I Gotta Change (Or I'm Gonna Die)

Pain pills started for a backache

Doctor dropped me like a lead weight

Now I cop off the interstate, bout 15 miles from here

I'm not the type you would expect

I work harder than a son of a bitch

Trying to raise up these three kids

And keep em clothed and fed

What's a man worth if he can't work?

Was I really made as a rich man's hammer?

Is this all there'll ever be for me?

I gotta change or I'm gonna die

I wanna live so I'm gonna try

Give it my best, this ain't a test I plan to fail

Where I come from, they'll break a man

What I got now, I built with these hands

I'm not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails

This ain't a test I plan to fail

Oxys beat me like I owed them money

Still on my feet and I feel like running

Maybe somewhere it's always summer

And leave these cares behind

But I've got folks who depend on me

I rise in the dark cause I still believe there's

Something good I just can't see yet

Up around the bend

I gotta change or I'm gonna die

I wanna live so I'm gonna try

Give it my best, this ain't a test I plan to fail

Where I come from, they'll break a man

What I got now, I built with these hands

I'm not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails

This ain't a test I plan to fail

I used to never take an Advil

But if I don't earn we don't pay bills

Inside I'm screaming like an anvil

When iron and hammer meet

I gotta change or I'm gonna die

I wanna live so I'm gonna try

Give it my best, this ain't a test I plan to fail

Where I come from, they'll break a man

What I got now, I built with these hands

I'm not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails

This ain't a test I plan to fail

Lord, this ain't a test I plan to fail