When Heaven Scrapes The Pavement

[Intro: manCHILD] What was that? Oh, jack, yeah, yeah, my name's jack Yeah, that's me Yeah, i'll tell you about it I don't know if you really want to hear about it But you know i'll tell you about it since you asked Just got to find a good place to start Right here, maybe the beginning, right Right here, right here Yeah, yeah, yeah right, yeah, yeah [Verse 1: manCHILD] I think i can remember it Don't mean to sound ignorant Just need a minute to picture it It musta been, yeah, ok, it's all coming back again The time and frame of mind are all things i've gotta factor in It was on a back road, i skated off the two-lane Tried to light a cigarette but my lighter was lacking butane And the one in my old pick-up truck has been busted for eons When the engine died that evening, no piston to lean on I was less than surprised, i sat and rested my eyes But the cold it chilled my bones, and felt like death in disguise Started hoofin' it, lookin' for farmhouse with arms out Finally felt what loneliness is all about If ya'll doubt the next part of my story, well it's ok You're not the first, but i swear up and down that it's all true and it's not rehearsed I was walking through a clearing, a pasture, an open field, a meadow, a.. Yeah alright, ok, i guess you know the deal How was i supposed to feel? i saw the flashing all well Some moth-man prophecy, area 51, roswell Event horizon, ufo sighting, my stomach sinking back Looking at the spinning hovercraft without no strings attached Jaw dropped, frozen, not knowing who i’m seeing There’s a party in the crop circles and i’m the only human being 30 seconds sat silent then pierced the sky in a flash Not sure if it was me or them that had the last laugh But i looked at something special, my seat was on the first row Heaven became domestic when it touched my dirt road Am i cursed to know what happened, or blessed? man listen Beauty’s in the eyes with a 20/20 vision, like that [Hook] I saw it (saw it all), i saw it (saw it all) When you see it, you’ve got no choice but to believe it, ya'll [2x] [Verse 2: manCHILD] Yeah, all right, ok, that first story just set the tone Fiction in a poem, a parallel for you to get the song The next one is true, without a doubt absolutely I’ll defend it to my death and your heart is the judge and jury In 1993, i saw something in the concrete I’d been walking in a world that really didn’t want me I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face A room full of people, but i felt like i was the only one in the place A space cadet, jet streaming waiting for the evening Wine, women, and song were the toxins i was breathing But what i saw, what i seen, what i felt, what i looked at Left me shook visibly, but i took what was given me Brushed by angel’s wings, it ushered in a change in me Saw Christ on the cross and realized what pain should be I ain't delusional but, man, how beautiful I take and relate it to ya’ll and make it musical Heaven scrapes the pavement everywhere From the western hemisphere to third world, you can get it there I’ll take better care of neighbors and strangers, of rappers and djs Of breakers and painters, of my wife and my daughters, my friends and my fans God’s standing next to you wherever you stand In the eyes of a child or in the eyes of a vagrant (no doubt) That’s where heaven scrapes the pavement [Hook]