When mama used my full name, I knew she meant businessI learned to say yes sir, from the first time that I didI felt that Bible belt, and I know it so tastes likeI've done my share of wrong, but I was raised up rightI figured out that midnight ain't the same as 12.03You can't go on a date, when your daddy's got your keysThat skull can in your sock drawer will keep you home on Friday nightsI've learned a lot the hard way, cause I was raised up rightRaised up right like my mama's hands in Sunday morning churchRaised up right like my daddy's can of beer right after workLike the flag over the courthouse every morning at sunriseI was raised up rightThat zip code taught me patienceCashin' from the bankI learned what country music was when grandpa played me HankA handshake don't mean nothin' if you don't look him in the eyeHard work'll make a boy a man, and I was raised up rightRaised up right like my mama's hands in Sunday morning churchRaised up right like my daddy's can of beer right after workLike the flag over the courthouse every morning at sunriseI was raised up rightWhen they pulled me from that water on the date I got baptizedI was raised up, I was raised up rightLike my mama's hands in Sunday morning churchRaised up right like my mama's hands in Sunday morning churchMama's hands in Sunday morning churchRaised up right like my daddy's can of beerI'd have to work like the flag over the courthouseEvery morning at sunriseI was raised up rightI was raised up rightI was raised, raised up rightRaised up right