Do what you have to
I do what I had to
To break through a pick a style that sticks like glue

And as I rank I wanna thank no one
Cause I worked like a (*##$ to get the job done
You helped me around

My parents put me down
I never skipped town
I stood my ground

We kept showin up
Drinkin and throwin up
Rap was my life

As I was growin up
Actin a fool in school no one topped us
Smart $$# in class at times abnoxious

Drivin a bronco
Runnin my own show
And pullin the look a like Marilyn Monroe hoes

And me and Bo got together
Made sense
Spent many nights in Mt. Clemens ba!@&(ts

I scratched records and performed a few tricks
KDC mix let the Black man talk %#@!
Pumpin the new sounds town to town

Who holds it down like Bad Leroy Brown
Now I won't stop cause yo I'm Kid Rock
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They don't want me
Cause I worked like a (*##$ to get the job done


F-F-Fames a costin the price ain't nice
Its like the roll of the dice

For a whole new life
But don't get my song wrong
I enjoy it alot

Walkin around like a big shot
Cause I'm Kid Rock
Smooth as an ice cube

Cool as an igloo
And more complex, than a rubix cube
A healthy wealthy young one with a quick tongue

Smart from the start and from the heart my rhymes run
And as I incline thru time to get mine
I try not to slide, but walk a straight line

Though it's hard when the climb gets steep
The one who finds is the one who seeks
So I sought and fought

And alot I got taught
And although I left those who stole got caught
Many shows I rocked

Many suckers I laughed at
And those who snapped back usually got slapped
The cat if I was strap

Cause I was a sun of a gun
Livin life on the run
Now I pleaded 18 and outdone by none

Bold, Young, Handsome, Bad like Bronson
Pumpin the new sounds town to town
And when in motown I cool out in Greektown

On the upside with nuthin too high
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They don't wnat me
Cause I worked like a (*##$ to get the job done
Chuck nice break that beat down

Uh huh...Uh huh..Uh huh
KDC...huh


Six Generations of rap and I'm first
Ready to burst, the style is rehearsed
I worked and worked and worked and I worked

When many thought I was just gettin jerked
Used, abused, but I paid my dues
And now no one out there could fill my shoes

And my pants and do this dance
This %#@! didn't happen by chance
It went slow not quick, but now I'm your pick
Ain't that a trip when I started from zip
And now up and up and up I wont stop

The flop just pop the flat top the Kid Rock
Yes me the low key MC
With the ability to rock a party
Anywhere and make people stare
I'm lookin while I'm cookin with no care

Pumpin the new sound town to town
Who holds it down like bad Leroy Brown
And still I wont stop growin this flat top
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They don't want me
Cause I worked like a (*##$ to get the job done