Pride & Violence
from Heart & Mind 1999 by CROOK
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A comment on how boys are taught to be men
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Long leather coat down to his knees
The head that has the price is in the breeze
Two guns a blazin’ from his hips
This man’s a legend in the sticks
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us to fight
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us just fine
Well my daddy told me to be strong
The weakness of the arm is of the soul
And always fight your battles on the field
The secret of your strength is never yield X3, never
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us to fight
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us just fine
There’s a woman crying for her love
Looking at her face she’s had enough
Looking in her eyes I think she’s dying
Yeah history has taught us just fine
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us to fight
Oh men of violence men of pride
Men of pride Men of pride pride pride pride
From clubs and rags to ground and flags
From pain comes gain to guns and power
Oaths with fire I will not tire
Till I am rich above the poor
Rule the world with fist and more
From tribal war to ordered law
My uniform will make me tall
A show of strength the weak will fall
Reduce the land to ash and bone
Stand like a man but have I grown
Well I’m a man of violence a man of pride
And I am gonna use aggression on my side
Gonna block with words and I’ll thrust with song
And I am gonna lash out if I see wrong
Oh men of violence men of pride
I am gonna use aggression on my side
Oh men of violence men of pride
Men of pride Men of pride pride pride pride yeah we’re fine
The head that has the price is in the breeze
Two guns a blazin’ from his hips
This man’s a legend in the sticks
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us to fight
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us just fine
Well my daddy told me to be strong
The weakness of the arm is of the soul
And always fight your battles on the field
The secret of your strength is never yield X3, never
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us to fight
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us just fine
There’s a woman crying for her love
Looking at her face she’s had enough
Looking in her eyes I think she’s dying
Yeah history has taught us just fine
Oh men of violence men of pride
History has taught us to fight
Oh men of violence men of pride
Men of pride Men of pride pride pride pride
From clubs and rags to ground and flags
From pain comes gain to guns and power
Oaths with fire I will not tire
Till I am rich above the poor
Rule the world with fist and more
From tribal war to ordered law
My uniform will make me tall
A show of strength the weak will fall
Reduce the land to ash and bone
Stand like a man but have I grown
Well I’m a man of violence a man of pride
And I am gonna use aggression on my side
Gonna block with words and I’ll thrust with song
And I am gonna lash out if I see wrong
Oh men of violence men of pride
I am gonna use aggression on my side
Oh men of violence men of pride
Men of pride Men of pride pride pride pride yeah we’re fine
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from Heart & Mind 1999,
released June 1, 1999
Lyrics & music: Mike Crook
Lyrics & music: Mike Crook
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