Dirt Road Code

Stand up, testify
A country boy till the day I die
Deep south down in my soul
We been living by the dirt road code
Tenn pride, rolling stone
Backwoods is where I go
Ain't go no time for the city life, no
We been living by, living by the dirt road code

By the dirt road code
By the dirt road code

A backwood country boy been known to survive
Off the way of the land and protecting his tribe
Since back in our prime we was taught how to thrive
It was just part of our life to be one of a kind
Respected for the respect we give and we take
Remembered for the [?] and decisions we make
Looked to for guidance through the thickest to thin
Even quoted for remarks that we made back when
There was them simple days and we lived 'em to the fullest
We hung out with the baddest and we kicked it with the coolest
[?] in the shade on them hot summer days
Out chilling on the bank of old Tims Ford lake
We be kicking up mud where folks don't go
And sipping on life from the seeds that we sow
It's that dirt road code, bet the farm on that
If you got it and you live it, let me see where you at

Stand up, testify
A country boy till the day I die
Deep south down in my soul
We been living by the dirt road code
Tenn pride, rolling stone
Backwoods is where I go
Ain't go no time for the city life, no
We been living by, living by the dirt road code

By the dirt road code
By the dirt road code

Yeah, I was dirt road raised in the sticks of mid Tenn
Round from the holler where I've always been
Where my kin, we some good old folks
We make homemade wine and grow good old smoke
We sip Jack & Coke, Blue Ribbon beer
And we live off the land year after year
Day after day, it's a race to survive
Tooth for tooth, and an eye for an eye
From the crop to the block, got acres to sow
Strength in the game, let 'em hustle and grow
Never flip or fold, that's what I was told
And never back down, that's what I was showed
We got each other's back and that's how it go
And our word is our bond and it's good as gold
You're never too young, can't be too old
To walk the path of the dirt road code

Stand up, testify
A country boy till the day I die
Deep south down in my soul
We been living by the dirt road code
Tenn pride, rolling stone
Backwoods is where I go
Ain't go no time for the city life, no
We been living by, living by the dirt road code

By the dirt road code
By the dirt road code

Putting my time down by the river
Catfish strung on the end of my pole
[?] the crop this summer
Living my life by the dirt road code
Putting my time down by the river
Catfish strung on the end of my pole
[?] the crop this summer
Living my life by the dirt road code