Rough Road

It’s a real rough road ahead of us now… (ahead of us now)

But I can’t give my soul—

I ain’t backing down (I ain’t backing down)

Noooo…

It’s a real rough road, but I’m rock steady,

Took over on my own terms—ain’t nobody let me,

Everybody left me, but I ain’t ’bout to bail,

Put in way too much work—I ain’t ’bout to fail,

My go-get-it is radical, my strategy is tactical,

Without music, I ain’t Bret—just doin’ what I have to do,

Flowin’ on a JNN, plural with the magical,

This track, that track—if you were me, I’m mad at you,

Ain’t a bump in the road that could stop my go,

I don’t back down, even though the edge gets close,

I just coast it out, maybe turn my CD down—

We made it… don’t know how… but don’t look now,

It’s a real rough road,

Ahead of us now (ahead of us now)

But I can’t give my soul,

I ain’t backing down (I ain’t backing down)

Nooooo…

I went cold—

But I’m warming up now (I’m warming up now)

Got my feet on the ground,

I’m standing up proud!

I ain’t backing down—

(I ain’t backing down)

Nooooo…

It got cold… and I was warming up slow,

Had to ride that road where nobody would go,

They left, I stayed—kept movin’ through pain,

Now I’m feet on the ground with heat in my veins.

[Lead]: It’s a real rough road,

[Crowd]: Ahead of us now (ahead of us now)

[Lead]: But I can’t give my soul,

[Crowd]: I ain’t backing down (I ain’t backing down)

[All together] : Nooooo…

[Lead]: I went cold—

[Crowd]: But I’m warming up now (I’m warming up now)

[Lead]: Got my feet on the ground,

[Crowd]: I’m standing up proud!

[Lead]: I ain’t backing down—

[Crowd]: (I ain’t backing down)

[All together]: Nooooo…

Yeah, we made it through the fire…

Still standin’…

Ain’t backing down.

Never did.

Never will.

(I ain’t backing down)