I'm from Florida, born and raised

I let the sunshine lead my way, let it lead my way

I'm from Florida, Heaven's sakes

I pray to God for better days

I come from a place where most of us don't make it

A place in Central Florida, better known as Lakeland

I was born out there by wall bash

At two years old, we hauled ass to the green swamp

In the tall grass rock ridge where the swamp's at

Trailer trash, they called us that

Thirty-two, but I'm all of that

These backwoods is my habitat, old country boy in the Cadillac

No palm trees, no beaches, just cotton mops and leeches

Talking creatures like these wild hogs that'll rip your ass to pieces

That city like you can keep it, country raised, thank you Jesus

Southern bread, better believe it, I'll never change

I pledge allegiance Humboldt County's biggest secret

Really live in what I'm speaking

Never heard of new green

Well howdy duty, nice to meet you

And these police around here, they don't play no games with you

Let them catch you with their work, they put you clean up out of business

Now they got you in the system, the county jail where you living

Better write your mama, write your daughter, tell them to come and visit

I'm from Florida, born and raised

I let the sunshine lead my way, let it lead my way

I'm from Florida heaven's sakes

I pray to God for better days

It's hard as hell to get love here, they love you more if you ain't from here

It's a lot of guns, a lot of thugs, a lot of sluts and drugs here

I ain't talkin' bad, I'm talkin' facts, I know it's real cause I did all that

But now I'd rather forget all that and I pray to God to forgive all that

We got daddies in the pen, and mamas on the binge

And no matter what she did, the mama's still gon' get the kids

Nine times out of ten, that's just the way it is

Down here in Florida, they gon' do your ass in

See, I've been at the bottom, cause I live at the bottom

Gatin' dudes born to lose, it's hard to win at the bottom

I fought addiction and overcame it, gotta be strong if you gon' make it

Ain't nobody gonna save you, see you come up, they gon' hate it

My granny taught me prayers, my daddy taught me betrayal

My uncle taught me love, and my mama showed me hell

My heart showed me pain, baby mama showed me jail

My kids gave me life and taught me how to find myself

I'm from Florida. born and raised

I let the sunshine lead my way. let it lead my way

I'm from Florida heaven's sakes

I pray to God for better days

I'm from Florida Born and raised

I let the sunshine Lead my way. let it lead my way

I'm from Florida Heaven's sakes

I pray to God for better days

Oh, oh, oh

I'm from Florida