(Intro)
Boots on the ground. Never back down. (Boots on the ground)
Boots on the ground. Never back down. (Boots on the ground)
(Verse 1)
Who do you fight for? Who got your back?
When war comes knocking, who stays, who cracks?
Shots in the streets, bombs by the door,
kids keep on playing like smoke ain't a crime.
(Chorus)
Boots on the ground – You did what you had to.
Boots on the ground.
Media’s silent, they’re blocking you.
(Verse 2)
Leaders in power, but they never listen,
sitting up high while the poor go missing.
Courtrooms are paid off, justice is sold,
the weak get crushed while the rich stay gold.
(Verse 3)
Elders are starving, young got no hope,
counting their pennies, but rent’s still a joke.
Banks keep on winning, we struggle for bread,
politicians talk, but nothing gets said.
(Chorus)
Boots on the ground – You did what you had to.
Boots on the ground.
Media’s silent, they’re blocking you.
(Verse 4)
Cops hit hard, trying to keep us in chains,
truth’s on fire, but they look away.
Streets full of lost souls fighting to live,
every man for himself while the system just grins.
(Verse 5)
Media twists, they play with the facts,
we see the blood, but they turn their backs.
We are the youth, we carry the weight,
we rise from the ashes, we never will break.
(Outro)
Boots on the ground – we stand tall, we are ready!
Truth gets buried, but we dig up the levee.
They want us silent, but we never give up,
there’s a war in the streets – and we’re turning it up!
Boots on the ground – You did what you had to.
Boots on the ground.
Media’s silent, they’re blocking you.