Best I Can (Petey Remix) - American Authors

Eyes fixed on the headlights In hopes they could guide me home I'm cold and scared upon a cross road Tell me what to do 20, yet I'm clueless Running low on sleep, 'cause music So I close my eyes And I pray for the best So I pray That I'm blessed to see tomorrow I pray my dreams gon' come true one day I'm doing my best to be the best me I can The best me I can be Holding on my breath 'Cause I don't know how this one ends Rest in peace my granny Didn't think we'll be so fragile creatures So I'm loving myself a little more Embracing my scars and all my flaws Calling my mom a little more To let her know that I love her I know there's a lotta pressure A lotta drama A lotta bad days, paranoia So I just pray for the best So I pray That I'm blessed to see tomorrow I pray my dreams gon' come true one day I'm doing my best to be the best me I can The best me I can be So I pray That I'm blessed to see tomorrow I pray (I pray, I pray) my dreams gon' come true one day I'm doing my best to be the best me I can The best me I can be

I've got a livin' that's rough, a future that's tough You know what I mean Blankers and boasters, all the bluffers and posers I'm not into that scene You can tell me that I got no class Look around, you'll see who's laughin' last Don't give me speeches 'cause they're oh so droll Leave me alone, let me rock and roll Got an itchin' to rock, a hate for small talk I'm funny that way Got my sights on the stars, won't get that far But I'll try anyway I just like to please, I don't like to tease I'm easy like that Don't like long rests, I must confess I'm an impatient cat You can tell me that I got no class Look around, you'll see who's laughin' last Don't give me speeches 'cause they're oh so droll Leave me alone, let me rock and roll I do the best that I can I'm just what I am I do the best I can Well, I know what I am I do the best that I can I'm just what I am I do the best I can Well, I know what I am Got an itchin' to rock, a hate for small talk I'm funny that way Got my sights on the stars, won't get that far But I'll try anyway Rock and roll-in's a scream, makin' millions my dream Well, I do that a lot I'll just give it a try, won't let good times pass me by They're all I've got

Tonight I feel like the world won't miss me So much to say but there's no one listening If we're alone are we all together in that? I threw a penny in a well for wishing And prayed for all the things I think I'm missing A little time is all I really need I am doing the best I can with everything I am Don't you know nobody's perfect? Do you understand how hard I'm trying to do The best I can? The best I can A second chance to give you something It takes a lifetime to come from nothing I refuse to believe in running away No I am doing the best I can with everything I am Don't you know nobody's perfect? Do you understand how hard I'm trying for you? I am doing the best I can with everything I am Don't you know I think you're worth it? Do you understand how hard I'm trying to do The best I can? The best I can I got a picture of what matters And I keep it close to my heart It's a little faded but so am I 'Cause I am doing the best I can with everything I am Don't you know nobody's perfect? Do you understand how hard I'm trying for you? I am doing the best I can with everything I am Don't you know I think you're worth it? Do you understand how hard I'm trying to do The best I can? The best I can The best I can The best I can And I'm doing, oh I'm doing the best I can I am, I'm doing the best, oh the best I can The best I can, oh the best I can Oh I keep doing, keep trying

((Petey)) Man holla at ya dog Petey Petey hey yall hey yall Carolina bird dog, still got my shirt off Still reppin' for convicts in Sing-sing to Burgaw Still rockin' with T-T-Timbaland uh-uh uh-uh I got a different role, different stroll Impose, every nigga in here tryin' best to fuck with Petey hoes I got em by the boat load, dark skin to pink-toes Li'l bitty to big hoe, nineteen to forty-fo' I got some 1965 pantyhose Still in the plastic bag now tell me I ain't a macaroni Jerome Jerome to Don Corleone Petey Petey the pussy beater I suck em, fuck em, send em home I gets my thug on, weekends I get me club on, we been So many hotels boy I ought to buy my own Petey-ott, Petey swiss, Petey inn, Petey I (Petey I) MAN WE DID IT AGAIN ((Chorus)) I I I I I I I I I I I I Got them girls Got them thangs Got them guns Got them stunts uh, I said I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Got them girls Got them thangs Got them guns Got them stunts uh, I said I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Got them girls Got them thangs Got them stunts uh, I said I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Got them thangs Got them guns Got them stunts uh, ((Petey)) P-P-Pardon me dog Its the gitchie from the gitchie bar Its really a tittie bar but I ain't got no license for it I got the what they want Plenty H, plenty O Plenty guns, plenty bows Muthafucka chew ya road You ain't never seen this before But when this shit drop, all she wrote International playa (yay ah) D-D-Deah ya go All they want is that Timbaland and Petey Pablo Now watch me ball, da-dunna-dunna Rims spinnin', 20's on all the cars, da-dunna-dunna Every time we hit em they different broads, da-dunna-dunna Now yall ain't ready I'm the jumping in the Jumping Jack Flash You don't hear the way ya disc jumpin' across the track Nigga I'm a jumpin' ass Fist stomp I know you mad But ain't too much you can do bout that Cause I'll make em stop the track Tighten my belt and whoop y'all ass Y'all niggas gon' understand why niggas don't wanna drop shit this year Five and five equals ten Petey Pab Timbaland is all it is ((Chorus)) ((Petey)) I'm the quicker picker-upper Crazy soda can crusher River, rock path, mobile home Country muthafucka Rep the dirty like a car commercial You ain't heard it pitch Like the smell in the pasture, I'm the Cacky-lacky shit Tr-Tr-Trash talkin' som'bitch Trust me man I ain't the one to get mad at Petey Pab got a bag of vats And a gat if it come to that So nigga-nigga don't act like that, playin' Get a nigga smacked like that, I'm sayin' Get a nigga wig pushed back, DAMN Timbaland where ya at ((Timbaland)) In a 18-wheeler blowin' my horn-horn Granddad in the field pickin beans and corn-corn Mama never saw that a star was born-born Mama said star go mow that lawn-lawn I said its hot as hell a nigga need some lemonade Bump it its 2000 a nigga needs some Minute Maid Go head and act up get cut with this switch blade Nigga you better pay attention what the hook say Aah ((Chorus))

I've got these letters tattooed on my arm that remind me each second Of where I come from and the long hard road to guide me back home Back to my momma who raised me up right And back to my lady I held every night, it's a long hard road, trying to get home I've been gone now, for too long I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I've got this image engraved in my mind of a life that I had In a whole different time It still breathes and lives at the end of the road I've seen mountains and valleys through my missing days But I never once parted with how you begged me to stay I will run down that long hard and treacherous road to get home I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I've been gone for so long but my heart it carries on As it pounds like a drum on my journey back home I've been gone for so long but my heart it carries on I won't give up I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I'm just trying to get home

Old punk rock posters on the wall Made me feel like I'm 10 feet tall Back then I thought I knew it all Take off like I'm an astronaut Got lost up in the stars above Had no idea who I'd become But times are so much better now My dad told me they'd come around And nothing lasts forever Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless These dreams and hopes we used to have Change off through time and never last long High school was so bad I threw my yearbooks in the trash I'll never forget my first kiss I was so nervous that I missed Old clothes and trailers how we lived Getting laughed at by rich, spoiled kids But times are so much better now My dad told me they'd come around And nothing lasts forever Not even the ones you love Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless (we're timeless) Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless So long, farewell Doesn't mean it has to end Only time will tell So long, farewell See you down the road again Only time will tell Will tell Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless (we're timeless) Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless

You got me losing my head I never know what I said You got me spinning around and around I never know if I'm right But I've been feeling tonight That we can make all the walls come down And now I sing it, oo-oo 'Cause I feel like I want ya We've come into life and today is a brand new day Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move The way you pull me in close You've got a spell on my soul Oh, Lord, have mercy I've been hypnotized You got me singing, oo-oo 'Cause I feel like I need ya We've come into life and today (did you feel that?) Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Hey, hey, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Hey, hey, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Let me see you move