This is Country Music

Country Music is very underrated. They aren’t derogatory towards women and actually tend to have meaning. Don’t get me wrong I like rap and hip-hop but it’s all about sex and drugs. Country is always a nice change to listen and I am about to tell you why. Here is country music at a glimpse:

Some songs are about struggles that others have to go through:

“Temporary Home” – Carrie Underwood

“Young mom on her own.
She needs a little help, got nowhere to go.
She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out,
Because a half-way house will never be a home.
At night she whispers to her baby girl,
Someday we'll find our place here in this world.”

Some are just feel good songs:

“Toes”- Zac Brown Band

“I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand

Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand

Life is good today, life is good today.”

Songs of love:

“Our kind of love” Lady Antebellum

Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we're gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love
Mhm that's our kind of love.”

Songs of heartbreak:

“Lucky Girl”-Kellie Pickler

“Lucky Boy

Did you tell her she’s your second choice?

‘cause I wouldn’t be your little toy.

Ain’t no man inside her lucky boy.”

Songs telling a story:

“Baby Girl” Sugarland

"Dear Mom and Dad,
I’ll send money. I’m so rich that it ain’t funny.
It oughtta be more than enough to get you through.
Please don’t worry 'cause I’m all right,
I’m stayin’ here at the Ritz tonight
Whaddya know, we made our dreams come true.
And there are fancy cars and diamond rings,
But you know that they don't mean a thing.
They all add up to nothin' compared to you.
Well, remember me in ribbons an' curls.
I still love you more than anything in the world...
Love,
Your baby girl."

Songs respecting women:

“Waiting on a woman” Brad Paisley

“It’ll be the same with your young wife

Might as well go on and get used to it,

She’ll take her time ‘cause you don’t mind.

Waitin’ on a woman.”

Songs proudly saying where they came from:

“Small town USA” –Justin Moore

“Give me Saturday night, my baby by my side.

A little Hank Jr. and a six pack of lights,

Old dirt road and I’ll be just fine.

Give me a Sunday morning full of grace

A simple life and I’ll be okay here in small town USA.”

Songs embracing their country-ness:

“We Rode in Trucks”- Luke Bryan

“It was huntin’ and fishin’ and football games.

Then it was girls, and everything changed, in our lives.

Fallin’ in and out of love, we rode in trucks.”

Songs with life messages/advice, these are my favorite lyrics:

“Love Like Crazy”- Lee Brice

“Be your best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you.

Go to work, do your best, don’t outsmart your common sense.

Never let your praying knees get lazy

And love like crazy.”

Songs about relaxing and enjoying life (usually with a beer):

“Pretty Good at Drinking Beer”- Billy Currington

“So hand me one more,

That’s what I’m here for, I’m built for having a ball.

I love the nightlife, I love my budlight.

I like em’ cold and tall.”

Songs about America:

“American Ride”- Toby Keith

“That’s us, that’s right,

Gotta love this American Ride.

Both ends of the ozone burnin’

Funny how the world keeps turnin’

Look ma, no hands, I love this American ride.”

Songs reflecting life:

“House that built me”- Miranda Lambert

“You Leave home, you move on,

And you do the best you can.

I got lost in this whole world

And forgot who I am.”

Songs about finding yourself:

“American Honey”- Lady Antebellum

“There’s a wild, wild whisper blowing in the wind.

Calling out my name like a long lost friend.

Oh, I miss those days as the years go by,

Oh, nothing’s sweeter than summertime,

And American honey.”

Songs about working hard:

“Farmer’s Daughter”- Rodney Atkins

“I was haulin’ hay and feedin’ the hogs

And that summer sun had me sweatin’ like a dog,

So I cooled off in the creek.

Then it was back to work in the daggum heat.

I was cussin’ out loud, thinkin’ bout quittin’

Lookin’ back now I’m sure glad I didn’t

Cuz just when I thought it couldn’t get no hotter,

I caught glimpse of the farmer’s daughter.

This is why I love country music. Country music rarely swears, they are proud of who they are. Artists appreciate other country artists and don’t have huge egos. They are proud of each other on successes. I understand you might not like country music, but I do believe everyone has a “hillbilly bone” inside of them.