Upchurch - Tennessee Dreamin’ lyrics

I used to stress myself to sleep
Tryin' to catch or grab success
Now I fight to leave this struggle 'til
The veins pop out my neck
From me screamin' at this microphone to
Get shit off my chest
But at the time I couldn't flow
And almost nobody had my back
Except my mama and she told me
"Don't ever give up havin' hope" (I won't)
You can be a royal king if bein'
A king is what you want (I will)
So I soak my skin in ink
On how I feel and inspiration
And I catch a couple Zs and
I emerge and make a statement

And I close my eyes and
Drift through the weeds
Of the fields wide open with
The owls in the trees
And the snakes in the creeks
Got that muddy water ragin'
After the white church is shakin' and
The thunder lights the way
And past the double doors that open
With velvet on the steeple
The only dream of mine is livin'
Dreams out for my people
So let me grab a pillow
And lay beneath the willows
And I'll tell you all about it when
I wake up from Tennessee dreamin'

Yeah I went to sleep in a broke down Ford
With a cracked windshield and
Barely any money
Now I catch hell from these folks for turning
My life around and makin' myself somethin'
But I ain't feeling bad, no not one bit
If you ain't helpin' yourself I
Don't wanna hear shit
'Cause I didn't have help in Music
City, I'm a high school dropout
Didn't even finish no GED, no damn degree
Now I'm talkin' to folks with perfect GPA's
Askin' me about choices they gotta make with
My voice on Rolling Stone magazine
'Cause my face is a image of a genre
Across this road in all
These American streets
And it freaks me out 'til I pinch my skin
Just to make sure that this ain't a dream

And I close my eyes and
Drift through the weeds
Of the fields wide open with
The owls in the trees
And the snakes in the creeks
Got that muddy water ragin'
After the white church is shakin' and
The thunder lights the way
And past the double doors that open
With velvet on the steeple
The only dream of mine is livin'
Dreams out for my people
So let me grab a pillow
And lay beneath the willows
And I'll tell you all about it when
I wake up from Tennessee dreamin'

Tennessee dreamin' tennessee dreamin'
Tennessee dreamin' ooh, Tennessee dreamin'
Tennessee dreamin' tennessee dreamin'
Tennessee dreamin' tennessee dreamin'
Tennessee dreamin' tennessee dreamin'
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