Way back in Alabama where the dirt roads cut the woods And when it you can smell the steam off the grass dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must have 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, Travis Aerosmith kept my stepdaddy on the And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the house to be frank It wasn't too long before I it myself and then started to drink School became boring and my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm like my mama was when she had a little boy Can't imagine it now as I look back I got three kids of my own And I respect what she went to pay for food and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't 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 this is my
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20 years old in the streets and I'm with gangsters now Hip-hop is takin' me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, put me through the school of hard knocks And I carry attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always from police and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace from the Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And maybe some day I's I was against the grain, even when I was wheat Got into rock and roll, and then got into poetry Started expressin' everything I could through the of pen and pad instrumentals off a tape and then over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, now I had somethin' did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what been through And I made it my glory, and is...
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It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the And I'm excited to get on the road, one foot out the door Turn and it's my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause 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 prayers everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's breakin' my in two Just knowin' I can't stay, not even to see it And I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now bein' left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my and held her tight And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy used to be just you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase your One day you'll use everything been through to be anything, baby girl This is my
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