Way back in Alabama where the dirt roads cut the woods And when it rains you can smell the off the grass Even dew on the hood of my paw paw's Chevrolet Silverado I must have about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 year old mother for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and roll is where it It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Randy kept my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol up the house party to be frank It wasn't too before I tried it myself and then started to drink became boring and doing my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen my mama was when she had a little boy Can't imagine it now as I look back 'cause I got kids of my own And I respect what she went through to pay for food and And her 'Cause it ain't she did, it's what she didn't do for me That me to this moment And made me who I am on this And is my story
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20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' gangsters now Hip-hop is over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of hard And I carry that with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always running from and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace from the Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And maybe some day I's I was against the grain, even I was growin' wheat Got back into rock and roll, and got into poetry Started expressin' everything I could the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a and then over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, I had nothin' And man that was alright, 'cause now I had Little did I know would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I a look at what I've been through And I it my glory, and this is...
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It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the parkin' lot of Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a tour My are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, already one out the door Turn around and my daughter, she's cryin' daddy is leavin' Knows that I'll be gone for and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I I'll call you everyday And daddy will you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and breakin' my heart in two Just knowin' I stay, not even to see it through And that I tuck her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now she's left behind, this is me all over again, man I her up in my arms and held her tight And said, "Hey you know what? used to be just like you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the for you, so chase your dreams One day you'll use everything you've through to be anything, baby girl This is my
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