Long Road

Growin up I've seen a lot of things in life
 I've seen the good
 I've seen the bad
 I've seen the happy
 And I've seen the sad
 But through it all, I'm just blessed to be alive man
 Now I've been ridin down these roads
 Lookin for some peace of mind
 Steady thinkin bout my future
 What would take for me to shine
 I ain't lookin for no friends
 I ain't lookin for no pity
 Trust in no one but my family and
 My dogs that's riding with me
 Now these times are lookin hard
 And the road is lookin bumpy
 Ain't no faking, ain't no flodging
 I was raised by the country
 Carried weight up on my shoulders
 And it's been a heavy load
 I done came a long way, lookin back
 It's been a long road
 Said it's been a long road
 It's been a long road
 Said it's been a long road
 I was born in the eighties, raised in the nineties
 Blue bird here brother that's where you find me
 I ain't worried about no haters
 I got my dawgs behind me
 Growin up I didn't have it all but
 I thank God that I had plenty
 Twenty-two, yeah that's a blessing
 Cause Big Matt wasn't supposed to see twenty
 Life in the sticks was all that I know
 Strait from the rip, that's where I called home
 Grew up with a mom and dad
 Who gave me a place I could call my own
 Tryin to get my soul in check
 Cause dog we livin in evil days
 Momma told me watch the boys
 Cause most the boys got evil ways
 That's why lately I've been solo
 Cause nowadays they be on them no-no's
 One day they show you love
 Then the next day they would gossip like homos
 It is what it is I guess
 You make mistakes
 You live and learn
 Things don't come on a silver platter
 Cause in this life good things are earned
 We were taught to work hard
 Ain't had no time for slack
 Show love to our brothers and sisters
 And give the shirts off our backs
 I tried to stay in church
 Lord knows I'm far from perfect
 I know God's got a purpose
 He didn't send me to be worthless
 Now I've been ridin down these roads
 Lookin for some peace of mind
 Steady thinkin bout my future
 What would take for me to shine
 I ain't lookin for no friends and I ain't lookin for no pity
 Trust in no one but my family and
 My dogs that's riding with me
 Now these times are lookin hard
 And the road is lookin bumpy
 Ain't no faking, ain't no flodgin'
 I was raised by the country
 Carried weight up on my shoulders and
 It's been a heavy load
 I don came a long way, lookin back
 It's been a long road said it's been a long road
 It's been a long road said it's been a long road
 Now I've seen the good and I've seen the bad
 Seen the happy, seen the sad
 Used to always wonder if I'd ever meet the dreams I had
 Before the mics and the keyboards
 All we had was tape recorders
 Dropped out of school at eighteen
 We weren't good at takin orders
 It seemed we couldn't do nothin right
 We always had to battle luck
 No one understood our hearts, all we ever had was us
 Everybody was doin their work
 While me and my brother was makin beats
 Then I finally left that school
 Because I couldn't take the heat
 Now that I'm in music
 Seems like nobody want to see me shine
 But it ain't no thing to me
 I'm tellin all haters, catch up with your own kind
 Cause my kind, they love to fish
 My kind, they love to hunt
 Meanwhile, them boys ain't keepin it real
 They just love to front
 I learned that friends come and go
 But family last a lifetime
 My soul is full of hurt
 That's why I pick up the pen and write rhymes
 We dropped a couple of tracks
 Next thing you know, they was all demanding
 People tried to bring me down
 But they failed dog and I'm still standing
 Now I've been ridin down these roads
 Lookin for some peace of mind
 Steady thinkin bout my future
 What would take for me to shine
 I ain't lookin for no friends and I ain't lookin for no pity
 Trust in no one but my family and
 My dogs that's riding with me
 Now these times are lookin hard
 And the road is lookin bumpy
 Ain't no faking, ain't no flodging
 I was raised by the country
 Carried weight up on my shoulders and
 It's been a heavy load
 I don came a long way, lookin back
 It's been a long road said it's been a long road
 It's been a long road said it's been a long road