VERSE IS JUST LIKE A PRAYER, JUST SAYING
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT.
SO NOW I CAN SLIP IN THAT C.D.
AND BE REMINDED OF THAT.
KIRK BRINGS A LITTLE MORE STREET TO IT AND TALKS
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE EVEN TALKS ABOUT AMERICAN IDOL
AND 22'S ON THE RANGE.
AND THEN MAN DISA BRINGS THE BRIDGE HOME.
- THAT GIRL CAN SING.
- BOY, SHE CAN RIP IT.
- NOW, IS KIRK RHYMING ON THERE?
WHAT'S HE DOING BECAUSE NEVER KNOW WHAT
KIRK'S GOING TO DO.
- HE SAID, "TELL ME WHAT I SEE--"
- YOU GOT HIM DOWN.
- HE RHYMES.
IT'S RHYMEY, BUT IT'S SORT OF TALK. IT'S HOT.
IT'S KIRK FRANKLIN, DEFINITELY KIRK FRANKLIN.
- TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WEB SITE WHAT
PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT THERE.
GIVE THEM THE WEB SITE AND WHAT DIFFERENT THINGS THEY
CAN SEE THERE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALWAYS GOT A WHOLE BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT STUFF GOING ON THERE AS WELL.
- OH, MAN, JUST COME.
DROP YOUR PICTURES FROM LIVE, WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO DO.
IT'S A VERY USER FRIENDLY WEB SITE.
WWW.TOBYMAC.COM, AND THEN MY SPACE IS TOBYMAC.
HEY TOBY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.
MAN, YOU KNOW WHAT MAN?
AS ALWAYS THERE'S A LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THE
SHOW, THIS GENERATION, SO MANY KIDS THAT ARE LOST OUT
THERE, GETTING INTO SO MANY THINGS, WHETHER IT'S DRUGS,
WHETHER IT'S FORNICATION, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW,
BEING MISGUIDED DOWN THE WRONG ROAD.
YOU HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT ON THIS GENERATION.
EVERY TIME I ALWAYS KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOME WORDS
OF WISDOM.
COULD YOU JUST LOOK TO THAT CAMERA AND JUST SPEAK TO
THIS GENERATION, THIS CAMERA OVER HERE, AND TELL THEM
WHATEVER GOD LAYS ON YOUR HEART.
- ABSOLUTELY.
FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW, ALL OF US GO THIS;
ALL OF US, MAN.
I'VE BEEN IN DEEP HOLES WHERE I NEVER DREAMED THAT
GOD COULD HEAR MY VOICE.
I'VE BEEN SO SELFISH SOMETIMES THAT I JUST KEPT
MOVING AWAY FROM GOD.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT TO TURN AROUND AND FACE HIM AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS
EMBARRASSED, OR I FELT LIKE HE DON'T WANT TO
HEAR FROM ME.
BUT THE TRUTH IS NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU FEEL YOU ARE
FROM GOD AT ANY MOMENT, ALL YOU ARE IS ONE
TURN FROM HIM.
IF YOU TURN AWAY FROM WHAT YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD, AND
TURN AROUND AND SAY, "GOD, FORGIVE ME, I ACCEPT YOU,"
HE IS RIGHT THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUDGE THROUGH ALL OF THAT JUNK TO
GET BACK TO HIM.
HE IS RIGHT THERE.
IF YOU JUST TURN AROUND, HE'S RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR
YOU, AND HIS LOVE WILL FAR, FAR OVERSHADOW ANYTHING
YOU'RE MESSED UP WITH, ANYTHING THAT'S GOT YOU
DOWN, ANYTHING THAT'S TAKING YOU UNDER.
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WILL BE FULFILLING.
- TOBY I WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR BEING ON, MAN.
AGAIN THAT WEB SITE IS:
ALL RIGHT.
MAN, YOU GUYS CAN SEE OUR INFORMATION RIGHT THERE.
TOBY, THANKS A LOTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK ON THE SHOW.
WE CAN'T LET IT BE SO LONG NEXT TIME AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO HAVE YOU ON SOONER.
BUT GUYS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING, AND
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME RIGHT HERE ON THE WORLD'S