It took a bully riding my back to make me mad enough to fight. And a summer with my granddad to find out what hard work's like. It took that football coach in high school to make me tougher than the rest.
You packed your clothes and all your stuff. 'Til there was nothin' left of us. Guess what we had ain't enough. That map beside you on the seat. Is ridin' right where I wanna be.
No, I don't want no Jack and Coke. Please, sit me where there ain't no smoke. Don't want nothing clouding up my eyes. . Well, you see that girl over there.
We all go home. . You're eating strawberry pie in a mid-town diner. Next thing you know you're back in south Carolina. Stuffing your mouth at grandma's house.
She was pretty. She was smart. She was witty. Yeah she had charm. Cupid shot me. That's what got me down the aisle. But that match made in heaven. Went straight to hell.