Well they say that I'm too country the way I look and sound
They wanna to make me over just a little more uptown
Say I need to change my image now tell me what that means
Don't they know I've got country in my genes
Well I can't help the way I talk I wouldn't change it if I could
Sophisticated ain't my style but country fits me good
I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me
Lord I've got country in my genes
I've got country in my genes country in my blood
It goes back generations it's something I'm proud of
It's something I was born with what you get is what you see
I'm just an old hilly-billy with a country song to sing
Lord I've got country in my genes
If country's hit the big time me I'm still the same
I ain't above my raisin' and I ain't about to change
I wouldn't trade my Wranglers for the finest gabardine
Lord I've got country in my genes
Well I can't help the way I talk I wouldn't change it if I could
Sophisticated ain't my style but country fits me good
I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me
Lord I've got country in my genes
I've got country in my genes country in my blood
It goes back generations it's something I'm proud of
It's something I was born with what you get is what you see
I'm just an old hilly-billy with a country song to sing
Lord I've got country in my genes
Lord I've got country in my genes