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 must have 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 is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Travis Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was and alcohol filled up the house party to be frank It wasn't too long before I it myself 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 through to pay for food and clothes And her it ain't what she did, it's what she didn't do for me That me to this moment And me who I am on this recording And is my story
is my story This is my This is what keeps me This is me This is me This is what keeps me
20 old in the streets and I'm rollin' with gangsters now Hip-hop is takin' me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of hard And I carry that attitude me to this day, more or not And I'm young and 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, when I was growin' wheat Got back rock and roll, and then got into poetry Started everything I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and then what I had It was everything, I had nothin' And man that was alright, 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 made it my glory, and is...
is my story This is my This is keeps me alive This is me This is me This is what keeps me
It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a 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 Turn around and it's my daughter, she's 'Cause daddy is Knows that I'll be gone for and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call you And will sing you prayers 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 with a grin Now she's bein' left behind, this is me all again, man I picked her up in my arms and her tight And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy used to be 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 been through to be anything, baby girl This is my
This is my This is my This is what me alive This is me This is me This is what keeps me