Promise

Recognition of achievements, suggesting a legacy deserving of statues.

Metaphorically faced challenging situations, comparing to swimming with sharks.

Adversity turned them into fierce and relentless individuals (piranhas).

Commitment to stand firm, not backing down in difficult circumstances.

Resilience and refusal to avoid challenges or conflict.

Reiteration of the promise to face challenges head-on.

That’s a promise

Reaffirmation of the need for recognition through statues.

Continuation of the metaphor of facing challenges and evolving into stronger individuals.

It made us piranhas

We ain’t backing down

Emphasis on not avoiding or retreating from dramatic situations.

Reiteration of the promise to confront challenges and adversity.

That’s a promise

Commitment to consistent hard work, even treating practice seriously.

Yeah

We don’t take no day off

Winning ‘cuz we even treat a scrimmage like the playoffs

Thriving in the chaos

All them haters way off

Battling ourselves so when we sweat it feel like napalm

Running out of space in the trophy case symbolizes success, shutting down critics.

All they do is run their mouths - they don’t show their face

So we here to shut ‘em down - let ‘em know their place

Warning against wasting talent if not paired with hard work.

Description of a competitive mindset, emphasizing the will to win and champion-like behavior.

While your wins came with an asterisk

When we play we have to win

We can feel that in our abdomens

We move in like champions

Knowing ain’t no match for this

Intent to make it challenging for others to follow their success.

Reiteration of the promise and the metaphorical journey of facing challenges.

Swam with the sharks

It made us piranhas

We ain’t backing down

We don’t run from drama

That’s a promise

That’s a promise

They gon’ have to build statues in our honor

Swam with the sharks

It made us piranhas

We ain’t backing down

We don’t run from drama

That’s a promise

Final repetition of the promise.

Declaration of being champions and the determination to achieve their goals.

And we want it all

So we climbing every day

We ain’t gonna fall

‘Cuz we champions

And we want it all

So we climbing every day

We ain’t gonna fall

Claiming respect, emphasizing uniqueness, and highlighting perseverance despite challenges.

Pay us our respect

Cut us from a different cloth that’s why you hanging by a thread

All the work we put in all the blood that we done shed

When they said we couldn’t - but we did it just to flex

Expectation for recognition through statues due to contributions to the industry.

How we breathing life into this game - hyperventilate

How you gonna step into this ring - with some heavyweights

If you ain’t working all that talent just gone go to waste

Reiteration of a competitive mindset and making it difficult for others to succeed.

While your wins came with an asterisk

When we play we have to win

We can feel that in our abdomens

We move in like champions

Knowing ain’t no match for this

We gon’ make it difficult for people to come after this

Final repetition of the promise and the metaphorical journey, emphasizing resilience.

Swam with the sharks

It made us piranhas

We ain’t backing down

We don’t run from drama

That’s a promise

That’s a promise

They gon’ have to build statues in our honor

Swam with the sharks

It made us piranhas

We ain’t backing down

We don’t run from drama

That’s a promise

Final repetition of the promise, concluding the song.