The Hell That Raised Us

By Brantley Gilbert

On Tattoos

Released on September 13, 2024

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[Verse 1]

Yeah, we wasn't hungry

But we never saw no silver spoon

We didn't have money

Didn't have no problem breaking rules

At home, it was my way or the highway

So we set out on the loose

Yeah, we did it our way, the hard way

They don't teach that shit in school


[Chorus]

We shot out lights and stop signs

Burning diesel and bald tires

Something-teen, fake IDs

Cold beer and Marlboro lighters

Sneaking out all-nighters, parking lot fires

It's just how we came up

Products of the hell we raised

In the hell that raised us


[Verse 2]

We made the paper, the prayer list

They knew our names at the county jail

Daddy said to leave us, haha

Our momma's cried and paid our bails

Said, "Y'all need Jesus

Hell, 'cause y'all can't save y'all self"


[Chorus]

We shot out lights and stop signs

Burning diesel and bald tires

Something-teen, fake IDs

Cold beer and Marlboro lighters

Sneaking out all-nighters, parking lot fires

It's just how we came up

Products of the hell we raised

In the hell that raised us

Yeah, the hell that raised us


[Guitar Solo]


[Bridge]

We danced with the Devil

We played with fire and we got burned

Yeah, we did it our way, the hard way

That's the only way we learned


[Chorus]

We shot out lights and stop signs

Burning diesel and bald tires

Something-teen, fake IDs

Cold beer and Marlboro lighters

Sneaking out all-nighters, parking lot fires

It's just how we came up

Products of the hell we raised

In the hell that raised us


[Outro]

Aw, the hell that raised us

The hell that raised us