Calls Me Dad

I've been called a hustler, been called a gambler

Some people call me bad

I've been an old bad road, been a dirty t-shirt

Been a broken piece of glass

I've been called an asshole by the woman I love

Said things I shouldn't have

But that shit don't matter no more

Cuz the one I love... just calls me dad

I've been a broken down car on the side of the road

I've been a sinning man that never read the bible before

I've walked miles on hot coals, alone in the dark

I've been stabbed in the back and

I've been shot in the heart

I've been low life scum from the bottom of the earth

But all that changed when your mother gave birth

It was hard at first I had so much I had to go thru

Wouldn't believe all of the things that I used to do

But for you I would give it all up

I would never turn around and go back back back

Because of you I finally gave it all up and

I finally got my life on track

I ain't going back

I've been called a hustler, been called a gambler

Some people call me bad

I've been an old bad road, been a dirty t-shirt

Been a broken piece of glass

I've been called an asshole by the woman I love

Said things I shouldn't have

But that shit don't matter no more

Cuz the one I love... just calls me dad

I can't wait to conversate when you get grown enough

So I can tell ya the story how daddy sobered up

I'm on the road I'm always chasing the dream

But I swear this is so much better than how I used to be

I had to swallow my pride push some ego aside

I had to do a lil hustling so we could survive

Some days I'm so mad that it eats me alive

But I deal with it with a smile so I can be by your side

Everybody in the world just wants a piece of the pie

I'm getting mine but just know that you're the reason I try

On the tour bus that smells like whiskey, weed and cigarettes

I've been gone for three days I wonder if you miss me yet

I've been called a hustler, been called a gambler

Some people call me bad

I've been an old bad road, been a dirty t-shirt

Been a broken piece of glass

I've been called an asshole by the woman I love

Said things I shouldn't have

But that shit don't matter no more

Cuz the one I love... just calls me dad

The greatest gift in life we can have

Is to be a parent

It's awesome to walk into a school and

Nobody knows you by Jelly Roll

Nobody knows you by Jason

All the kids just know you by your child's name

Immediately followed by father

Like Lil Jon's mother

"Oh that's Jon's dad!"

So as much as I love being me

I love being Bailey's dad