Way back in where the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can the steam off the grass Even dew on the of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must have been six Life was so back in the sticks 16 year old mother fought for the she wanted for her son Lookin' for in the world of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Cooper, Randy Travis Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the party to be frank It wasn't too long before I tried it and then started to drink School became boring and 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 look back 'cause I got kids of my own And I respect 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 brought me to this moment And made me who I am on this And is my story
This is my This is my 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' gangsters now Hip-hop is over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me the school of hard knocks And I carry that with me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed Always running from police and Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my from the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And maybe day I's well I was against the grain, even when I was wheat Got back into rock and roll, and got into poetry expressin' everything I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and then over-dubbin' I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, 'cause now I had Little did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put me So I took a look at what I've been And I it my glory, and this is...
is my story This is my This is what me alive This is me is me trying This is keeps me alive
It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a 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 my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause is leavin' Knows I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I I'll call you everyday And daddy sing you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's my heart in two Just knowin' I stay, not even to see it through And that I can't her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now bein' left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and held her And said, "Hey you what? Daddy used to be just like you I would walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the for you, so chase your dreams One day you'll use everything you've been to be anything, baby girl This is my
is my story This is my This is what keeps me This is me This is me This is keeps me alive