Purpose Before Opinions
[Intro – Spoken]
I had a purpose…
before anyone had an opinion.
You readyyyyyyyyyyy…
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[Verse 1]
I wake up early with oil in my veins,
Pull out the driveway like an Amtrak train.
Two cups of coffee and three Red Bulls in,
Another fourteen days, let the work begin.
Pick up the crew, head on down to the dock,
Jump on the boat—headdddd out… helllll yeah, let’s rock.
Steel-toe boots and a weathered hard hat,
The Gulf knows exactly where a roughneck’s at.
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[Pre-Chorus]
Hard work and clean living, that’s the code we live,
Pray to God all our sins have been forgiven.
The wind don’t care and the waves don’t lie,
Out here you earn every sunrise.
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[Chorus]
Offshore we treat it like jail,
Living out of duffel bags, chasing another paycheck trail.
We stay laced up so we can knuckle up,
When the pressure hits, we never let up.
Blood, sweat, diesel, rust, and rain,
Every scar tells where we’ve been.
The difference between me and most people…
…You readyyyyyyyyyyy?
I had a purpose before anyone had an opinion.
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[Verse 2]
Back in my early days on the drilling rigs,
We’d fuck, fight, and trip pipe—that’s how some lived.
Young and wild with more nerve than sense,
Learning every lesson on the company’s expense.
Some men quit when the weather got rough,
Some folded up when life got tough.
But the ocean teaches what nobody can—
You either become steel… or you sink like sand.
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[Bridge]
Mama prayed every hitch I’d come home alive.
My kids kept me pushing just to survive.
I’ve danced with the devil on a midnight deck,
One bad decision can cash your last check.
So I bow my head before that whistle blows,
Only the Good Lord really knows.
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[Final Chorus]
Offshore we treat it like jail,
Missing birthdays, holidays, every family tale.
We stay laced up so we can knuckle up,
Never asking life to take it easy on us.
Hard work and clean living, that’s my religion,
Built this life through sweat and decisions.
The difference between me and most people…
You readyyyyyyyyyyy?
I had a purpose…
before anyone had an opinion.
[Outro – Spoken]
The ocean don’t care who you are.
It only respects what you’re willing to become.
