“So Help Me God” is the opening track and seventh single off of American Christian rap/rock group DC Talk’s fourth studio album, Jesus Freak.
It opens with an electric guitar playing in the background, already showcasing the more grungy experiments that would later take place on the album. Meanwhil...
[Intro: Kevin Max & TobyMac]
I got somethin' for you, man
Ba
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba (Yeah)
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba (Alright)
[Verse 1: TobyMac]
Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface (Surface)
I flee to somethin' deeper at the risk of seeking purpose (Purpose)
How can I hang in this environmental state of being (Being)
When everything I'm strivin' for is nothin' that I'm seein'? (Seein')
[Pre-Chorus 1: Kevin Max]
Won't You take my heart? Won't You take my soul?
Won't You come and make me whole again?
You, You got what I need, and You never retreat
Unto You I will concede
[Chorus: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]
So help me, God (So help me, God)
To put my faith in You
So help me, God (So help me, God)
Before I come unglued
Call it my addiction
I can't get enough of You
So help me, God (So help me, God)
To put my faith in You
[Verse 2: TobyMac]
Infected by the skin I'm in that's starvin' with desire (Desire)
And Jesus ain't the latest thing to come across the wire (Wire)
I throw myself at mercy for I am the chief of sinners (Sinners)
But daily takin' up my cross has brought its share of splinters (Splinters)
[Pre-Chorus 2: Kevin Max]
You're there when I call, and You're there when I fall
Even though I don't deserve it all
You, You light my way through the night and the day
And from You I will not stray
[Chorus: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]
So help me, God (So help me, God)
To put my faith in You
So help me, God (So help me, God)
Before I come unglued
Call it my addiction
I can't get enough of You
So help me, God (So help me, God)
To put my faith in You, yeah
[Instrumental Post-Chorus]
[Pre-Chorus 1: Kevin Max]
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, You got what I need, and You never retreat (You got what I need)
Unto You I will concede
[Chorus: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait]
So help me, God (So help me, God)
To put my faith in You
So help me, God (So help me, God)
Before I come unglued
Call it my addiction
I can't get enough of You
So help me, God (So help me, God)
To put my faith in You
[Break: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, Kevin Max, Michael Tait]
God, so help me
So help me, God
This is my soul plea (Ooh)
I'm desperately devoted
I can't get enough of You
So help me, God
[Bridge: Michael Tait, Kevin Max, TobyMac]
'Cause You are the one I love (You are the one I love)
Yes, I know You are
'Cause You are the one I need (You are the one I need)
I need You
You are the one I'm seekin' (You are the one I'm seekin')
Every single day
'Cause You are the one for me (You are the one for me, uh)
Rum pum pum pum
[Outro: Kevin Max & TobyMac]
Ba
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba (You are the one I love)
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba (You are the one I need)
Ba
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba (You are the one I'm seekin')
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba ba-ba-ba (You are the one for me, me, me, me)
[Skit: Michael Tait]
I just walked into a meat and three
And everybody's starin' at me
I gotta go
So Help Me God was written by Mark Heimermann & Kevin Max & Michael Tait & TobyMac.
So Help Me God was produced by TobyMac & Mark Heimermann.
DC Talk released So Help Me God on Tue Nov 21 1995.