Yours

TobyMac's “Yours” is a rap and rock track about giving oneself back to God after running on ego. The first lines describe a feeling of dread, as if about to take a shot to the skull with a bat, out of control and in need of God to fill the soul and shed light on the skeletons hidden away.

The verse says that the past is taking him to task, that he cannot guarantee how long he will last, and that without God he is a hopeless wreck, so he cries out God's name as he drops to the deck. The refrain is two short sentences: I'm yours, take me as I am. He asks God to take the space between them and fill it up again. The second verse looks back at a simple-minded punk who thought he was the junk and nobody ever told him otherwise, then admits it was ego, until God filled the space and never let him go. Toby calls the love a gun with mercy as the shells, and says he is now a dead man walking, ready to shout it from the rooftops. The playful slang, the quick rap and the heavy guitar give the song a high energy. It suits a teenager's playlist, a service about repentance and any listener who needs to hear that a person can come to God just as they are.

Christ dying for sinners is Romans 5:8. Becoming a new creation is 2 Corinthians 5:17, and being crucified with Christ is Galatians 2:20.