“Dark Country Road”
By: ChanceCold

Intro
Dark Country Road
Take the first train out of town – if I could afford it –
But How Could I Ever Leave
Walking alone, on this dark country road –
Nother Sad Song (So I’ll Stay – Keep Walking Alone)
Walking Alone on this Dark Country Road –
Nother Sad Song – Alabama Came With Me ----

V.1
I remember as a child, seeing G’s on BBS’s –
Black Maximas – Air Jordan’s With Fresh Laces –
Looked at my Velcro shoes – couldn’t understand why –
My parents worked so hard – but we stayed broke all the time –

The struggle was inside, wouldn’t share pain with my family –
Hurt mentally – I was a child in poverty –
Put two and two together – Leaned towards the street life –
The life I saw every morning when I stepped outside –

Mommy and daddy loved me – Had both of them around –
But their love was competing with the streets outside our house –
From what I could see, having a job meant staying broke –
But selling dope brought paper in so it’s the route I chose to go –

Yeah I moved in that direction – I was sick of being bullied –
Outcast cuz of my skin color –
They’d love me if I had money –
Got down with a set deep in them Alabama Streets –
And my parents moved to Nashville –
Brought Alabama With Me –

Hook:
If I chose to tell the truth, would they hate me for it?
I’d take the first train outta town if I could afford it –
But How Could I Ever Leave, All That I’ve Ever Known –
If I chose to tell the truth, would they hate me for it?
I’d take the first train outta town if I could afford it –
So I’ll Stay, Keep Walking This Dark Country Road Alone –


V.2
Obviously they don’t understand the nature of the beast –
Tryna get an increase – reminded nothing in life is free –
Watch birds fly and I wish it was me –
Cuz I’m up against the world man, life in the streets –

I Know Who My Real Friends Are –
They the ones that stuck around when I was behind bars –
And they few and far between man only God Knows –
Who gon be there for my kids when my casket close –

For now I keep my eyes open, always awake –
I’m constantly under scrutiny – Pursued by snakes –
Never understood the fakes or the haters –
Only understood the pistol and the need for a Savior

Frozen in time – Convinced Crime Pays –
Hell it’s all I’ve ever known – guess I’m stuck in my ways –
I ain’t choose how I was raised ain’t choose these Alabama Streets –
I’m just living what I learned – Five Federal Felonies – Get It –

Hook:
If I chose to tell the truth, would they hate me for it?
I’d take the first train outta town if I could afford it –
But How Could I Ever Leave, All That I’ve Ever Known –
If I chose to tell the truth, would they hate me for it?
I’d take the first train outta town if I could afford it –
So I’ll Stay, Keep Walking This Dark Country Road Alone –

Bridge:
If I chose to tell the truth would they hate me for it?
But How Could I Ever Leave?
I’d take the first train outta town – If I Could Afford It –
So I’ll Stay, Keep Walking Alone –

Nother Sad Song – Nother Sad Song
Walking Alone On This Dark Country Road
(Dark Country Road)
Nother Sad Song – Nother Sad Song –
Yeah –
Alabama Came With Me –

V.3
They doubt the realness in the realest – huh – go figure –
Kept hustling bricks even though the feds took pictures –
Family’s Gotta Eat Dinner – It’s On Me To Provide It –
If Anyone Gets In The Way, They’ll Be A Victim Of Violence –
Serving time is just part of it, bout to flatten a sentence –
Like Struggle said, close the curtains, don’t want my kids to witness this –
Or follow my footsteps – I pray that they don’t –
But I Know they watching – wondering if daddy’s gon come home –

So much stress, I pray with the pistol to my temple –
Asking God to help me breathe another day, seems my mental
state’s unstable- Man I feel I’m going crazy –
Plus my wife’s told me she’s pregnant, bout to have another baby –

Means I gotta hustle harder – nother mouth to feed –
Got two sons and two daughters and they all rely on me –
I ain’t choose how I was raised ain’t choose to be a drug dealer –
I’m just living what I know –
Hope God’ll Forgive This Sinner -