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 hood of my paw 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must have about six Life was so easy back in the 16 year old mother for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and roll is it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Travis Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and filled up the house party to be frank It wasn't too before I tried it myself and then started to drink School became boring and my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen my mama was when she had a little boy Can't imagine it now as I look '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 what she did, it's she didn't do for me That brought me to moment And me who I am on this recording And is my story
This is my is my glory This is what me alive This is me This is me This is what me alive
20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' with now Hip-hop is takin' over me, my language, my clothes, my Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of hard And I carry that with me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed running 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' I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' off a tape and then over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, I had nothin' 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 took a look at what been through And I made it my glory, and is...
This is my This is my is what keeps me alive This is me is me trying This is keeps 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 truck to go meet the And I'm to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn around and my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause daddy is Knows that I'll be for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise call you everyday And daddy will sing you from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's 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 left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and her tight And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy to be just like you I would 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 been to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my is my glory This is keeps me alive This is me This is me This is what keeps me