Way back in where the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it you can smell the steam off the grass Even dew on the hood of my paw paw's Chevrolet Silverado I must been about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 year old mother fought for the life she for her son Lookin' for in the world of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Cooper, Randy Travis Aerosmith kept my stepdaddy on the And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the house party to be It wasn't too long before I tried it and then started to drink School became boring and doing my became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was when she had a boy Can't 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 it ain't what she did, it's what she didn't do for me That brought me to moment And me who I am on this recording And this is my
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20 old in the streets and I'm rollin' with gangsters now Hip-hop is over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me the school of hard knocks And I carry attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed Always running from and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I got my peace from the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And some day I's well I was against the grain, even I was growin' wheat Got back rock and roll, and then got into poetry Started expressin' everything I could the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, I had nothin' 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 I've 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, for a nationwide tour My bags are all and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, one foot out the door Turn around and my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause 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 promise call you everyday And daddy sing you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's my heart in two Just I can't stay, not even to see it through And that I can't her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now bein' left behind, this is me all over again, man I her up in my arms and held her tight And said, "Hey you what? Daddy used to be just like you I would 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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