This song ain't for everybody, it's for everybody that don't know Little C got planted when a song got sung that a hillbilly bluesman wrote Country music was born like a tree in the dirt And it came up strong and down to earth It's all about the branchin' now Everybody been ranchin' now Pullin' up what's in the ground deep down in Tennessee We're gettin' a little too far from the three chords and the truth part Forgettin' where the roots are is gonna kill the tree Some songs ain't for everybody, so what about folks like me? Whose life soundtrack ain't some watered-down hip-hop melody? I'm all about gettin' somewhere Don't break, just bend But I'm scared we're gettin' somewhere A little too far out on a limb It's all about the branchin' now Everybody been ranchin' now Pullin' up what's in the ground deep down in Tennessee We're gettin' a little too far from the three chords and the truth part Forgettin' where the roots are is gonna kill the tree It's all about the branchin' now Everybody been ranchin' now Forgettin' what it's all about and what it used to be, yeah We're gettin' a little too far from the three chords and the truth part Forgettin' where the roots are is gonna kill the tree If we forget where the roots are, we're gonna kill the tree We're gonna kill the tree We're gonna kill the tree