Keeps Me Alive Lyrics - 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 have been about six 

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 and 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 too long before I tried it myself and then started to drink 

School became boring and doing my homework became rollin' joints 

Now I'm sixteen like my mama was when she had a little boy 

Can't imagine it 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 her 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 

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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 

20 years old in the streets and I'm rollin' with gangsters now 

Hip-hop is 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 running 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 and 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... 

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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 

It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; from me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart 

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 everyday 

And daddy will sing you prayers 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 you've been through to be anything, baby girl 

This is my story 

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