Everything that I am
You called me names till I became a name
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Twelve lyrics, no interviews. Nine come from the album Love Story (2015), via Change (two lines), 'Till It's Gone, Outer Space, Whiskey In A Bottle, Ball N Chain, Best Friend, Empty Bottles and Heart Break, and three more from True to Yourself. Identity, perseverance and struggle lead on 3 lines each. The subject is being an outsider: "you're a misfit", a quiet voice no matter how loud you get, and being called names until you became a name.
If the world gives you pen and paper, draw the line
I don't know much about Holy Bibles
But I grew up in the Bible Belt (Ah)
I put my love for a woman on idle
Because I got beat with my mama's belt
Build, work, build, work, build, work
Fall down, fail, learn, learn, earn, earn and conquer
Still got the house in the little hood that raised me
Still know dope boys, I talk to 'em daily
Still got that red neck family who loves me
You didn't know shit about me, man
You didn't go to school in the clothes that I had to wear back then
You used to be so cool, what the fuck happened to you?
Look at what all this rapping and money-stacking will do
Give me everything, take it all away
Lock me up and then throw away the key
Kick me down and then talk about my state
I'm not out of place, I'm from outer space
I jump to the sky for my people
I walk through the fire, I give love when it's equal
You will never fit, you're a misfit
You're a quiet voice no matter how loud you get
Watchin' God play his life violin
Happily, an instrumental in the wind
Call me a redneck, and I just tattoo it
Because of the abuse and I use it as therapy in music