White Trash

Well, I was born in a white trash town

There wasn’t allot of money to go around

So you learned to make do with the things you had

There was allot of people up to no good

Living in my neighborhood

So fighting just became a way of life

I can’t tell you how many times

I’ve been threatened with a knife

I’d have to grab my big wheel and run for my life

Things like this happened almost everyday

Through it all, I stood tall

You know I wouldn’t listen to ya’all

Trying to pin me down in a white trash life

They called me white trash

Well, hey look at me know and you can see

They called me white trash

But, I can be anything I wanna be

Well, I remember a time when I was 7 or 8

It was dark and I knew it was late

I woke up to my dad crying at the side of my bed

He smelt of liquor, something wasn’t right

What’d he do, he was quite a sight

He told me then that he wasn’t the best dad

First that made me really sad

Then I got really mad

I knew then he had done my momma wrong

As I look back on that night

I’m glad I know my wrong from right

I decided then I would never be like him

They called me white trash

Well, hey look at me know and you can see

They called me white trash

But, I can be anything I wanna be

By the time I was 20, I had no money

I was cold and had nobody

I was homeless living out on the streets

Now around this time I met my wife

I’ll tell you what, she saved my life

She gave me a reason to strive for a better life

I’d find a crash pad, get a job

Get a car, then lose it all

This is a pattern that repeated for many years

I worked real hard, put myself through school

Tried to be a corporate fool

But now my backs shot and I can’t work no more

They called me white trash

Well, hey look at me know and you can see

They called me white trash

But, I can be anything I wanna be