i was born and raised in these tennessee hills did a little hustling to pay my bills tried to keep it cool tried to be smooth sold a little weed even sold a couple pills got jammed spent some time in a cell ain t nothing worse than just sitting in jail wasn t long ago i was living in hell but can t cry about it some shit i did to myself i m not looking back not looking back cuz i struggled so hard to get on the right track i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back south nashville born and raised and bread only enemy s we ever had was the feds homeboy down the street getting some bread got a little money and it went to his head a damn shame its all part of this damn game i charge it to them and tell them to keep the damn change i ain t worried about nothing no more my daddy tough me how to hustle for sure i m not looking back not looking back cuz i struggled so hard to get on the right track i m not coming back i m not coming back i m not coming back i m not coming back i m not coming back  the old me been gone i swear i m never home i swear i m on the road i swear i m always gone and i m trying to make it better for mine it didn t happen overnight i had to stand in line but y all don t hear me though for all the nights we was really broke for all the nights we was really dreaming we would blow but y all don t know all of my back ground i ve made it so far i m not looking back now i m not looking back not looking back cuz i struggled so hard to get on the right track i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back i m not looking back the old me is dead is dead and gone and he s not coming back i m not looking back