I grew up in a [?] board cabin at the dead end of a gravel street I got my first paying job when I was ten Cause money didn’t grow on trees Cheap cigarettes with the windows up was part of the air I breathed I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me Yeah me and my daddy built my first car [?] the motor up in a tree We were the [?] with the [?] racing them junkyard dreams Yeah me and my crew man we grew up on Hank Jr. eighty three I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me Yeah I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me What you see is what you get and what you get is what you see I’d take a Mountain Dew over a silver spoon any old day of the week
I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me Aw get on son Now I grew up swimming in cutoff jeans Down at the bridge at the [?] creek We [?] We spent the fall sitting high in a tree Yeah hunting and fishing yeah we were just a trend [?] I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me Yeah I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me What you see is what you get and what you get is what you see I’d take a Mountain Dew over a silver spoon any old day of the week I didn’t choose the redneck life the redneck life chose me Woah