Way back in Alabama the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the steam off the dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must been about six Life was so easy back in the 16 year old fought for the life she wanted for her son for love in the world of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Cooper, Randy Travis Aerosmith kept my on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the party to be frank It wasn't too long before I tried it and then started to drink School became boring and doing my homework became joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was when she had a boy Can't imagine it now as I look back I got three kids of my own And I respect what she went through to pay for and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't what she did, it's she didn't do for me That brought me to this And made me who I am on recording And is my story
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20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' with now Hip-hop is takin' me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of knocks And I carry attitude 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 the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And maybe some day I's I was the grain, even when I was growin' wheat Got back into and roll, and then got into poetry Started expressin' I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and then what I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, now I had somethin' Little did I that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what I've 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 to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn around and it's my daughter, she's 'Cause daddy is Knows that I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I to see it down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call you everyday And daddy sing you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But not enough, and it's breakin' my heart in two Just knowin' I can't stay, not to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye a grin Now bein' left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and held her And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy used to be like you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase dreams One day you'll use everything you've been through to be anything, girl is my story
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