this is for my people back home
we're lighting one up feel the love
we wouldn't be here without you
this is for my people back home
mix it strong pour it out no doubt
we're always thinking about you
whoa
ain't gonna let you down
whoa
just want to make you proud
this is for my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
see this one's for my people
from the backwoods to the steeple
from my daddy and that preacher man
that told me to run from evil
from the people that i'm still so cool with
and the people that i went to school with
from the boys that i ran around
stomp them grounds broke them rules
with this one's for my family
and the way that i was raised
now my life's another city
another picture another stage
but i hope you know i miss ya'
and a part of me still with ya'
and no matter where i go or what i do
i do i won't forget you
this is for my people back home
we're lighting one up feel the love
we wouldn't be here without you
this is for my people back home
mix it strong pour it out no doubt
we're always thinking about you
whoa
ain't gonna let you down
whoa
just wanna make you proud
this is for my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
this is for the ones who believed in me
for the ones who took the time to breathe
the life in me
you got my heartbeat inside of me
you all made me what i tried to be
for the ones who love my music
said you could do it if you choose this
so we dream big and we worked hard
now we got the whole whole world cruising huh
this is for my people back home
we're lighting one up feel the love
we wouldn't be here without you
this is for my people back home
mix it strong
pour it out no doubt
we're always thinking about you whoa
ain't gonna let you down
just wanna make you proud
this is for my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
for my brother and my sister for my mama
yeah i miss her for the one that got away
i should have kissed her for my best friends
and my cousins in that town that we grew up in
if it wasn't for all of y'all
this old boy'd be nothing
you're running through our hearts
you did it from the start
yeah you know who you are
yeah i know who you are baby
you're every song i sing
you're every dream i dream
you're the beat inside of me
gotta beat inside
this is for my people back home
we lighting one up feel the love
we wouldn't be here without you
this is for my people back home
mix it strong pour it out
no doubt we're always thinking about you woah
ain't gonna let you down whoa
just wanna make you proud
this is for my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
yeah my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
yeah my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
yeah my people back home
my people back home
my people back home
yeah my people back home
my people back