Cover art for Don’t Tell Me How to Live by Kid Rock

Don’t Tell Me How to Live

Nov. 19, 20211 viewer44.1K views

Don’t Tell Me How to Live Lyrics

[Intro: Kid Rock & Monster Truck]
Fuck all you hoes!
Detroit 'til I die, motherfucker!
Talkin' all that bullshit!

Ain't nobody gonna tell me how to live!

[Verse 1: Kid Rock]
I'm a moonshine sipper, straight slippin' in the darkness
Far from heartless, I'm more like the sharpest
Tool in the shed, no, I've never been the smartest
But make no mistake, I hit the fucking hardest
Devil without a cause, you heard me scream it
And twenty years later, bitch, I still fucking mean it
Bucka bucka, you ain't never met a motherfuckеr like this
Kiss my ass, then you can suck a dick
Sideways, my way or thе highway, listen up
Ain't nothing changed here, I still don't give a fuck
So what the fuck's up with all the backlash?
You snowflakes, here's a news flash!

[Interlude: Monster Truck]
Ain't nobody gonna tell me how to live!

[Verse 2: Kid Rock]
Years ago, we all thought it was a joke, see
That every kid got a motherfuckin' trophy
But, yo, homie, here's the situation:
A nation of pussies is our next generation!
And these minions and their agendas
Every opinion has a millennial offended
But this amendment one, it rings true
And if you don't dissent, bitch, then see number two
Ain't nothin' new: right church, wrong pew
Get a clue, a crew, your fake news and views
Can all get the bottom of my motherfuckin' shoe
I'm the last of a few still screamin', "Fuck you!"
[Hook: Monster Truck]
Ain't nobody gonna tell me how to live!
Ain't nobody gonna tell me how to live!
Oh, I'm gonna soar like an eagle
My wings will carry me away
I got the heart of a lion
I get stronger every day

[Verse 3: Kid Rock]
You'll never tell me shit, you'll never flip my script
Because I'm more outrageous than the Vegas strip

You're like Mayberry, bitch, I'm hard and crisp
High-risk hillbilly, but I'm filthy rich
You're like Milli Vanilli, kinda silly and shit
I'm like Shotgun Willie, smokin' Phillies and shit
I'm like Reverend Run or David Lee Roth
Like Springsteen, bitch, I'm the motherfuckin' boss
James Dean shit, I'm more like Brad Pitt
A little less pretty, but I slang more dick
I twang more riffs, I slide through grass
I rip more lines than a ten pound bass
Pass the mic, I'm like Sloe Gin Fizz
It ain't nobody, it ain't nobody

[Outro: Monster Truck]
Ain't nobody gonna tell me how to live!

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Rap-rock artist Kid Rock’s first single since 2020, “Don’t Tell Me How to Live” is also the debut single of his studio album, Bad Reputation, featuring Canadian rock band Monster Truck, as well as a return to Kid Rock’s style he adopted around the turn of the millennium.

Infamous for actions such as previously using the Confederate battle flag, casual use of slurs, and disregard for the use of face masks and other public safety procedures, this song is written as a response to the actions and criticism from so-called “snowflakes.”

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