All my life I’ve been a bit weird, I like deliberately doing things against the grain. And that’s not going to change. But what is changing is why I’m weird, why I stand out. And the reason is I always want to direct conversations to Christ. Which is where Jesus Freak by DC Talk from Jesus Freak (1995) comes in.

For years I’ve known the song, but I never had the passion to give up my life for Christ. I always knew He saved me, but now I know He saved me to live for Him. Now I have the boldness to suffer for my faith.

Separated, I cut myself clean,
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams,
Been apprehended by a spiritual force,
And a grace that replaced all the me I’ve divorced,

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly,
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly,
It took me a while to catch what it said,
‘Cause I had to match the rhythm,
Of his belly with my head,
“Jesus Saves” is what it raved in a typical tattoo green,
He stood on a box in the middle of the city,
And claimed he had a dream…

What will people think,
When they hear that I’m a Jesus freak,
What will people do when they find that it’s true,
I don’t really care if they label me a Jesus freak,
There ain’t no disguising the truth.

A Jesus Freak may seem radical, but I see it as normal. I want it to be normal for me to be in the open, on a box in the middle of the city and read the Word of God.

Kamikaze, my death is gain,
I’ve been marked by my maker, a peculiar display,
The high and lofty, they see me as weak,
‘Cause I won’t live and die for the power they seek,

There was a man from the desert with gnats in his head,
The sand that he walked was also his bed,
The words that he spoke made the people assume,
There wasn’t too much left in the upper room,
With skins on his back and hair on his face,
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate,
The Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak,
Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak…

Did I mention I’ve already died for Christ…

Jesus Freak – DC Talk