Backroad Rhythms

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(Intro – spoken, melodic)
Yeah…
This for them nights with the windows down
Country roots, city dreams…
Let’s go (Skrrt!)
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(Hook – melodic rap)
Rollin’ down a backroad, speakers blowin’ loud (Loud!)
Solo with my day ones, smokin’ on that cloud (Cloud!)
Old boots, new dreams, still reppin’ my town (My town!)
We from the dirt but we made it out (Made it out!)
Still got the mud on my name, yeah (Yeah)
But I shine like the chrome on a ‘Vette lane (Skrrt)
Sip slow, let the song play again
That backroad rhythm in my veins (In my veins!)
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(Verse 1 – rap flow)
Used to hit them gravel roads with a pack of Reds
Now it’s high-grade in a wood, layin’ back my head (Puff!)
Dirt on my boots, I done earned every step
From them late night runs to that first big check (Facts!)
Pops taught me work, Mama taught me pain
Now I spit these bars like I’m drivin’ through rain (Let’s go)
Never switched sides, stayed real through the flames
Country boy heart with a 808 brain (Woo!)
Bonfire lit, got the bottles in the back
Lil’ shawty ridin’ shotgun, throwin’ it back (Back!)
Snapbacks, tattoos, mixin’ the style
Hometown still in me, I’m just movin’ it wild (Yeah!)
(Hook – melodic rap repeat)
Rollin’ down a backroad, speakers blowin’ loud
Solo with my day ones, smokin’ on that cloud
Old boots, new dreams, still reppin’ my town
We from the dirt but we made it out
Still got the mud on my name, yeah
But I shine like the chrome on a ‘Vette lane
Sip slow, let the song play again
That backroad rhythm in my veins
(Verse 2 – laid back, storytelling)
We ain’t gotta flex, we just vibe and cruise
Mix a lil’ trap with some old John Hughes (Okay)
Love a girl that can sing and roll one too
And if she ride with me, then she never gon’ lose (Never)
We talk slow, but we think fast
Learned more on that porch than in class
Mama prayin’ I stay on the path
But I dance with my past like a shotgun blast (Boom!)
Yeah, this for them nights we remember forever
When a song and a Chevy could change the weather (True!)
Still write my pain on a beat like a letter
And every muddy mile just made me better (Better, yeah…)
(Bridge – melodic/falsetto)
Turn the lights down low, let the stars do the rest (Do the rest…)
A little smoke, a little soul, and a heart in my chest (Yeah…)
You can leave the city lights, I don’t need ’em to shine
Just a backroad beat and a lil’ peace of mind…
(Final Hook – big & open)
Rollin’ down a backroad, speakers blowin’ loud (Turn it up!)
Solo with my day ones, smokin’ on that cloud
Old boots, new dreams, still reppin’ my town
We from the dirt but we made it out
Still got the mud on my name, yeah
But I shine like the chrome on a ‘Vette lane
Sip slow, let the song play again
That backroad rhythm in my veins (Yeah, in my veins…)
(Outro)
Yeah, wind blowin’, I’m still rollin’
Dust on the dash, but I’m zonin’
Ain’t about the past, it’s the path I’m holdin’
Backroad dreams, heart wide open
Stars above, and the beat still goin’…

Country-trap beat with acoustic guitar loops, 808s, slow hi-hats—crossover with southern soul and bounce, male