I Gotta Change (Or I'm Gonna Die)

Pain pills started for a backache, doctor dropped me like a lead weight. Now I cop off the interstate, bout 15 miles from here. I’m not the type you would expect, I work harder than a son of a bitch. Trying to raise up these three kids, And keep em clothed and fed. What’s a man worth if he can’t work? Was I really made as a rich man’s hammer? Is this all there’ll ever be for me? I gotta change or I’m gonna die, I wanna live so I’m gonna try, Give it my best, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. Where I come from, they’ll break a man, What I got now, I built with these hands. I’m not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails, This ain’t a test I plan to fail. Oxys beat me like I owed them money, Still on my feet and I feel like running, Maybe somewhere it’s always summer, And leave these cares behind. But I’ve got folks who depend on me, I rise in the dark cause I still believe there’s Something good I just can’t see yet, Up around the bend. I gotta change or I’m gonna die, I wanna live so I’m gonna try, Give it my best, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. Where I come from, they’ll break a man, What I got now, I built with these hands. I’m not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails, This ain’t a test I plan to fail. I used to never take an Advil, But if I don’t earn we don’t pay bills Inside I’m screaming like an anvil, When iron and hammer meet. I gotta change or I’m gonna die, I wanna live so I’m gonna try, Give it my best, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. Where I come from, they’ll break a man, What I got now, I built with these hands. I’m not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails, This ain’t a test I plan to fail. This ain’t a test I plan to fail.