Patience and Pain

I was missing something simple, trying to grow some roots.

Had a short fuse burning these worn out boots. This old world felt heavy on

my tangled mind. Asking God in the midnight, "Why'd you keep me

alive?" Didn't know what it meant just to be a man.

He said, "Work hard, do the best you can." But life hit

back, didn't care who I was. Had to learn real fast what

the real world does. What the real world does. 'Cause patience and

pain made a man out of me. From the dirt roads to the