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True American 2024

by Pete Hopkins

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This is a song about picking yourself off the mat when you get knocked down and remembering that no matter what you go through, you are still alive and you are still able to fight for what you believe. Never let anyone take that away from you.

lyrics

Oh!
Hey hey hey hey
exception
exemption
I am miles past redemption
With crickets in the elevator
You're gonna sign a check
or see me later

Little boy uh
Little girl
Livin' in your little world

You wanna be the next big thing
You're swingin' like a real ring king

But once you get a taste of pain
You can't believe the shame
If only everyone would just forget
your name

But you got to get back in the game
be a

True
American
Soul
Singin' survivor
Stay aliver
Be a fighter
Throw the gasoline on the fire
True
American
Soul
Singer baby
No regrets its all the same
The only things that matter
still remain


Oh!

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
I'm rejected
dejected
I expect the unexpected
I'm crooked like a broke down wino
Half sane like a reformed pyro

A little love
A little hate
A little truth could illuminate
And let you know when you're standing
In the quicksand
You care to lend a hand?

But once you feel it sinking in
The writings on the wall
You;re gonna break your bones
if you survive this fall

So you better get up and crawl
cause you got to be the

True
American
Soul
Singin' survivor
Stay aliver
Be a fighter
Throw the gasoline on the fire
True
American
Soul
Singer baby
No regrets its all the same
The only things that matter
still remain

Woah oh yeah yeah yeah

Love is hell
And life's a bitch
You gotta get up and just get over it

And it ain't easy lord no
It ain't easy to be the

True
American
Soul
Singin' survivor
Stay aliver
Be a fighter
Throw the gasoline on the fire
True
American
Soul
Singer baby

A green lighter
Prize fighter
Die tryin'
Outshinin'

No regrets it's all the same
The only things that matter still
remain

It will remain

credits

released April 14, 2024
Words and Music by Pete Hopkins
All music produced and performed by Pete Hopkins

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Pete Hopkins Los Angeles, California

AAA Pop Artist
www.petehopkinsmusic.com

Pete Hopkins is an accomplished performer, vocalist, award winning songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He writes and delights like a chameleon slipping seamlessly through Pop, Rock, EDM, R&B, Funk, Punk, New Wave and many other hybrid-genres with original style and flair.

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