[Verse 1: Regal commanding female MC, clipped and royal over the kick] Five foot one in a boat full of giants Eight men backwards, every one of them silent They can bench a truck, they can row through a wall But they can't see the finish, they can't see it at all I'm the only one facing the way that we go I'm the only one talking, the only one who knows Coach said "get a bigger cox," the boys said "get her out" Then I put 'em through a bridge with a foot to spare, no doubt Now it's the final, six lanes and two thousand long Harbor Club in lane three, and they're rested and strong [Pre-Hook: Regal commanding female MC] Sit ready, hands on, every blade in the black Nobody's looking forward, and nobody looks back [Hook: Regal commanding female MC] Eight men backwards and one woman facing the line They can't see the finish, so they're borrowing mine They pull what I call and they never turn around And it's way enough of you telling me to sit down [Verse 2: Regal commanding female MC, sharper, every word an order] Attention, go, and the water turns white Harbor's got the jump and they're a seat to the right Five hundred down and we're a deck in the hole Bow seat's breathing like a train in a tunnel of coal I don't pull an oar, I pull eight grown men I pull 'em off the bottom and I pull 'em up again Their coxswain is screaming, I can hear him through the spray I don't scream, I state it, and they do what I say "Legs on this one, Marcus, give me Sunday in your back I need ten for your daughter, now give 'em to the track" [Hook: Regal commanding female MC] Eight men backwards and one woman facing the line They can't see the finish, so they're borrowing mine They pull what I call and they never turn around And it's way enough of you telling me to sit down [Bridge: Regal commanding female MC, rate call, the kick doubles under every number] Thirty-four, sit up Thirty-six, lock it Thirty-eight, I said it Forty, and send it [Verse 3: Regal commanding female MC, the full beat back, ruling the water] Last two hundred and we're walking on their bow I can see their coxswain looking, and he's quiet now One seat, two seats, then a deck and we are clear Eight men cross a line that they never saw come near They turn around and look at me to find out what they did I nod one time, and the giants cry like kids Then they grab me by the jacket and they throw me in the lake It's a tradition, it's a christening, I'm the one they couldn't break I came up out the water with the medal on my chest The smallest one in the boat, and the only one who saw the rest [Final Hook: Regal commanding female MC] Eight men backwards and one woman facing the line They can't see the finish, so they're borrowing mine They pull what I call and they never turn around And it's way enough of you telling me to sit down [End]
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