1937

December 13th 1937

let me take you back to a time a place of grime

Nineteen thirty-seven a stolen paradigm

Nanjing crying skies are turning gray

Heard the Japanese was comin' couldn't run away

Innocent lives taken in the cold

Stories of the brave forever to be told

But the memories haunt the pain still resides

Of the mothers who wept and the children who died

They called it a "contest "a race to kill and maim

Two officers laughin' playin' a f **kin' game

One hundred and five one hundred and six the count they'd keep

While the souls of the innocent were buried six feet deep

The river ran red with the blood of the slain

A city of ghosts consumed by the pain

They looted and burned left nothin' behind

Just a scar on a nation a wound on mankind

Yeah they came with their boots and their guns and their hate

Thought they could break us seal our f**king fate

But the dragon was sleepin' just biding its time

Now listen up close motherf**kers it's our time to shine

'Cause we're standin' up taller we're singin' out louder

From the ashes of yesterday we're building our power

No more bowing our heads no more livin' in fear

The whole world can see it our moment is here

Yeah we're the sons of the dragon the daughters of might

And we ain't gonna let no one f**k with our light

This is our anthem our promise our vow

Nobody and I mean f**kin' nobody can bully us now

Remember the "comfort women "a name so obscene

For the sisters they stole the lives they made unclean

Forced into silence their bodies a prize

But we see their tears we hear their silent cries

Every headline a lie every history book skewed

They tried to erase it the evil they brewed

But the truth is a fire that you can't contain

And the anger is rising a goddamn hurricane

They talk about honor about bushido code

While they raped and they pillaged and lightened their load

Of the burden of conscience a soul they never had

Just a nation of monsters drivin' our people mad

Yeah they came with their boots and their guns and their hate

Thought they could break us seal our f**king fate

But the dragon was sleepin' just biding its time

Now listen up close motherf**kers it's our time to shine

'Cause we're standin' up taller we're singin' out louder

From the ashes of yesterday we're building our power

No more bowing our heads no more livin' in fear

The whole world can see it our moment is here

Yeah we're the sons of the dragon the daughters of might

And we ain't gonna let no one f**k with our light

This is our anthem our promise our vow

Nobody and I mean f**kin' nobody can bully us now

So let the guitars scream let the drums pound and break

For the lives that were stolen for goodness's sake

This ain't about vengeance it's about takin' our place

With our heads held up high with dignity and grace

From the skyscrapers reachin' to the stars in the sky

To the army we've built that money can't buy

A nation united a future so bright