Between the Cracks-John Mark McMillan

[00:27.13]Hope grows between [00:28.94]the cracks in the asphalt [00:31.05]in the down downtown [00:32.40]ghetto streets that contour the government [00:36.35]housing intentions of my heart [00:42.70]And no one notices [00:44.88]the daisies don't care [00:46.89]about gang related violence [00:49.12]as long as they get enough air and water and sun [00:53.89]they're all just fine [01:03.79]through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain [01:18.83]He's raising the dead in graveyards [01:35.10]Hope stands high [01:36.78]on the fifteenth floor [01:38.76]of a Christmas tree perched [01:40.93]about the ledge [01:42.12]of a fortress of steel [01:43.81]that's trying too hard [01:45.83]to be somebody's home [01:50.67]as it seized [01:51.90]my attention from I-85 [01:54.78]though the throes of the day were [01:57.09]still writhing inside [01:58.68]I lifted my head [02:00.78]as I drove home that night [02:02.88]and knew that everything was gonna be fine. [02:07.26][00:59.07]Who would have thought it but life is finding a way [02:11.92]through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain. [02:18.87][01:10.75]There's a man down here somewhere between [02:22.71][01:14.76]those Saturday cartoons and the dirty magazines [02:26.94]He's raising the dead in graveyards [02:30.91][01:22.44]where we've laid down our dreams [02:33.75][01:25.85]and His name is hope [03:45.98][03:38.18][03:29.79][03:21.81][03:14.25][03:05.84]His name is hope [03:53.44][03:41.23][03:33.18][03:25.51][03:17.45][03:09.01]everybody needs a little [04:30.63]Can hear him outside [04:32.87]He's been singing all night [04:34.76]He's saying, "When are you gonna [04:36.30]come out from behind [04:38.91]these paper thin walls of your [04:41.25]cardboard box reality.