Way before platinum there was a we used to go and for hours at a time on a country road is troubling, you can let it go I get out of the car and walk it, visit the river and talk to it Simply saying, "Mr. water, is it that you running from?" Asked the bird in the tree, "What is it you humming for?" Now (Why the Caged Bird Sings) is wishing to be free Reminded of life and it's hold on me Touring, the children, women, sexual Religion means so much to me, the church don't see of me This way, that way, bending corners to get away Sometimes you to see a storm to appreciate a pretty day in the car now, headed for the liquor store God, what a vivid scene, digging I just seen Rolled up another one, still in a though Gassed up at the Mini-Mart, my mind on the country
I want to go On the country and get blowed On the country roads again Been on the roads again
Yo, we off in these Caddy-hogging, Nappy dog, ain't no joke We they robbing, rap imposter's, for they problem no hope It's cutthroat, we hungry starving, for the front do' You want mo'? We smoke and sparking, jokers like the go Been shoving folk for miles, yes I'm the type to grin and bear it The second chance and out the box, I'm back again with 'dro and Look at me now, I found a spot, I'm down here by rolling river Grab a and took me to a place, au revoir, I'm rolling scriptures
Man these country roads making me out Riding through all the that poppa would scold 'bout But soon as my got good I showed out to jump I-24, come back with plenty mo' By '97 I was smoking o The chains and the Willie was the dress code We lost our littlest Gwin, a skid row Tony Renfrow rest in your kinfolks, I miss y'all
(Dude the hell are we doing?) Back deep on these country roads blowing, getting in touch my mind No worries just striped lines and curve-filled When all the events throughout the day, good or bad, somehow While I recline, in my Cadillac Hit the trees and press And let the melody of these roads keep my soul upbeat No destination proposed, just riding these roads... Listen, this killer's willing to catch a court case Split your wig apart quicker than the divorce Niggaz show out, go in the corpse cage Blow out in the and I don't mean the sports page Get drowned in North Lake, get found in horse cave Fool, get down, the crazy! Lil' with ambition, itching to fill my position Replace me, but by the Lord's grace still Should be in depression La is missing, cousins in prison Heard Ricky was snitching, now he's a born-again Christian Always had my suspicions, our teens bad addictions Family members gone overseas on a mission, we 'em See you can travel straight through two different to state, navigate this beautiful globe In search of a plate full of for the soul I could it when the smoke hit my nose On a place called roads