Well I got trouble Can't avoid flop sweat on my face Slapped from my bubble Severed employment No sour grapes 24 Tales of Woe Won't buy my freedom So I'll do a stint Show ‘em my flint Inside the Colosseum It's old, It's called Yankee pride Take yer chances Don't be an inchworm inside Yankee pride You're never down down down Do you understand? Down down down When you're a throwback man
Throwback man Now I get it Fully understand its Not enough to be free Ya gotta be noble With an anthem guiding Your way to glory 25 Alibis Won't stop hurting A stiff upper lip and solid grip Shuts out the disconcerting There's something ancient in me Despite my young mans face It's something stronger than steel Realer than real Fed from my bloodlines And archaic sense of place