Lessons Learned

Lessons learned
Backs been turned
How many times will you get burned?
Lessons learned
Moving on
The future's ahead, the past is gone

These lessons learned at times are hard
Ya might get bloodied, bruised and scarred
But these life lessons will never fade:
Honestly, loyalty, hope and faith
I speak the truth, I tell no lies
We won't live our lives in compromise
And character shines through the pain...

Heads held high we walk on through
True believers, we stay true
Ya may never understand what we fight for
But standing on the Truth, our footing's sure
Rooted in tradition, yet looking ahead
Our battle cry: On us don't tread!
For God and country we will fight...




Take Hold

Each day when I wake up
I know it's a gift from above
I Rise up on my own two feet
And I fight just to stand up
And each time that I go out
I try to do my very best
There's glory set before me
And I'll rise above the rest

Reaching out...to take hold
Like a lion...ever bold

I won't back down, I won't back down

Since I was a young boy
I knew what was right and wrong
The sacred heart has tempered me
And to faith I will hold on
And when I'm down, and feeling out
It seems there's no one by my side
I lift my eyes to heaven
And once again I've strength to try

This cruel world...won't bring me down
Clenched fist raised...I won't drown

I won't back down, I won't back down


Tribute

(This song is dedicated to
all the friends, family
and bands who have ever
supported us out in any way...
You know who you are.
We love you all.)

The city streets are dark
But I'm not alone
I'm runnin again tonight
But I'm never on my own

And who would have thought
That I'd found friends so true?
They stood by my side
Through and through

And this one's going out to you...


Coming Down Tonight

Armageddon coming down
(brass knuckes and broken bottles)
Out in the street take a look around
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)
Chaos, disorder coming down
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)
To the end we stand, stong and proud
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)

Woah-oh- Violence in the streets
Woah-oh - We'll never face defeat

Burned-out buildings and looted stores
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)
Brick through the wall, blood on the floor
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)
End times coming, we're leaving this place
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)
I hope you're ready to see your Maker's face
(brass knuckles and broken bottles)

Aramageddon's coming down, coming down tonight
Aramageddon's coming down and I'm feeling quite all right
(alright!)


Philidelphia

Close your eyes and picture us rolling
down 95 with the wind blowing
Top on my TR-3 down, hooligans
hollering on my stereo
Moving out heading out
Philly or bust, here I come
like a soldier heading into war,
I march as I step out my car

Men and women, boys and girls
punks and skins you better watch out
a new order's in town

Hey, Philidelphia is ours

Don't try so hard you'll bust a
hole in the wall and fall
all the way to china, cause
it's a thin line between love and
hate, foe or friend, hell or
the pearly gates. So if you think
your going to screw up, move to
the rank of a private,
Cause in this war we have no
room for failure...maggot private



Hard Life

Ring 9-11, go get the phone
and tell them I was shot down
in the streets
The slugs in my heart, and it's
shooting through my soul, I'm
losing blood o so quickly
Someone go get 'em,
Someone go get 'em
Someone dial 9-1-1
I know that if they don't show
this hard is life is done

It's hard life, it's hard life,
it's hard life for me.

Hurt jogs through my body
like a river flowing
that going to flood and overflow
And carry me out to see
my father in the sky

I fought the system and the system won
I fought the man and the man won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the system...and the system won




Wilmington Av.

Hearing quotes by Martin like: "As brothers we must learn to live"
Old Man Harmony you can be so hard to reach
when my brothers are stabbing me in my back
and with their double tounges they love to attack

Shaun and I, one afternoon on the corner of Wilmington Avenue
leaning on Lucky seven just watching traffic flow on by
Side by side , and we sighed as we talked about the race
One woman comes up to us not knowng what to say...

and she said, and she said nothing but her expression was louder than words
Man I could read that snide remark from more than one, whole mile away

Rat tat tat radio freedom running through my mind
I'm seeing something on the other side
of an opague wall of hate, another man
from a different skin, from a different place, with the same faith
the same hope for unity, the same beating heart
to end the strife raught by hatred and judgement


Uprising

Fist raised high in the air
Riot goin' down in the streets of Delaware
We're Movin out and taking Ground
Overthrowing the powers of this world

Boots tied tight
Ya we'll fight
It's gotta start sometime
Why not tonight

YA WE'LL FIGHT!!!

Just take a look around and you'll see
Why this movement has to be
Country filled with crime and lazy minds
We gotta start movin' and leave it all behind

We might be small
but you'll hear our call
Boots tied tight
Ya we'll fight

Yeah let's FIGHT!


Not Dead Yet

NO! I know now that I shall not bow my will no more
Nor my vows to the One on High
cause I'm sick of my cutthroat bleeding complacency

No....More! No....More!

No! I'm not Gonna
No! I don't think so
No! Not this time
No! I'm gonna FIGHT!

Now I'm sick of these hands placed around my neck
Choking me to death. I'm suffocating again...

But we'll attack, we won't give in,
we won't give in, we won't give it up for lost No!

No! I'm not Gonna
No! I don't think so
No! Not this time
No! I'm gonna FIGHT!

The Anthem of the Incited

We will always stand together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools
Age old fate has united us, no divisions will hold us down

Oi! Oi! Oi!

We the Youth stand upon the truth
The ignited, united, incited
Breaking down the walls cause we ain't taking no more
Stand up for what you stand for

And in today already walks tommorow, I see it in all it's glory
And in today already walks tommorw, together they stand as one

Stand together, united forever, the victory is ours

Let fight the plight that's plagued us for so long this apathetic disease is deadly and strong
Though I know this foe can be taken, if we stand together as one

Oi! Oi! Oi!

We the Youth Stand upon the Truth
The ignited, united, incited
Breaking down the walls cause I ain't takin no more
Stand up for what you stand for

Stand together, united forever, the victory is ours


Broken Lives in 40 oz.

Sammy says he's got 40 oz. of liberation
Gonna set him free tonight
The boys loaded like a 45
If anything comes down he's ready to fight
Back in '92 his mom was shot
And his dad overdosed on coke
His hopes burnt out he's loosing his mind
And he don't know how to cope

Oh yeah.....well it's a sad sad story
Well it happens.....almost everyday
Are we the ones.....to judge or scorn
Or rather to help our brothers along the way

Well on the outside Jenny's only 21
But inside she feels 45.
In the past few years been junksick
Homeless and a pimps prostituted prize
Well she was homecoming court and a beautiful prom queen
But her home wasn't all that great
Her dad was an abusive drunk
Her mom an incognat without a face


Call to Arms

Hey ya kids gather 'round
Lend me your ears
I'm sending out the call
There's no time for fear
From the East Coast to West Coast
It's time to unite
We're sending out the call, the call to FIGHT!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

We're the new breed of kids in America
We're the new troops in the army of God
We're the new breed of kids in America
And we won't quit, we'd rather die!

United we stand, divided we fall
So young and old won't ya heed the call
Cuz this ain't somthing we can do on our own
Bonded by God I know we'll make it though

Woah-oh
Gotta get it right, man
Woah-oh
Come on, let's unite, man


the Ballad of Johnny Robinson


(This song is dedicated to all the brave heros who served their country in Vietnam only to be spit on by the commie hippie bastards when they returned home. God bless our vets.)

Hail, Hail to Johny Robinson
O few remember this man
just a city bum with no friends or family
his death passed by unknown

HEY! As he saw the sun went down he thought to himself
"Another day has gone by"
He thought to himself of how he got here
and how he made the city streets home

as he saw the sun went down he thought to himself
another day has gone by
He left home at the age of 18 for the jungle
Where he would fight for his life

When he retuned to this country he'd served
The commies yelled at him and spit on him
and they mocked him, they mocked him oh yeah

Well, Johnny was a kid from my neighborhood,
He used to live down the street from me,
Oh, Johnny, I shall miss you forever...
So JOHNNY, we remember you and we feel your loss (2x)

Broken hearts and shatered dreams
silent screams, flood of tears
breaking through these American families
he became a stastic, a mere example of what its like
to deal with such loss
But the real shame
Is that these heros caught all the blame
For doing what they had to do, just to maybe make it through,
Just so they could survive

SO HAIL, HAIL, HAIL JOHHNY ROBINSON
oh few remember this man
just a city bum with no friends or family
his death passed by unknown