I Got It Honest |
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It ain’t nothin’ but a small frame house on an acre lot | |
It ain’t that much different from any other house on the block | |
And it may not look like we’ve got all our share of the promise | |
But at least one thing’s for sure, I got it honest | |
Roll out of the sack every mornin’, head on down to the mill | |
Give ’em all I got for eight, ’cause that’s the deal | |
If you’ll check out my paycheck | |
Well, you’ll see that there ain’t that much on it | |
But every single penny I’m paid, I got it honest | |
I never had to hang my head in shame | |
For puttin’ a price tag on my name | |
Never turned my back on what I believe | |
Or let my heart be ruled by greed | |
‘Cause buddy if I didn’t earn it, I don’t want it | |
That way I can always say, I got it honest | |
Now you ain’t looking at some dude | |
That was born with a silver spoon in his mouth | |
And I might seem like some kind of low-life | |
To that high-falutin’ crowd | |
But I’m plain spoken, straight talkin’ | |
And damn proud of what I have accomplished | |
And some folks appreciate that and some don’t | |
But, I got it honest | |
Now when I die, I may not leave my kids a fortune | |
But I hope they know’d my life stood for things that were important | |
And I’ll hand out the same sturdy old values | |
Of my daddy and my momma | |
It made me every ounce of what I am and I got it honest | |
I never had to hang my head in shame | |
For puttin’ a price tag on my name | |
Never turned my back on what I believe | |
Or let my heart be ruled by greed | |
‘Cause brother if I didn’t earn it, I don’t want it | |
That way I can always say, I got it honest | |
Friend there ain’t no doubt about it, I got it honest | |
Writer(s): Bruce Burch, Marcus Franklin Johnson, Aaron Tippin | |
Performed by: Aaron Tippin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Less And More Irritation |
2014 | That Marvelous Feeling |
2013 | Exceptional |
2012 | A Wild And Crazy Believer |
2011 | A Lack Of Scarcity |
The Joy Of Prevention | |
Archive for April 30th, 2016
As I Recall
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