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The Sword & The Shield

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ © 2025 Adam Natoli all rights reserved. I'm happy for my work to be used, but please be polite and credit me for my writing or show that it's a remix of my original piece. Thank you 😊 [Verse 1] Why are you acting so tough... isn't life already rough enough... Why would you want to hurt another... to inflict pain and watch them suffer... I just don't get it... I don't understand... why is it so important to gain the upper hand? [Spoken word] Little men, acting big. Pulling the strings, while others dig. [Bridge] Some people choose to attack... Well, I choose to defend... Coz what good is a life... if you bring it to an end... [Chorus] You want to be the sword! (Be the sword!) Well, I want to be the shield! (Be the shield) But if you choose to draw blood... then you've made your battlefield! (Battlefield) Oh-woh-oh-ah! Your battlefield...! [Verse 2] [Rap] Yeah, look at the puppet master pulling the strings! His fingers are encrusted with blood diamond rings! (Ah! Ah!) His notes are bitter, yet still he sings! Preaching his lies with venomous stings! (Ah! Ah!) He rants, and he raves! He treats people like slaves! Yeah, he gets off on the thought of assigning their graves. (Ah! Ah!) [Spoken word] Little man, acting big. No one cares, you fucking pig. [Bridge] Some people choose to attack... Well, I choose to defend... Coz what good is a life... if you bring it to an end... [Chorus] You want to be the sword! (Be the sword!) Well, I want to be the shield! (Be the shield) But if you choose to draw blood... then you've made your battlefield! (Battlefield) Oh-woh-oh-ah! Your battlefield...! [Heavy instrumental] [Slow change up] [Bridge] Some people choose to attack... Well, I choose to defend... Coz what good is a life... if you bring it to an end... [Chorus] You want to be the sword! (Be the sword!) Well, I want to be the shield! (Be the shield) But if you choose to draw blood... then you've made your battlefield! (Battlefield) Oh-woh-oh-ah! Your battlefield...! [Spoken word] Little men, acting big. Pulling the strings, while others dig. [Spoken word] Little man, acting big. No one cares, you fucking pig.