[Verse 1]
I been draggin’ all my yesterdays
Like a chain on the back of this truck
Every wrong turn, every heartbreak
Swear I just called it “bad luck”
Mama said “Boy, that road is gone”
But I kept drivin’ back there at night
Now I’m watchin’ that dust in the rearview
Fade out of my life
[Chorus]
It’s time I work on myself
Not the hurt on the shelf
Ain’t a victim of the things that I’ve been through
Got these scars on my skin
But there’s fire where I’ve been
I’m done lettin’ all my history own my truth
Got my hand on my heart, other hand on the wheel
Yeah, the past had a say, but it don’t get the deal
It’s time I work on myself
Watch me break through
[Verse 2]
[low vocal register]
Used to blame my daddy, blame that town
Blame that bottle for the nights I fell
Talk tough ‘bout “change” in the mirror
Then slide right back into hell
Now I’m wakin’ up at sunrise
Lace my boots, hit that red dirt road
Talkin’ honest with the man in the mirror like
“You ain’t what you were, you’re what you chose”
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[half-sung, half-rap]
Yeah, I’m cleanin’ out the cab of this life I drive
Old receipts, old rage, old lies
Throw ‘em out the window, let ‘em scatter in the wind
‘Cause I ain’t that boy that I was back then
I got prayers on my lips, got a plan in my hands
Got a future that don’t fit in my old demands
Turn the page, let it burn, watch the ashes fall
I’m the one who decides if I rise at all
[Chorus]