Way back in Alabama where the dirt cut through the woods And when it rains you can the steam off the grass Even dew on the hood of my paw paw's Chevrolet Silverado I have been about six Life was so easy in the sticks 16 year old fought for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and roll is where it 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 myself and then to drink School became boring and doing my homework became joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was when she had a 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 That brought me to this And me who I am on this recording And is my story
is my story This is my is what keeps me alive This is me This is me This is what keeps me
20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' with now Hip-hop is takin' me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, put me through the school of hard knocks And I that attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed Always running from and skateboardin' 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 I was growin' 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 and then over-dubbin' what 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 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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It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a tour My are all packed 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 is leavin' Knows that I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call you And daddy will you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's my heart in two knowin' 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 left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and held her And said, "Hey you know Daddy used to be just like you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase dreams One day you'll use you've been through to be anything, baby girl This is my
This is my is my glory This is keeps me alive This is me is me trying This is keeps me alive