Way back in Alabama the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the off the grass Even dew on the of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I have been 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 of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Travis Aerosmith kept my on the road And life, it was and alcohol filled up the house party to be frank It wasn't too before I tried it myself and then started to drink School boring and doing my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was she had a little boy Can't imagine it now as I back 'cause I got three kids of my own And I respect what she went to pay for food and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't what she did, what she didn't do for me brought me to this moment And made me who I am on this And is my story
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20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' gangsters now Hip-hop is takin' me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, put me through the school of hard knocks And I carry attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always running from and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I got my peace from the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And maybe day I's well I was against the grain, even I was growin' wheat Got back into rock and roll, and then got into Started everything 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 was alright, 'cause now I had somethin' Little did I know that be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what I've through And I it my glory, and this is...
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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 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 it's my daughter, she's daddy 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 call you everyday And daddy will you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's breakin' my in two Just knowin' I stay, not even to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye a grin Now she's bein' left behind, is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and her tight And said, "Hey you know what? 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 dreams One day you'll use everything you've been through to be anything, baby is my story
This is my is my glory This is what me alive This is me This is me is what keeps me alive