(Intro — Snare count off)
Left, right, left, right
Boots hit hard in the dead of night
Crowd get loud when the sticks gon’ crack
Whole damn field when the line attack
(Snare rolls)
Ba-da-da-da RAT-TAT-TAT
Hear that thunder? We brought that back
Bass line shake like a heart attack
Drumline ready? Then sound off BLACK
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(Verse 1)
Boom on the one, let the kick drum speak
Heat in the stands every single week
Sweat drip down but the squad stay mean
Clean-cut cadence, razor routine
Ten toes deep with the straps pulled tight
Flames in the chest when the lights ignite
Crowd gon’ jump when the snares go wild
Whole band dangerous, no damn mild
Stick tricks flash like lightning strikes
808 spirit in the cadence hype
Feel that pressure inside your lungs
This ain’t music — this war drum tongue
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(Pre-Chorus)
Line so cold but the sound so hot
Every beat hit like a warning shot
If the ground don’t shake, then it ain’t our song
Tell the whole damn stadium: “BRING THAT THUNDER ON!”
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(Chorus)
BOOM — make the whole field bounce
RAT-TAT — hear the war cry sound
Sticks up high, let the brass scream loud
We came for smoke, we ain’t backing down
BANG! when the bass drums slam
BANG! make the crowd go mad
BANG! whole line in sync
One more hit make the bleachers shake
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(Breakdown — Call & Response)
Leader: WHO GOT FIRE?!
Line: WE GOT FIRE!
Leader: WHO GOT HEART?!
Line: WE GOT HEART!
Leader: WHEN THEM DRUMS GO—
Line: BANG! BANG! BANG!
(Tenor fill)
Da-da-da-da-da BOOM
Da-da-da-da-da BOOM
(Bass split)
One! Two! Three! Four!
Feel that thunder through the floor!
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(Verse 2)
Crowd locked in when the cymbals crash
Snare line cut like broken glass
Bassline deep like a blackout quake
Every beat make the concrete shake
We don’t fold when the pressure rise
Sound so sharp like a thousand knives
From the tunnel straight to the lights
Whole squad marching ready to fight
Drum majors scream and the horns blow flame
Everybody here gon’ remember the name
We don’t just play — we command that sound
Turn one beat to a battleground
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(Final Chorus)
BOOM — let the whole world hear
RAT-TAT — thunder in your ear
Hands up high while the lights flash red
Whole crowd stomp till the night go dead
BANG! when the snares cut through
BANG! when the bassline move
BANG! whole line too strong
Hit one last time then carry on
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(Outro — fading cadence)
Left… right… left… right…
Hear that echo through the night…
Boom… boom… RAT-TAT-TAT…
Drumline left the whole place cracked.
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