[Verse 1]
My home boys ride with me
That’s blood in the mud
We share the last plate
And the same red dirt
You come talkin’ crooked
At my kin and my crew
You better mind your step
When you walk in the room
I was raised on respect
On a front-porch code
You cross one of mine
That’s a whole front row
I don’t need no lecture
I know where I stand
If you shake that tree
You’ll meet family hands
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t push it
Don’t test this line
Say my people’s name
And you step on mine
Don’t twist it
It’s plain to see
Where I come from
We don’t do weak
[Chorus]
Don’t get sideways
With my people
Don’t get sideways
With my family
We stand locked up
We stand solid
That’s country family
That’s country family
Don’t get sideways
With my people
You want smoke?
Then come and see
We stand locked up
We stand solid
That’s country family
That’s country family
[Verse 2]
If my brother’s down
I’m the first on scene
If my sister calls
I’m there by three
We don’t fold up
We don’t run off scared
We keep our word
Like a prayer said there
You can keep your flex
And your big talk too
But a circle like this
Don’t bend for you
Same boots, same roots
Same hard-earned name
You bring heat our way
We bring back flame
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t push it
Don’t test this line
Say my people’s name
And you step on mine
Don’t twist it
It’s plain to see
Where I come from
We don’t do weak
[Chorus]
Don’t get sideways
With my people
Don’t get sideways
With my family
We stand locked up
We stand solid
That’s country family
That’s country family
Don’t get sideways
With my people
You want smoke?
Then come and see
We stand locked up
We stand solid
That’s country family
That’s country family
[Bridge]
I’ve seen hard days
I’ve seen dust and loss
But you don’t break us
You don’t count that cost
One call, one nod
We all pull through
That’s the kind of love
That I grew up to
[Final Chorus]
Don’t get sideways
With my people
Don’t get sideways
With my family
We stand locked up
We stand solid
That’s country family
That’s country family
Don’t get sideways
With my people
You want smoke?
Then come and see
We stand locked up
We stand solid
That’s country family
That’s country family