Don’t Judge the Jacket

Verse 1 – Rap

They see the beard, see the tats, see the cold face

Heavy boots, dark shades, yeah I move weight

City lights, concrete, think I’m all wrong

Think I live fast, think I’m built for the long run

Judgin’ by the cover, never readin’ the page

Think I’m trouble when I’m just wired this way

Yeah I talk low, yeah I walk mean

But my mind’s already gone to the river and stream

They say, “Boy you look like you run them streets”

I just laugh, nod once, let ‘em believe

‘Cause when the night fades and the dawn gets clear

I’m gone with the wind and a case of beer

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Chorus – Rap → Melodic

Don’t judge me by the jacket that I wear

Or the lines on my face or the way that I stare

I might look like the dark side of town

But my heart’s in the woods when the sun goes down

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Verse 2 – Blend (Rap with Country Feel)

I trade the sirens for the sound of pines

Trade the noise for a cast line

Mud on the tires, blood on the blade

Earn every meal that I put on my plate

Fishing at dawn, mist on the lake

Patience taught me more than mistakes

I don’t need gold, don’t need fame

Just a clean shot and a freezer full of game

Yeah I’ve been rough, yeah life hit hard

But peace hits different under open stars

Bonfire crackle, stories get told

That’s a kind of wealth they’ll never know

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Chorus – Country-Rap

Don’t judge me by the jacket that I wear

I ain’t all trouble, I’m a prayer out there

I might look like I’m built for a fight

But I’m built for the woods and a quiet night

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Verse 3 – Country

Got a rifle by the door, rod in the truck

I trust the earth and a little luck

Sunrise gold on a deer trail bend

That’s where I find myself again

Hands stay dirty, soul stays clean

Learned more from rivers than magazines

I ain’t fake, I ain’t playin’ a part

Just a wild land man with a weathered heart

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Final Chorus – Full Country

So don’t judge me by the jacket that I wear

Or the rough-cut edges I carry in there

I might look like the wrong kind of man

But I belong to the woods, the water, the land

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Outro

Yeah…

I don’t look like what I am

But if you follow my tracks, you’ll understand