So Help Me God (Live 1996)

Lyrics

[Intro 1] Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? So help me God So help you God So help me God So help you God So help me God [Intro 2: DC Talk, TobyMac, Michael Tait] Portland, Oregon! Get up, get up, get up! Get up, get up, get up! Get up, get up, get up! Get up, get up, get up! Ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba Yeah, yeah, yea-eah Ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba Yea-eah [Verse 1: TobyMac] Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface I flee to somethin' deeper at the risk of seekin' purpose How can I hang in this environmental state of bein' When everything I'm strivin' for is nothin' that I'm seein'? (Seein') [Pre-Chorus 1: Kevin Max & Michael Tait] Won't You take my heart? Won't You take my soul? Won't You take my soul? Won't You come and make me whole again? You, Ya got what I need And You never retreat You got what I need Unto You I will concede [Chorus: DC Talk, Michael Tait, Kevin Max] So help me God Yeah, to put my faith in You So help me God, yeah Before I come unglued Call it my addiction I can't get enough of You So help me God, yeah yeah To put my faith in You [Post-Chorus: TobyMac] Get up, get up, get up! [Verse 2: TobyMac, with Michael Tait] Infected by the skin I'm in that's burnin' with desire And Jesus ain't the latest thing to come across the wire I throw myself at mercy for I am the chief of sinners But daily takin' up my cross has brought its share of splinters (Splinters) [Pre-Chorus 2: Kevin Max & Michael Tait] You're there when I call And You're there when I fall You're there when I call Even though I don't deserve it all You, You light my way Through the night and the day You light my way And from You I will not stray, yeah [Chorus: DC Talk, Michael Tait, Kevin Max] So help me God Yeah, to put my faith in You So help me God, yeah Before I come unglued Call it my addiction I can't get enough of You So help me God, yeah yeah To put my faith in You, Y-You! [Post-Chorus: TobyMac] Guitar! [Guitar Solo] [Break: Michael Tait] Oh, yeah [Pre-Chorus 1: Kevin Max & Michael Tait] Won't You take my heart? Won't You take my soul? Won't You take my heart? Won't You come and make me whole again? You, Ya got what I need And You never retreat You got what I need Unto You I will concede [Chorus: DC Talk, Michael Tait, Kevin Max] So help me God Yeah, to put my faith in You So help me God, yeah Before I come unglued Call it my addiction I can't get enough of You So help me God, yeah yeah To put my faith in— [Bridge: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait] You are the one I love You are the one I love (Yea-eah) You are the one I need You are the one I need (Yea-ea-ea-eah) You are the one I'm seekin' You are the one I'm seekin' You are the one for me You are the one for me [Outro: DC Talk, TobyMac] Ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba You sing one time, Portland Come on! Ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba Ba-ba-ba-ba ba You are the, You are the, You are the one for me (Me, me)