[00:00:00] Take Your Best Shot Now - Cowboy Troy [00:00:23] In the winter December of '89 [00:00:25] I picked up my pen [00:00:27] Started makin' my rhymes [00:00:28] I appreciate the listener for takin' the time [00:00:31] Cuz I'm pourin' out my soul with every lyric and line [00:00:34] An I remember what it's like [00:00:35] To be the focus of a punchline [00:00:37] Now the phone rings when the party's at crunch time [00:00:40] I was humble but you took it for weakness [00:00:42] Listen close and take notes [00:00:44] While the professor teaches [00:00:45] Maintain' my footin' [00:00:46] No shiftin' sand [00:00:47] It ain't quicksand [00:00:47] Cuz above ground [00:00:48] I still stand [00:00:48] Move from the shadow [00:00:49] On the way to the Big Man [00:00:50] Strive for connection [00:00:51] Without complexion [00:00:51] Changin' the game in a new direction [00:00:53] Keepin' you're attention [00:00:53] While I'm mic flexin' [00:00:54] Band on Grand Ole Opry [00:00:55] You can't stop me [00:00:56] So take you're best shot now [00:00:59] Cuz I'm climbin' so high [00:01:03] You'll run out of ammo [00:01:05] Before you touch the sky [00:01:08] You think you're the first one [00:01:11] To try an bring me down [00:01:14] Buddy you don't realize [00:01:17] How long I've been around [00:01:19] Take you're best shot now [00:01:22] I never lived in the hood [00:01:24] But I used to work there [00:01:25] Say man ain't you work in that shoe store [00:01:27] Yeah I used to clerk there [00:01:28] Rollin' through Dallas [00:01:29] Now they go berserk there [00:01:31] See the corner of my mouth [00:01:32] It's called a smirk there [00:01:34] Twinkle Twinkle Nashville Star [00:01:37] Is that you with the 20's on you're car [00:01:40] Is that you on my t v screen [00:01:43] With the Musik Mafia on you're team [00:01:45] I've been strugglin' and strainin' [00:01:47] Through misery and pain [00:01:48] Tryin' to get the radio dj's to say my name [00:01:51] People used to laugh when I dressed like an offical [00:01:54] Now I'm eattin' steaks 'stead of chewin' on the gristle [00:01:57] I've had breakfast in Hamburg dinner in London [00:01:59] Both in the same day and man it leaves you wonderin' [00:02:03] I hit the restaurants now they play me close [00:02:05] They get their cameras when I butter my toast [00:02:07] So take you're best shot now [00:02:11] Cuz I'm climbin' so high [00:02:14] You'll run out of ammo [00:02:17] Before you touch the sky [00:02:20] You think you're the first one [00:02:23] To try an bring me down [00:02:26] Buddy you don't realize [00:02:28] How long I've been around [00:02:30] Take you're best shot now [00:02:54] You might see me on the television here or there [00:02:56] But when you come [00:02:57] To the show you see them hands in the air [00:03:00] And when I ask Are you with me [00:03:01] You hear the reply [00:03:02] The fans say Aw yeah til the day that we die [00:03:06] Or at least until we're sick [00:03:07] Of what you got to say [00:03:08] Well let me tell you somethin' partner [00:03:10] That ain't happenin' today [00:03:11] So get you somma that and listen to me [00:03:14] To spell country boy you need CBT [00:03:16] So take you're best shot now [00:03:19] Cuz I'm climbin' so high [00:03:23] You'll run out of ammo [00:03:25] Before you touch the sky [00:03:28] You think you're the first one [00:03:31] To try an bring me down [00:03:34] Buddy you don't realize [00:03:37] How long I've been around [00:03:39] Take you're best shot now [00:03:42] Cuz I'm climbin' so high [00:03:46] You'll run out of ammo [00:03:48] Before you touch the sky [00:03:51] You think you're the first one [00:03:54] To try an bring me down [00:03:57] Buddy you don't realize [00:04:00] How long I've been around