THE MAN IN BLACK LEATHER (Outlaw Country Rap) - Levi Stoker
Yeah
20 ton pressure
But I wear it light
Look for the jacket in the dead of night
Yeah
Engine blocks bleeding oil on a cracked driveway
But it runs like a stallion when I need to make headway
40 hour shifts just to buy a little peace
While the banks and the bosses try to shorten up the lease
I don't bend for the dollar, I don't break for the crown
Got a circle so tight that the anchors don't drown
Broke a promise back in 20, had to pay it back in sweat
Now my loyalty is iron and my ledger's out of debt
See the scuffs on the leather, that's a map of my mistakes
Every highway I survived, every gamble that it takes
They can call it a mystery, they can call it a crime
But you can't chain a ghost when it's outrunning time
Oh, the man in black leather chasing down the sun
Carrying the shadows of the things I've done
No home to hold, no chains to bind
Just a long open road and a peace of mind
Yeah, I'm gone before the dawn gets gray
Leaving every burden miles away
Whiskey nights by the fire where the timber meets the creek
We don't talk about the losses cause the history is bleak
Just an old square body truck with a dent in the side
And a heart full of resilience that the world couldn't hide
Punchline to the story is they thought I would fold
Now I'm standing in the clearing with a handful of gold
Not the kind you can mint, but the kind that you feel
When your conscience is clear and your brotherhood's real
Left a trail of broken dreams in the valley below
But the mountain is calling and it's time to let go
The man in black leather chasing down the sun
Carrying the shadows of the things I've done
No home to hold, no chains to bind
Just a long open road and a peace of mind
Yeah, I'm gone before the dawn gets gray
Leaving every burden miles away
Freedom isn't free
It's just paid in advance
And redemption only comes
If you take the last dance
Gone before the dawn
Just a shadow on the blacktop
The man in black leather
