Song is about doing what you have to do to protect yourself, your loved ones, your property and your country.

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Motivated by celebrity morons who know nothing about international affairs and yet demand recognition as experts, and who can be counted on to oppose American national interests...

Stand Up, Stand Down
Copyright 2003 Ron Micklin
All Rights Reserved

When trouble comes a knockin'
You've got to knock right back
There's a time for talkin'
But the time for talkin' is past

Don't need your permission
To do what we've got to do
Your law is hot-wired
To short circuit 'round the truth

Plug nickel's worth more than what you think
Winners 'll roll as the losers blink
Stand up, stand down
Don't go lookin' for a fight
But hold your ground
If you gotta pull the trigger
Then don't look around
Stand up, stand down

Papers say you're leavin'
If you don't get your way
Now the votes are in
You don't mean what you say

Anyone can see that
Freedom comes with a cost
And what's worse than a war
Is a war that you've lost

Plug nickel's worth more than what you think
Winners 'll roll as the losers blink
Stand up, stand down
Don't go lookin' for a fight
But hold your ground
If you gotta pull the trigger
Then don't look around
Stand up, stand down