Stand up, testify A country boy till the day I die Deep south down in my soul We been living by the dirt road code Tenn pride, rolling stone Backwoods is where I go Ain't go no time for the city life, no We been living by, living by the dirt road code By the dirt road code By the dirt road code A backwood country boy been known to survive Off the way of the land and protecting his tribe Since back in our prime we was taught how to thrive It was just part of our life to be one of a kind Respected for the respect we give and we take Remembered for the [?] and decisions we make Looked to for guidance through the thickest to thin Even quoted for remarks that we made back when There was them simple days and we lived 'em to the fullest We hung out with the baddest and we kicked it with the coolest [?] in the shade on them hot summer days Out chilling on the bank of old Tims Ford lake We be kicking up mud where folks don't go And sipping on life from the seeds that we sow It's that dirt road code, bet the farm on that If you got it and you live it, let me see where you at Stand up, testify A country boy till the day I die Deep south down in my soul We been living by the dirt road code Tenn pride, rolling stone Backwoods is where I go Ain't go no time for the city life, no We been living by, living by the dirt road code By the dirt road code By the dirt road code Yeah, I was dirt road raised in the sticks of mid Tenn Round from the holler where I've always been Where my kin, we some good old folks We make homemade wine and grow good old smoke We sip Jack & Coke, Blue Ribbon beer And we live off the land year after year Day after day, it's a race to survive Tooth for tooth, and an eye for an eye From the crop to the block, got acres to sow Strength in the game, let 'em hustle and grow Never flip or fold, that's what I was told And never back down, that's what I was showed We got each other's back and that's how it go And our word is our bond and it's good as gold You're never too young, can't be too old To walk the path of the dirt road code Stand up, testify A country boy till the day I die Deep south down in my soul We been living by the dirt road code Tenn pride, rolling stone Backwoods is where I go Ain't go no time for the city life, no We been living by, living by the dirt road code By the dirt road code By the dirt road code Putting my time down by the river Catfish strung on the end of my pole [?] the crop this summer Living my life by the dirt road code Putting my time down by the river Catfish strung on the end of my pole [?] the crop this summer Living my life by the dirt road code