Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
That's what my mama told me
When I was about knee high
She said 'son be a proud man
And hold your head up high'
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
All through the years
that I grew up
Ma taught these things to me
But I was young
and foolish then
And much too blind to see
I ignored the things she said
As if I'd never heard
Now I see and understand
The wisdom of her words
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
That's what my mama told me
When I was about knee high
She said 'son be a proud man
And hold your head up high'
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
I started going places where
The youngsters shouldn't go
I got to know the kind of girls
It's better not to know
I fell in with a bad crowd
And laughed
and drank with them
Through the laughter
mama's words
Would echo now and then
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
That's what my mama told me
When I was about knee high
She said 'son be a proud man
And hold your head up high'
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
I got in trouble with the law
And I'm in prison now
Through these prison bars
I see things
so much different now
I've got one year left to serve
And when my time is done
I'll walk tall and straight
And make ma proud
to call me son
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
That's what my mama told me
When I was about knee high
She said 'son be a proud man
And hold your head up high'
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
Walk tall, walk straight
And look the world
right in the eye
Walk tall...