Way back in Alabama where the roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the steam off the 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 year old mother fought for the life she for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and roll is where it 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 long before I tried it and then started to drink School became boring and doing my homework became joints Now I'm sixteen 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 what she went through to pay for food and And her 'Cause it what 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
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20 old in the streets and I'm rollin' with gangsters now Hip-hop is over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me the school of hard knocks And I that attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always running from and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace from the Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And some day I's well I was against the grain, when I was growin' wheat Got back into rock and roll, and then got into Started expressin' I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a and then over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, I had nothin' And man that was alright, now I had somethin' did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what been through And I it my glory, and this is...
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It's a 2 AM bus from me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, for a nationwide tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go the crew And I'm to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn around and it's my daughter, she's 'Cause is leavin' that I'll be gone for months 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 sing you prayers from everywhere 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 that I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye with a Now she's bein' left behind, 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 your One day you'll use everything you've been to be anything, baby girl This is my
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