Holler and the Block

Chorus

Two worlds in my blood and I walk both lines

Holler in my lungs and the block in my spine

They ask where I'm from I say both ain't a lie

Ohio made me sharp made me hard made me mine

Verse 1

Mama worked doubles off Route 33

Granddaddy ran shine through the hickory trees

I learned how to count every dollar I earned

And how to keep quiet when the whole room turned

Cornbread and corner stores raised me up right

Half of my kin ain't never left the holler in their life

Other half still posted on the same cracked street

I'm the bridge between both and I'm standing on my feet

Chorus

Two worlds in my blood and I walk both lines

Holler in my lungs and the block in my spine

They ask where I'm from I say both ain't a lie

Ohio made me sharp made me hard made me mine

Post-Chorus

Yeah I'm both

Yeah I'm both

Holler and the block

Yeah I'm both

Verse 2

Sundays in church then the cookout after

Sweet tea in a jar and a cousin's loud laughter

I ain't scared of no gravel I ain't scared of no switch

Grew up tough in a town that nobody picked

Mud on my boots and a chip on my shoulder

Every year I got bolder every year I got colder

But I still wave at strangers and I still say grace

Just don't step on my name in my own damn space

Chorus

Two worlds in my blood and I walk both lines

Holler in my lungs and the block in my spine

They ask where I'm from I say both ain't a lie

Ohio made me sharp made me hard made me mine

Bridge

I carry the hills I carry the bricks

I carry the ones who never made it past this

So when they look down I just look them dead straight

Appalachia hood girl I don't flinch I don't wait

Chorus

Two worlds in my blood and I walk both lines

Holler in my lungs and the block in my spine

They ask where I'm from I say both ain't a lie

Ohio made me sharp made me hard made me mine

Post-Chorus

Yeah I'm both

Yeah I'm both

Holler and the block

Yeah I'm both