Track · May 2, 2026 · English

Boot on the Dock

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3:52

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Punch in at dawn

Steel in my hands

He gets the profits

We get the cramps

He talks real sweet

When the room is full

Then turns mean-eyed

When the door swings shut

I’ve seen good people

Bend and bite

Still keep their heads up

Still do right

[Pre-Chorus]

But we stood shoulder to shoulder

With our names in a line

Not begging for mercy

Just what was mine

[Chorus]

Keep your boot off me

We earn our pay

We earn our peace

Keep your boot off me

We treated people right

Now you do the same for me

[Verse 2]

My brother got blamed

For a broken tool

Like a hungry man

Can fix your school

My sister got told

“Be thankful, be small”

While he stacked his gold

Behind the wall

We don’t want your pity

We don’t want your grin

We want the table fair

From the start to the end

[Pre-Chorus]

And we learned that kind

From the old hard days

Respect ain’t a gift

It’s the wage you pay

[Chorus]

Keep your boot off me

We earn our pay

We earn our peace

Keep your boot off me

We treated people right

Now you do the same for me

[Bridge]

I’ve carried your load

Through heat and rain

Watched you call our backs

A cost, not a name

But there’s a fire in the lunchroom

A spark in the hall

When enough good folks rise

You can’t step on all

[Chorus]

Keep your boot off me

We earn our pay

We earn our peace

Keep your boot off me

We treated people right

Now you do the same for me

[Outro]

Same hands, same hours

Same blood, same skin

You won’t bend this line

We’re standing in it

Keep your boot off me

Style

folk blues-metal with a slow stomping shuffledirt-road swingand half-time weight; verse rides bare voiceacoustic scrapeand slide guitarpre-chorus tightens with handclaps and low tomschorus slams with fat distorted riff and gang shouts. rough lead vocal in the versesdouble-tracked on the hook with gritty gang replies. ear candy: bottle-neck squealsa brake of silence before each chorusand a final lead-guitar wail over a stomping outro. densedustyand wide in the low end.folkmetalbluesenglish

Prompt

union fighting the employer for basic respect and principles, feeling under the bosses foot, treated people with respect. folk, Gritty back-porch blues fused with heavy southern metal; lead guitar

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SoulfulDrum546

GeneratedMay 2, 2026

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