Way back in Alabama where the roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the steam off the Even dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Silverado I have been about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 year old mother fought for the she wanted for her son for love in the world of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Randy 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 myself and started to drink School boring and doing my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was she had a little boy Can't it now as I look back 'cause I got three kids of my own And I what she went through to pay for food and clothes And her it ain't what she did, it's what she didn't do for me That brought me to this And me who I am on this recording And is my story
is my story This is my This is what keeps me is me flying This is me This is what me alive
20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' with now Hip-hop is over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of hard And I that attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and running from police and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I got my peace from the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And maybe day I's well I was against the grain, even when I was growin' Got into rock and roll, and then got into poetry Started expressin' everything I 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 know that would be the hardest thing to do God put before me So I took a look at what been through And I made it my glory, and is...
is my story This is my This is what me alive This is me is me trying This is keeps me alive
a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide My bags are all packed and I'm my truck to go meet the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, one foot out the door Turn around and it's my daughter, she's daddy is leavin' Knows I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll you everyday And daddy will sing you from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's breakin' my in two Just knowin' I stay, not even to see it through And that I can't her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now she's bein' behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my 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 world for you, so chase dreams One day you'll use everything been through to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my is my glory This is what keeps me is me flying This is me This is what keeps me