Way in Alabama 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 been about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 old mother fought for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Randy Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the house party to be It wasn't too before I tried it myself and then started to drink School became boring and doing my homework became 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 what 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 this is my
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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 through the school of hard And I carry attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always from police 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, even I was growin' wheat Got back into rock and roll, and got into poetry Started expressin' everything I could 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' Little did I know that be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a at what I've been through And I it my glory, and this is...
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a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide My bags are all and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, already one out the door Turn and it's my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause daddy is Knows that I'll be 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 will sing you prayers from that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's breakin' my in two Just knowin' I can't stay, not to see it through And that I can't her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now she's bein' behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and held her And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy used to be just 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 This is my
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