[Intro]
County bus
orange suit, cold chain on my feet
Steel door echo
heart thump off beat
Public phone
cheap talk, long tone
Then she say
"Boy, you got a baby of your own"
[Chorus]
I got clean for my little girl (yeah)
No more dope, no more dirt in my world (nah)
No more cuffs on her family photo
No more visits through the glass at the window
I got clean for my little girl (my baby)
Walk that line, whole road gonna swirl
If she gon’ have a good life
her daddy can’t be doin’ no time
[Verse 1]
Used to wake up to sirens, not roosters
Court dates, codefendants, fake troopers
Dice on the table, drank in the cooler
Whole damn crew tryna out-stupid the loser
Mama said son, this path stay crowded
Smoke in my lungs, brain stay clouded
Thought I was grown, just a sad lil’ outlaw
Chasin’ that bag in a box full of lockjaw
Then that call from my girl, voice crack in the static
Say she pregnant, my name all wrapped in the magic
Whole cell spin, concrete turned ocean
Hardhead fool finally felt some emotion
[Chorus]
I got clean for my little girl (uh-huh)
No more dope, no more dirt in my world (no more)
No more cuffs on her family photo
No more visits through the glass at the window
I got clean for my little girl (my world)
Walk that line, whole road gonna swirl
If she gon’ have a good life
her daddy can’t be doin’ no time
[Verse 2]
Push-ups in the bunk, no pills in the pillow
Trade all the blues for a beat and a willow
Write her name on the wall, get strong in the yard
Turn tattoos into battle scars
Chaplain talkin’, I stay, don’t dodge it
Say a prayer over state-issue porridge
Promise that baby a daddy