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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jelly Roll
Jelly Roll
Vocals
Struggle Jennings
Struggle Jennings
Vocals
Bones Owens
Bones Owens
Slide Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jason Deford
Jason Deford
Songwriter
Vaughn Loring Freitag
Vaughn Loring Freitag
Songwriter
William Harness
William Harness
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been the devil
I've been a ghost
I've seen the world
Saw more than most
[Verse 2]
(I've been, I've been) Lord please, I'm pleadin' for my innocence
What doesn't get you in the wash will get you in the rinse
I kept it two hundred, head first, full plummet
Stood all alone, knowin' that the wolves comin'
[Verse 3]
I had some OG's that really wasn't OG's
And know some dope fiends that went to jail and acted like Joel Osteen
I'm back standin', try me, I'ma back hand 'em
Nashville's bad guy baptized in Jack Daniels
[Verse 4]
Tattooed with nothin', never had nothin'
White trash as a motherfucker, shout out my cousins
Shout out my brother and my uncles and my fuckin' mother
Shout out the fact that we came up out the fuckin' rubble
[Verse 5]
Yeah, I've been waitin' for this day to come for a long, long time
Yeah, I'm gonna break these chains and feel the sweet sunshine
Yeah, I've been waitin' for this day to come for a long, long
Long, long time
[Verse 6]
It's been a long journey, slow down to hurry
Smoke had my vision blurry, watchin' bridges burnin'
Muddy water, murky, hallowed ground sturdy
Long road, curvy, learn the curves, become worthy
[Verse 7]
Vision drivin', Murphy, mansion gates, pearly
Leave 'em cold turkey, stuff 'em like a taxidermy
Good person done dirty by the thirsties
Every dog has it's day, fifty seven thirties, uh
[Verse 8]
So scurvy, I could hurt 'em, what it's worth
Born from the womb, form the tomb I was birthed
Freedom proceeded, had a last and a first
From the mud, covered in dirt, made the best out of worst
[Verse 9]
Yeah, I've been waitin' for this day to come for a long, long time
Yeah, I'm gonna break these chains and feel the sweet sunshine
Yeah, I've been waitin' for this day to come for a long, long
Long, long time
Written by: Jelly Roll, Struggle Jennings
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