Jelly Roll - Calls Me Dad lyrics

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

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