i was raised in pocahontas illinois everybody thought of me as one of the boys cause i d run with a crowd that was tough at fifteen i was tending big o s bar i d sing til 2 00 am for a half full tip jar spent my youth singing truth paying dues i m the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown and i ll be damned if i m gonna let em down if it s the last thing i do before they lay me in the ground you know i m gonna make pocahontas proud i knocked on every door on music row but they looked down at me and said girl go back home you ain t got what we need in this town but they couldn t whup the fighting side of me you know where i come from we don t give up easily overnight took all my life to be found i m the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown and i ll be damned if i m gonna let em down if it s the last thing i do before they lay me in the ground you know i m gonna make pocahontas proud  at twenty seven i had baby grace i was born again when i saw her sweet face and i knew she was the greatest thing i d ever do i m the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown and i ll be damned if i m gonna let em down if it s the last thing i do before they lay me in the ground i m the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown and i ll be damned if i m gonna let em down if it s the last thing i do before they lay me in the ground you know i m gonna make pocahontas proud i was raised in pocahontas illinois pocahontas proud you know i m gonna make pocahontas proud pocahontas proud