When DC Talk released this song, "The Hard Way", they pitched it to MTV as well. MTV declined to air this music video because "it doesn't do anything for us." Shows exactly where their heart and worldview lies...in direct opposition to this song's harsh yet true message: the wages of sin is death. Crime and punishment. Plain and simple. Hence why we all need a Savior. Thank you, DC Talk, for being so bold and honest with your music.
I stopped watching MTV the day I got done with prayer and bible study and I turned on my tv and literally heard a teenage boy " praying to Satan" my youth pastor at the time had been warning us about watching MTV for years. He said that the leader of Acquire the fire ministries had interviewed the President of Viacom about whether he marketed to a certain age demographic 15- 30 or something along those lines. He straight up answered " We don't market to them we own them". The same people who own Viacom also run Nickelodeon. They have an agenda for making lifelong consumers " from the cradle to the grave" by pushing certain ideas on the younger generation. It started back in the 80s and is just getting worse. Best to steer clear of that type of branding or influence altogether. Have you read the book " Battle cry for a generation?" It explains this better than I can.
I had to learn the hard way. Was involved in one of LA's voilent gangs.Was shot twice od'd on heroin, seen many of my friends murdered, od'd, some doing life in prison. Spent 13 years in and out of juvenial hall, county jail, and state prison, but thank God that God did not give up on me. Now i have the privlage of pastoring a church reaching souls for the Kingdom of God!
What a testimony. How many nights did you look up at the ceiling wondering why you were even born. Now you've been through the fire and can provide direction away from it to countless young men. You are amazing and irreplaceable! ❤
I first saw this video in my prison cell, in my 18th year of incarceration. It gave me hope in knowing that there were actually people on the outside that, 'remembered those in prison, as ye suffer with them'...for the first time in the 20 years since my release, I just came across it the other day. Man, I cried, I know the faces. And until you've viewed the guard tower from inside the prison yard, wow. Thanks for the posting...
Love you DC Talk. This was one of my favorite music videos as a kid. It resonated with me so much, seeing those men and prison. As I get older, I sooo much appreciate the fact that DC Talk is still one of the only bands to actually do prison ministry and focus on racial equality and relating to believers and non believers with the most amazing music to my ears. I dont care what anyone says. Their ministry blew my mind as a kid. Its a shame to see the racial divide today. I remember when Toby was much younger and he playfully said "Im mixed" and he also said "white is also a color" which is true. Imagine making those statements today, tho. People would be so "offended" instead of adhering to the beautiful message. We're all colored people. This was one of the purest bands in history and will probably never happen again. They never politicized themselves, it was all about Jesus and loving your brother. I miss y'all sooooo much. I cry when I see these videos. I had all your music video collections as a kid and would watch them for hours LOL. And I had the concert tapes too and the on the road documentaries. I love y'all soooooooo much MUAH!
I'm now in my fifties, yet young at heart, til I go to My Father. Learned the hard way that christian music needs saving. So much beauty but far from what reaches the lost. Toby Mac out here singing "Help is on the way" keeps me singing. More christian singers need to aspire to develop a rich, full sound. Believers need to invest in the artistry that the world has invested in. Otherwise, we have two Chris Brown's and don't know which way to turn. Both Chris Brown's are talented. But one is playing as a goat, sacrificed. The other praising the one true God. And the world chooses to hear the goat, because man, that is music to our ears.
Just writing to say your comment was a great one..the band spoke to all of us with truth,well written and truly great songs that touched the heart as well as the mind...take care
I hate when they call white people white like it's not a color. White people aren't white either. We're more of a tan color. Black people actually have brown skin.
What I love about Christian artists is that 9 times out of 10 they stick to Christian music, and worshipping our Lord Heavenly Father. You rarely ever see or hear (if it truly really has ever happened) about an Christian artist in the news regarding something crazy stupid as far as beinga arrested, drinking, or drugging.They walk, talk, and act of who and what they are all about and that is being disciples of God and spreading his message and his love. God is good!!
Still a great song and let us never forget the brothers and sisters in prison...been doing prison ministry for 35 years and i really do love this song....i still dig DC TALK...
@@celtjade Yes those are the few men waiting for Bible study Everyone else was locked in their cells They had a mini concert at the Chapel There were 1500 men there Only about 30 were Christian s The rest Muslims or did not care I coulda been in the video I went home Nov 2nd 1989
I was raised christian, but I never liked the label of religion. I don't identify as a christian, but these guys are just speaking the truth, as jesus did. I had to learn the hard way. It's better to learn the hard way than to just believe something without truly understanding it at your core. That is my experience.
this song slaps fr....and I mean SLAPS with truth and Love of the LORD our God. Hallelujah..ay'...Hallelujah Thank you God so much for blessing us all with dc talk for they, Father, pour in to us. I pray that you bless them and all that commented and will comment on this channel, and I pray that you bless the people running this channel. Hallelujah in Jesus name Amen.
The beautiful thing about God is that he is a forgiving and loving God; through our good times, bad times, and of the best of times. Just like falling off a bike, we as His children, when we fall, He is always there to pick us back up regardless. Just like any parent will tell us..."we got to learn the hard way".
Anyone who has gone through a bottom or is an addict or alcoholics in recovery can totally identify with this song I need Gods help each and every day.
man this used to be my jammm. Vivid memories of my twin brother and I singing along to this in the car with our mother.. Must have been at least 4 or 5 back then.. aw man
I've been a prison guard Over the murderers in the men's prison in the LA area of California and law enforcement in the Army, New York, Chicago, LA, LA County and been on the LA Swat Team . Plus I've fought combat on the front lines in all four branches of the military, including hand to hand combat. And after one of my best friends said they were glad they went to jail because it straightened them out, I am really thankful for this music music video ! REV. DR. SUSAN E. TURNER THE FIRST !
This song, to me, is exactly what I needed to hear the day before Valentine's Day. Christians aren't perfect, and we still mess up. Yet no matter how bad our crime, God takes us back into his arms, loving us more than we can possibly fathom. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
The problem is we forget that Christians are sinners and human, therefore they will hurt people at times. Also just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn't mean they are either. We need to remember we need to keep our hearts and eyes on God and all the other things will fall in place. I am sorry if you've been hurt.I think we've all have been hurt by people in the past, family, Christians, friends, and the list can go on and on. We just need to remember to love them and move on,
This song has been the song of my life. I fell in love with DC Talk in 89....Winter Jam in OKC. 30 years later it means more than I ever thought it would mean. Thank you for being a redeeming God!
Sin brothers and sisters mothers and fathers and to the young let us repent before God through faith in Jesus name nothing else matters.. eternity praise Jesus and only to God be the glory for ever and ever amen
My ex is still learning things the hard way and now she's walked out of a court ordered drug rehab for the second time in two years.I've prayed for her innumerable hours on end and hopefully this trip won't be a one way trip to hell.
I hope that she found her freedom from addiction..God delivered my husband from addiction. It took a long time and a lot of praying but he is living for God now and I couldn't be more proud of him.
Keep praying. My friend's daughter finally changed & it's lasting this time. She didn't go back to her old life in spite of many trials... "There's no pit so deep that Jesus is not deeper still." Corrie Ten Boom
Everybody talks ,but no one copy paste the lyrics . Some people gotta learn the hardway I guess I'm the kinda guy That has to find out for myself I had to learn the hardway, Father I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help Now I've been high and I've been low I've been some places that you will not go I never thought there would come the day When I wished I never would've lived this way But I've been searching for a long, long time I thought the devil was a friend of mine I turned my back on everything that was true And wasted years that belong to you [repeat chorus] It took so long for me to see That I'm a victim of nature and me Left to myself I realize I am the maker of my own demise But you accept me every time and again And never mention just how selfish I've been Why must it always take me so long to see That I have fallen but you will forgive me? [repeat chorus 2x] The warning signs are like flares in the night Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire I know that's bound to burn Why is it that I always gotta learn... The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
DC TALK absolutely beautiful songs. Beautiful men. Loss was great to lose one to New AGE 'christianity'. God's still got him though, we can pray THAT MUCH!
I saw DC Talk in concert back in 1995 when I was 10. I loved every min of the concert and was a great experience I will never forget. I love their music.
This song explains the way that I had to learn. I mean I had a crazy sinful life and got into trouble as a youth and even after I had been punished I still haven’t learned until I went to and went to the Church My Uncle went to and that completely changed me ! I was always at Church Sunday morning before it opened so I could be there to fellowship with the other Church members when they got there. My Paster Gil only preached from the Scripture and I loved that so much. I had to move away but I’m searching for another Church that has a Preacher that Preaches like Pastor Gil.
I needed hear those words and now the message is starting to reach me. I am finding myself coming back and he is welcoming me back with open arms like I never left. God is good! Thank you for being his tool to help a lost soul even if you didn't know you were going to help.
I want y'all to know I love you guys and appreciate the standard you set for us, for calling attention to the needs of mankind out of the goodness of your hearts. Till the day I die, you will be my top heroes. I wear my TobyMac sweatshirt with pride and admiration. Keep up what you are doing no matter what comes. I mean it when I say I love you. That means for life and beyond. Wish I would have gotten a classic DCTalk t-shirt when I saw you in concert (good Lord was that over 15 years ago???) Blessings, my brothers.
15 years is not so bad! For me it will be 22 years ago this Sunday. Couple weeks before they were on The Tonight Show! After Kevin did the thing with his hair and like buzzed it all off. Toby Mac hardly ever comes to Canada! Newsboys were here in 1996 not since then. Canada is not really evangelised. Total spiritual famine up here no food to eat lots of flies in our food. Lots of Bimbos in the basket going to Babylon riding on the wings of the storks. No spiritual warfare in Canada.
+micks336...bimbos in the basket is a good line. I will have to use it now. I want to come to Canada one day...there is spiritual warfare in every place now. Mexico or Canada...hmmmmm. How are the winters there? Cold I bet. :) Flies in your food for reals? GEESH!!!
@@thordadrocks3263 I wrote that post over six years ago. Stephen Harper was the PM. Maybe get a life! I may not be a Christian anymore. It's all that Canadian socialism that offends the Christian snob such as yourself that has turned me off. Posts like yours. Ever even been to Canada ever left the USA? The land alone is enough to make one a believer because of its vast Beauty. No wonder americans are jealous.
:-) .....bless u too........ am i the oldest guy here? hahaha....at 38, still love their music.....that's how powerful music is...... (it reached me all the way from one of the remote islands in the Philippines during the '90's)
Probably one of the better DC Talk songs. I was reading a Biblical passage and got emotional. So the master (God) forgives the debts of one of his men but that man refuses to forgive the debts of the man under him. And the master punishes the first man. I feel like that is more profound than asking God for forgiveness for screwing it up.
never thought this would be anything i would relate to, but my son has been incarcerated for almost 5 yrs now and has come up for parole for the first time. 🙏 praying he makes it and comes home a better person somehow. 💔
Love this song. "But you accept me every time and again and never mention just how selfish I've been" - really shows God's grace for us. Everlasting and loving Father.
So true..I happen to be 1 of those people..Thank god Ive finally acknowledged my faults and began walking in the right direction..Blessings from 2012..peace..........
I grew up on (with) DC Talk. Still my favorite christian hip hop group of all time...cuz they started it. They were the first big group that showed you could be successful doing christian hip hop. T-Pain, The Grits, Lecrae, etc. all owe thanks to DC Talk
@MrBlktalon3 We are much alike you and I and agree whole heartedly with what you have written here. This song has seen me through a very tough and rough test. I love it and I love them. Praise God for the music that he bring's us through them. I love the song "IN THE LIGHT" it to has comforted me in some hard time's.
Grew up listening to DC Talk, one of my favorite bands. Saw them twice in 2 nights in Michigan. This song, I was thinking about the other day. I've drifted from the church, don't really care. What's funny is the lyrics still pop up in my head from time to time.
I learned the hard way...so much self inflicted wounds..but I found my knees...and I found the way.Thru losses dear to me.Here I am now...cofessing a way in faith.Wow....just nothing but faith of things not known yet remain to be seen.I believe it...then see it!
I knew dc talk first , and found billy graham thru the sound bite on "minds eye" , and from listening to billy grahams "everlasting" surmon" he referenced dc talk and this song , so I found myself here an d wow I love this song , I think I heard it many years ago wow I love it
This is like the theme song of my life. I remember seeing these guys in concert like 7 times a a youngster. I still love their music like 30 years later. 🥰❤️
This is why I believe God allows some to present themselves in different ways to show the understanding of another person's heart that they may find hard to express.. but can identify when seen in another.. Having healthy churches with a more refined Christian who is still honest but more refined is important to show .. but to reach some people they need to know you actually understand because if all they see is the end product.. they have no idea of just how much work it took in confronting self to achieve that and confronting self in God is understanding that this is where I am now.. but I have God's promises and words to stand upon.. I also have examples of people I respect.. that have extended God's love and grace to me over the years through my attitude and fuck you's.. but I also know those feelings and behaviour of old that God can still use to show that actually I do understand some things you might be going through.. though the circumstances themselves may not be exactly the same.. but in reality I have learned a lot through those who may not even believe in God or accept God.. yet showed me exampleship and consideration for what could be or might be.. learning to look at things with a different perspective.. thinking about the environment, thinking about the era of the situation, thinking about what was going on at that time in society itself, what was the mindsets or norms, what were the cultural issues What were the political issues What was going on with spiritual beliefs What was going on with experimental elements that were maybe not widely understood? What was lacking knowledge wise then that we now know that could have been affecting the situation? There's a lot of things that may have been judged unfairly.. Movies matter for this reason. In many ways they have been the strengthener of my own faith in God himself, but also caused me to question the what if's of certain situations.. Allowing more grace and understanding for some.. that really had it tough. A glimpse into what was going on behind closed doors.. That's why Billy Bob Thornton movie's I found very thought provoking because they often showed the rawness of the behind closed doors.. He already shows understanding in the importance of that.. Some were offended if I said yeah big budget special affects.. whatever ... In my attitude blase and flippant about it.. But not because I think they are shallow.. they express different stories... But I personally like the more personable stories that show a sensitivity that big budget can lack .. yes it's fun to be exciting and take risks and all that.. but some people actually grew up in high risk situations by default. That's all I was trying to say about that. I have admitted that I don't always think about the impact of my words before I speak.. the only time I take my foot out is to change feet.. so I can be like that at times. That's part of self accountability.. however I also don't have to live my life to please everyone, yet many have felt that pressure, I'm not the only one. That's why I say don't like me, don't care, fuck off. Being upfront at least a person knows where they stand. Those who disrespect that .. they've been forewarned.
how old is this song - and still it gives me chills. dct may never work together again and that's ok - the music God gave them during those years still speaks.
Turned my back on everything that was TRUE... That was ME at one time in my life... I Pray that Amanda doesn't have to learn the same way :'( Please pray for God to touch and heal Her heart from past hurts. When that happens, I believe She will be able to see what HE is offering US. But I know *I* can't change Her, and I don't want to, only God can...
Moved from Florida to Georgia in 1996, listened to this over and over on my boom box in the back seat of my ‘84 Camaro on the way up here. Probably heard it a thousand times by now. Such a great song and reminds of Gods grace, we mess up so many times and yet he loves and forgives us. These are tough times but God’s grace, mercy, and love are never changing!
They're going on tour this year EVERYONE! It's called the "Jesus Freak"...i think its on a cruise, but I could be wrong. But they ARE going on tour and 25 year later at 34 i can't wait!!!
When DC Talk released this song, "The Hard Way", they pitched it to MTV as well. MTV declined to air this music video because "it doesn't do anything for us." Shows exactly where their heart and worldview lies...in direct opposition to this song's harsh yet true message: the wages of sin is death. Crime and punishment. Plain and simple. Hence why we all need a Savior. Thank you, DC Talk, for being so bold and honest with your music.
Screw MTV. I never needed them anyways.
I stopped watching MTV the day I got done with prayer and bible study and I turned on my tv and literally heard a teenage boy " praying to Satan" my youth pastor at the time had been warning us about watching MTV for years. He said that the leader of Acquire the fire ministries had interviewed the President of Viacom about whether he marketed to a certain age demographic 15- 30 or something along those lines. He straight up answered " We don't market to them we own them". The same people who own Viacom also run Nickelodeon. They have an agenda for making lifelong consumers " from the cradle to the grave" by pushing certain ideas on the younger generation. It started back in the 80s and is just getting worse. Best to steer clear of that type of branding or influence altogether. Have you read the book " Battle cry for a generation?" It explains this better than I can.
@@candacecasey5222I love 💗 song 🎵
@@candacecasey5222Controlled by the Jesuits.
Then why did Michael Tate say he wasn't trying to save anybody? DC TALK NEVER CARED ABOUT THE GREAT COMMISSION WHICH WAS COMMANDED BY JESUS TO US!
I had to learn the hard way. Was involved in one of LA's voilent gangs.Was shot twice od'd on heroin, seen many of my friends murdered, od'd, some doing life in prison. Spent 13 years in and out of juvenial hall, county jail, and state prison, but thank God that God did not give up on me. Now i have the privlage of pastoring a church reaching souls for the Kingdom of God!
Praise God! YOU ARE FREE! It's like my pastor once told me. God doesn't call the qualified he qualifies the called!!!
What a testimony. How many nights did you look up at the ceiling wondering why you were even born. Now you've been through the fire and can provide direction away from it to countless young men. You are amazing and irreplaceable! ❤
Only God does this God bless you pastor Glory to you Father God Almighty
Amen, all by the mercy and grace of God.
I first saw this video in my prison cell, in my 18th year of incarceration. It gave me hope in knowing that there were actually people on the outside that, 'remembered those in prison, as ye suffer with them'...for the first time in the 20 years since my release, I just came across it the other day. Man, I cried, I know the faces. And until you've viewed the guard tower from inside the prison yard, wow. Thanks for the posting...
Wow….get your life ❤
This was the day when Christian music spoke to all of us. 20 yrs later and DC Talk still speaks to my soul :)
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Leslie Hanes amen
If you're a Christian, any music glorifying God should speak out to you. JS.
Yup
Jesus Christ speaks to your soul through dc talks
Wow. This song means so much more to me at 32 than it did at 16.
Romeo and Juliet "Though the outward man perish, inwardly we are renewed day by day." New Testament
Romeo and Juliet
...and now for me at 48...
MegaHolyroller agreed. The lyrics seem to speak to us individually, right? We must've been too blinded back then
I'm 16 right now woahh
It took me going through a "hard way" to learn that Jesus loves me, and always has. Praise to you Jesus!!!
Praise Jesus.
Amen, praise Jesus
O a man 👨 p o and I love 💕 song 🎧
😊
AMEN!!!!!!
❤ love DC talk I heard 1995 love you Jesus
2023 still loving it
40 years old and just found this song again after 17 years.. What a great song!
wow. that is such an intense example of God at work. thanks for sharing.
Amen! 🙏
Same
38 and feel the same
Amen brother
I first time I heard this song I was sitting in prison. Needless to say, it spoke to me.
Mark Smith
i was at this prison
DC talk played for free
It was 1990
A real dungeon
Built 1880's
Ionia michigan
They closed it recently
Stay strong, bro. It's better out here, than in there.
I was turned on the song so
@@rudyquijas8262 I hope you are doing well, bro!
I everyone is out of prison, BLESSED 🙏 in CHRIST!
Love you DC Talk. This was one of my favorite music videos as a kid. It resonated with me so much, seeing those men and prison. As I get older, I sooo much appreciate the fact that DC Talk is still one of the only bands to actually do prison ministry and focus on racial equality and relating to believers and non believers with the most amazing music to my ears. I dont care what anyone says. Their ministry blew my mind as a kid. Its a shame to see the racial divide today. I remember when Toby was much younger and he playfully said "Im mixed" and he also said "white is also a color" which is true. Imagine making those statements today, tho. People would be so "offended" instead of adhering to the beautiful message. We're all colored people. This was one of the purest bands in history and will probably never happen again. They never politicized themselves, it was all about Jesus and loving your brother. I miss y'all sooooo much. I cry when I see these videos. I had all your music video collections as a kid and would watch them for hours LOL. And I had the concert tapes too and the on the road documentaries. I love y'all soooooooo much MUAH!
I'm now in my fifties, yet young at heart, til I go to My Father. Learned the hard way that christian music needs saving. So much beauty but far from what reaches the lost. Toby Mac out here singing "Help is on the way" keeps me singing. More christian singers need to aspire to develop a rich, full sound. Believers need to invest in the artistry that the world has invested in. Otherwise, we have two Chris Brown's and don't know which way to turn. Both Chris Brown's are talented. But one is playing as a goat, sacrificed. The other praising the one true God. And the world chooses to hear the goat, because man, that is music to our ears.
@@KB-by3vl PREACH!!!!!
Just writing to say your comment
was a great one..the band spoke to
all of us with truth,well written and
truly great songs that touched the
heart as well as the mind...take care
I hate when they call white people white like it's not a color. White people aren't white either. We're more of a tan color. Black people actually have brown skin.
What I love about Christian artists is that 9 times out of 10 they stick to Christian music, and worshipping our Lord Heavenly Father. You rarely ever see or hear (if it truly really has ever happened) about an Christian artist in the news regarding something crazy stupid as far as beinga arrested, drinking, or drugging.They walk, talk, and act of who and what they are all about and that is being disciples of God and spreading his message and his love. God is good!!
Unfortunately Kevin Max deconstructed his faith publicly
Still a great song and let us never forget the brothers and sisters in prison...been doing prison ministry for 35 years and i really do love this song....i still dig DC TALK...
These guys are really good. Never heard of them. Oh by the way I was an officer at this prison.
😊😊😊
They actually went into the prison and made this with the men who were incarcerated at that time?
By the way I was at this prison when they were here
29 years ago
Doing ok
Still saved
182---
I did learn the hard way
Peace to u
@@celtjade
Yes those are the few men waiting for Bible study
Everyone else was locked in their cells
They had a mini concert at the Chapel
There were 1500 men there
Only about 30 were Christian s
The rest Muslims or did not care
I coulda been in the video
I went home
Nov 2nd 1989
I watch this video
Every month sometimes every week
Keeps me close to Jesus
Love this band
I Love Jesus Christ Forever
Much love and encouragement to you! God bless you!
I was raised christian, but I never liked the label of religion. I don't identify as a christian, but these guys are just speaking the truth, as jesus did. I had to learn the hard way. It's better to learn the hard way than to just believe something without truly understanding it at your core. That is my experience.
@@jeezythecat It’s not the label that matters it’s the trust or as the Bible puts it faith.
this song slaps fr....and I mean SLAPS with truth and Love of the LORD our God. Hallelujah..ay'...Hallelujah Thank you God so much for blessing us all with dc talk for they, Father, pour in to us. I pray that you bless them and all that commented and will comment on this channel, and I pray that you bless the people running this channel. Hallelujah in Jesus name Amen.
31 yrs ago
Stepped out
Never went bk
This is condemned now
Horses and prisoners stayed at the same time
Now u get yrs.
When you learn the hard way, you never go back.............
Amen
True.
The beautiful thing about God is that he is a forgiving and loving God; through our good times, bad times, and of the best of times. Just like falling off a bike, we as His children, when we fall, He is always there to pick us back up regardless. Just like any parent will tell us..."we got to learn the hard way".
Anyone who has gone through a bottom or is an addict or alcoholics in recovery can totally identify with this song I need Gods help each and every day.
man this used to be my jammm. Vivid memories of my twin brother and I singing along to this in the car with our mother.. Must have been at least 4 or 5 back then.. aw man
Two words: Reunion. Tour.
It's happening this year, Sir. 2017 is it.
Yes SIR!!!
It will hopefully be a reunion, when we are raptured up. :)
I guess there was a third word: Cruise.
2019!!!!!
I believe some people are still learning the Hardway including myself at times.
I've been a prison guard
Over the murderers in
the men's prison in the
LA area of
California and
law enforcement in the Army,
New York,
Chicago,
LA,
LA County
and been on
the LA Swat
Team .
Plus I've fought combat
on the front
lines in all four
branches of the military,
including hand
to hand combat. And
after one of
my best friends said they were
glad they went
to jail because
it straightened
them out, I am
really thankful
for this music
music video !
REV. DR. SUSAN E. TURNER THE FIRST !
Never realized this song had a music video. Good idea to go with this song. It sends a powerful message.
This song, to me, is exactly what I needed to hear the day before Valentine's Day. Christians aren't perfect, and we still mess up. Yet no matter how bad our crime, God takes us back into his arms, loving us more than we can possibly fathom.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
The problem is we forget that Christians are sinners and human, therefore they will hurt people at times. Also just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn't mean they are either. We need to remember we need to keep our hearts and eyes on God and all the other things will fall in place. I am sorry if you've been hurt.I think we've all have been hurt by people in the past, family, Christians, friends, and the list can go on and on. We just need to remember to love them and move on,
I remember praying on my knees many times while listening to this song when I was a teen, it was good I was found early...
+Guillermo Roccuzzo same here bro =)
Oak Trees Short for homosexual.
This song has been the song of my life. I fell in love with DC Talk in 89....Winter Jam in OKC. 30 years later it means more than I ever thought it would mean. Thank you for being a redeeming God!
So stoked when I listen to dc talk. JESUS IS THE KING. FEAR NO MAN
Love the lyrics. DC Talk your Heavenly. God's Way is the Hardway. Stay in the word ya all. He lives!!!
Sin brothers and sisters mothers and fathers and to the young let us repent before God through faith in Jesus name nothing else matters.. eternity praise Jesus and only to God be the glory for ever and ever amen
I work in a juvenile hall..I always pray for Gods guidance and think of this song before I meet with the youth..
My ex is still learning things the hard way and now she's walked out of a court ordered drug rehab for the second time in two years.I've prayed for her innumerable hours on end and hopefully this trip won't be a one way trip to hell.
Martin Britton Sad, Lord please open her eyes and heart. May she humble herself and recieve Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
I hope that she found her freedom from addiction..God delivered my husband from addiction. It took a long time and a lot of praying but he is living for God now and I couldn't be more proud of him.
Keep praying. My friend's daughter finally changed & it's lasting this time. She didn't go back to her old life in spite of many trials... "There's no pit so deep that Jesus is not deeper still." Corrie Ten Boom
The lead of DC Talk is like a spiritual Darius Rucker & Phillip Bailey to me.
Still one of the best song from DC Talk..
Praise God for finding us when all our human nature wants to do is reject Him. His love and mercy is more than we deserve and yet he gives it freely.
Everybody talks ,but no one copy paste the lyrics .
Some people gotta learn the hardway
I guess I'm the kinda guy
That has to find out for myself
I had to learn the hardway, Father
I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help
Now I've been high and I've been low
I've been some places that you will not go
I never thought there would come the day
When I wished I never would've lived this way
But I've been searching for a long, long time
I thought the devil was a friend of mine
I turned my back on everything that was true
And wasted years that belong to you
[repeat chorus]
It took so long for me to see
That I'm a victim of nature and me
Left to myself I realize
I am the maker of my own demise
But you accept me every time and again
And never mention just how selfish I've been
Why must it always take me so long to see
That I have fallen but you will forgive me?
[repeat chorus 2x]
The warning signs are like flares in the night
Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire
I know that's bound to burn
Why is it that I always gotta learn...
The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
Appreciated, brother
Blasting this while we head back to the devastation we live in after hurricane Michael. I love you Jesus.
I'm happy I was able to allow God to work through me.
Aaahh!! I like your name
DC TALK absolutely beautiful songs. Beautiful men. Loss was great to lose one to New AGE 'christianity'. God's still got him though, we can pray THAT MUCH!
I can always remember these lyrics when conviction of the Holy Spirit hits me
I saw DC Talk in concert back in 1995 when I was 10. I loved every min of the concert and was a great experience I will never forget. I love their music.
This song explains the way that I had to learn. I mean I had a crazy sinful life and got into trouble as a youth and even after I had been punished I still haven’t learned until I went to and went to the Church My Uncle went to and that completely changed me ! I was always at Church Sunday morning before it opened so I could be there to fellowship with the other Church members when they got there. My Paster Gil only preached from the Scripture and I loved that so much. I had to move away but I’m searching for another Church that has a Preacher that Preaches like Pastor Gil.
I love this song I have over and over had to learn the hardway thank god we have a forgiving father that loves us and forgives us
My absoulte favorite song from any bamd/artist . I had to learn the hardway in order to understand the absolute importance of this song in my life
Been listening for like 30 years now. Wow. Where has the time gone? Still, it's as relevant today as it was when it first came out.
A masterpiece, really! To God be the glory! May many souls be saved! Jesus is all we need!
I needed hear those words and now the message is starting to reach me. I am finding myself coming back and he is welcoming me back with open arms like I never left. God is good! Thank you for being his tool to help a lost soul even if you didn't know you were going to help.
I have been this way for a long time thank you father for your son and second chances
Still after 20 plus years, these lyrics still roll on. God is in control. No matter what you may see today.
"Anything worth it's value, doesn"t come easy"
Amen ❤❤
You’re right.
I want y'all to know I love you guys and appreciate the standard you set for us, for calling attention to the needs of mankind out of the goodness of your hearts. Till the day I die, you will be my top heroes. I wear my TobyMac sweatshirt with pride and admiration. Keep up what you are doing no matter what comes. I mean it when I say I love you. That means for life and beyond. Wish I would have gotten a classic DCTalk t-shirt when I saw you in concert (good Lord was that over 15 years ago???)
Blessings, my brothers.
15 years is not so bad! For me it will be 22 years ago this Sunday. Couple weeks before they were on The Tonight Show! After Kevin did the thing with his hair and like buzzed it all off. Toby Mac hardly ever comes to Canada! Newsboys were here in 1996 not since then. Canada is not really evangelised. Total spiritual famine up here no food to eat lots of flies in our food. Lots of Bimbos in the basket going to Babylon riding on the wings of the storks. No spiritual warfare in Canada.
+micks336...bimbos in the basket is a good line. I will have to use it now. I want to come to Canada one day...there is spiritual warfare in every place now. Mexico or Canada...hmmmmm. How are the winters there? Cold I bet. :) Flies in your food for reals? GEESH!!!
@@micks336 socialism is rampant in Canada and that’s why everything sucks.. socialism is anti Christian
@@thordadrocks3263 I wrote that post over six years ago. Stephen Harper was the PM. Maybe get a life! I may not be a Christian anymore. It's all that Canadian socialism that offends the Christian snob such as yourself that has turned me off. Posts like yours. Ever even been to Canada ever left the USA? The land alone is enough to make one a believer because of its vast Beauty. No wonder americans are jealous.
Powerful lyrics and video.
Love this group- wish they were still around today- I think they put out a really good message
God can save to the utter ( gutter ) most those who call upon His Son Jesus through faith in his name..the Spirit of the Lord be with you 😊
Even So ~ in the middle of my 6th decade and I'm still learning the hard way~~~~
I'm listening now as an adult. And hearing great sounds that i didn't pay attention to then. Like that electric guitar strumming.
The Spirit Of God Flowed through this music now todays christian music is devoid of the Spirit of God and sounds like secular music
Love this song. DC TALK is still in my life today
Thought about this song yesterday. Took me back to my childhood.
me too...
Good ol' VHS! Awesome music video tapes.
GOD is great i wouldnt be here other wise on my knees but Jesus hold my hand and pulls me up :)
Yes indeed, fed my spirit and spoke to my soul. I so agree. I was so caught up in Christian music, I could never go back to secular just to listen.
I love my Jesus music, Toby Mac rocks
yes toby do rock
Still forever grateful to God that He spoke to me through this song and video at such a young age!!
i grew up on DC Talk as well they are very inspirational and i love them i would give anything to meet them
Back when DC TALK Were so young, arrogant and didn't even get along with each other as believers. Imagine that!
We all have been young and arrogant! Especially as Believers! What does that have to do with the video?
Saw these guys live in Dallas, TX back in the 90's. Great song.
still listening to this ....2016......memories....(still got the tape back in cdo:-)
:-) .....bless u too........ am i the oldest guy here? hahaha....at 38, still love their music.....that's how powerful music is...... (it reached me all the way from one of the remote islands in the Philippines during the '90's)
jesusfreak no.youre not the oldest. 59 and holding.
hahaha......what matters though is that we were both blessed by their music.....God Bless:-)
Frances Venezia 59 AND HOLDING. PS just discovered him
2019 here! 😊
Probably one of the better DC Talk songs. I was reading a Biblical passage and got emotional. So the master (God) forgives the debts of one of his men but that man refuses to forgive the debts of the man under him. And the master punishes the first man. I feel like that is more profound than asking God for forgiveness for screwing it up.
never thought this would be anything i would relate to, but my son has been incarcerated for almost 5 yrs now and has come up for parole for the first time. 🙏 praying he makes it and comes home a better person somehow. 💔
I learned the hard way. And this song/band helped me through the hard part
This song hits a little bit different when you realize that young Toby Mac doesn’t know what older Toby Mac will endure.
Love this song. "But you accept me every time and again and never mention just how selfish I've been" - really shows God's grace for us. Everlasting and loving Father.
Indeed, indeed!
So true..I happen to be 1 of those people..Thank god Ive finally acknowledged my faults and began walking in the right direction..Blessings from 2012..peace..........
well the music is slow the message is powerful. I never knew it had a music video.
This group has always been inspirational to me.
I grew up on (with) DC Talk. Still my favorite christian hip hop group of all time...cuz they started it. They were the first big group that showed you could be successful doing christian hip hop. T-Pain, The Grits, Lecrae, etc. all owe thanks to DC Talk
T bone was there at the beginning...
@MrBlktalon3 We are much alike you and I and agree whole heartedly with what you have written here. This song has seen me through a very tough and rough test. I love it and I love them. Praise God for the music that he bring's us through them. I love the song "IN THE LIGHT" it to has comforted me in some hard time's.
I never forget this song I myself love jesus God is good.
Loved this song many years ago,found it today on RUclips!! Very true words,we often do learn the hard way...
Grew up listening to DC Talk, one of my favorite bands. Saw them twice in 2 nights in Michigan. This song, I was thinking about the other day. I've drifted from the church, don't really care. What's funny is the lyrics still pop up in my head from time to time.
God is tugging at your heart friend. God Bless you!
I don't know how I knew at 10 that THIS would be my life ???
Alot of people gotta learn the hard way, including me!!
I learned somethings the hard way. Thank God for another chance, and another
I learned the hard way...so much self inflicted wounds..but I found my knees...and I found the way.Thru losses dear to me.Here I am now...cofessing a way in faith.Wow....just nothing but faith of things not known yet remain to be seen.I believe it...then see it!
That's the sign of a good song I can play it today and it's just as relevant and the music doesn't date it to bad either
I still love DC Talk...God bless everyone of these guys.
I knew dc talk first , and found billy graham thru the sound bite on "minds eye" , and from listening to billy grahams "everlasting" surmon" he referenced dc talk and this song , so I found myself here an d wow I love this song , I think I heard it many years ago wow I love it
'I REALLY ENJOYED THIS PIECE OF MUSIC SONG TOO RIGHT HERE ALSO, OK MY BROTHERS IN CHRIST!?' "THANKS AGAIN, GOD BLESS U HERE!." 'ALRIGHT!?.'
Respect for these guys and any christian artists who stay true to their faith
m-o-n-e-y is what they want ... TM-net worth 1o M
This is like the theme song of my life. I remember seeing these guys in concert like 7 times a a youngster. I still love their music like 30 years later. 🥰❤️
This is why I believe God allows some to present themselves in different ways to show the understanding of another person's heart that they may find hard to express.. but can identify when seen in another..
Having healthy churches with a more refined Christian who is still honest but more refined is important to show .. but to reach some people they need to know you actually understand because if all they see is the end product.. they have no idea of just how much work it took in confronting self to achieve that and confronting self in God is understanding that this is where I am now.. but I have God's promises and words to stand upon.. I also have examples of people I respect.. that have extended God's love and grace to me over the years through my attitude and fuck you's.. but I also know those feelings and behaviour of old that God can still use to show that actually I do understand some things you might be going through.. though the circumstances themselves may not be exactly the same.. but in reality I have learned a lot through those who may not even believe in God or accept God.. yet showed me exampleship and consideration for what could be or might be.. learning to look at things with a different perspective.. thinking about the environment, thinking about the era of the situation,
thinking about what was going on at that time in society itself,
what was the mindsets or norms, what were the cultural issues
What were the political issues
What was going on with spiritual beliefs
What was going on with experimental elements that were maybe not widely understood?
What was lacking knowledge wise then that we now know that could have been affecting the situation?
There's a lot of things that may have been judged unfairly..
Movies matter for this reason.
In many ways they have been the strengthener of my own faith in God himself, but also caused me to question the what if's of certain situations..
Allowing more grace and understanding for some.. that really had it tough.
A glimpse into what was going on behind closed doors..
That's why Billy Bob Thornton movie's I found very thought provoking because they often showed the rawness of the behind closed doors.. He already shows understanding in the importance of that..
Some were offended if I said yeah big budget special affects.. whatever ... In my attitude blase and flippant about it..
But not because I think they are shallow.. they express different stories... But I personally like the more personable stories that show a sensitivity that big budget can lack .. yes it's fun to be exciting and take risks and all that.. but some people actually grew up in high risk situations by default.
That's all I was trying to say about that.
I have admitted that I don't always think about the impact of my words before I speak.. the only time I take my foot out is to change feet.. so I can be like that at times.
That's part of self accountability.. however I also don't have to live my life to please everyone, yet many have felt that pressure, I'm not the only one.
That's why I say don't like me, don't care, fuck off.
Being upfront at least a person knows where they stand.
Those who disrespect that .. they've been forewarned.
DC Talk is a great Christian Band. I never heard of them but Toby and Michael Tait are awesome...So is Kevin. Can't forget you man.
how old is this song - and still it gives me chills. dct may never work together again and that's ok - the music God gave them during those years still speaks.
Dc Talk is back in session to play some christian hip hop music like P.o.d to start things off peacefully.
Turned my back on everything that was TRUE...
That was ME at one time in my life...
I Pray that Amanda doesn't have to learn the same way :'(
Please pray for God to touch and heal Her heart from past hurts.
When that happens, I believe She will be able to see what HE is offering US.
But I know *I* can't change Her, and I don't want to, only God can...
Moved from Florida to Georgia in 1996, listened to this over and over on my boom box in the back seat of my ‘84 Camaro on the way up here. Probably heard it a thousand times by now. Such a great song and reminds of Gods grace, we mess up so many times and yet he loves and forgives us. These are tough times but God’s grace, mercy, and love are never changing!
I admit I learned the hard way
They're going on tour this year EVERYONE! It's called the "Jesus Freak"...i think its on a cruise, but I could be wrong. But they ARE going on tour and 25 year later at 34 i can't wait!!!