[Verse 1]
Mud on my boots, same truck, new dent
Daddy’s old Bible on the dash, half bent
Mama in the kitchen sayin’, “Boy, you’re spent”
But I’m still wide awake on last month’s rent
Tire smoke, two-lane, broke white line
Heart on E, but I still hit drive
Every little scar on these hands of mine
Spell out “get up” when I grip that life
[Chorus]
I was raised on red dirt, talkin’ back to the pain
Turnin’ all my hard times into gas for the flame
Got a heart like a hammer, yeah, it beats, it bangs
Through the hurt, through the hurt, I still scream my name
I was raised on red dirt, I ain’t built to break
Every crack in the ground is a step I take
When the whole world hits me where it hurts
I stand up, hands up
(I was raised on red dirt)
[Verse 2]
Cold steel cross hangin’ off my neck
Ex’s name scribbled on a bar tab check
Every little “leave” turned into “not yet”
Every little loss put a chip on my chest
Yeah, I talk to the Lord on a smoke break late
Cuss a little bit, then I clean my plate
He knows that I’m rough, but He still got grace
For a small-town sinner goin’ big-city pace (hey!)
[Chorus]
I was raised on red dirt, talkin’ back to the pain
Turnin’ all my hard times into gas for the flame
Got a heart like a hammer, yeah, it beats, it bangs
Through the hurt, through the hurt, I still scream my name
I was raised on red dirt, I ain’t built to break
Every crack in the ground is a step I take
When the whole world hits me where it hurts
I stand up, hands up
(I was raised on red dirt)
[Bridge]
Yeah, I’ve been down
Face in the ground
But I bite that dust, then I spit it out
If the sky falls
Let it all fall
I’ll be here, bare teeth, back to the wall (woo)
[Chorus]
I was raised on red dirt, talkin’ back to the pain
Turnin’ all my hard times into gas for the flame
Got a heart like a hammer, yeah, it beats, it bangs
Through the hurt, through the hurt, I still scream my name
I was raised on red dirt, I ain’t built to break
Every crack in the ground is a step I take
When the whole world hits me where it hurts
I stand up, hands up
(I was raised on red dirt)