I got a city folk friend in a hip-hop world He goes by E. Diddy but his name is Earl Cocks his hat to the side in his Grandma's ride Pumpin' nothin' but bass He says things like, 'Dawg, are you down with that' And, 'Don't that fly girl got some back' And I feel so doggone outta place When he says, 'Holler back when you get back home' I say, 'The only holler back that I know is' In that holler back in the woods Where the country folks got it good Homebrewed, homegrown Where the wild seeds 'a get sown It's a blast from the past All the cowgirls shakin' their sassafras Let out a howl if 'ya feel like 'ya gotta If you wanna go on back to the holler Holler back Take a left off the Interstate Go ten miles Take a right on Farm Road 99 And just roll 'til the blacktop ends 'Ya see Mary Jo rockin' that front porch swing Bikini top and them cut-off jeans And that's where Hillbilly Heaven begins Ah, she'll pour 'ya some of that cherry wine Boy, you're guaranteed to have yourself One hell of a time In that holler back in the woods Where the country folks got it good Homebrewed, homegrown Where the wild seeds 'a get sown It's a blast from the past All the cowgirls shakin' their sassafras Let out a howl if 'ya feel like 'ya gotta If you wanna go on back to the holler Holler back In that holler back in the woods Where the country folks got it so good Homebrewed, homegrown Where the wild seeds 'a get sown It's a blast from the past All the cowgirls shakin' their sassafras Let out a howl if 'ya feel like 'ya gotta If you wanna go on back to the holler Holler back (Homebrewed, homegrown Where the wild seeds a get sown Its a blast from the past All the cowgirls shakin' their sassafras Homebrewed, homegrown Where the wild seeds a get sown) Ooh...)

Whoa, whoa The only poison I've had is ivy The only man I fear is God No snakes can make me run now 'Cause I've been bit by 'em all No buck can stare me down No neighbor can shut me up I'm off the grid and I'm off my rocker I'm off in the holler son We them holler boys Holler if you're needin' somethin' done Holler if you need a chip on a shoulder And a hand with a loaded gun We'll be out that screen door, no shirt on Leavin' two black marks down a one lane road Yeah we, yeah we, yeah we them holler boys The only fight I've ever been in Was takin' up for somebody else The only time I got my jaw jacked is never but damn sure not quite yet The times I miss the most are the times nobody knows When it was me, my cousin, and a couple of my buddies Racin' down ol' Sams Creek Road We them holler boys Holler if you're needin' somethin' done Holler if you need a chip on a shoulder And a hand with a loaded gun We'll be out that screen door, no shirt on Leavin' two blackmarks down a one lane road Yeah we, yeah we, yeah we them holler boys Holler boy native to the holler soil Washed in the spring of a farmer's joy We them holler boys Holler if you're needin' somethin' done Holler if you need a chip on a shoulder Or a hand with a loaded gun We them holler boys Holler if you're needin' somethin' done Holler if you need a chip on a shoulder And a hand with a loaded gun We'll be out that screen door, no shirt on Leavin' two blackmarks down a one lane road Yeah we, yeah we, yeah we them holler boys

Woo-ooh I've spent plenty of moonlight nights slinging hell in the gutter Can skin a buck with one hand, clean a bluegill with the other If there's a cold-enough, needs-drunk, lonely bottle of beer I'm a willing volunteer Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Half mud blood, half mule kick whiskey Feeling right at home when it all goes south Chevy truck running my mouth Got a strong southern drawl, I'm a fool Cannonball in the kiddie pool, kind as the day is long Fightin' with a fist full of fire 'round a hot fence wire Bite right down to the bone Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Collard green, cast-iron cornbread, pig on the griddle Out in the back is a soundtrack stacked with a fiddle With words stretched wide as a tanned mountain lion hide Spoke slow and deeply fried Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Half mud blood, half mule kick whiskey Feeling right at home when it all goes south Chevy truck running my mouth Got a strong southern drawl, I'm a fool Cannonball in the kiddie pool, kind as the day is long Fightin' with a fist full of fire 'round a hot fence wire Bite right down to the bone Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, you can call me Billy You can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Half mud blood, half mule kick whiskey Feeling right at home when it all goes south Chevy truck running my mouth Got a strong southern drawl, I'm a fool Cannonball in the kiddie pool, kind as the day is long Fightin' with a fist full of fire 'round a hot fence wire Bite it right down to the bone Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, you can call me Billy You can call me Billy, but the hills come with me You can call me Billy, you can call me Billy You can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da (Big Queens, NYC) Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah (uh), la, oh, oh, ooh Ooh-ooh (yeah), oh, ooh-ooh (Hit-Boy) They called me "Babyface" in '88 On 40th and Broadway they made me stay and wait Cab service, car 85 Ten minutes, they back in the car Not safe to drive, narcos are lookin' (woop, woop, woop) No secret compartments in the ride, so keep pushin' We get stopped, hide it between the seat cushion Either that, or just tuck it inside your boot Don't throw it out the window yet, son, that's all our loot (not yet) See? They turned They wasn't after us, my nigga with me laughin' (yeah) He clutchin' his gold Lazarus Made it home and he baggin' up (what up?) I'm just a lil' nigga smokin' weed (fried) I'm just tryna figure out who to be (Nas) Horse and Dula touchin' paper (uh-huh) Plus, Spud and Wallet Head, a lot of bread And I was talkin' to Tia I went to her block, I was just happy to see her (what's up Tia?) And low was how she did me (ooh) She moved from Queens to Co-Op City (ooh-wee) She said, "Visit me, that's if you really miss me" (I did), show proof Ten niggas outside her buildin', that's what I go through (damn) 1989, my baby mind was advancin' (yeah) Nike Air Trainer 3's, two fingers on her hand, son (ooh) I'm losin' her slowly (uh) Plus my other girl is startin' to move on the homie Hop in 85, roll with me (oh-oh) When I used to slide I used to call car 85 Don't want no other driver on the job (nah) Only car 85 Yo, take me uptown to that smoke shop I like (ooh) Car 85 All blacked out tint (running for my life) Everywhere we went, we took car 85 (yeah, yeah) We gon' ride Put that tape on I like You know that tape I like, turn that shit up (oh, yeah) We gon' smoke and ride (ooh-ooh) Go to Times Square, we take it from there Just ride (ridin' with car 85) It's Friday It woulda been a good night to pick up shorty But she on some other shit (ooh-wee, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah) In my peripheral view Nothin' trivial 'bout me, just witness the truth, I'm certified That's been verified My mere presence got other guys terrified (woah, ooh) Slap oxygen out your esophagus (ooh-ooh) I survived with stick up kids, was droppin' shit (ooh-ooh) The rotten apple's the tabernacle That's NY, White Castles at midnight Fish sandwiches, 40 ounces and fistfights (oh, ooh-wee) They even used car 85 to pull robberies Use 'em as a getaway car and paid him properly Next year the whole town strung out Swept the block where they hung out Look how far we've come now (Amen) Grab the duffel and run out Seven fiends in one house, hustle sun up to sundown What up? Summertime in NY In the back seat of car 85 (oh-oh, oh) The whole hood was tryna call car 85 Any car like that, any number that had that system Or that cool ride (yeah) You know that'd make your whole day Just bein' able to get up and go To this day, I just like to ride Lot of thoughts come to mind (ooh-wee, oh, oh, ooh)

Don't tell me that you love me I won't tell you that I love you We're too high to see the wrong way Too far to know the right way, oh no The truth is I'm freaking out about this whole Man I'm supposed to be I'm nervous now cause she can't know I'm desperately in need 'Cause up here's hard to reach Fly down, fly down We were staring down the valley When she put here arm a-round me She said the reason you've been hurt is So you look beyond the surface The truth is I'm freaking out about this whole Man I'm supposed to be I'm nervous now cause she can't know I'm desperately in need 'Cause up here is hard to reach Fly down, fly down Fly down Don't tell me that you love me I won't tell you that I love you

I'm calling this the love crusade The truth is like a black bouquet Money's got us all enslaved The bullets and the bombs we make, oh, no It doesn't have to be this way But I promise it'll stay this way If you would rather hear me say That everything is all okay I don't care for your drugs, I don't care for your fame Do you care for the truth if you're not entertained? I can see through your eyes, I can see through your pain And you're scared to admit, you feel out of place Can you hear that, darling? A revolution's calling No child of ours should have to starve Should have to die for us Can you feel that, darling? The monster's marching This is it, this invitation is For the ones who love Sincerely I'm telling you, the world looks perfect from a plane A couple miles up and we all look the same One love tryna show us the way One love that is trying to change And if we connect with that, then we should be enraged These fat cats want us lost in the maze And they're scared 'cause we're breaking the chain They're scared 'cause we're 'bout to escape Can you hear that, darling? A revolution's calling No child of ours should have to starve Should have to die for us Can you feel that, darling? The monster's marching This is it, this invitation is For the ones who love Sincerely There's a billion people That could use a hero Come together, we're the tether Of this love that's spinning 'round We could be that miracle Can you hear that, darling? A revolution's calling No child of ours should have to starve Should have to die for us Can you feel that, darling? The monster's marching This is it, this invitation is For the ones who love Sincerely