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First to fight for right and freedom and to keep our honor true and clean
Admiration of the Nation
Semper Fi
We’re the strongest ever seen
Honor guides our every step
Ooh Rah! Ooh Rah!
Courage grants us no regrets
Ooh Rah! Ooh Rah!
In many a strife we fought for life and never lost our nerve
Committed to what makes us free
The Few and the Proud
If the Army and the Navy ever look on Heaven’s scenes
They will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines
Honor guides our every step
Ooh Rah! Ooh Rah!
Courage grants us no regrets
Ooh Rah! Ooh Rah!
In many a strife we fought for life and never lost our nerve
Committed to what makes us free
The Few and the Proud
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Live Free or Die (LIVE)
02:27
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We pledge our lives
We pledge our fortunes
We pledge our sacred honor
In Her defense, so help us God
Supporting our mighty Constitution
Defending our Bill of Rights
Don’t tread on us
We’ll live free or die
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First to Fight (LIVE)
01:53
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First to enter
Last to leave
No greater weapon than a U.S. Marine
Semper Fi
The few and the proud
First to fight
Ooh Rah!
Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Midway, Seoul, Peleliu, Bougainville,
Guam, Inchon, Chosin, Belleau Wood, Baghdad
Ready yesterday
Ready today
Ready tomorrow
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My Rifle and I (LIVE)
00:57
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This is my rifle
There are many like it but this one is mine
Without me my rifle is useless
Without my rifle I am useless
This is my rifle
There are many like it but this one is mine
We are the defenders of my country
We are the masters of my enemy
We are the saviors of my life
My rifle and I
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1918, in Belleau Wood
Marines arrive opposite of where Germans stood
Ammunition is lacking, grab bayonets
We’ll win this thing with our bare hands
Relentless Leathernecks
Endlessly shelled and gassed, twenty days of hell
No more food is coming as far as we can tell
Ammunition is lacking, grab bayonets
We’ll win this thing with our bare hands
Relentless Leathernecks
Pinned down by machine gun fire, mass casualties
“For Christ’s sake c’mon, do you want to live forever!?”
Ammunition is lacking, grab bayonets
We’ll win this thing with our damn hands
Relentless Leathernecks
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Separatist (LIVE)
03:50
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All you politicians, you’re really all the same
Special-interest slavery but under different names
Promising the world and more just to get elected
Hope? Change? Ha! You all make me laugh!
Preacher on the TV screen whisper in their ears
Toll-free number at the bottom, the answer to their tears
Give a lot of money just to get God’s time?
You’re a liar and a thief, and you make me laugh!
You’ve made a lot of films, you’ve made a lot of money
Just because they laugh at you doesn’t mean you’re funny
So now you think you’re qualified to tell us how to think?
Or how to vote or how to look? You all make me laugh!
Belittle the religious, scoff at those with faith
Attack the mosque, the synagogue, the church and those who pray
Intolerance you claim to hate but let me introduce you
Pot, meet kettle. You all make me laugh!
Hollywood celebrity in a third-world country
Carefully choreographed acts of compassion I see
Hug a child tight when the camera’s just right
Invite the media, just as planned: you’re on the news tonight
Warn now all the masses about some global warming
Then hop onto your private jet, actions non-conforming
Preach to congregations about a holy life
Then home you go to beat your kids an cheat on your wife
Rage Against the Machine makes a ton of money
For being Communist I find that rather funny
And lastly to all you terrorists around the world
You’re no martyrs! You’re just full of crap!
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Final Hour (LIVE)
02:57
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Administrations: they come and go
Our Presidents: some high, some low
The government doesn't always show the people which way to go
They put the noose around our throat
Take our freedoms with a single vote
To secure our rights we'll swear this oath
Will we cease to fight for the Republic? Hell no!
For my God
For my family
For my country
What matters most!
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