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