thank y all how y all doin yeah my names colt ford i just came here to do a little song for y all bout where i come from the way i see it i brought my buddy mr john michael montgomery with me he s gonna play a lil guitar and sing a lil bit i m gonna do a lil sumthin for y all called ride through the country let s go john down the road where the black top ends you can find colt ford with all his friends we re used to gravel roads and fishin with cane poles wasn t no swimmin pools just swimmin holes we was dirt road poor and cane switched raised i done came a long way since back in the day been round the world twice seen all fifty states ate on thousand dollar china but love some paper plates there ain t nuthin wrong with them big city lights but me i prefer them slow country nights where i can see the darkness come and then go most folks is honest and they all speak slow you can leave your door open ain t nuttin ll happen most country folks sing but i couldn t so i m rappin i wanna show y all where i come from and invite ya all down to any country town now before i pack and things and leave there s somethin i need y all to understand i seen alotta things in my lifetime that s why i walk the line i m just a simple man and i done done things for cheap thrills but all my scars heal so don t you ever cry for me cause i ain t ashamed where i m from you always will come to take a ride through the country up dressed and gone by 5 am he s country and he s rappin we gots to play him folks been waitin for some one like me to give em some hot beats and spit that country my jeans don t sag they fit and kinda tight got on a white t shirt no nothin but work daylight til dark that s how i was bred and i ll keep bein country til the day i m dead see country folks eat biscuits called catheads barbeque baked beans sweet tea and white bread we like to fish and hunt ain t scared of a fight love the good lord and believe in doin right got 4 wheel drives some got mud on em you can keep your rolls royce cause baby we don t want em so now y all all know exactly who i am and if you ain t into that i don t give a damn  now before i pack and things and leave there s somethin i need y all to understand i seen alotta things in my lifetime that s why i walk the line i m just a simple man and i done done things for cheap thrills but all my scars heal so don t you ever cry for me cause i ain t ashamed where i m from you always will come to take a ride through the country you might see my on your tv but honey that don t mean a thing you see i m still that same ol country boy and that s all i ll ever be and sometime those bright lights blind me and make it hard for me to see but when i need to be reminded i take a ride through the country yeah at about 5 o clock on friday afternoon them country boys head down to the local saloon you re welcome to stop in and have a cold bottle big city boys and stuck up super models we don t care where ya from as long as you polite cause push come to shove and every one of us will fight we mostly easy like sunday morning ol colt came here to give y all fair warnin country folks won t be pushed around and there s some of us livin in every town we believe in the bible and the u s a work hard for what you want it s the american way no body owe you nothin supposed to earn your keep but in a hard days work get a good nights sleep i know some of y all think ol colt s kinda odd but i m loud proud and country by the grace of god now before i pack and things and leave there s somethin i need y all to understand i seen alotta things in my lifetime that s why i walk the line i m just a simple man and i done done things for cheap thrills but all my scars heal so don t you ever cry for me cause i ain t ashamed where i m from you always will come to take a ride through the country6