Way before platinum there was a we used to go and ride for hours at a time on a road is troubling, you can let it go I get out of the car and walk through it, visit the river and to it Simply saying, "Mr. water, is it that you running from?" Asked the bird in the tree, "What is it that you for?" Now knowing (Why the Caged Bird Sings) is wishing to be Reminded myself of and it's hold on me Touring, the children, women, resistance Religion means so much to me, the don't see enough of me This way, that way, bending corners to get away Sometimes you to see a storm to appreciate a pretty day BACK in the car now, headed for the liquor God, what a vivid scene, what I just seen Rolled up another one, in a daze though up at the Mini-Mart, my mind on the country roads
I just to go On the country roads and get On the country roads again on the country roads again
Yo, we off in these backwoods Caddy-hogging, dog, ain't no joke We glad robbing, rap imposter's, for they problem no hope It's cutthroat, we starving, charging for the front do' You want mo'? We smoke and sparking, jokers the blunt go Been folk for plenty miles, yes I'm the type to grin and bear it The second and out the box, I'm back again with 'dro and spirits at me now, I found a spot, I'm down here by that rolling river Grab a rose and took me to a place, au revoir, I'm rolling
Man these country making me zone out Riding through all the that poppa would scold 'bout But soon as my got good I showed out to jump I-24, come back with plenty mo' By '97 I was perfect o The and the Willie Esco was the dress code We lost our littlest Gwin, a skid row Tony Renfrow rest in peace your kinfolks, I y'all
(Dude the hell are we doing?) Back deep on these country blowing, getting in touch with my mind No worries striped lines and curve-filled signs When all the events throughout the day, good or bad, rewind While I recline, in my seats Hit the and press repeat And let the melody of these roads keep my soul upbeat No destination proposed, just these country roads... Listen, this killer's that's willing to catch a case Split your wig apart than the divorce rate show out, go wild in the corpse cage Blow out in the news and I don't mean the page Get drowned in Lake, could get found in horse cave Fool, get down, the crazy! Lil' with ambition, itching to fill my position Replace me, but by the Lord's grace still Should be in depression La trill is missing, cousins in Little Ricky was snitching, now he's a born-again Christian Always had my suspicions, our teens with bad Family members gone on a mission, we miss 'em See you can travel through two different coasts State to state, navigate this globe In of a plate full of food for the soul I could taste it the smoke hit my nose On a place called roads