[Verse]
Steel toes stompin’, dirt roads echo
Whiskey in my veins, heart cold as a gecko
Flags flyin’, not foldin’, not bendin'
The backbone's cracked, time to start mendin'
Farm fields dry, cities burnin' slow
Hands in pockets, scared of the wind's blow
Grit’s gone missin’, traded it for pity
Hard hats swapped for selfies in the city
[Chorus]
Iron backbone, bring it back to the stone
America’s muscles ain’t made for the throne
No soft hands, no whines, no clones
Time to make the heartland strong on its own
[Verse 2]
They took the axe out the shed, called it a relic
Now they cry in the corner, voices angelic
Wolves outside but they hum a sad song
Used to face storms, now they swipe all day long
Cattle ain’t fed by a click on a screen
Harvest don’t come from a digital dream
We were steel, now we’re tissue in a gale
Time to rewrite the script, hammer to the nail
[Bridge]
Leather belts crack, that sound of respect
Now it’s hashtags and checks, honor deflects
Chains rusted, but we ain’t gone yet
Grip tight, y’all, the sun ain’t set