The Weight Of The Badge

[00:11.65] It's gonna be a long one, another graveyard shift
[00:17.66] As he says goodbye to his wife and kids
[00:23.88] He spent his life just like his dad's
[00:29.95] Driving away under the weight of the badge
[00:35.77] He's seen it all in his fifteen years
[00:41.90] Watching our backs, facing our fears
[00:47.53] Lord knows it ain't no easy task
[00:53.94] Keeping us safe under the weight of the badge
[00:59.46] He swore that oath to protect and serve
[01:05.38] Pours his heart and soul into both those words
[01:11.77] Lays his life on the line
[01:17.44] The line he walks is razor fine
[01:23.80] Tempered strength is always tough
[01:29.70] But he ain't gonna buckle
[01:32.43] Under the weight of the badge
[01:36.64] Not that long ago he woke up in the hospital
[01:42.27] With his wife and kids praying by his bed
[01:47.72] He said, "I'm gonna be alright, there's just sometimes you gotta fight"
[01:53.97] And the truth is nothing truer could be said
[01:59.84] I do it for us and I do it for them
[02:05.64] And I ain't gonna buckle under the weight of the badge
[02:37.80] It doesn't weigh a lot until you put it on
[02:45.17] And the weight of it is staggering
[02:49.79] Then duty calls each time
[02:54.33] He knows he's got to answer
[02:57.57] And it's all in the handling the weight
[03:01.76] Oh, the heavy weight of the badge
[03:11.48] And he ain't gonna buckle
[03:14.53] Under the weight of the badge
[03:23.54] No, he ain't gonna buckle
[03:26.70] Under the weight of the badge