Though in the past some of TobyMac’s albums featured multiple special guests, the only outside act on The Elements is 19-year-old Christian hip-hop artist Aaron Cole on “Starts with Me.” “It’s funny because I was the king of features and I don’t know why,” he says. When he looks up and he’s got some scars, I wanted him to know that we all face those things and that he’s not alone in it.” I wanted him to know that he’s not alone when the world might get the best of him from time to time. “I had a few people in mind when I wrote it, but subconsciously I started focusing on Truett, my firstborn son, talking to him a little about what life is throwing at him. “I love ‘Scars.’ I don’t know if it’s my favorite, but it’s the closest song to me on the record,” he says. One of the most personal tracks on the record is “Scars,” a song he penned to encourage his son Truett, who just turned 20.
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