KM: I remember Toby and Mark coming up with the actual chorus, and saying, “Wow, this is a big song.” It really wasn’t until Oran Thornton came in and played the riff that I really saw what it could be. Obviously we were aping on Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think when you add the hip hop qualities to the very subversive dance-like verses, it’s a musical mutant. It’s the same kind of idea as “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” where the chorus and the verses are drastically different. Toby’s rap on that is historical.

Track 4: “What If I Stumble” (Listen)
TC: This ­was the answer to “The Hardway” [from Free At Last]. Those two songs are Toby’s perspective of looking [at a friend], and how he went through life with struggles that he went through with his family and his acceptance. They were very much about the journey. It is very much about all of us, and applying it to say, “What if that’s me?”

KM: This is probably one of my favorite DC Talk songs of all time, because it speaks with clarity how Christian people are flawed and need the Savior—and that’s the reason that we follow Jesus Christ. It is showing the idea of grace is so huge in the overall structure of faith. I still perform that song live, as it continues to resonate with me today.

Track 5: “Day By Day” (Listen)
TC: We looked at Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall and Thriller as being Volume 1 and Volume 2. If you take those two records and put them back-to-back, every song kind of has a part two song. “Wanna Be Startin’ Something” has the answer of “P.Y.T.” from Thriller. We tried to do a little bit of that with “Day By Day,” and feel it is the part two of “Jesus Is Just Alright.” We needed to have another cover on this album. “Day By Day” was really Toby’s torch to bear, because nobody really like the song—including me! Toby said, “No we’re doing this song, and we’re going to do our best to make it fit with the record!” He thought older people would like the track because they knew the song.

KM: I don’t know. I do like it, it’s not one of my favorite songs on the album, it’s OK—a great album track.

Track 6: “Mrs. Morgan Interlude” (Listen)
TC: We just thought it was funny. It was kind of a joke. There were always these kind of, jokey/sarcastic interludes. My favorite is the other Mrs. Morgan interview on the, Freaked! Jesus Freak, tribute album.

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