Bluebird

I see cracks in the concrete Where no flowers grow And the trash it looks like leaves When the wind blows I hear sirens two blocks over I guess that ain't somebody's dad I thought I heard a bluebird a million miles away I'm looking at the church sign Says our savior is soon to be here And I wonder why the hell would Jesus ever come back here See, all those politicians They claim to understand Year after year they say we'll help ya Don't worry we got a plan See that sparkle in the gutter? That's not diamonds, that ain't glass Nah, it's the pieces of every promise They ever promised in the past Ain't no milk and honey That's just poverty and fear And I wonder why the hell would Jesus ever come back here I dream on that heaven And I wake to this I call it the project 'Cause it don't get fixed Payday loans Pre-paid phones Police cars driving by Where you going to and coming from? And outside the liquor store The body lying dead Someone rolled up on him Put a bullet in his head No one saw nothing You'd be a fool to wonder why And it wasn't no bluebird that I heard Nah, it was one more mother crying I mean this little black boy Watch the evidence disappear He said if Jesus ever comes back I hope he comes back here If Jesus ever comes back