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I don't buy that free lip service
Suits and rich folks don't make me nervous, no
But I respect the law and those below the clay
And I don't answer to those who question
My job, my lingo or my religion
See I know, well those are choices I made
.
I take the high in the road

I give the light of the load
I live my life with passion and love
I'm a man, not a fraction of
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Me and my friends tend to spend time
Laughing at jokes with the same ol' punch lines
Still I wouldn't trade those wasted days
Oh, that's right
And I don't always learn my lesson
Haven't left the best first impressions
And my baby knows I'm stubborn and stuck in my ways
.
I take the high in the road
I give the light of the load
I live my life with passion and love
I'm a man, not a fraction of
I take the high in the road
I give the light of the load
I live my life with passion and love
I'm a man, not a fraction of

.
Aw, let's play
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The eagle flies with the right and left wings
I'm partial to farmers with small town families

No, I don't forget where I was born and raised

And I don't claim to be a Rhodes scholar
I'm rough on the edges, blue in the collar
But I ain't alone, I'm feeling proud to say
I take the high in the road
I give the light of the load
I live my life with passion and love
I'm a man, not a fraction of

I take the high in the road
I give the light of the load
I live my life with passion and love

I'm a man, not a fraction of

I take the high in the road
I give the light of the load

I live my life with passion and love

I'm a man, not a fraction of
.