Lease Land Legends

Big truck tracks

Down a two-rut road

Gate’s got a brand-new lock

On a place my granddad owned

Camera crew grinnin’

Got their sponsor caps on straight

Posing by a gut pile

Like it’s just another day

Leased land legends

Buying up our seasons

Posting up their trophies

Never show the real reasons

Skirting past the game warden

Like the rules don’t stand

Getting rich on blood and pixels

On my daddy’s hunting land

They slip in past sunset

Side-by-sides, quiet hum

Thermal drone sweeps the fence line

Looking for a buck that’s “dumb”

Tag might not match the county

Shot’s a little too late

But the comments call ’em heroes

While the law looks the other way

I still hear my grandpa

Whisper, “Boy, you earn that shot”

You take what feeds the family

Not what fills a video slot

But cash talks louder

Than our old boot tracks in sand

Now fame sits in a tree stand

On someone else’s land