Way back in where the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the steam off the Even dew on the of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must have been six Life was so easy in the sticks 16 year old mother for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and 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 party to be frank It wasn't too long before I tried it myself and then to drink School boring and doing my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen like my was when 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 'Cause it ain't she did, it's what she didn't do for me That me to this moment And made me who I am on this And is my story
This is my This is my This is keeps me alive This is me is me trying This is keeps me alive
20 years old in the and I'm rollin' with gangsters now Hip-hop is takin' over me, my language, my clothes, my Antioch, Tennessee put me through the 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 the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And maybe day I's well I was the grain, even when I was growin' wheat Got back into rock and roll, and then got poetry Started expressin' everything I could the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and then what I had It was everything, I had nothin' And man that was alright, 'cause now I had Little did I know that 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...
is my story This is my This is what keeps me This is me is me trying This is what 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 and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the crew And I'm to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn and it's my daughter, she's cryin' daddy 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 I'll you everyday And daddy will 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 I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now she's bein' left behind, this is me all 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 in the world for you, so chase your dreams One day use everything you've been through to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my This is my This is keeps me alive is me flying This is me is what keeps me alive