

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Mama told me where we come from Not a place you’d ever see A name written on a paper Like a life was property Born into a world already decided Hands to work, back to the sun Freedom came, but nothing changed Just a different kind of run [Pre-Chorus] No land No pay Just long days And faith [Chorus] They took his years They took his strength They took everything they could take But he held that line Through all that pain So his name would stay Yeah, the world moved on But he stayed the same Working through the weight They couldn’t break him They couldn’t erase him His name stayed [Verse 2] Worked his whole life after freedom Still doors closed in his face Segregation wrote the rules He just learned his place White signs, long roads, hard winters No help coming back his way But he built a family from nothing And gave them better days [Pre-Chorus] No justice No rest Just his will And what was left [Chorus] They took his years They took his strength They took everything they could take But he held that line Through all that pain So his name would stay Yeah, the world forgot What he gave away Every drop, every day They couldn’t break him They couldn’t erase him His name stayed [Bridge] I carry his blood In the way I stand In the way I fight In these working hands They never gave him What he was owed But I’m here now Because he held that road [Build] Woodard Still here Still standing Still here [Final Chorus] They took his years They took his strength They took more than anyone should take But he held that line Through all that pain So his name would stay Now every step Every breath I take Is the life he made They couldn’t break him They couldn’t erase him His name stayed [Outro] They tried to own him They tried to end him But his name stayed
Tags
Dark Blues-Rock, Modern Americana, Emotional Alternative, male vocal, blues storytelling, studio
3:57
No
2/13/2026