I read P-R-I-D-E on the bulletin board
First day of my sophomore year
Yeast pack on my shoulder, Nike's 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 five
The friends I made back then are my real friends now
I still see them when we go hang out in town
Down the road from the halls we came of age in
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 it's the color I bleed
And the stitches in my shoes and my jacket
Matching pride
I read P-R-I-D-E
On the cheerleader sign
On the field on a Friday night
I wasn't on a team, wasn't in the band
Just another twelfth man up in the stands
Flying off my feet when the home team 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 shining 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 it's the color I bleed
And the stitches in my shoes and my jacket
Matching pride
I was a country boy
But I wasn't a redneck
A solid B student on the college prep track
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's the only place
I can soundlessly
P-R-I-D-E's 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
P-R-I-D-E's in my heart and soul
Pride is a capital letter
On my baseball cap
It's what holds us together
Around this dot on the map
Now it's the color I bleed
And the stitches in my stitches
And my stitches
And my stitches
And my pride is a capital letter
On my baseball cap
It's what holds us together
Around this dot on the map
It's the color I bleed
And the stitches in my shoes
And my jacket matching
Pride
Pride
Yeah, we got
Pride
Yeah, we got pride
Yeah, we got