Man, let me tell you somethin’.
I came up young, had to grow up fast. While other kids was playin’, I was out there in them fields, plowin’ dirt, plantin’ gardens, learnin’ how to make somethin’ outta nothin’. Life didn’t hand me much, so I learned real quick how to survive, how to stand on my own two feet and not fold when it got hard.
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Never know what’s next, but always trying to do my best been so blessed, looking back I was lucky to have been taught the important things in life but always learning no matter how old I get
At eighteen, my whole world shifted. I was over in Germany, wearin’ that uniform, tryin’ to be all I could be, when I lost my brother. That kind of pain don’t just fade; it carves somethin’ into you. But instead of breakin’ me, it lit a fire. From that day on, whatever I touched, I pushed to the top. Job, hustle, whatever it was—I wasn’t about to be average. I owed more than that to myself, to my brother, to my family name.
survive, how to stand on my own two feet and not fold when it got hard.
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Never know what’s next, but always trying to do my best been so blessed, looking back I was lucky to have been taught the important things in life but always learning no matter how old I get
Now I’m sixty, and I look around and see two beautiful daughters and some grandbabies that light up my whole world. I’m runnin’ that road between Charlotte and Myrtle Beach, back and forth, just to lay eyes on my people, to laugh, to hug, to let ’em know I’m still here and I still got ’em. That’s what matters now—time, love, presence.
survive, how to stand on my own two feet and not fold when it got hard.
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Never know what’s next, but always trying to do my best been so blessed, looking back I was lucky to have been taught the important things in life but always learning no matter how old I get
Life’s funny, man. You never know what’s comin’ round the corner. One day you in the dirt, next day you on a plane, next day you sayin’ goodbye to somebody you love. That’s why you gotta do what you gotta do, even when nobody’s watchin’. Stand on what’s right, even when it costs you. ’Cause your kids, they see it all. They learn from how you move, not just what you say. If I leave ’em anything, it ain’t money or cars—it’s the blueprint: work hard, love hard, stay solid, and never forget where you came from.
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