[Intro]
[Gladiator Voice]
Step in the sand
Hear that crowd stand up
Blood in the dust
This is real bad luck (for you)
[Football Voice]
Lights on the field
Whole nation tuned in
You fight for a king
I fight for a billion
[Verse 1]
[Football Voice]
Yeah
We huddle like generals, callin’ the strike
You only got “swing sword, hope that you like”
We study the tape
We scheme and adapt
You just point at a guy
Then you stab, then you nap
You brag about lions?
We got real cats too
But ours wear helmets
And run straight through you
You think you’re steel?
You’re sandals and scars
My line’s 300 pounds
Each, like cars
[Gladiator Voice]
Cars?
I cut chariots clean in two
You call that armor?
Looks cute, brand new
You got “timeouts”
We got time’s up, done
No medic tent
Just a thumb, up or none
You play four quarters
We last till death
You jog off the field
I’m drowning in breath
You kneel, you pray
You kiss that ring
We kneel, we pray
Then we kill that king
[Chorus]
[Both Voices + Crowd]
Who’s stronger?
Stadium roar or the coliseum thunder? (hey!)
Pads or blades
You’ll break, you’ll bend, you’ll buckle under
Face to face
No clock, no crown, just hunger
Two worlds clash
Only one walks out from under
[Verse 2]
[Football Voice]
I got blitzes, routes, a whole playbook mind
You got one strategy:
“Hit what you find”
You swing for the neck
Real subtle, bro
We move like chess
You’re checkers in slow-mo
You talk about guts
I’ve played with mine torn
Snow in my lungs
Still ran for that first
You fight for survival
I fight through pain
Different type of monster
Same vein, same strain
[Gladiator Voice]
You fight on a rug of paint and grass
We fought in a pit full of bone and ash
Your “injury list”?
Cute, you keep score
My teammate fell
We stepped over the gore
We started as slaves
Turned crowds into choirs
You started as kids
Chasin’ dreams and flyers
You got referees
Flags when it hurts
We got old gods
And they don’t wear shirts
[Pre-Chorus]
[Football Voice]
You die in a story
We live in high-def
Slow-motion glory
Replay every step
[Gladiator Voice]
Your fame is a flash
Our legend outlasts
Written in stone
And shouted in mass
[Chorus]
[Both Voices + Crowd]
Who’s stronger?
Stadium roar or the coliseum thunder? (woah)
Pads or blades
You’ll break, you’ll bend, you’ll buckle under
Face to face
No clock, no crown, just hunger
Two worlds clash
Only one walks out from under
[Bridge]
[Gladiator Voice]
You think you’re hard?
Try steel to bone
No mask on your mouth
Just dust and groan
[Football Voice]
You think you’re gods?
Try fourth-and-goal
Eighty yards of doubt
On a single soul
[Gladiator Voice]
I bled for a tyrant
Yet fought for my name
[Football Voice]
I bleed for a city
They chant out my name
[Both Voices]
Different arenas
Same fight, same flame
[Final Chorus]
[Both Voices + Massive Choir]
Who’s stronger?
Stadium roar or the coliseum thunder? (hey!)
Pads or blades
You’ll break, you’ll bend, you’ll buckle under
Face to face
No clock, no crown, just hunger
Two worlds clash
Only one walks out from under
Who’s stronger?
Steel on skin or the dog in the runner?
Old stone walls
Or a roaring modern bunker?
Different scars
But the heart hit just as harder
Whistle or horn
Either way
We’re born as martyrs