But what God did promise us, and what God does promise us, is that he will never leave us or forsake us. He didn't promise us we wouldn't face pain or loss. A friend once told me, 'When you go through something that tragic, you might start reaching for something you think God promised us, but maybe he really didn't.' God didn't promise us we wouldn't have our hearts broken. I know some of you have pain in your life, some of you have heartbreak and maybe even loss. And I know by no means are we the only ones facing something hard. Me and my family are really grateful to you. But I wanted to come out here at the top of the night and say thank you for your cards, letters, your kind social media posts that have encouraged us, but mostly I want to say thank you for your prayers. For those that don't know, four months ago, my wife and I lost our 21-year-old son. 'The last four months of my life have been the hardest and darkest months I've ever lived. 'You and me, yeah you and me, we're gonna see the light.' 'You can make it through the night,' he continued. 'And just the thought of letting go/It's brought you to your knees.' 'Some things will never be the same,' TobyMac sang Friday. But it's a song someone who hasВ lost someone close to them - as its singer now has - could deeply understand. It's also from 'Elements,' written before Truett's death.

Diversecity's Gabe Real Patillo looked into TobyMac's anguished eyes, placed his hand on his shoulderВ and briefly took the lead on vocals, as '21 Years' segued into a somber, slower rendition of 'See The Light.' 'God has you in heaven/But I have you in my heart.'ДЄs the song reached its climax, snippets of black-and-white home movies of Truett as a child flashed on the video panels above the stage. 'They tell me I'm gonna be okay/I'm still waitin' for the first to break.' 'HeartвЂ…shattered in a thousand ways/They tell me pain gonna come in waves,' TobyMac sang. For the feel-great, funk-pop finale 'Feel It,' dozens of fans, mostly teenagers and children, danced with the band on the stage.ДЄnd TobyMac processed the loss of his son, and honored his memory, with a song he wrote after his death, '21 Years.'

He posed for selfies, and sang 'Happy Birthday' to a girl celebrating her sweet 16, with some funky backing from the band. He fist-bumped and high-fived dozens of fans. We love his music.With brass blaring, TobyMac and Diversecity strutted down the catwalk for the frothy 'Elements' track вЂњEverything.вЂќ With poignancy and purpose, and evenВ jubilance, he sang about shattering your jaded mindset, of opening your eyes to wonder, for вЂњEdge of Your Seat,вЂќ also from 'Elements,'В one of seven songs in the middle of the set TobyMac and the eight-piece band performed on that small second stage.Дespite his sorrow, TobyMac was eager to pleaseВ and seemed to take comfort in his fans' happiness. We just laughed like hell and said, 'Ain't that funny.' We love Neil Young.

'We wrote 'Sweet Home Alabama' as a joke,' Van Zant clarified a few years following the release. 'We're Southern rebels but, more than that, we know the difference between right and wrong.' In fact, those 'boos' are thought to imply that the band disagreed with Wallace's politics-and that bit about Watergate seems to be a pointed remark about the hypocrisy of the North, which had its own problems, too.Д«y all accounts, there was no real 'feud' between the artists. 'We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two,' Van Zant later said. The portion of the song referring to Governor George Wallace in particular made some believe that Lynyrd Skynyrd disagreed with desegregation, seeing as how the governor stood for ' segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever'.Д«ut others interpreted the lyrics as a reminder to Young that not all Southerners are the same. 'In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo boo, boo/ Now we all did what we could do/ Now Watergate does not bother me/ Does your conscience bother you?/ Tell the truth'

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