Way back in where the dirt roads cut through the woods And it rains you can smell the steam off the grass dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet 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 love in the world of and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Travis kept my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and filled up the house party to be frank It wasn't too long before I it myself and then started to drink became boring and doing my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm like my mama 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 respect she went through to pay for food and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't what she did, it's what she do for me brought me to this moment And made me who I am on recording And is my story
This is my is my glory This is what keeps me is me flying This is me 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 through the school of knocks And I carry that attitude me to this day, more or not And I'm young and running from police and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I got my peace from the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And maybe day I's well I was against the grain, even I was growin' wheat Got back rock and roll, and then got into poetry expressin' everything I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, because I had And man was alright, 'cause now I had somethin' Little did I know would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a at what I've been through And I it my glory, and this is...
This is my is my glory This is what keeps me is me flying This is me This is keeps me alive
It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, for a nationwide tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my to go meet the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, already one out the door around and it's my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause daddy is Knows I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I hate to see it down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call 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 Just I can't stay, not even to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say with a grin Now bein' left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my and held her tight And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy to be just like you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase dreams One day use everything you've been through to be anything, baby girl This is my
is my story This is my This is what keeps me This is me is me trying This is what keeps me