but it's normal to wish you were back under your family's wing again, until you remember why you left in the first place. Normal and you get used to living with that uncertainty. 'Got no stress, I've been through all thatĪt a certain point in life, everything that used to stress you out becomes the new He's getting ahead in the world in his own way. Ridin' down Rodeo in my Maserati sports car' 'Hat down, cross town, livin' like a rockstar
Life may be easy for the well-to-do with family money, but he's been in the places where it's difficult to succeed (every valley city in the world) and made it, and they've been resting on the laurels of their family's money. This is a metaphor for following his family's old and outdated traditions (such as travel by horse is), until he can't no more. The refrain to the song, and a personal statement from Lil Nas X. 'I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I feel like this is about a young adult approaching middle age, struggling with breaking ways with their family to make their own way in the world. Wish I could roll on back to that old town road I'm like a Marlboro Man so I kick on back Got no stress, I've been through all that Ridin' down Rodeo in my Maserati sports car Spent a lot of money on my brand new guitarīaby's got a habit: diamond rings and Fendi sports bras Hat down, cross town, livin' like a rockstar
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
