Artist: Yelawolf f/ Wynonna Judd Album: Trial By Fire Song: Keeps Me Alive Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Yelawolf] Way back in Alabama where the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the steam off the grass, even dew on the hood of my paw-paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado, I must've been about 6 Life was so easy back in the sticks 16-year-old mother fought for the life she wanted for her son Lookin for love in the world of rock'n'roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Randy Travis Aerosmith kept my stepdaddy on the road, and life it was madness Cocaine and alcohol filled up the house party to be frank It wasn't long before I tried it myself and then started to drink School became boring and doin my homework became rollin joints Now I'm 16 like my momma was when she had a little boy Can't imagine that now as I look back cause I got three kids of my own And I respect what she went through to pay for food and clothes and a home Cause it ain't what she did, it's what she didn't do for me that brought me to this moment and made me who I am on this recording And this is, my story [Chorus: Wynonna Judd] This is my story, this is my glory This is what keeps me alive This is me flying, this is me trying This is what keeps me alive [Yelawolf] 20 years-old in the streets and I'm rollin with gangsters now Hip-Hop has takin over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of hard knocks And I carry that attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and hot-headed, always runnin from police and skateboardin, graffiti, loiterin, I sorta got my peace from the chaos, was no "mother may I's" Surrounded by have-nots, and maybe some day I's Well, I was against the grain, even when I was growin wheat Got back into rock'n'roll, and then got into poetry Started expressin everything I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin instrumentals off a tape and then over-dubbin what I had It was everything, because I had nothin And man that was alright, cause now I had somethin Little did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what I've been through, and I made it my glory And this is [Chorus] [Yelawolf] It's a 2 AM bus crawl for me at the parkin lot of Walmart Leavin Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin my truck to go meet the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn around and it's my daughter, she's cryin cause daddy is leavin Knows that I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look baby, I promise I'll call you every day And daddy will send you a present from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's breakin my heart in two Just knowin I can't stay, not even to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now she's bein left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and held her tight and said, "Hey you know what? Daddy used to be just like you when I would walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase your dreams One day you'll use everything that you've been through to be anything, baby girl" This is, my story [Chorus]