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

And 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 ridin' with me

Now these times are lookin' hard and the road is lookin' bumpy

Ain't no fakin', ain't no flodgin', 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 dogs 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

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 was 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 and what would take for me to shine

And 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 ridin' with me

Now these times are lookin' hard and the road is lookin' bumpy

Ain't no fakin', ain't no flodgin', 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 wasn'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 lasts 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 demandin'

People tried to bring me down, but they failed dog and I'm still standin'

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

And 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 ridin' with me

Now these times are lookin' hard and the road is lookin' bumpy

Ain't no fakin', ain't no flodgin', 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