Way back in where the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can the steam off the grass dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must been about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 year old mother for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of 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 myself and started to drink became boring and doing my homework became rollin' 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 it ain't what she did, it's what she didn't do for me That me to this moment And me who I am on this recording And is my story
is my story This is my This is keeps me alive This is me is me trying This is keeps me alive
20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' gangsters now Hip-hop is takin' me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me the school of hard knocks And I carry that attitude me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always running from police and Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my from the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And maybe day I's well I was the grain, even when I was growin' wheat 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 over-dubbin' I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, 'cause now I had Little did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put me So I took a look at what I've through And I made it my glory, and is...
This is my This is my is what keeps me alive This is me This is me This is what me alive
It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the lot of Wal-Mart Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my to go meet the crew And I'm to get on the road, already one foot out the door around and it's my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause is leavin' Knows that I'll be gone for months and it 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 knowin' I can't stay, not even to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye with a Now she's bein' behind, this is me all over again, man I her up in my arms 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 you've been through to be anything, baby This is my
This is my is my glory This is what me alive This is me This is me is what keeps me alive