Proud Boys
Hard snarl, shame endorphin--
blonde hair cropped high and tight.
Stiff collar, hoodless horseman:
who will you rough up tonight?
Tight chinos, bulge betrayal--
erected like a burning cross.
White lie told, believed, and disrobed;
sore winners never suffer loss.
Cuz you’re a proud boy--
I’m proud, boy, too!
Guess we’ve got different
kinds of pride?
C’mere, Proud Boy, let me
rough you up tonight!
Take what you do,
take what we did:
Maybe I’ll see you on the street;
you’re not so proud in daylight, kid.
Now it’s you who’s afraid of me!
Take what you do,
take what we did:
There’s no shame but it’s plain to see:
you’re not so proud in daylight, kid.
Now it’s you who’s afraid of me!
Now it’s you who’s afraid of me!
Cuz you and me, we look after ours--
some twisted sense of fraternity.
Just drop your arms and link our arms.
Now it’s you who’s afraid of me!
Take off your mask, it’s not too late to learn.
We’re here to teach, but services ain’t free.
And every Proud Boy is gonna pay:
and now it’s you who’s afraid of me!
Take off a load; take your time.
We’ll outlive your brutality.
And next time you roll in through town
it’ll be you who’s afraid of me!
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