CREEKBED KING

CREEKBED KING VERSE 1 Started in the holler, nothing but a name Pawpaw's gold watch, that's all I claimed Barefoot on the gravel, County Road Twelve Mama working doubles, had to save myself First fight on the ridge got me fifty bucks Second run of moonshine—damn, I got luck Cousins in my corner, we ain't got much But we got each other and we hungry as fuck CHORUS I came from the creekbed, now I run the whole damn ridge Cross me once, you're fertilizer—loyalty's my only bridge Drip down from the diamonds that I pawned and I flipped Every scar's a story, every scar's a grip Yeah, I came from nothing, now I own the night Holler recognize when you finally got it right VERSE 2 Twenty-three years old, own the Silverado clean Black paint, leather seats—never seen that dream Underground fights in the barn out past the mill Underground money running up the hill My crew's my blood—same holler, same kin Lost a few to prison, lost a few to sin But the ones still standing, we don't bend, we don't break Every dollar earned was what we risked to make CHORUS I came from the creekbed, now I run the whole damn ridge Cross me once, you're fertilizer—loyalty's my only bridge Drip down from the diamonds that I earned with my fists Every scar's a story, every scar's a gift Yeah, I came from nothing, now I own the night Holler recognize when you finally got it right VERSE 3 Cold as December when you gotta do what's right Patience is a weapon sharper than a knife Used to be the hungry kid with fire in my chest Now I'm the quiet one—I pass the hardest test Bought the family farm back, paid it in full cash Mama cried on the porch, tears running fast Pawpaw's watch is sitting in a frame on the wall I climbed out the creekbed and I conquered it all BRIDGE Trust is the currency Loyalty's the cost One handshake deal Beats a contract, boss I'm patient now, I'm cold But I ain't lost my soul The holler made me king The holler made me whole FINAL CHORUS I came from the creekbed, peaceful as the ridge Kept my word, kept my crew—that's my only bridge Gold watch in the glass case, Silverado paid Every scar's a sermon, every scar's a grade Yeah, I came from nothing, built it with my hands Holler knows my name across a hundred lands OUTRO I came from the creekbed Holler raised me right I came from the creekbed Now I own the night