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 and what would take for me to shine I ain't lookin' for no friends and I ain't lookin' for no pity Trustin' no one but my family and my dawgs who's riding with me Now these times are lookin' hard and the road is lookin' bumpy Ain't no faking, ain't no flaunting, 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, straight 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 Mother 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 But 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 slackin' 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 Trustin' no one but my family and my dawgs who's riding with me Now these times are lookin' hard and the road is lookin' bumpy Ain't no faking, ain't no flaunting, 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 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 up No one understood our hearts, all we ever had was us Everybody was doin' their work while me and my brother was makin' beats 'Til I finally left that school, because I couldn't take the heat Now that I'm in music seem like nobody want to see me shine But it ain't no thing to me, I'm tellin' all haters, catch up with your 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 Trustin' no one but my family and my dawgs who's riding with me Now these times are lookin' hard and the road is lookin' bumpy Ain't no faking, ain't no flaunting, 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 It's been a long road Said it's been a long road It's been a long road