Way back in Alabama the dirt roads cut through the woods And it rains you can smell the steam off the grass Even dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Silverado I have been about six was so easy back in the sticks 16 old mother fought for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for in the world of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Cooper, Randy Travis Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol up the house party to be frank It wasn't too long I tried it myself and then started to drink School became boring and doing my homework became joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was she had a little boy imagine it now as I look back 'cause 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 she did, it's what 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 with gangsters now Hip-hop is takin' over me, my language, my clothes, my Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of knocks And I that attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed Always from police 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 then got into Started expressin' everything I through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and then over-dubbin' I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, now I had somethin' 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 lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, for a nationwide tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go 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 'Cause daddy is that I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call you everyday And daddy will sing you prayers 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 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 in the world for you, so chase your dreams One day you'll use everything you've through to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my is my glory This is what me alive is me flying This is me This is keeps me alive