Searching for Heaven

Searchin' for heaven, I found the devil

Never be ready when it's your time

Standin' for nothin', you'll fall for whatever

We down for whatever might cross your mind

And Momma said, "Boy, don't you run from the mess that you started"

Boy, don't you run from the mess that you started

"For you'll be the one end up broken and hearted"

For you'll be the one, for you'll be the one

Stand on your own till you own what you stand on

Stand on your own, yeah, stand on your own

Till you turn to gold all that you put your hands on, your hands on

I swear I am

You can have whatever that you want to

Isn't really nothin' that you won't do

Comin' from the bottom where we rise

You can meet me on the other side

I will be there

Standin' on business, we never back down

Won't ask for forgiveness after we crash out

Even though we made it through the worst

Swear it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt

Searchin' for heaven, I found the devil

Never be ready when it's your time

Standin' for nothin', you'll fall for whatever

We down for whatever might cross your mind

And Momma said, "Boy, don't you run from the mess that you started"

Boy, don't you run from the mess that you started

"For you'll be the one end up broken and hearted"

For you'll be the one, for you'll be the one

Stand on your own till you own what you stand on

Stand on your own, yeah, stand on your own

Till you turn to gold all that you put your hands on, your hands on

I swear I am

I swear I am

Swear I am

Yeah

I went from the cradle to the grave

From the grave to the cradle

I've been around a thousand times

Prayin' my truth might save 'em

They said you only get one life

But I know that's a real true fable

This body is just a new label

Stuck on a old crusader

God gave me the scoop, soup ladle

Now I'm eatin' the stew, potatoes

Used to work in old shoes, broke

Now I'm rockin' these boots, new gators

So tell me, who are you, playa?

Just another leaf in the wind

Fallin' off the branches in the storm

Or are you a tree that only bends?

Never broke, never played pretend

Never shake, not a weak human

A creative genius child

From the trauma, I was in it

Gettin' beat by my stepdaddy's belt

Or maybe that car wreck did it

An angel's grace come out of heaven

But I had to go to hell, I admit it

Amen

Searchin' for heaven, I found the devil

Never be ready when it's your time

Standin' for nothin', you'll fall for whatever

We down for whatever might cross your mind

And Momma said, "Boy, don't you run from the mess that you started"

Boy, don't you run from the mess that you started

"For you'll be the one end up broken and hearted"

For you'll be the one, for you'll be the one

Stand on your own till you own what you stand on

Stand on your own, yeah, stand on your own

Till you turn to gold all that you put your hands on, your hands on

I swear I am

I swear I am

I swear I am