i read p r i d e on the bulletin board first day of my sophomore year eastpak on my shoulder nikes on my feet dragging slack i was busting in my baggy jeans i thought psh whatever and i rolled my eyes went strutting down the hall to give my boys high fives the friends i made back then are my real friends now i still see em when we go hang out in town down the road from the halls we came of aging now i get it pride was a capital letter on my baseball cap it s what held us together around this dot on the map now its the color i bleed and the stitches in my shoes and my jacket match it pride i read p r i d e on the cheerleader sign on the field on a friday night i wasn t on the team i wasn t in the band just another twelfth man up in the stands flying off my feet when the hometeam scored laughing at the visitors pointing at the scoreboard sure i got carried away but i didn t mean harm just a fan of where i was from the stadium lights shine bright on us all win or lose or draw pride was a capital letter on my baseball cap it s what held us together around this dot on the map now its the color i bleed and the stitches in my shoes and my jacket match it pride i was a country boy but i wasn t a redneck a solid b student on my college prep trek i had ambition plans of moving on but i graduated college then i came back home because the trees grow strong when their roots run deep and this town is the only place i can sound asleep p r i d e is in my heart and soul it s something i want my children to know so i keep believing no plans on leaving even if we have a losing season  pride was a capital letter on my baseball cap it s what held us together around this dot on the map now its the color i bleed and the stitches and my stitches and my stitches and my stitches and my stitches pride was a capital letter on my baseball cap it s what held us together around this dot on the map now its the color i bleed and the stitches in my shoes and my jacket match it pride pride pride pride yeah i got pride