My momma said 'Son you know you'll get nowhere,

you'll never get a life with your long hair'

I ain't cut out for no suit and no tie,

and that's the way that I'll live

and the way that I'll die,

Way that I live,

way that I'll die

There ain't no better

There ain't no better

Way that I live

Way that I'll die

C'mon step around me

Step around me.

I choose my clothes 'cos I like the way they look,

Won't get caught up on no fashion hook

Won't eat that same old stuff when I want a slice of pie

and that's the way that I live

and the way that I'll die

Say what I like 'cos I mean what I say

Bow down to no tin god to help me on my way

You can't sell me anything I ain't willing to buy

and that's the way that I live

and the way that I die.

(gonna live before I die 'cos I'm a long time gone)