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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Abstract
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Luke Terkovich
Lyrics
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I do this for my father
Who've I've only seen
From time to time in my dreams
I do this for
[Verse 2]
I do this for my mother
Who's finally clean
And no longer a fiend
I do this for
[Verse 3]
I do this for my sister
My wife and my kids
'Cause they part of the team
I do this for
[Verse 4]
All the naysayers and haters
Who made me one of the greatest
I know it kills you inside
That's why I do this for you
[Verse 5]
I do this for my father
Who've I've only seen
From time to time in my dreams
I do this for
[Verse 6]
I do this for my mother
Who's finally clean
And no longer a fiend
I do this for
[Verse 7]
I do this for my sister
My wife and my kids
'Cause they part of the team
I do this for
[Verse 8]
All the naysayers and haters
Who made me one of the greatest
I know it kills you inside
That's why I do this for you
[Verse 9]
I do this for the kids who sit a bit outside the mix
Who maybe cope through humor just to fit in for a bit
Who never let the world know when depression's setting in
To all of those who know you, that impression don't exist
[Verse 10]
And it ain't counterfeit, it's just a way to counter it
I'm living things I dreamed about, I still encounter it
It ain't something that a cigarette or alcohol can fix
But all because of it, I flipped it quick
Went on to write some hits
[Verse 11]
This a success off another breath
This the first step in searchin' to be nothing less
Than be the best in what you do
To prove there's strength in being you
Learned so much in chasing dreams that I never would in school
[Verse 12]
Depends on where your passion lie, just know passion never lie
Life presents distractions, but your actions have to fortify
The things that you believe in, have to scream it like a battle cry
And leave the ones who didn't lookin' stupid while they're asking why
[Verse 13]
Couldn't lie, I really do this for the ones I love
Those who treat the music as a vice, and lyrics like a drug
Those who need advice on how to lift their spirit high enough
To break out of the box
They make up lives they know aren't good enough
[Verse 14]
Just because it's how it is, don't mean it's how it has to be
This is what the uninspired testifiers fail to see
Jealousy results from being that which others failed to be
And if it means you're not with me, that honestly sounds fair to me
[Verse 15]
I do this for my father
Who've I've only seen
From time to time in my dreams
I do this for
[Verse 16]
I do this for my mother
Who's finally clean
And no longer a fiend
I do this for
[Verse 17]
I do this for my sister
My wife and my kids
'Cause they part of the team
I do this for
[Verse 18]
All the naysayers and haters
Who made me one of the greatest
I know it kills you inside
That's why I do this for you
[Verse 19]
Do this for my mother, she'll be working for the summer
Do this for my father, 'cause these days I often wonder
What my life would have been like if I was not adopted
To grow up in a home where I was treated like a problem
[Verse 20]
I don't know, it's just a guess, your guess probably good as mine
Lucky that I grew up in a home that wanted me to shine
Lucky that I grew up round some mountains, we were taught to climb
Without that inspiration, I don't think that this would be my life
[Verse 21]
Do this for my friends who've scattered all across the country now
I'm out in Sweden, walking back through life so I can write it down
Make a living off of sounds, so crazy to say out loud
I'm the biggest thing since Travis Rice to come up out the town
[Verse 22]
Sorry, gotta stunt a little
Used to have my dreams belittled
But it's all a part of it
I know people's mind are fickled
Lines between reality and dreams, I blur like faded nights
Come up been so good for me, I wish that I could make it twice
[Verse 23]
I do this for my father
Who've I've only seen
From time to time in my dreams
I do this for
[Verse 24]
I do this for my mother
Who's finally clean
And no longer a fiend
I do this for
[Verse 25]
I do this for my sister
My wife and my kids
'Cause they part of the team
I do this for
[Verse 26]
All the naysayers and haters
Who made me one of the greatest
I know it kills you inside
That's why I do this for you
Written by: Luke Terkovich